Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Football – Men's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
Dates July 12 – July 26
Competitors 144 from 8 nations
Medalists
  Uruguay
  Mexico
  Brazil
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The men's football tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium in Hamilton from July 12 to 26.[1]

For these Games, the men competed in an eight-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. The men's competition was an under-22 event, with each team supplemented with up to three over age players.[2]

Mexico were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. The gold medal was won by Uruguay.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. Hosts Canada and Mexico qualified automatically. The winners of the regional Caribbean and Central American championships also qualified. Teams placing between 3rd and 6th at the South American Championship also qualified.[2][3]

Summary

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 1  Mexico
Central American Qualifier[4] July 17–29, 2014 El Salvador El Salvador 1  Panama
Caribbean Qualifier September 12–19, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1  Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier[5][6] January 14 – February 7, 2015 Uruguay Uruguay 4  Uruguay
 Brazil
 Peru
 Paraguay
Total 8

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Brazil 11th Gold medal (1963, 1975, 1979, 1987)
 Canada (hosts) 7th Fourth place (1967, 1999)
 Mexico 14th Gold medal (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011)
 Panama 1st Debut
 Paraguay 5th Fourth place (1951)
 Peru 1st Debut
 Trinidad and Tobago 9th Bronze medal (1967)
 Uruguay 6th Gold medal (1983)

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Uruguay  Mexico  Brazil

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had to submit up to 18 players on their rosters.

Competition format

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two groups of four teams, played in round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the group once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. The teams were ranked as follows:[7]

  1. Points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Goals scored
  4. Head-to-head points
  5. Drawing of lots

Following the completion of the group games, the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals, with the winners of one group playing the runners-up of another group. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal match and the losers advanced to the bronze medal match.[7]

All games were played in two 45-minute halves. In the medal round, if the match ended in a draw after 90 minutes, extra time was played (two 15-minute halves), followed by penalty kicks competition if the match still remained tied.[7]

First round

The official detailed schedule and draw was revealed on April 24, 2015.[8]

All times were Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 11 4 +7 7 Medal round
2  Panama 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  Peru 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Canada (H) 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Host.

July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)
17:35

Panama  2–1  Peru
Aguilar  47'
Escobar  90' (pen.)		 Report Maldonado  54'

July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)
20:35

Canada  1–4  Brazil
Babouli  58' Report Luciano  7'
Rômulo  38'
Clayton  47'
Erik  89'

July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)
17:35

Peru  0–4  Brazil
Report Luan  3'
Clayton  20'
Rômulo  26'
Dodô  30'

July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)
20:35

Panama  0–0  Canada
Report

July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20)
17:35

Brazil  3–3  Panama
Luciano  24', 25'
Clayton  37'		 Report Aguilar  40', 51'
Escobar  56' (pen.)

July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20)
20:35

Canada  0–2  Peru
Report Rodas  12'
James  68' (o.g.)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Medal round
2  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
3  Paraguay 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: Toronto 2015

July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)
17:35

Trinidad and Tobago  0–4  Uruguay
Report Formiliano  6'
Ricca  20'
Albarracín  31'
Lozano  69'

July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)
20:35

Paraguay  1–1  Mexico
Cardozo  71' Report Zúñiga  15'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17)
17:35

Mexico  1–0  Uruguay
Silva  90+1' Report

July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17)
20:35

Paraguay  5–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Ferreira  63', 71'
Ramírez  65'
Alegre  76'
Aranda  79'		 Report Garcia  53'

July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)
17:35

Trinidad and Tobago  2–4  Mexico
John  7'
Henry  39'		 Report Espericueta  60'
Álvarez  68'
Bueno  90'
Zúñiga  90+3'

July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)
20:35

Uruguay  1–0  Paraguay
Gorriarán  52' Report

Medal round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
July 23 – Hamilton
 
 
 Brazil1
 
July 26 – Hamilton
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Uruguay1
 
July 23 – Hamilton
 
 Mexico0
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Panama1
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
July 25 – Hamilton
 
 
 Brazil (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Panama1

Semifinals

July 23, 2015 (2015-07-23)
17:35

Brazil  1–2  Uruguay
Clayton  75' Report Schettino  86'
Santos  87'

July 23, 2015 (2015-07-23)
20:35

Mexico  2–1  Panama
Zaldívar  2'
Cisneros  61'		 Report Núñez  59'

Bronze medal match

July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25)
13:05

Brazil  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Panama
Luciano  76' (pen.), 115' (pen.)
Lucas Piazon  99'		 Report Núñez  45+2'

Gold medal match

July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)
13:05

Uruguay  1–0  Mexico
Lozano  11' Report

Competition summary

2015 Pan American Games
men's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
City Hamilton, Ontario
Dates 12–26 July 2015
Teams 8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Uruguay (2nd title)
Runners-up  Mexico
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Luciano (5 goals)

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st, gold medalist(s)  Uruguay 5 4 0 1 8 2 +6 12 Gold medal
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Mexico 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10 Silver medal
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 5 3 1 1 15 7 +8 10 Bronze medal
4  Panama 5 1 2 2 7 9 −2 5 Fourth place
5  Paraguay 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4 Eliminated in
First round
6  Peru 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
7  Canada (H) 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
8  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Host.

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Football (Soccer)" (PDF). http://ontariosoccer.net/. Ontario Soccer. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ Milton, Steve (7 January 2015). "Field of teams for Pan Am soccer tournament taking shape". Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Panama U20s seal CONCACAF, Pan Am Games berths". http://www.concacaf.com/. Concacaf. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "The Uruguayan U-20 team starts training ahead of the 2015 Sudamericano". http://www.conmebol.com/. Conmebol. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ Milton, Steve (9 February 2015). "Brazil, Uruguay bound for Hamilton's Pan Am soccer stage". Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Canada. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Sport Technical manual Football (Soccer)". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Campbell, Morgan (24 April 2015). "Pan Am Soccer draw set: Canadian men to tackle Brazil". Toronto Star. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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