Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima from 29 July to 10 August 2019.

Football – Men's tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Universidad San Marcos
Dates29 July – 10 August 2019[1]
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
«2015
2023»

Qualification edit

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams.[1] For CONMEBOL, the best three teams at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship qualified, while Peru automatically qualified as hosts. For CONCACAF, the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualified, however, United States (best North American team) declined to participate and were replaced by Mexico. Honduras also qualified by decision of CONCACAF.[2]

Qualified teams edit

Confederation Region Means of qualification Teams qualified Appearance Previous best performance
CONCACAF North American 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
(1–21 November 2018)
  Mexico 15th Gold medal (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011)
Caribbean   Jamaica 5th Silver medal (2007)
Central American   Panama 2nd Fourth place (2015)
Last berth defined by CONCACAF   Honduras 5th Silver medal (1999)
CONMEBOL South American Automatically qualified   Peru (hosts) 2nd Group stage (2015)
2019 South American U-20 Championship
(17 January–10 February 2019)
  Argentina 15th Gold medal (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003)
  Uruguay 7th Gold medal (1983, 2015)
  Ecuador 4th Gold medal (2007)

Draw edit

The draw of the tournament was held on 12 April 2019, 12:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru.[3][4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group was conformed by two CONCACAF teams and two CONMEBOL teams. The hosts Peru were seeded into group B and assigned to position 4 in their group, while the remaining seven teams were placed into two pots according to the confederation which they belong.

CONCACAF pot CONMEBOL pot

  Jamaica
  Honduras
  Mexico
  Panama

  Argentina
  Ecuador
  Uruguay

The CONCACAF teams were drawn first and assigned to positions 1 and 2 in groups A and B. Then, the CONMEBOL teams were drawn and the first two teams occupied positions 3 and 4 in group A while the third team occupied the position 3 in group B. The draw resulted in the following groups:[5]

Group A
Pos Team
A1   Panama
A2   Mexico
A3   Ecuador
A4   Argentina
Group B
Pos Team
B1   Jamaica
B2   Honduras
B3   Uruguay
B4   Peru

The draw was led by Hugo Figueredo, competition director of CONMEBOL, and had the help of Miriam Tristan and Cindy Novoa members of the Peru women's national football team

Squads edit

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997, three overage players are allowed.

Match officials edit

The referees and assistant referees were:[6]

Group stage edit

Tie-breakers

All times are local, PET (UTC−5).[7]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Knockout stage
2   Argentina 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3   Panama 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 Fifth place match
4   Ecuador 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1 Seventh place match
Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
Panama  0–0  Mexico
Report
Ecuador  2–3  Argentina
Report

Panama  1–1  Ecuador
Zúñiga   27' Report Campana   53'
Mexico  2–1  Argentina
Venegas   13' (pen.)
Godínez   81' (pen.)
Report Gaich   39'

Panama  1–3  Argentina
Aguilar   45' Report Gaich   4'
Lomonaco   14'
Valenzuela   80'
Ecuador  0–2  Mexico
Report Vásquez   25'
Lainez   90'+5'

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uruguay 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Knockout stage
2   Honduras 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
3   Jamaica 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Fifth place match
4   Peru (H) 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1 Seventh place match
Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts
Jamaica  1–3  Honduras
Beckford   46' Report
Uruguay  2–0  Peru
Report

Jamaica  0–2  Uruguay
Report Fernández   61', 72'
Honduras  2–2  Peru
Vuelto   90'+2'
Maldonado   90'+7'
Report Quevedo   15'
Guivin   62'

Uruguay  3–0  Honduras
Arriaga   34' (o.g.)
Ramírez   75' (pen.)
Fernández   84'
Report
Jamaica  2–0  Peru
Beckford   55', 60' Report

Placement stage (5th–8th place) edit

Seventh place match edit

Ecuador  1–1  Peru
Vivar   88' Report Minda   83' (o.g.)
Penalties
Vallecilla  
Alcivar  
Porozo  
Minda  
2–4   Barco
  Acuy
  Arakaki
  Pretell
  Rivera

Fifth place match edit

Panama  4–0  Jamaica
Aguilar   3'
Carrasquilla   11'
Ayarza   28'
Zúñiga   58'
Report

Knockout stage edit

If necessary, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner.

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
7 August
 
 
  Mexico1 (2)
 
10 August
 
  Honduras (p)1 (4)
 
  Honduras1
 
7 August
 
  Argentina4
 
  Uruguay0
 
 
  Argentina3
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
10 August
 
 
  Mexico1
 
 
  Uruguay0

Semi-finals edit

Mexico  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Honduras
Venegas   40' Report Reyes   79'
Penalties
Govea  
Vásquez  
López  
Macías  
2–4   Martínez
  Vuelto
  Reyes
  Maldonado

Uruguay  0–3  Argentina
Report Gaich   6', 85'
Valenzuela   29'

Bronze medal match edit

Mexico  1–0  Uruguay
Yrizar   7' Report

Gold medal match edit

Honduras  1–4  Argentina
Martínez   42' Report Urzi   7'
Valenzuela   58'
Necul   61'
Vera   65'
 2019 Pan American Games winners 
 
Argentina
Seventh title

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Argentina
    Honduras
    Mexico
4   Uruguay
5   Panama
6   Jamaica
7   Peru
8   Ecuador

Goalscorers edit

 
Argentine Adolfo Gaich, top scorer

There were 50 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: Lima 2019

References edit

  1. ^ a b "SEVEN COUNTRIES QUALIFY FOR THE LIMA 2019 PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN MEN'S FOOTBALL". lima2019.pe. 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Honduras competirá en fútbol en Panamericanos de Lima 2019" [Honduras will compete in football at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima] (in Spanish). Diario Más. 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ "LIMA 2019 DRAWS FOOTBALL GROUPS FOR THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES". lima2019.pe. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ "LIMA 2019 DRAWS FOOTBALL GROUPS FOR THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES". lima2019.pe. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ^ "En vivo mira ahora el livestream del sorteo del torneo de fútbol masculino y fem". Facebook Lima 2019. 12 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Football Men - Referees and Assistant referees" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Football Men – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COPAL Lima 2019. 28 July 2019.

External links edit