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Football at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Football at the 2015 Pan American Games
Football pictogram for the games
VenuesHamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
DatesJuly 11–26
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors286 from 12 nations
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Association football (soccer) 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

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Tim Hortons Field (Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium), was the venue for the football competitions

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

P Preliminaries ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
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
Women P P P P P ½ B F

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil1012
2 Uruguay1001
3 Mexico0112
4 Colombia0101
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

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Uruguay's gold medal men's soccer team
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details
 Uruguay
Guillermo de Amores
Sebastián Gorga
Federico Ricca
Mauricio Lemos
Andrés Schettino
Fabricio Formiliano
Facundo Ismael Castro
Juan Cruz Mascia
Junior Arias
Michael Santos
Ignacio González
Gastón Olveira
Erick Cabaco
Gastón Faber
Fernando Gorriarán
Nicolás Albarracín
Mathías Suárez
Brian Lozano
 Mexico
Gibrán Lajud
Carlos Guzmán
Hedgardo Marín
Luis López
José Abella
Josecarlos Van Rankin
Jonathan Espericueta
Uvaldo Luna
Marco Bueno
Ángel Zaldívar
Carlos Cisneros
Luis Cárdenas
Jordan Silva
Kevin Escamilla
Michael Pérez
Alfonso Tamay
Martín Zúñiga
Daniel Álvarez
 Brazil
Jacsson
Gilberto
Bressan
Luan
Bruno Paulista
Vinícius Freitas
Barreto
Dodô
Erik
Lucas Piazon
Clayton
Andrey
Tinga
Gustavo Henrique
Euller
Rômulo
Eurico
Luciano
Women's tournament
details
 Brazil
Luciana
Bárbara
Fabiana
Monica
Rafaelle
Thaisa
Tamires
Formiga
Andressa Alves
Andressa Machry
Cristiane
Raquel
Maurine
Poliana
Érika
Gabi
Darlene
Géssica
 Colombia
Paula Forero
Sandra Sepúlveda
Stefany Castaño
Isabella Echeverri
Natalia Gaitán
Diana Ospina
Daniela Montoya
Ingrid Vidal
Mildrey Pineda
Oriánica Velásquez
Catalina Usme
Ángela Clavijo
Nataly Arias
Tatiana Ariza
Carolina Arias
Leicy Santos


 Mexico
Cecilia Santiago
Pamela Tajonar
Kenti Robles
Christina Murillo
Greta Espinoza
Valeria Miranda
Jennifer Ruiz
Nayeli Rangel
Teresa Noyola
Nancy Antonio
Stephany Mayor
Mónica Ocampo
Bianca Sierra
Arianna Romero
Monica Alvarado
Fabiola Ibarra
Verónica Pérez
Maria Sánchez

Qualification

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

Men

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Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Canada
Qualified automatically 1  Mexico
Central American Qualifier[7] July 17–29, 2014  El Salvador 1  Panama
Caribbean Qualifier September 12–19, 2014  Trinidad and Tobago 1  Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier (teams placed 3rd to 6th) [8][9] January 14 – February 7, 2015 Uruguay Uruguay 4  Uruguay
 Brazil
 Peru
 Paraguay
Total 8

Women

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Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Canada
Qualified automatically 1  Mexico
Central American Qualifier[10] May 20–26, 2014  Guatemala 1  Costa Rica
Caribbean Qualifier August 19–26, 2014  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

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

Concerns

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There was some concern that, as the event is in 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

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Football (Soccer)" (PDF). Ontario Soccer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Football (Soccer)". TO2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  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)". TO2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Panama U20s seal CONCACAF, Pan Am Games berths". Concacaf. 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  8. ^ "The Uruguayan U-20 team starts training ahead of the 2015 Sudamericano". Conmebol. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  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". Concacaf. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Top soccer talent unlikely to play in Toronto". cbc. 2015-02-13.
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