Football at the Pan American Games

Football at the Pan American Games
No. of events	2 tournaments (men and women)

Football at the Pan American Games is the football tournament in the continental multi-sport event of the Pan American Games. The competition is organized by Panam Sports , also known as Pan American Sports Organization.

The men's tournament have restricted the participation of elite players in various ways. Currently, squads for the men's tournament are required to be composed of under-23 players.

The tournament was played in a league format from 1951 to 1963, neither the final nor bronze medal match was hosted. Another format was used in 1971, this time the tournament was played in a group format in the early stages, but played in a league format for the final stages. The 1983 tournament saw only 3 teams playing in the final group stages, with the first and final time the tournament did not have the fourth place team.

The women's tournament was introduced in 1999, it is for senior national teams.

Results

Men's tournament

19 editions of the tournament were held.

Ed.	Year	Host city	Gold	Results	Silver	Bronze	Results	Fourth place	Teams
Olympic teams (amateur)
1	1951	Buenos Aires	Argentina	[n 1]	Costa Rica	Chile	[n 1]	Venezuela	5
2	1955	Mexico City	Argentina		Mexico	Netherlands Antilles		Venezuela	4
3	1959	Chicago	Argentina		Brazil	United States		Haiti	7
4	1963	São Paulo	Brazil		Argentina	Chile		Uruguay	5
5	1967	Winnipeg	Mexico	4–0 ( a.e.t. )	Bermuda	Trinidad and Tobago	4–1	Canada	8
6	1971	Cali	Argentina	[n 1]	Colombia	Cuba	[n 1]	Trinidad and Tobago	12
7	1975	Mexico City	Mexico   Brazil [n 2]	1–1 ( a.e.t. )	–	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	13
8	1979	San Juan	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	12
9	1983	Caracas	Uruguay	1–0	Brazil	Guatemala	[n 3]	[n 3]	10
10	1987	Indianapolis	Brazil	2–0 ( a.e.t. )	Chile	Argentina	0–0 (5–4 p)	Mexico	12
Olympic teams (U-22/U-23)
11	1991	Havana	United States	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	Mexico	Cuba	1–0	Honduras	8
12	1995	Mar del Plata	Argentina	0–0 (5–4 p)	Mexico	Colombia	3–0	Honduras	12
13	1999	Winnipeg	Mexico	3–1	Honduras	United States	2–1	Canada	10
Olympic teams (U-22)/U-20 teams
14	2003	Santo Domingo	Argentina	1–0	Brazil	Mexico	0–0 (5–4 p)	Colombia	8
U-20 teams/U-17 teams (plus 3 overage players)
15	2007	Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador	2–1	Jamaica	Mexico	1–0	Bolivia	12
Olympic teams (U-22/U-23)
16	2011	Guadalajara	Mexico	1–0	Argentina	Uruguay	2–1	Costa Rica	8
17	2015	Toronto	Uruguay	1–0	Mexico	Brazil	3–1 ( a.e.t. )	Panama	8
18	2019	Lima	Argentina	4–1	Honduras	Mexico	1–0	Uruguay	8
19	2023	Santiago	Brazil	1–1 (4–2 p)	Chile	Mexico	4–1	United States	8

Notes

1. Played in a round-robin tournament format, no final held.
2. Title shared, no silver medal awarded.
3. No third match held.

Women's tournament

7 editions of the tournament were held.

Ed.	Year	Host city	Gold	Results	Silver	Bronze	Results	Fourth place	Teams
Senior teams
1	1999	Winnipeg	United States	1–0	Mexico	Costa Rica	1–1 (4–3 p)	Canada	5
2	2003	Santo Domingo	Brazil	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	Canada	Mexico	4–1	Argentina	6
3	2007	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5–0	United States	Canada	2–1	Mexico	10
4	2011	Guadalajara	Canada	1–1 (4–3 p)	Brazil	Mexico	1–0 ( a.e.t. )	Colombia	8
5	2015	Toronto	Brazil	4–0	Colombia	Mexico	2–1	Canada	8
6	2019	Lima	Colombia	1–1 (7–6 p)	Argentina	Costa Rica	1–0	Paraguay	8
7	2023	Santiago	Mexico	1–0	Chile	United States	2–0	Argentina	8

Performances

Men's medals

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Argentina	7 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003, 2019)	2 (1963, 2011)	3 (1975, 1979, 1987)	12
Brazil	5 (1963, 1975s, 1979, 1987, 2023)	3 (1959, 1983, 2003)	1 (2015)	9
Mexico	4 (1967, 1975s, 1999, 2011)	4 (1955, 1991, 1995, 2015)	4 (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023)	12
Uruguay	2 (1983, 2015)	–	1 (2011)	3
United States	1 (1991)	–	2 (1959, 1999)	3
Ecuador	1 (2007)	–	–	1
Chile	–	2 (1987, 2023)	2 (1951, 1963)	4
Honduras	–	2 (1999, 2019)	–	2
Cuba	–	1 (1979)	2 (1971, 1991)	3
Colombia	–	1 (1971)	1 (1995)	2
Costa Rica	–	1 (1951)	–	1
Bermuda	–	1 (1967)	–	1
Jamaica	–	1 (2007)	–	1
Trinidad and Tobago	–	–	1 (1967)	1
Netherlands Antilles	–	–	1 (1955)	1
Guatemala	–	–	1 (1983)	1

Notes

Italic — Hosts

^s shared title

Women's medals

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Brazil	3 (2003, 2007, 2015)	1 (2011)	–	4
Mexico	1 (2023)	1 (1999)	3 (2003, 2011, 2015)	5
United States U-20/U-19/U-18	1 (1999)	1 (2007)	1 (2023)	3
Canada	1 (2011)	1 (2003)	1 (2007)	3
Colombia	1 (2019)	1 (2015)	–	2
Argentina	–	1 (2019)	–	1
Chile	–	1 (2023)	–	1
Costa Rica	–	–	2 (1999, 2019)	2

Notes

Italic — Hosts

Participating teams

Main article: Men's Pan American Games football tournament records and statistics

National teams participated with their Olympic teams represented by amateur players and Olympic teams represented by under-22 and under-23 players with 3 overage players. In some cases such as in 1951 (for Venezuela and Costa Rica) some countries sent their full squad (including overage players). ^[1]

Men's tournament

Nation	1951	1955	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Years
Argentina					5				9						9					15
Bahamas						9														1
Bermuda						10		8	8			11								5
Bolivia							6								4					2
Brazil												5			5	6				12
Canada					4	5	7			11	7		4				7			7
Chile									4			8								6
Colombia					8					10				4	6				6	7
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					8	4
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				7	6
Jamaica						11	12						5					6		5
Mexico			6			7			5	4										16
Netherlands Antilles																				1
Nicaragua							13				8									2
Panama																	4	5		2
Paraguay	5									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				4	13
Uruguay				4			10						10					4	5	8
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	8

Women's tournament

Nation	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Years
Argentina		4	5	7	8		4	6
Bolivia							7	1
Brazil								4
Canada	4				4			5
Chile				5				2
Colombia				4				3
Costa Rica		5		6	5		6	6
Ecuador			7		6			2
Haiti		6						1
Jamaica			6			7	8	3
Mexico			4			5		7
Panama			8			6		2
Paraguay			10			4	5	3
Peru						8		1
Trinidad and Tobago	5			8	7			3
United States U-20/U-19/U-18								3
Uruguay			9					1
Nations	5	6	10	8	8	8	8

Overall medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	8	4	1	13
2	Argentina	7	3	3	13
3	Mexico	5	5	7	17
4	United States	2	1	3	6
5	Uruguay	2	0	1	3
6	Colombia	1	2	1	4
7	Canada	1	1	1	3
8	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
9	Chile	0	3	2	5
10	Honduras	0	2	0	2
11	Costa Rica	0	1	2	3
	Cuba	0	1	2	3
13	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
15	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		27	25	26	78

See also

• Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games
• Football at the Central American Games
• Football at the South American Games
• Football at the Bolivarian Games

References

1. 1951 Pan Am Games football competition

External links

• Panamerican Games overview at the RSSSF