Panamerican Games 1995 (Mar del Plata, Mar 10-24)

Qualifying Tournament

North American Zone
Mexico and USA apparently qualified automatically

 2-12-94 Bermuda      0-0 Canada         [at Kingston, Jamaica]
 4-12-94 Bermuda      2-0 Canada         [at Kingston, Jamaica]
Bermuda advanced to a playoff


Caribbean Zone
The Caribbean Zone final round was to be a 4-team group: Jamaica (host), Trinidad & Tobago (top seed), Martinique and Guadeloupe, but
it seems that both Martinique and Guadeloupe withdrew.  Martinique had earlier beaten Cuba (or perhaps Cuba withdrew).
Other results of earlier rounds (if any) are unknown.

 2-12-94 Jamaica      2-4 Trinidad/Tob.  [at Kingston]
 4-12-94 Jamaica      2-1 Trinidad/Tob.  [at Kingston]
Trinidad & Tobago qualified
Jamaica advanced to a playoff


Playoff
 6-12-94 Jamaica      1-1 Bermuda        [at Kingston]
 8-12-94 Jamaica      0-1 Bermuda        [AET][at Kingston]
Bermuda qualified
Several Bermuda players were later arrested in Miami en route back to Bermuda for carrying marijuana.


Central American Zone
 7-12-94 Costa Rica   2-1 El Salvador    [at San José]
 7-12-94 Honduras     2-0 Guatemala      [at Tegucigalpa]
16-12-94 Guatemala    2-0 Costa Rica     [at Cd de Guatemala]
16-12-94 El Salvador  1-1 Honduras       [at San Salvador]
21-12-94 Costa Rica   0-0 Honduras       [at San José]
21-12-94 El Salvador  1-0 Guatemala      [at San Salvador]
30-12-94 El Salvador  1-3 Costa Rica     [at San Salvador]
30-12-94 Guatemala    0-0 Honduras       [at Cd de Guatemala]
 8- 1-95 Honduras     4-0 El Salvador    [at Tegucigalpa]
 8- 1-95 Costa Rica   2-2 Guatemala      [at San José]
15- 1-95 Honduras     0-2 Costa Rica     [at Tegucigalpa]
15- 1-95 Guatemala    3-0 El Salvador    [at Cd de Guatemala]

 1.COSTA RICA   6  3  2  1  9- 6  11  [qualified]
 2.HONDURAS     6  2  3  1  7- 3   9  [qualified]
 3.Guatemala    6  2  2  2  7- 5   8
 4.El Salvador  6  1  1  4  4-13   4


South American Zone
Argentina qualified as host

 2-12-94 Venezuela    1-3 Colombia       [at Puerto Ordaz]
16-12-94 Colombia     3-0 Venezuela      [at Arménia]
Colombia qualified

 8- 1-95 Ecuador      w/o Peru
Ecuador qualified

 8- 1-95 Uruguay      0-0 Paraguay       [at Montevideo]
15- 1-95 Paraguay     3-1 Uruguay        [at Asunción]

Brazil qualified without playing any matches; Chile also qualified,
possibly by eliminating Bolivia (or Bolivia did not enter and both
Brazil and Chile had byes).


Final Tournament

Group A
Paraguay    2-0 Honduras             1.ARGENTINA     3  2  1  0   6- 2   7
Argentina   3-0 USA                  2.PARAGUAY      3  2  0  1   4- 1   6
USA         0-2 Paraguay             3.HONDURAS      3  1  1  1   6- 4   4
Argentina   2-2 Honduras             4.USA           3  0  0  3   0- 9   0
USA         0-4 Honduras
Argentina   1-0 Paraguay

Group B
Brazil      2-1 Costa Rica           1.BRAZIL        3  2  1  0   5- 2   7
Chile       1-0 Bermuda              2.COSTA RICA    3  2  0  1  10- 3   6
Brazil      2-0 Bermuda              3.CHILE         3  1  1  1   3- 5   4
Costa Rica  4-1 Chile                4.Bermuda       3  0  0  3   0- 8   0
Costa Rica  5-0 Bermuda
Brazil      1-1 Chile

Group C
Mexico      4-2 Ecuador              1.MEXICO        3  3  0  0   8- 2   9
Colombia    2-0 Trinidad and Tobago  2.COLOMBIA      3  2  0  1   7- 3   6
Mexico      1-0 Trinidad and Tobago  3.Ecuador       3  1  0  2   6-10   3
Colombia    5-0 Ecuador              4.Trinidad/Tob. 3  0  0  3   1- 7   0
Ecuador     4-1 Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico      3-0 Colombia


QUARTERFINALS

Brazil      0-0 Honduras
Honduras won 8-7 on pen
  NB: 'keeper Flores (Honduras) saved 4 penalties and scored the decisive one

Mexico      3-2 Costa Rica

Argentina   1-0 Chile

Colombia    2-0 Paraguay


SEMIFINALS

Argentina   3-2 Honduras
  [half-time 1-1]
  [Gallardo 2 (1 pen), Ayala; Romero, Cruz pen.]
  [ref: Nestor Mondria (CHI); att: 15,000]
Argentina : Bossio - Zanetti, Ayala, Pez, Arruabarrena, Monteserrat,
            Bassedas, Cagna, Gallardo, Ortega, Rambert
Honduras : Flores - Lagos, Cruz, Castro (Oseguara), Suerra, Guevara,
           Lopez, Romero, Pineda, Pavon, Suazo

Mexico      2-1 Colombia
  [half-time 0-1]
  [Salvador 2; Ricard]
  [ref: Ronald Guiterrez (CR); att: 5,000]
  [sent-off: Arley Betancourt (COL), after hitting referee in the face; was
             suspended for one year]
Mexico : Sanchez - Villa, Ayala, Luna, Pardo, Lara, Areliano, R.
         Garcia, Hernandez, Blanco, Salvador
Colombia : Cordoba - Velez, Dinaz, Prtegon, Gonzalez, Quinones, Zapata,
           Valencia, Betancourt, Ricard, Alcibar


THIRD PLACE MATCH [Mar 24]

Colombia    3-0 Honduras
  [half-time 2-0]
  [Zapata, Quinones, Zambrano]
  [ref: J.J. Barnabe (ARG); att: 40,000]
Colombia : Cordoba - Ortegon, Velez, Calencia, Maplas, Zapata, Dinas,
           Quinones, Gonzalez, Alcibar (Castillo), Zambrano
Honduras : Flores - Cabrera, Cruz, Lopez, Bustillo, Oseguara, Pineda,
           Medina, Romero, Suazo, Perdomo

FINAL [Mar 24]

Argentina   0-0 Mexico
Argentina won 5-4 on pen
  [ref: Guevara (ECU); att: 40,000]
Argentina : Bossio - Zanetti, Ayala, Paz, Sorin, Cagna (Montserrat),
            Jimenez, Bassedas, Gallardo, Ortega, Rambert (Barros
            Schelotto)
Mexico : Sanchez - Lopez, Ayala, Luna, Arellano, Lara, R. Garcia, Sol
         (Blanco), Napoles (A. Garcia)  

Topscorer: Marcelo Gallardo (Argentina) 6 goals (of which 5 penalties)



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