# 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.

## Participants

* Argentina
* Bermuda
* Canada
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Mexico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

## First round
### Group A

| 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 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Abandoned at 3–0 in 82' after Colombia had three players sent off.

### Group B

| 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 |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Winnipeg | Winnipeg |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | Winnipeg | Winnipeg |
| Bermuda | 3 | Winnipeg | Winnipeg |
| Bermuda | 3 | Mexico | 4 |
| Winnipeg | Winnipeg | | Mexico | 4 |
| Winnipeg | Winnipeg | Bermuda | 0 |
| Canada | 1 | Bermuda | 0 |
| Mexico | 2 | | |
| Mexico | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Winnipeg | Winnipeg |
| | | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 |
| | | Canada | 1 |

### Gold Medal match

Team details :
Mexico
Bermuda
GK Javier Vargas
DF Juan M. Alejándrez
DF Héctor Pulido
DF Carlos Albert
DF Mario Pérez
MF Luis Regueiro
MF Juan Dosal
MF Fernando Bustos 104'
FW Luis Estrada 71'
FW Vicente Pereda
FW Manuel Cerda
Substitutes:
FW Manuel Lapuente 71'
FW Juan Alvarado 104'
Manager:
Ignacio Trélles
GK Dennis Wainwright
DF Rudolph Minors
DF Irving Romaine
DF Rudolph Smith
DF Gladwin Daniels
MF Keneth Cann
MF Lionel Smith
MF Gary Darrell a'
FW Clyde Best
FW Carlton Dill
FW Marcus Douglas b'
Substitutes:
MF William Cann a'
DF Noel Simons b'
Manager:
Grahams Adams :
* 1967 Pan American Games winners
* Mexico First title

## Medalists

| 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

There were 63 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.
7 goals
* Vicente Pereda
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
* Rudolph Minors (against United States)
* Bob Gansler (against Bermuda)
Source: RSSSF