Football at the 1987 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueKuntz Soccer Center
Dates9–21 August
Medalists
Gold medal  Brazil
Silver medal  Chile
Bronze medal  Argentina
«1983
1991»

The tenth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held at the William Kuntz Soccer Center in Indianapolis, United States from August 9 to August 21, 1987. Twelve teams competed, with title defender Uruguay missing. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.[1]

Participating teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1  Argentina 6 3 3 0 0 9 0
2  United States 3 3 1 1 1 3 3
3  El Salvador 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
4  Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 0 0 3 1 10
Argentina 1–0 El Salvador
H. Gutiérrez 5'
Referee: Adriano Brunetti (CAN)
United States 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Hantak 1', 40'
Klopas 77'		 P. Jones 22'
Referee: Hernán Silva (CHI)
Argentina 6–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Dertycia 11', 44'
Fabbri 40'
Dezotti 77', 87'
H. Gutiérrez 89'
Referee: Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (HON)
United States 0–0 El Salvador
Referee: Arnaldo Cezar Coelho (BRA)
Argentina 2–0 United States
Dertycia 87'
Dezotti 90+'
Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 El Salvador
Perla 27'
Referee: Carlos Maciel (PAR)

Group B

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1  Brazil 5 3 2 1 0 7 2
2  Chile 4 3 1 2 0 3 2
3  Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 3 4
4  Canada 1 3 0 1 2 3 8
Brazil 4–1 Canada
Evair 12'
Nelsinho 36'
Tony 67' (o.g.)
João Paulo 69'		 Wilkinson 41'
Referee: Carlos Montalván (PER)
Chile 1–0 Cuba
Perez 55'
Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG)
Brazil 3–1 Cuba
Careca 14'
André Cruz 69'
Washington 85'		 Rivero 87'
Referee: Esteban Garza (MEX)
Chile 2–2 Canada
Perez 27'
Tamayo 64'		 Domazetis 55' (pen.), 86'
Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar (GUA)
Brazil 0–0 Chile
Referee: Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (HON)
Cuba 2–0 Canada
C. Gonzalez 7'
Maya 37'
Referee: José Leonidas Rogel (SLV)

Group C

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1  Mexico 6 3 3 0 0 10 1
2  Guatemala 3 3 1 1 1 3 2
3  Paraguay 2 3 0 2 1 1 8
4  Colombia 1 3 0 1 2 1 4
Mexico 1–0 Guatemala
Claverí 21' (o.g.)
Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)
Colombia 0–0 Paraguay
Referee: Angelo Bratsis (USA)
Mexico 7–0 Paraguay
J. Hernández 15', 38', 75'
Javier Cruz 16', 25'
Félix Cruz 69'
Galindo 71'
Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG)
Guatemala 2–0 Colombia
Funes 26'
E. Westphal 85'
Referee: Hernán Silva (CHI)
Mexico 2–1 Colombia
Lira 19'
Quirarte 72' (pen.)		 W. Rodriguez 41'
Referee: Richard Ramcharan (TTO)
Guatemala 1–1 Paraguay
Vargas 7' Palacios 28'
Referee: Oswaldo Brea (CUB)

Final round

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 18 – Indianapolis
 
 
 Chile3
 
August 21 – Indianapolis
 
 Argentina2
 
 Brazil2
 
August 18 – Indianapolis
 
 Chile0
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 Mexico0
 
Third place
 
 
August 20 – Indianapolis
 
 
 Argentina0 (5)
 
 
 Mexico0 (4)

Semi finals

Chile 3–2 Argentina
Pino 3'
Pérez 36'
A. González 44'		 Report H. Gutiérrez 21'
Dertycia 66'
Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)
Brazil 1–0 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Evair 109' Report
Referee: Angelo Bratsis (USA)

Bronze medal match

Argentina 0–0 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Report
Penalties
 5–4
Referee: Carlos Maciel (PAR)

Gold Medal match

Brazil 2–0 (a.e.t.) Chile
Washington 105'
Evair 115'		 Report
Referee: Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (HON)


 1987 Pan American Games winners 

Brazil
Fourth title

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Brazil [2]

Luís Carlos
Valdo
Pita
André Cruz
Ademir
Nelsinho
João Paulo
Edu Marangon
Douglas
Pereira
Raí
Evair
Geraldão
Ricardo Gomes
Ricardo Rocha
Washington
Careca
Claudio Taffarel
Carlos Alberto Silva (coach)

 Chile[3]

Miguel Ardiman
Luis Ceballos
Nelson Enríquez [es]
Claudio Figueroa
Eduardo Fournier
Héctor Francino [es]
Osvaldo Gómez [es]
Aníbal González
Juan González
Francisco Hörmann [es]
Fernando Medina
Jorge Pérez [es]
Germán Pino
René Pinto
Marco Tamayo
Claudio Tello
Patricio Toledo
Iván Zamorano
Eugenio Jara (coach)

 Argentina [2]

Gustavo Acosta
Oscar Acosta
Mauro Airez
Favio Almirón
Jorge Bartero
Fabián Basualdo
Fabián Cancelarich
Oscar Dertycia
Gustavo Dezotti
Néstor Fabbri
José Fantaguzzi
Blas Giunta
Humberto Gutiérrez
Carlos Mac Allister
Víctor Marchesini
Alejandro Russo
Darío Siviski
Jorge Theiler
Carlos Pachamé (coach)

Goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.41 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: RSSSF

References

  1. ^ Panamerican Games 1987 (Indianapolis) by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
  2. ^ a b The Tenth Pan American Games, p. 321 on PanamSports.com
  3. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.