Football at the 1991 Pan American Games

The eleventh edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from August 4 to August 13, 1991. Eight teams competed, with title holder Brazil missing. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.

Football – Men's tournament at the XI Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Panamericano
Dates4–13 August
Medalists
 
 
 
«1987
1995»

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 12 1 +11 5 Advance to Semifinals
2  Cuba 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 4
3  Haiti 3 1 1 1 13 8 +5 3
4  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 1 20 19 0
Source:
August 1991 Haiti  1–6  Mexico Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Cuba  4–1  Nicaragua Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Mexico  6–0  Nicaragua Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Cuba  2–2  Haiti Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Haiti  10–0  Nicaragua Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Cuba  0–0  Mexico Havana, Cuba

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 6 Advance to Semifinals
2  Honduras 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3
3  Suriname 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 3 9 6 0
Source:
August 1991 Suriname  0–1  United States Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Canada  1–3  Honduras Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Canada  1–3  Suriname Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Honduras  1–1  Suriname Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Canada  1–3  United States Havana, Cuba

Final round

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Havana
 
 
 Mexico6
 
Havana
 
 Honduras1
 
 United States2
 
Havana
 
 Mexico1
 
 United States2
 
 
 Cuba1
 
Third place
 
 
Havana
 
 
 Cuba1
 
 
 Honduras0


Semifinals

August 1991 Honduras  1–6  Mexico Havana, Cuba
August 1991 Cuba  1–2  United States Havana, Cuba

Bronze Medal match

August 1991 Cuba  1–0  Honduras Havana, Cuba

Gold Medal match

13 August 1991 Mexico  1–2 (a.e.t.)  United States Havana, Cuba
Mariscal  16'  34' Reyna
 95' Moore
Stadium: Estadio Panamericano
 1991 Pan American Games Winners 

United States
First title

Note

The USA's U-23 team coached by Lothar Osiander included a number of players from the highly successful U-20 World Championship squad of 1989, including Brad Friedel, Joe-Max Moore, Steve Snow, Manny Lagos, Yari Allnutt, Kasey Keller, Mike Burns, Cobi Jones and Claudio Reyna. They were also helped by the CONMEBOL boycott of the Games. High scorers for the US were Snow (four goals), and Reyna (two goals).

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.