The ninth edition of the
men's football tournament at the
Pan American Games
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was held in
Caracas, Venezuela
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, from August 15 to August 27, 1983. Ten teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with
Brazil
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defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a semifinal and a final.
Uruguay
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, coached by
Oscar Tabárez, won their first Pan American title after beating Brazil 1–0 in the final.
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Qualifying
North America
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Original draw
Originally, the tournament was to have been played by 12 teams organised into four groups of three teams, but Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
and Suriname
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withdrew, forcing a rearrangement of the original draw (shown below).
* Group A: Venezuela, Chile, Suriname
* Group B: Brazil, United States, Bermuda
* Group C: Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras
* Group D: Uruguay, Mexico, Cuba
First round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Semifinal
Group B winner (Brazil) received a bye to the final.
Gold-medal match
Awards
Statistics
Goalscorers
Squads
Argentina
Mario Bernio, Jorge Ceballos, Héctor Cejas, Duilio Dagametti, Esteban Del Río, Gustavo Dezotti
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, Juan Gilberto Funes
Juan Gilberto Funes Baldovino (8 March 1963 – 11 January 1992), nicknamed "''El Búfalo''" (The Buffalo), was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker, known for his physical style of play. He was born in San Luis, Argentina.
Biograph ...
, Rodolfo Garnica, Eugenio Gentile, Francisco Guillén (GK), Humberto Gutiérrez
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, Ariel Moreno, Juan José Oficialdegui, Oscar Olivera, Norberto Ortega Sánchez, Carlos Prono (GK), Esteban Solaberrieta, Jorge Theiler
Jorge Walter Theiler (born 12 May 1964) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender; he won the Primera División Argentina in 1987–88 with Newell's Old Boys.
Theiler came through the youth team of Newell's Old Bo ...
. Head coach: Carlos Pachamé
Carlos Oscar Pachamé (born 25 February 1944) is an Argentine former football player and coach, who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
As a player, Pachamé was a defensive midfielder for the Estudiantes de La Plata team that won three succes ...
References
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