Football at the 1995 Pan American Games

The twelfth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 10 to March 24, 1995. Twelve teams competed, with title defender USA being eliminated in the first round. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1  Argentina 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Qualified to the Final round
2  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
3  Honduras 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
4  United States 3 0 0 3 0 9 9 0
Paraguay 2 - 0 Honduras
Argentina 3 - 0 United States
United States 0 - 2 Paraguay
Argentina 2 - 2 Honduras
United States 0 - 4 Honduras
Argentina 1 - 0 Paraguay

Group B

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Qualified to the Final round
2  Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
3  Chile 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 4
4  Bermuda 3 0 0 3 0 8 8 0
Brazil 2 - 1 Costa Rica
Chile 1 - 0 Bermuda
Brazil 2 - 0 Bermuda
Costa Rica 4 - 1 Chile
Costa Rica 5 - 0 Bermuda
Brazil 1 - 1 Chile

Group C

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Qualified to the Final round
2  Colombia 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Ecuador 3 1 0 2 6 10 4 3
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 1 7 6 0
Mexico 4 - 2 Ecuador
Colombia 2 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico 1 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia 5 - 0 Ecuador
Mexico 3 - 0 Colombia
Trinidad and Tobago 1 - 4 Ecuador

Final round

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
Mar del Plata        
  Brazil  0 (7)
Mar del Plata
  Honduras  0 (8)  
  Honduras  2
Mar del Plata
    Argentina  3  
  Argentina  1
Mar del Plata
  Chile  0  
  Argentina  0 (5)
Mar del Plata
    Mexico  0 (4)
  Mexico  3
Mar del Plata
  Costa Rica  2  
  Mexico  2 Third place
Mar del Plata
    Colombia  1  
  Colombia  2   Colombia  3
  Paraguay  0     Honduras  0
Mar del Plata

Quarter finals

Brazil  0 - 0  Honduras
Honduras won 8-7 on penalties; goalkeeper Milton Flores (Honduras) saved three penalties and scored the decisive one
Mexico  3 - 2  Costa Rica
Argentina  1 - 0  Chile
Colombia  2 - 0  Paraguay

Semi finals

Argentina  3 - 2  Honduras
Mexico  2 - 1  Colombia
Arley Betancourt (COL) was sent off, after hitting referee Ronald Gutierrez (Costa Rica) (CR) in the face; he was suspended for one year

Bronze medal match

Colombia  3 - 0  Honduras

Gold Medal match

Award

 1995 Pan American Games Winners 

Argentina
Fifth title

Squads

 Argentina

Daniel Passarella

Honduras Honduras

References