Football at the 1987 Pan American Games

The tenth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held at the William Kuntz Soccer Center in Indianapolis, United States from August 9 to August 21, 1987. Twelve teams competed, with title defender Uruguay missing. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.

Preliminary round

Group A

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Argentina	6	3	3	0	0	9	0
2	United States	3	3	1	1	1	3	3
3	El Salvador	3	3	1	1	1	1	1
4	Trinidad and Tobago	0	3	0	0	3	1	10

Argentina	1 - 0	El Salvador
United States	3 - 1	Trinidad and Tobago
Argentina	6 - 0	Trinidad and Tobago
United States	0 - 0	El Salvador
Argentina	2 - 0	United States
Trinidad and Tobago	0 - 1	El Salvador

Group B

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Brazil	5	3	2	1	0	7	2
2	Chile	4	3	1	2	0	3	2
3	Cuba	2	3	1	0	2	3	4
4	Canada	1	3	0	1	2	3	8

Brazil	4 - 1	Canada
Chile	1 - 0	Cuba
Brazil	3 - 1	Cuba
Chile	2 - 2	Canada
Brazil	0 - 0	Chile
Cuba	2 - 0	Canada

Group C

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Mexico	6	3	3	0	0	10	1
2	Guatemala	3	3	1	1	1	3	2
3	Paraguay	2	3	0	2	1	1	8
4	Colombia	1	3	0	1	2	1	4

Mexico	1 - 0	Guatemala
Colombia	0 - 0	Paraguay
Mexico	7 - 0	Paraguay
Guatemala	2 - 0	Colombia
Mexico	2 - 1	Colombia
Guatemala	1 - 1	Paraguay

Final round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 18 – Indianapolis
	Chile	3
	Argentina	2
					August 21 – Indianapolis
					Brazil	2
					Chile	0
					Third place
	August 18 – Indianapolis			August 20 – Indianapolis
	Brazil	1		Argentina	0 (5)
	Mexico	0			Mexico	0 (4)

Semi finals

Chile	3 - 2	Argentina
Brazil	1 - 0	Mexico

Bronze medal match

Argentina

0 - 0

Mexico

After extra time, Argentina wins on penalties (5-4)

Gold Medal match

Brazil

2 - 0

Chile

After extra time

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1987 Pan American Games Winners
Brazil Fourth title

References

• RSSSF archive