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

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Football – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Football pictogram.svg
Venue Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
Dates12–26 July
Competitors144 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg  Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Silver medal icon.svg  Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Bronze medal icon.svg  Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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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]

Contents

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

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation——1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically——1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Central American Qualifier [4] July 17–29, 2014 Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Caribbean Qualifier September 12–19, 2014 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier [5] [6] 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

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 11thGold medal (1963, 1975, 1979, 1987)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (hosts)7thFourth place (1967, 1999)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14thGold medal (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011)
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1stDebut
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 5thFourth place (1951)
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 1stDebut
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 9thBronze medal (1967)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 6thGold medal (1983)

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournamentFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

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 Football2015pan.jpg
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3210114+77 Medal round
2Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 312054+15
3Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 310236−33
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)301216−51
Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Host
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg2–1Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Aguilar Soccerball shade.svg47'
Escobar Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)		 Report Maldonado Soccerball shade.svg54'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Babouli Soccerball shade.svg58' Report Luciano Soccerball shade.svg7'
Rômulo Soccerball shade.svg38'
Clayton Soccerball shade.svg47'
Erik Soccerball shade.svg89'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)
Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svg0–4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Luan Soccerball shade.svg3'
Clayton Soccerball shade.svg20'
Rômulo Soccerball shade.svg26'
Dodô Soccerball shade.svg30'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg0–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–3Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Luciano Soccerball shade.svg24', 25'
Clayton Soccerball shade.svg37'		 Report Aguilar Soccerball shade.svg40', 51'
Escobar Soccerball shade.svg56' (pen.)
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–2Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report Rodas Soccerball shade.svg12'
James Soccerball shade.svg68' (o.g.)
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 321063+37 Medal round
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 320151+46
3Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 311163+34
4Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 3003313−100
Source: Toronto 2015
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg0–4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report Formiliano Soccerball shade.svg6'
Ricca Soccerball shade.svg20'
Albarracín Soccerball shade.svg31'
Lozano Soccerball shade.svg69'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg1–1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Cardozo Soccerball shade.svg71' Report Zúñiga Soccerball shade.svg15'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–0Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Silva Soccerball shade.svg90+1' Report
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg5–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Ferreira Soccerball shade.svg63', 71'
Ramírez Soccerball shade.svg65'
Alegre Soccerball shade.svg76'
Aranda Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Report Garcia Soccerball shade.svg53'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg2–4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
John Soccerball shade.svg7'
Henry Soccerball shade.svg39'		 Report Espericueta Soccerball shade.svg60'
Álvarez Soccerball shade.svg68'
Bueno Soccerball shade.svg90'
Zúñiga Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Sherwim Moore (Guyana)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg1–0Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Gorriarán Soccerball shade.svg52' Report
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Medal round

 
 Semifinals Gold medal match
 
      
 
July 23 – Hamilton
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
 
July 26 – Hamilton
 
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2
 
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1
 
July 23 – Hamilton
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2
 
 
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1
 
 Bronze medal match
 
 
July 25 – Hamilton
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (a.e.t.)3
 
 
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1

Semifinals

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Clayton Soccerball shade.svg75' Report Schettino Soccerball shade.svg86'
Santos Soccerball shade.svg87'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Zaldívar Soccerball shade.svg2'
Cisneros Soccerball shade.svg61'		 Report Núñez Soccerball shade.svg59'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Bronze medal match

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Luciano Soccerball shade.svg76' (pen.), 115' (pen.)
Lucas Piazon Soccerball shade.svg99'		 Report Núñez Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

Gold medal match

Gold medal icon.svg Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg1–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Silver medal icon.svg
Lozano Soccerball shade.svg11' Report
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium , Hamilton
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)
 2015 Pan American Games winners 
Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
Second title

Competition summary

Goalscorers

Luciano, top scorer Luciano-Sao-Paulo-Juventude-jun-2022 (cropped).jpg
Luciano, top scorer
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final standings

The Uruguay team posing with their gold medals Uruguaygoldmedals2015pan.jpg
The Uruguay team posing with their gold medals
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 540182+612Gold medal
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 531185+310Silver medal
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5311157+810Bronze medal
4Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 512279−25Fourth place
5Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 311163+34Eliminated in
First round
6Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 310236−33
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)301216−51
8Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 3003313−100
Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Host

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