Football at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Football at the 2015 Pan American Games
Football-picto.png
Football pictogram for the games
Venues Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
DatesJuly 11–26
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors286 from 12 nations
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Association football (soccer) competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 11 to 26 at Tim Hortons Field (renamed Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium due to sponsorship rules) in Hamilton. [1] The men's tournament were an under-22 competition with a maximum of three over-age players allowed, while the women's tournament had no age restrictions. [2] A total of eight teams competed in each respective tournament. [3]

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Competition schedule

Tim Hortons Field (Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium), was the venue for the football competitions Football2015pan.jpg
Tim Hortons Field (Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium), was the venue for the football competitions

The following was the competition schedule for the football competitions: [4]

PPreliminaries½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 11Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14Wed 15Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26
Men PPPPPP½BF
Women PPPPP½BF

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1012
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1001
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0112
4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0101
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

Uruguay's gold medal men's soccer team Uruguaygoldmedals2015pan.jpg
Uruguay's gold medal men's soccer team
EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Guillermo de Amores
Sebastián Gorga
Federico Ricca
Mauricio Lemos
Andrés Schettino
Fabricio Formiliano
Facundo Ismael Castro
Juan Cruz Mascia
Junior Arias
Michael Santos
Ignacio González
Gastón Olveira
Erick Cabaco
Gastón Faber
Fernando Gorriarán
Nicolás Albarracín
Mathías Suárez
Brian Lozano
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Gibrán Lajud
Carlos Guzmán
Hedgardo Marín
Luis López
José Abella
Josecarlos Van Rankin
Jonathan Espericueta
Uvaldo Luna
Marco Bueno
Ángel Zaldívar
Carlos Cisneros
Luis Cárdenas
Jordan Silva
Kevin Escamilla
Michael Pérez
Alfonso Tamay
Martín Zúñiga
Daniel Álvarez
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Jacsson
Gilberto
Bressan
Luan
Bruno Paulista
Vinícius Freitas
Barreto
Dodô
Erik
Lucas Piazon
Clayton
Andrey
Tinga
Gustavo Henrique
Euller
Rômulo
Eurico
Luciano
Women's tournament
details
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Luciana
Bárbara
Fabiana
Monica
Rafaelle
Thaisa
Tamires
Formiga
Andressa Alves
Andressa Machry
Cristiane
Raquel
Maurine
Poliana
Érika
Gabi
Darlene
Géssica
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Paula Forero
Sandra Sepúlveda
Stefany Castaño
Isabella Echeverri
Natalia Gaitán
Diana Ospina
Daniela Montoya
Ingrid Vidal
Mildrey Pineda
Oriánica Velásquez
Catalina Usme
Ángela Clavijo
Nataly Arias
Tatiana Ariza
Carolina Arias
Leicy Santos


Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Cecilia Santiago
Pamela Tajonar
Kenti Robles
Christina Murillo
Greta Espinoza
Valeria Miranda
Jennifer Ruiz
Nayeli Rangel
Teresa Noyola
Nancy Antonio
Stephany Mayor
Mónica Ocampo
Bianca Sierra
Arianna Romero
Monica Alvarado
Fabiola Ibarra
Verónica Pérez
Maria Sánchez

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. [2] [5] Each team can consist of up to 18 athletes. [6]

Men

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Central American Qualifier [7] July 17–29, 2014Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Caribbean Qualifier September 12–19, 2014Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier (teams placed 3rd to 6th) [8] [9] January 14 – February 7, 2015 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Total8

Women

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Central American Qualifier [10] May 20–26, 2014Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Caribbean Qualifier August 19–26, 2014Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier September 11–28, 2014 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Total8

Participating nations

A total of twelve nations have qualified football teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.

Concerns

There was some concern that, as the event is in close proximity to the Women's World Cup and the men's Gold Cup that full-strength teams would not be fielded, particularly in the women's event which is not age-restricted, which in turn would affect quality of play. A spokesperson for the Canadian Soccer Association confirmed that younger players would make up the Canadian women's side. Six teams in the women's draw participated in the World Cup which finished six days prior to the start of the Pan Am tournament. [11]

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References

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