Football at the 2015 Pan American Games

Soccer
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenuesHamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
DatesJuly 11–26, 2015
Competitors286 from 12 nations
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Football at the
2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
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Rosters
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Association football 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]

Competition schedule

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

PPreliminaries ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 Sun 26
Men P P P P P P ½ B F
WomenP P P P P ½ B F

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil (BRA) 1 0 1 2
2  Uruguay (URU) 1 0 0 1
3  Mexico (MEX) 0 1 1 2
4  Colombia (COL) 0 1 0 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
  Uruguay  Mexico  Brazil
Women's tournament
  Brazil  Colombia  Mexico

Qualification

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

Men

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 1  Mexico
Central American Qualifier[7] 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 Qualifier1[8][9] January 14 – February 7, 2015 Uruguay Uruguay 4  Uruguay
 Brazil
 Peru
 Paraguay
Total 8

1Teams placing 3rd to 6th qualified

Women

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 1  Mexico
Central American Qualifier[10] May 20–26, 2014 Guatemala Guatemala 1  Costa Rica
Caribbean Qualifier August 19–26, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1  Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier September 11 – 28, 2014 Ecuador Ecuador 4  Brazil
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Argentina
Total 8

Participating nations

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

Concerns

There was some concern that, as the event is within 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Football (Soccer)" (PDF). http://ontariosoccer.net/. Ontario Soccer. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ "Football (Soccer)". http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ Milton, Steve (7 January 2015). "Field of teams for Pan Am soccer tournament taking shape". Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Canada). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sport Technical manual Football (Soccer)". https://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "Panama U20s seal CONCACAF, Pan Am Games berths". http://www.concacaf.com/. Concacaf. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ "The Uruguayan U-20 team starts training ahead of the 2015 Sudamericano". http://www.conmebol.com/. Conmebol. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  9. ↑ Milton, Steve (9 February 2015). "Brazil, Uruguay bound for Hamilton’s Pan Am soccer stage". Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Canada). Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Costa Rica women secure Pan American Games spot". http://www.concacaf.com/. Concacaf. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  11. ↑ "Top soccer talent unlikely to play in Toronto". cbc. 2015-02-13.

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