Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
International sporting event
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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]
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 |
| Total | 8 | |||
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 11th | Gold medal (1963, 1975, 1979, 1987) |
| Canada (hosts) | 7th | Fourth place (1967, 1999) |
| Mexico | 14th | Gold medal (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011) |
| Panama | 1st | Debut |
| Paraguay | 5th | Fourth place (1951) |
| Peru | 1st | Debut |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9th | Bronze medal (1967) |
| Uruguay | 6th | Gold medal (1983) |
Medalists
Rosters
Competition format
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]
- Points
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Head-to-head points
- 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 |
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 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–4 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Formiliano  6'Ricca 20'Albarracín 31'Lozano 69' |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–4 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| John 7' Henry 39' |
Report | Espericueta 60' Álvarez 68'Bueno 90'Zúñiga 90+3' |
Medal round
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| July 23 – Hamilton | ||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||
| July 26 – Hamilton | ||||||
| Uruguay | 2 | |||||
| Uruguay | 1 | |||||
| July 23 – Hamilton | ||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||
| Panama | 1 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| July 25 – Hamilton | ||||||
| Brazil (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| Panama | 1 | |||||
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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| 2015 Pan American Games winners |
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 Uruguay Second title |
Competition summary
Goalscorers
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- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Dodô- Erik
- Luan
- Lucas Piazon
Molham Babouli
Daniel Álvarez- Marco Bueno
- Carlos Cisneros
- Jonathan Espericueta
- Jordan Silva
- Ángel Zaldívar
Derlis Alegre- Arturo Aranda
- Ángel Cardozo
- Iván Ramírez
Gonzalo Maldonado- Elsar Rodas
Nathaniel García- Shackeil Henry
- Ricardo John
Nicolás Albarracín- Fabricio Formiliano
- Fernando Gorriarán
- Federico Ricca
- Michael Santos
- Andrés Schettino
- 1 own goal
- Manjrekar James (playing against Peru)
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Uruguay |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Gold medal |
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Mexico |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | Silver medal |
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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 |