Football at the Pan American Games
A men's football tournament is held at every Pan American Games since the first edition of the multi-sports event in 1951. A women's tournament was introduced in 1999.
Men's tournament
Summaries
* Under-23 tournament since 1999.
The tournament was played in league format from 1951 to 1963, neither final nor bronze medal match hosted. Another format was used in 1971, this time the tournament was played in group format in early stages, but played in league format for final stages. The 1983 tournament saw only 3 teams played in the final group stages, with the first and final time the tournament did not have the fourth place team.
Medal table
Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth Place |
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Argentina | 7 (1951*, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995*, 2003, 2019) | 2 (1963, 2011) | 3 (1975, 1979, 1987) | |
Mexico | 4 (1967, 1975*, 1999, 2011*) | 4 (1955*, 1991, 1995, 2015) | 3 (2003, 2007, 2019) | 1 (1987) |
Brazil | 4 (1963*, 1975, 1979, 1987) | 2 (1959, 2003) | 2 (1983, 2015) | |
Uruguay | 2 (1983, 2015) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2019) | |
United States | 1 (1991) | 2 (1959*, 1999) | 1 (1963) | |
Ecuador | 1 (2007) | |||
Honduras | 2 (1999, 2019) | 2 (1991, 1995) | ||
Chile | 1 (1987) | 2 (1951, 1963) | ||
Cuba | 1 (1979) | 2 (1971, 1991*) | ||
Colombia | 1 (1971*) | 1 (1995) | 1 (2003) | |
Costa Rica | 1 (1951) | 3 (1975, 1979, 2011) | ||
Bermuda | 1 (1967) | |||
Guatemala | 1 (1983) | |||
Jamaica | 1 (2007) | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1967) | 1 (1971) | ||
Netherlands Antilles | 1 (1955) | |||
Canada | 2 (1967*, 1999*) | |||
Paraguay | 1 (1951) | |||
Venezuela | 1 (1955) | |||
Haiti | 1 (1959) | |||
Bolivia | 1 (2007) | |||
Panama | 1 (2015) |
* = host
Participating nations
Teams participate with their U-22 squads. In some cases such as in 1951 (for Venezuela and Costa Rica) some countries sent their full squad (including players over the age of 22).[1]
Nation | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1963 | 1967 | 1971 | 1975 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | Years |
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Argentina | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
Bahamas | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Bermuda | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Bolivia | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Canada | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
Chile | 4 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Colombia | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||
Cuba | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Ecuador | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
El Salvador | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Guatemala | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Haiti | 4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Honduras | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Jamaica | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Mexico | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
Nicaragua | 13 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands Antilles | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Panama | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Paraguay | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Peru | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Suriname | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
United States | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||
Uruguay | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Venezuela | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Nations | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Women's tournament
Summaries
Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | Participants | |||||||
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Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
1999 Details |
Winnipeg, Canada | United States U18 |
1–0 | Mexico |
Costa Rica |
1–1 (4–3) on penalties |
Canada |
5 | |||
2003 Details |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Brazil |
2–1 after extra time |
Canada |
Mexico |
4–1 | Argentina |
6 | |||
2007 Details |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Brazil |
5–0 | United States U20 |
Canada |
2–1 | Mexico |
10 | |||
2011 Details |
Guadalajara, Mexico | Canada |
1–1 (4–3) on penalties |
Brazil |
Mexico |
1–0 after extra time |
Colombia |
8 | |||
2015 Details |
Toronto, Canada | Brazil |
4–0 | Colombia |
Mexico |
2–1 | Canada |
8 | |||
2019 Details |
Lima, Peru | Colombia |
1–1 (7–6) on penalties |
Argentina |
Costa Rica |
1–0 | Paraguay |
8 |
Medal table
Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth Place |
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Brazil | 3 (2003, 2007*, 2015) | 1 (2011) | ||
Canada | 1 (2011) | 1 (2003) | 1 (2007) | 2 (1999*, 2015) |
Colombia | 1 (2019) | 1 (2015) | 1 (2011) | |
United States U18/20 | 1 (1999) | 1 (2007) | ||
Mexico | 1 (1999) | 3 (2003, 2011*, 2015) | 1 (2007) | |
Argentina | 1 (2019) | 1 (2003) | ||
Costa Rica | 2 (1999, 2019) | |||
Paraguay | 1 (2019) |
* = host