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

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]

Football – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueHamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
Dates12–26 July
Competitors144 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal  Uruguay
Silver medal  Mexico
Bronze medal  Brazil
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For the football competition in 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 edit

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 edit

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

Qualified teams edit

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 edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament   Uruguay   Mexico   Brazil

Rosters edit

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters

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

Competition format edit

 
Tim Hortons Field (Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium), was the venue for the football competitions

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 edit

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

All times were Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A edit

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) Hosts
Panama  2–1  Peru
Aguilar   47'
Escobar   90' (pen.)		 Report Maldonado   54'
Canada  1–4  Brazil
Babouli   58' Report Luciano   7'
Rômulo   38'
Clayton   47'
Erik   89'
Peru  0–4  Brazil
Report Luan   3'
Clayton   20'
Rômulo   26'
Dodô   30'
Panama  0–0  Canada
Report
Brazil  3–3  Panama
Luciano   24', 25'
Clayton   37'		 Report Aguilar   40', 51'
Escobar   56' (pen.)
Canada  0–2  Peru
Report Rodas   12'
James   68' (o.g.)

Group B edit

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
Trinidad and Tobago  0–4  Uruguay
Report Formiliano   6'
Ricca   20'
Albarracín   31'
Lozano   69'
Paraguay  1–1  Mexico
Cardozo   71' Report Zúñiga   15'
Mexico  1–0  Uruguay
Silva   90+1' Report
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Paraguay  5–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Ferreira   63', 71'
Ramírez   65'
Alegre   76'
Aranda   79'		 Report Garcia   53'
Trinidad and Tobago  2–4  Mexico
John   7'
Henry   39'		 Report Espericueta   60'
Álvarez   68'
Bueno   90'
Zúñiga   90+3'
Uruguay  1–0  Paraguay
Gorriarán   52' Report

Medal round edit

 
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 edit

Brazil  1–2  Uruguay
Clayton   75' Report Schettino   86'
Santos   87'
Mexico  2–1  Panama
Zaldívar   2'
Cisneros   61'		 Report Núñez   59'

Bronze medal match edit

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

Gold medal match edit

  Uruguay  1–0  Mexico  
Lozano   11' Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)
 2015 Pan American Games winners 
 
Uruguay
Second title

Competition summary edit

Goalscorers edit

 
Luciano, top scorer
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final standings edit

 
The Uruguay team posing with their gold medals
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Uruguay 5 4 0 1 8 2 +6 12 Gold medal
    Mexico 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10 Silver medal
    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) Hosts

References edit

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Football (Soccer)" (PDF). ontariosoccer.net/. Ontario Soccer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  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". concacaf.com/. Concacaf. 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. ^ "The Uruguayan U-20 team starts training ahead of the 2015 Sudamericano". conmebol.com/. Conmebol. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  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. ^ a b c "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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