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

Football – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueHamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
Dates12–26 July
Competitors144 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal  Uruguay
Silver medal  Mexico
Bronze medal  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]

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 — — 1  Canada
Qualified automatically — — 1  Mexico
Central American Qualifier[4] July 17–29, 2014 El Salvador El Salvador 1  Panama
Caribbean Qualifier September 12–19, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1  Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier[5][6] January 14 – February 7, 2015 Uruguay 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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Uruguay

1 – Guillermo de Amores
2 – Sebastián Gorga
3 – Federico Ricca
4 – Mauricio Lemos
5 – Andrés Schetino
6 – Fabricio Formiliano
7 – Facundo Castro
8 – Juan Cruz Mascia
9 – Junior Arias
10 – Michael Santos
11 – Ignacio González
12 – Gastón Olveira
13 – Erick Cabaco
14 – Gastón Faber
15 – Fernando Gorriarán
16 – Nicolás Albarracín
17 – Mathías Suárez
18 – Brian Lozano

(HC – Fabián Coito)

 Mexico

1 – Gibrán Lajud
2 – Carlos Guzmán
3 – Hedgardo Marín
4 – Luis Alberto López
5 – José Abella
6 – José Van Rankin
7 – Jonathan Espericueta
8 – Uvaldo Luna
9 – Marco Bueno
10 – Ángel Zaldívar
11 – Carlos Cisneros
12 – Luis Cárdenas
13 – Jordan Silva
14 – Kevin Escamilla
15 – Michael Pérez
16 – Alfonso Tamay
17 – Martín Eduardo Zúñiga
18 – Daniel Álvarez

(HC – Raúl Gutiérrez)

 Brazil

1 – Jacsson
2 – Gilberto
3 – Bressan
4 – Luan
5 – Bruno Paulista
6 – Vinícius Freitas
7 – Barreto
8 – Dodô
9 – Erik
10 – Lucas Piazon
11 – Clayton
12 – Andrey
13 – Tinga
14 – Gustavo Henrique
15 – Euller
16 – Rômulo
17 – Eurico
18 – Luciano

(HC – Rogério Micale)

Rosters

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's team 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

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

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
Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Hosts
Panama 2–1 Peru
Aguilar 47'
Escobar 90' (pen.)		 Report Maldonado 54'
Canada 1–4 Brazil
Babouli 58' Report Luciano 7'
Rômulo 38'
Clayton 47'
Erik 89'
Peru 0–4 Brazil
Report Luan 3'
Clayton 20'
Rômulo 26'
Dodô 30'
Panama 0–0 Canada
Report
Brazil 3–3 Panama
Luciano 24', 25'
Clayton 37'		 Report Aguilar 40', 51'
Escobar 56' (pen.)
Canada 0–2 Peru
Report Rodas 12'
James 68' (o.g.)

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
Source: Toronto 2015
Trinidad and Tobago 0–4 Uruguay
Report Formiliano 6'
Ricca 20'
Albarracín 31'
Lozano 69'
Paraguay 1–1 Mexico
Cardozo 71' Report Zúñiga 15'
Mexico 1–0 Uruguay
Silva 90+1' Report
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Paraguay 5–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Ferreira 63', 71'
Ramírez 65'
Alegre 76'
Aranda 79'		 Report Garcia 53'
Trinidad and Tobago 2–4 Mexico
John 7'
Henry 39'		 Report Espericueta 60'
Álvarez 68'
Bueno 90'
Zúñiga 90+3'
Uruguay 1–0 Paraguay
Gorriarán 52' Report

Medal round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
July 23 – Hamilton
 
 
 Brazil1
 
July 26 – Hamilton
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Uruguay1
 
July 23 – Hamilton
 
 Mexico0
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Panama1
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
July 25 – Hamilton
 
 
 Brazil (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Panama1

Semifinals

Brazil 1–2 Uruguay
Clayton 75' Report Schettino 86'
Santos 87'
Mexico 2–1 Panama
Zaldívar 2'
Cisneros 61'		 Report Núñez 59'

Bronze medal match

Brazil 3–1 (a.e.t.) Panama
Luciano 76' (pen.), 115' (pen.)
Lucas Piazon 99'		 Report Núñez 45+2'

Gold medal match

1st place, gold medalist(s) Uruguay 1–0 Mexico 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lozano 11' Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)
 2015 Pan American Games winners 

Uruguay
Second title

Competition summary

Goalscorers

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
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Uruguay 5 4 0 1 8 2 +6 12 Gold medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mexico 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10 Silver medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Hosts

References

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