Football at the 1971 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the VI Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates	31 July – 12 August
Medalists
Argentina    Colombia    Cuba
«1967 1975»

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 July 31 to August 12, 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]

Preliminary round[]

Group A (Cali)[]

Group B (Cartago)[]

Group C (Buga and Tuluá)[]

Final Round[]

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[]

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Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Argentina [2] Hugo Abdala Osvaldo Batocletti José Berta Horacio Bongiovanni Roberto Cabral Edgardo Di Meola Alberto Jorge Francisco Lavorato Miguel Ángel Leyes Ángel Mendoza Carlos Montenegro Raúl Nogues Luis Oruezábal Osvaldo Potente Andrés Rebottaro Alberto Romero Héctor Scotta Alejandro Simion Roberto Telch Osvaldo Vallone Enrique Vidallé Abel Vieitez	Colombia	Cuba

Awards[]

1971 Pan American Games Winners
Argentina Fourth title

References[]