Remove ads
The sixth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in five cities in Colombia: Cali (main city of the Games) Cartago, Buga, Palmira and Tuluá, from 31 July to 12 August 1971. Twelve teams divided in three groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Mexico defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a final round.[1]
Group A (Cali)
|
|
Group B (Cartago)
|
|
Group C (Buga and Tuluá)
|
|
Remove ads
Positions
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
 Colombia |
6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
 Cuba |
6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 |
 Canada |
3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 |
 United States |
1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 |
Matches
?, Palmira
?, Buga
?, Palmira
| Cuba | 2–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
?, Palmira
| Canada | 1–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
?, Palmira
Remove ads
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | Argentina [2]
Hugo Abdala |
Colombia Armando Neiva |
Cuba José Francisco Reinoso |
Remove ads
There were 83 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.
5 goals
Buzz Parsons
Juan Quintero- Carlos Monsalve
4 goals
- Héctor Céspedes
- Jaime Morón
3 goals
Edgardo Di Meola- Osvaldo Potente
- John Schepers
Ken Murren
2 goals
- José Orlando Berta
- Raúl Nogués
- Willian Young
- Sergio Zanatta
- Leopoldo Rivas
- Ángel Maria Torres
Francisco Fariñas- Luis Heres Hernández
- Jorge Massó
- Wilfred Cave
1 goal
- Roberto Cabral
- Luis Oruezábal
- Héctor Scotta
Frederick Lewis- Lenard Brown
- Juan Monje
- Francisco González
- Byron Hernández
- José Verdecia
Manuel Delgado
Emmanuel Sannon
Marcelino Gutiérrez- Manuel Manzo
- Tomás Torres
- David Armin
- Selwyn Murren
John Carenza
Source: RSSSF
Remove ads
| 1971 Pan American Games winners |
|---|
 Argentina Fourth title |
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads