Football at the 1967 Pan American Games

The fifth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 24 to August 3, 1967. Eight teams divided in two groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. For the first time the tournament ended with a knock-out stage after the preliminary round.[1]

Football – Men's tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games
VenueWinnipeg Stadium
Dates24 July – 3 August
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
«1963
1971»

First round edit

Group A edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Trinidad and Tobago 5 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4
  Mexico 4 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3
  Argentina 3 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4
  Colombia 0 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11
Colombia  2–5  Trinidad and Tobago
Tovar   34', 43' Report Browne   60', 85'
Berassa   63'
Small   79', 83'

Mexico  2–2  Argentina
Pereda   17'
Regueiro   25'
Report Ponce   82'
Martínez   89'

Mexico  1–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Lapuente   34' Report LaBastide   73' (pen.)

Colombia  0–5  Argentina
Report C. García   7'
A. García   16', 18'
Ponce   44'
Vicente   46'

Trinidad and Tobago  1–0  Argentina
Berassa   59' Report

Mexico  3–0
[note 1]
  Colombia
Cerda   66'
Pereda   73', 77'
Report
Notes
  1. ^ Abandoned at 3–0 in 82' after Colombia had 3 player sent off.

Group B edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Canada 5 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2
  Bermuda 4 3 1 2 0 10 6 +4
  United States 2 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4
  Cuba 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2
Bermuda  7–3  United States
Smith    
Dill    
Douglas  
Romaine  
Gansler   (o.g.)
Report Roboostoff    
Minors   (o.g.)
Alexander Park, Winnipeg
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Arthur Weir (CAN)

Canada  2–1  Cuba
McPate   25'
Hansen   77' (pen.)
Report Fariñas   71'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Keith Dunstan (BER)

Cuba  1–1  Bermuda
Tsiba   40' Report Smith   40'
Alexander Park, Winnipeg
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dan Kulai (CAN)

Canada  2–1  United States
Baird   40'
McPate   70'
Report Benedek   75' (pen.)
Alexander Park, Winnipeg
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Minsal (CUB)

Canada  2–2  Bermuda
McKay  
Hansen  
Report Dill    
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Henry Landauer (USA)

Cuba  1–2  United States
Mico   63' Report Kinealy   21'
Tuchscherer   50'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frank Lee (CAN)

Final round edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Winnipeg
 
 
  Trinidad and Tobago1
 
Winnipeg
 
  Bermuda3
 
  Mexico4
 
Winnipeg
 
  Bermuda0
 
  Canada1
 
 
  Mexico2
 
Third place
 
 
Winnipeg
 
 
  Trinidad and Tobago4
 
 
  Canada1

Semi finals edit

Trinidad and Tobago  1–3  Bermuda
Gamaldo   77' Report Dills   33'
Darrell   67'
Best   87'

Canada  1–2  Mexico
Baird   5' Report Pereda   36'
Dosal   46'

Bronze medal match edit

Canada  1–4  Trinidad and Tobago
Adams   72' Report Browne   43'
Berassa   52'
Aleong   80'
Gellineau   85'

Gold Medal match edit

Mexico  4–0 (a.e.t.)  Bermuda
Pereda   91', 99', 106'
Lapuente   110'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
 1967 Pan American Games winners 
 
Mexico

First title

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament   Mexico

Javier Vargas Rueda
Gilberto Rodríguez Rivera
Juan Manuel Alejándrez
Carlos Albert Llorente
Mario Guadarrama
José Humberto Villaseñor
Javier Bazán
Luis Regueiro
Héctor Pulido
Alberto Onofre Cervantes
Juan Dosal
José Jesús Prado
Vicente Pereda
Luis Estrada Luévano
Manuel Lapuente
Manuel Cerda Canela
Fernando Castañeda
Juan Alvarado

(HC – Ignacio Trelles)

  Bermuda

Dennis Wainright
Earlston Jennings
Rudolph Minors
Irving Romaine
Noel Simons
Rudolph Smith
Gladwin Daniels
Gary Darrell
Kenneth Cann
Lionel Smith
Edward Ming Cann
Gordon Cholmondeley
Lerroy Lewis
Willian Cann
Clyde Best
Winston Trott
Carlton Dill
Marcus Douglas

(HC –   Graham Adams)

  Trinidad and Tobago

Lincoln Abraham Phillips
Jean Mouttet
Tyronne Labastide
Aldwin Ferguson
Selwyn Murren
Hugh Mulzac
David Armin
Victor Gamaldo
Joseph Sedley
Bertrand Grell
Andrew Aleong
Alvin Corneal
Gerry Browne
Kelvin Berassa
Patrick Small
Jeff Gellineau
Richard Steward


(HC – Conrad Braithwhite)

Goalscorers edit

There were 63 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

  •   Carlton Dill

3 goals

  •   Gerry Browne
  •   Kevin Berassa

2 goals

  •   Antonio García
  •   Ramón Ponce
  •   Rudolph Smith
  •   Jim Baird
  •   Harold Hansen
  •   Ralph McPate
  •   Luís Alfonso Tovar
  •   Manuel Lapuente
  •   Patrick Small
  •   Alex Roboostoff

1 goal

  •   Carlos García
  •   José Maria Martínez
  •   Rodolfo Vicente
  •   Clyde Best
  •   Gary Darrell
  •   Marcus Douglas
  •   Irving Romaine
  •   Lionel Smith
  •   Antony Adams
  •   Ike McKay
  •   Francisco Fariñas
  •   René Mico
  •   Ricardo Tsiba
  •   Manuel Cerda Canela
  •   Juan Dosal
  •   Luis Regueiro
  •   Andrew Aleong
  •   Victor Gamaldo
  •   Jeff Gellineau
  •   Tyronne Labastide
  •   Janos Benedek
  •   Jack Kinealy
  •   Ernie Tuchscherer

1 own goal

Source: RSSSF

References edit