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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«1955 1963» |
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]
Participans
[edit]Final table
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 |
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9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 |
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8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 |
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6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 20 | −1 |
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5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 |
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3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 |
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0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 32 | −28 |
Matches
[edit]Haiti ![]() | 8–2 | ![]() |
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Delices ![]() Delpeche ![]() Pierre ![]() Champagne ![]() |
Report | Piedra ![]() Doce ![]() |
United States ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() |
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Zerhusen ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Looby ![]() ![]() Grabowski ![]() |
Report | Champagne ![]() Delpeche ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Beyruth ![]() China ![]() Rodrigues ![]() |
Report | Vargas ![]() Loria ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Rodríguez ![]() Basílico ![]() Pérez ![]() |
Report | Sordo ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Alfaro ![]() |
Report | Contreras ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Gérson ![]() Rodrigues ![]() Beyruth ![]() |
Report |
United States ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Murphy ![]() Zerhusen ![]() |
Report | Gérson ![]() Roberto ![]() Germano ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Rodríguez ![]() |
Report |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Acuña ![]() |
Report | Bolaños ![]() Migone ![]() Basilico ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Díez ![]() Mercado ![]() Álvarez ![]() Contreras ![]() |
Report | Álvarez ![]() |
Haiti ![]() | 1–9 | ![]() |
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Delpeche ![]() |
Report | Germano ![]() China ![]() Roberto ![]() Maranhão ![]() |
United States ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Zerhusen ![]() Looby ![]() Murphy ![]() |
Report |
Costa Rica ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Bolaños ![]() Speca ![]() Herrera ![]() |
Report | Murphy ![]() Looby ![]() Zerhusen ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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Mercado ![]() Carranza ![]() |
Report | China ![]() Gérson ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Fenol ![]() Champagne ![]() Delpeche ![]() Pierre ![]() |
Cuba ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Basílico ![]() Bonnano ![]() Stork ![]() Oleniak ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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China ![]() |
Report | Bonnano ![]() |
Team details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Murphy ![]() Looby ![]() Zerhusen ![]() |
Report | Meza ![]() Contreras ![]() |
Cuba ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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González ![]() |
Report | Alfaro ![]() Gómez ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Mercado ![]() |
Report | Delices ![]() Champagne ![]() Delpeche ![]() |
1959 Pan American Games winners |
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![]() Argentina Third title |
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament | ![]() Miguel Basílico |
![]() Françoso |
![]() 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
6 goals
5 goals
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