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 XVII Pan American Games
VenueHamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
DatesJuly 12 – July 26
Competitors144 from 8 nations
Medalists
  Uruguay
  Mexico
  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

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 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
Total8

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Brazil11thGold medal (1963, 1975, 1979, 1987)
 Canada (hosts)7thFourth place (1967, 1999)
 Mexico14thGold medal (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011)
 Panama1stDebut
 Paraguay5thFourth place (1951)
 Peru1stDebut
 Trinidad and Tobago9thBronze medal (1967)
 Uruguay6thGold medal (1983)

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Uruguay  Mexico  Brazil

Rosters
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
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

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.
Panama 2–1 Peru
Aguilar  47'
Escobar  90' (pen.)		 Report Maldonado  54'
Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)
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'
Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)
Panama 0–0 Canada
Report
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)
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.)
Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)

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
Trinidad and Tobago 0–4 Uruguay
Report Formiliano  6'
Ricca  20'
Albarracín  31'
Lozano  69'
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Paraguay 1–1 Mexico
Cardozo  71' Report Zúñiga  15'
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)
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'
Referee: Sherwim Moore (Guyana)
Uruguay 1–0 Paraguay
Gorriarán  52' Report
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

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

Gold medal match
Uruguay 1–0 Mexico
Lozano  11' Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Competition summary
2015 Pan American Games
men's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Canada
CityHamilton, Ontario
Dates12–26 July 2015
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Luciano (5 goals)

Goalscorers

In every single match he played, Luciano scored at least one goal (besides the last one)

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

Final standings
Uruguay's gold medal men's soccer team at the 2015 Pan American Games
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) Host.

References
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