Football at the 1959 Pan American Games
| Football – Men's tournament at the I959 Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venues | Hanson Stadium[1] Soldier Field[2] | ||||||
| Dates | 28 August – 6 September | ||||||
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Football at the 1959 Pan American Games was held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 28 to September 6, 1959. Seven teams competed in a round-robin competition with Cuba, Haiti and the hosts (United States) competing in their first Pan American Games football tournament. Argentina defended the gold medal they had won at the previous games finishing with 11 points from a possible 12 points while Brazil and the United States claimed silver and bronze respectively.[3]
Final table[edit]
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Argentina
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11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 |
 Brazil
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9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 |
 United States
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8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 |
 Haiti
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6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 20 | −1 |
 Costa Rica
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5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 |
 Mexico
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3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 |
 Cuba
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0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 32 | −28 |
Matches[edit]
| Haiti | 8–2 | Cuba |
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Delices  8', 14', 52', 68'Delpeche 49', 72' (pen.)Pierre 51'Champagne 89' |
Report | Piedra 41' Doce 78' |
| United States | 7–2 | Haiti |
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| Zerhusen Looby Grabowski |
Report | Champagne Delpeche (pen.) |
| Brazil | 4–2 | Costa Rica |
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| Beyruth 25' China 33', 78'Rodrigues 80' |
Report | Vargas 68' Loria 70' |
| Argentina | 4–1 | Mexico |
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| Rodríguez 4', 55' Basílico 20'Pérez 29' |
Report | Sordo 89' |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Mexico |
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| Alfaro 40' |
Report | Contreras 87' |
| Brazil | 4–0 | Cuba |
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| Gérson 2', 4' Rodrigues 55'Beyruth |
Report |
| United States | 5–3 | Brazil |
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| Murphy 4', 49', 54' Zerhusen 44', 78' |
Report | Gérson 15' Roberto 20'Germano 62' |
| Argentina | 1–0 | Haiti |
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| Rodríguez 7' (pen.) |
Report |
| Costa Rica | 1–3 | Argentina |
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| Acuña 21' |
Report | Bolaños 12' (o.g.) Migone 61'Basilico 83' |
Mexico  | 6–1 | Cuba |
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| Díez 7', 46', 54' Mercado 64' (pen.)Álvarez 74'Contreras 80' |
Report | Álvarez 75' |
| Haiti | 1–9 |  Brazil |
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| Delpeche 77' |
Report | Germano 2', 52', 64' China 18', 44', 54', 63'Roberto 57'Maranhão 69' |
| United States | 5–0 | Cuba |
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| Zerhusen 1', 19' Looby 2', 50'Murphy 48' |
Report |
| Costa Rica | 4–3 | United States |
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| Bolaños 10' (pen.) Speca 25' (o.g.)Herrera 39', 42' |
Report | Murphy 4' Looby 26'Zerhusen 78' |
| Mexico | 2–6 | Brazil |
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| Mercado 65' (pen.) Carranza 79' |
Report | China 20', 40', 70' Gérson 48', 52', 86' |
| Costa Rica | 0–4 | Haiti |
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| Report | Fenol 24' Champagne 59'Delpeche 67'Pierre 76' |
| Cuba | 0–7 | Argentina |
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| Report | Basílico 1', 52', 82' Bonnano 14', 38'Stork 83'Oleniak 66' |
| Brazil | 1–1 | Argentina |
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| China 38' |
Report | Bonnano 83' |
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| United States | 4–2 | Mexico |
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| Murphy 7', 87' Looby 23'Zerhusen 72' |
Report | Meza 16' Contreras 89' |
| Cuba | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
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| González 15' |
Report | Alfaro 49' Gómez 83' |
| Mexico | 1–4 | Haiti |
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| Mercado 83' |
Report | Delices 13' Champagne 17'Delpeche 40', 75' |
| 1959 Pan American Games winners |
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 Argentina Third title |
Medalists[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | Argentina [4] Miguel Basílico |
Brazil Françoso |
United States Victor Ottoboni |
Goalscorers[edit]
There were 115 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.48 goals per match.
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
Miguel Basílico
Gérard Delpeche
6 goals
5 goals
- George Delices
4 goals
- Roberto Bonnano
Germano- Roberto Rodrigues
- Germain Champagne
3 goals
- Domingo Rodríguez
Javier Contreras- Jorge Diéz
- Jesús Mercado
2 goals
- Juan Carlos Oleniak
- Beyruth
Álvaro Alfaro- Miguel Ángel Herrera
- Lucien Pierre
1 goal
- Dardo Migoni
- Raúl Adolfo Pérez
- Juan Raúl Stork
- Maranhão
- Guillermo Acuña
- Javier Bolaños
- Juan José Gámez
- Jorge Loria
- Victor Vargas
Ramón Álvarez- José Doce
- José Ramón González
- Ángel Piedra
- Charles Fenol
- Juan Manuel Álvarez
- Eduardo Carranza
- Fernando Meza
- Miguel Ángel Sordo
Gene Grabowski
1 own goal
- Javier Bolaños (against Argentina)
- Joe Speca (against Costa Rica)
Source: RSSSF
References[edit]
- ^ "05/09/1959 – Brasil 1 x 1 Argentina". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "29/08/1959 – Brasil 4 x 2 Costa Rica". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ Panamerican Games 1959 (Chicago) by various historians at the RSSSF
- ^ Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019
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