Water polo at the 1963 Pan American Games
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The Water polo tournament was contested for men only at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. The top three teams from the event qualified through to the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Competing teams
[edit]Five teams contested the event.[1]
Format
[edit]Teams play in a round-robin format with the teams taking on each other twice. The team with the most points after eight matches would take the gold medal.
Medalists
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's water polo |  Brazil (BRA)[2]Adhemar Grijó Filho Aladar Szabo Flávio Ratto Ivo Carotini João Gonçalves Filho Luiz Valim Luiz Daniel Luiz Eduardo Lima Márvio dos Santos Paulo Carotini |
 United States (USA)Charles Bittick Gordon Hall Kenneth Bathgate Kent Taylor Leslie Willeford Martin Hull Ned Melroy Ronald Severa Ronald Crawford Ronald Volmer |
 Argentina (ARG)
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Results
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil
|
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 15 |
| 2 | United States
|
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 11 |
| 3 | Argentina
|
8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 8 |
| 4 |  Canada
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 4 |
| 5 |  Mexico
|
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 60 | −44 | 2 |
Source: Pan America Book, p.230-233
Matches
[edit]| 24 April 1963 | Brazil
|
7–1 | Mexico
|
São Paulo |
| Score by quarters: 4–0, 1–0, 2–0, 0–1 | ||||
| Filho 3 | Goals | |||
| 25 April 1963 | Canada
|
5–4 | Argentina
|
São Paulo |
| 25 April 1963 | United States
|
7–1 | Mexico
|
São Paulo |
| 25 April 1963 | Brazil
|
8–1 | Canada
|
São Paulo |
| Filho 3 | Goals |
| 26 April 1963 | United States
|
4–3 | Argentina
|
São Paulo |
| 26 April 1963 | Mexico
|
6–3 | Canada
|
São Paulo |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 2–1, 1–1 | ||||
| 27 April 1963 | Brazil
|
8–0 | Argentina
|
São Paulo |
| Filho, Szabo 3 | Goals |
| 27 April 1963 | United States
|
9–0 | Canada
|
São Paulo |
| 28 April 1963 | Argentina
|
9–2 | Mexico
|
São Paulo |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 4–0, 0–1 | ||||
| 28 April 1963 | Brazil
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6–4 | United States
|
São Paulo |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 2–0, 1–3 | ||||
| Filho, Szabo 2 | Goals | |||
| 30 April 1963 | Brazil
|
10–2 | Mexico
|
São Paulo |
| Szabo 7 | Goals |
| 30 April 1963 | Argentina
|
10–2 | Canada
|
São Paulo |
| 1 May 1963 | United States
|
14–1 | Mexico
|
São Paulo |
| 1 May 1963 | Brazil
|
7–2 | Canada
|
São Paulo |
| 2 May 1963 | Argentina
|
1–0 | United States
|
São Paulo |
| 2 May 1963 | Canada
|
5–2 | Mexico
|
São Paulo |
| 3 May 1963 | Brazil
|
5–4 | Argentina
|
São Paulo |
| Szabo 3 | Goals |
| 3 May 1963 | United States
|
7–4 | Canada
|
São Paulo |
| 4 May 1963 | Argentina
|
5–1 | Mexico
|
São Paulo |
| 4 May 1963 | Brazil
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3–3 | United States
|
São Paulo |
| Szabo 2 | Goals | Willefor, Martin, Ronald |
References
[edit]- ^ "1963 Pan American Games Report" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. p. 230-233. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Brazilian medalists at 1963 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
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