Football at the 2019 Pan American Games

Football competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held from July 25 (the day before the opening ceremony) to August 9.^[1] The venue for the competition was the Estadio Universidad San Marcos, which seats up to 32,000 spectators.^[2]

Football at the 2019 Pan American Games
Football pictogram
Venue	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Dates	July 25 – August 10
Competitors	288 from 11 nations
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A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 18 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 288 athletes competed.^[3] The men's competition was an under-22 level competition (born on or after January 1, 1997), with each team allowed up to three overage players. The women's tournament was an open competition without age restrictions.^[3]

Uruguay and Brazil were the defending men's and women's gold medalists, respectively; however, Brazil due a clash of dates with the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup did not participate in the women's tournament to defend their title.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	1	1	0	2
2	Colombia	1	0	0	1
3	Honduras	0	1	0	1
4	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Argentina Facundo Cambeses Leonel Mosevich Aaron Barquett Marcelo Herrera Fausto Vera Joaquín Novillo Carlos Valenzuela Nicolás Demartini Adolfo Gaich Nicolás González Santiago Colombatto Juan Cozzani Ignacio Aliseda Facundo Medina Aníbal Moreno Agustín Urzi Lucas Necul Sebastián Lomonaco	Honduras Enrique Facusse Denil Maldonado Elvin Oliva Elison Rivas Cristopher Meléndez Riky Zapata José Reyes Jorge Álvarez Douglas Martínez Rembrandt Flores Darixon Vuelto Aldo Fajardo Carlos Pineda Kilmar Peña Kervin Arriaga José García José Pinto Alex Guity	Mexico José Hernández Kevin Álvarez Ismael Govea Johan Vásquez Aldo Cruz Eric Cantú Paolo Yrizar Óscar Macías José Godínez Diego Avello Mauro Lainez Luis Malagón Ulises Cardona Pablo López Francisco Venegas José Joaquín Esquivel Marcel Ruiz Brayton Vázquez
Women's tournament details	Colombia Catalina Pérez Manuela Vanegas Natalia Gaitán Diana Ospina Isabella Echeverri Daniela Montoya Marcela Restrepo Jessica Caro Oriánica Velásquez Leicy Santos Catalina Usme Stefany Castaño Michell Lugo Daniela Arias Daniela Caracas Lady Andrade Carolina Arias Mayra Ramírez	Argentina Vanina Correa Agustina Barroso Eliana Stábile Adriana Sachs Vanesa Santana Aldana Cometti Yael Oviedo Micaela Cabrera Milagros Menéndez Dalila Ippólito Mariana Larroquette Solana Pereyra Virginia Gómez Miriam Mayorga Yamila Rodríguez Natalie Juncos Mariela Coronel Gabriela Chávez	Costa Rica Noelia Bermúdez Gabriela Guillén María Paula Elizondo Mariana Benavides Fabiola Sánchez Carol Sánchez Valeria del Campo Daniela Cruz Gloriana Villalobos Shirley Cruz Raquel Rodríguez Lixy Rodríguez Sofía Varela Priscila Chinchilla Stephannie Blanco Katherine Alvarado María Paula Salas Priscilla Tapia

Participating nations

A total of 11 countries qualified football teams. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of participants qualified.

•  Argentina (36)
•  Colombia (18)
•  Costa Rica (18)
•  Ecuador (18)
•  Honduras (18)
•  Jamaica (36)
•  Mexico (36)
•  Panama (36)
•  Paraguay (18)
•  Peru (36)
•  Uruguay (18)

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various qualifying criteria.^[3]

Men

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Peru
2019 South American U-20 Championship	17 January – 10 February	Chile	3	Ecuador  Argentina  Uruguay
2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	1–21 November	United States	4	Panama  Jamaica  Honduras[4]  Mexico
Total			8

• The top team at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, from each of the Caribbean, Central American and North American unions qualified, the fourth spot was determined by CONCACAF at a later date.
• United States declined to participate, so Mexico qualified for the North American berth.

Women

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Peru
2018 Copa América Femenina (teams placed 3rd to 5th)[5]	4–22 April	Chile	3	Argentina  Colombia  Paraguay
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship	4–17 October	United States	4	Jamaica  Panama  Costa Rica  Mexico
Total			8

• The top team at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, from each of the Caribbean, Central American and North American unions, will qualify. The fourth spot was determined by CONCACAF at a later date.
• Both Mexico and Costa Rica replaced the US and Canada who withdrew to focus on the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[6]

Men's competition

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Panama	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2	Fifth place match
4	Ecuador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	Seventh place match

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Fifth place match
4	Peru (H)	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1	Seventh place match

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	7 August – Lima
	Mexico	1 (2)
					10 August – Lima
	Honduras (p)	1 (4)
					Honduras	1
	7 August – Lima
					Argentina	4
	Uruguay	0
	Argentina	3
					Bronze medal match
					10 August – Lima
					Mexico	1
					Uruguay	0

Women's competition

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Fifth place match
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0	Seventh place match

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
3	Panama	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1	Fifth place match
4	Peru (H)	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1	Seventh place match

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	6 August
	Paraguay	0
					9 August
	Argentina	3
					Argentina	1 (6)
	6 August
					Colombia (p)	1 (7)
	Costa Rica	3
	Colombia (a.e.t.)	4
					Bronze medal match
					9 August
					Paraguay	0
					Costa Rica	1

See also

• Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics