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

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.

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.

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.

Summary EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1Qualified automatically1Central American QualifierJuly 17–29, 2014 El Salvador1Caribbean QualifierSeptember 12–19, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago1South American QualifierJanuary 14 – February 7, 2015 Uruguay4 Total 8

Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance (1963, 1975, 1979, 1987) (hosts) (1967, 1999) (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011) (1951) (1967) (1983)

Medalists 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)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)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

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had to submit up to 18 players on their 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: 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.

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.

First round The official detailed schedule and draw was revealed on April 24, 2015.

All times were Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A

Group B

Medal round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

GK 1 Guillermo de Amores DF 2 Sebastián Gorga DF 3 Federico Ricca DF 6 Fabricio Formiliano DF 17 Mathías Suárez MF 11 Ignacio González MF 14 Gaston Faber MF 16 Nicolás Albarracín FW 8 Juan Cruz Mascia FW 18 Brian Lozano FW 10 Michael Santos Substitutes: MF 7 Facundo Castro MF 5 Andrés Schettino FW 9 Junior Arias Manager: Fabián Coito

GK 1 Gibrán Lajud DF 5 José Abella DF 3 Hedgardo Marín DF 4 Luis López DF 13 Jordan Silva MF 6 Josecarlos Van Rankin MF 11 Carlos Cisneros MF 7 Jonathan Espericueta MF 18 Daniel Álvarez FW 9 Marco Bueno FW 10 Ángel ZaldívarSubstitutes: MF 15 Michael Pérez MF 16 Alfonso Tamay FW 17 Martín Zúñiga Manager: Raúl Gutiérrez

Competition summary Goalscorers

5 goals Luciano

4 goals Clayton

3 goals Jorman Aguilar

2 goals

Rômulo Martín Zúñiga Fidel Escobar Josiel Núñez Sebastián Ferreira Brian Lozano

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

References

External links Football - Event Overview - Men, Toronto 2015 Official Website