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

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Football – Men's tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Universidad San Marcos
Dates29 July – 10 August 2019[1]
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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The men's football tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima from 29 July to 10 August 2019.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams.[1] For CONMEBOL, the best three teams at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship qualified, while Peru automatically qualified as hosts. For CONCACAF, the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualified, however, United States (best North American team) declined to participate and were replaced by Mexico. Honduras also qualified by decision of CONCACAF.[2]

Qualified teams

Confederation Region Means of qualification Teams qualified Appearance Previous best performance
CONCACAF North American 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
(1–21 November 2018)
 Mexico 15th Gold medal (
1999, 2011
)
Caribbean  Jamaica 5th Silver medal (2007)
Central American  Panama 2nd Fourth place (2015)
Last berth defined by CONCACAF  Honduras 5th Silver medal (
1999
)
CONMEBOL South American Automatically qualified  
Peru
(hosts)
2nd Group stage (2015)
2019 South American U-20 Championship
(17 January–10 February 2019)
 Argentina 15th Gold medal (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003)
 Uruguay 7th Gold medal (1983, 2015)
 Ecuador 4th Gold medal (2007)

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 12 April 2019, 12:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru.[3][4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group was conformed by two CONCACAF teams and two CONMEBOL teams. The hosts Peru were seeded into group B and assigned to position 4 in their group, while the remaining seven teams were placed into two pots according to the confederation which they belong.

CONCACAF pot CONMEBOL pot

 Jamaica
 Honduras
 Mexico
 Panama

 Argentina
 Ecuador
 Uruguay

The CONCACAF teams were drawn first and assigned to positions 1 and 2 in groups A and B. Then, the CONMEBOL teams were drawn and the first two teams occupied positions 3 and 4 in group A while the third team occupied the position 3 in group B. The draw resulted in the following groups:[5]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Panama
A2  Mexico
A3  Ecuador
A4  Argentina
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Jamaica
B2  Honduras
B3  Uruguay
B4  
Peru

The draw was led by Hugo Figueredo, competition director of CONMEBOL, and had the help of Miriam Tristan and Cindy Novoa members of the Peru women's national football team

Squads

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997, three overage players are allowed.

Match officials

The referees and assistant referees were:[6]

Group stage

Tie-breakers

All times are local, PET (UTC−5).[7]

Group A

Pos Team 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
Panama 0–0 Mexico
Report
Ecuador 2–3 Argentina
Report

Panama 1–1 Ecuador
Zúñiga 27' Report Campana 53'
Mexico 2–1 Argentina
Godínez 81' (pen.
)
Report Gaich 39'

Panama 1–3 Argentina
Aguilar 45' Report Gaich 4'
Lomonaco 14'
Valenzuela 80'
Ecuador 0–2 Mexico
Report Vásquez 25'
Lainez 90'+5'

Group B

Pos Team 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
Jamaica 1–3 Honduras
Beckford 46' Report
Peru
Report

Jamaica 0–2 Uruguay
Report Fernández 61', 72'
Peru
Vuelto 90'+2'
Maldonado 90'+7'
Report Quevedo 15'
Guivin 62'

Uruguay 3–0 Honduras
Ramírez 75' (pen.)
Fernández
84'
Report
Peru
Beckford 55', 60' Report

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Panama 4–0 Jamaica
Aguilar 3'
Carrasquilla 11'
Ayarza 28'
Zúñiga 58'
Report

Knockout stage

If necessary,

extra time and penalty shoot-out
are used to decide the winner.

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
7 August
 
 
 Mexico1 (2)
 
10 August
 
 Honduras (p)1 (4)
 
 Honduras1
 
7 August
 
 Argentina4
 
 Uruguay0
 
 
 Argentina3
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
10 August
 
 
 Mexico1
 
 
 Uruguay0

Semi-finals


Uruguay 0–3 Argentina
Report Gaich 6', 85'
Valenzuela 29'

Bronze medal match

Mexico 1–0 Uruguay
Yrizar 7' Report

Gold medal match

Honduras 1–4 Argentina
Martínez 42' Report Urzi 7'
Valenzuela 58'
Necul 61'
Vera 65'
 2019 Pan American Games winners 

Argentina
Seventh title

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Honduras
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mexico
4  Uruguay
5  Panama
6  Jamaica
7  
Peru
8  Ecuador

Goalscorers

Argentine Adolfo Gaich, top scorer

There were 50 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: Lima 2019

References

  1. ^ a b "SEVEN COUNTRIES QUALIFY FOR THE LIMA 2019 PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN MEN'S FOOTBALL". lima2019.pe. 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Honduras competirá en fútbol en Panamericanos de Lima 2019" [Honduras will compete in football at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima] (in Spanish). Diario Más. 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ "LIMA 2019 DRAWS FOOTBALL GROUPS FOR THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES". lima2019.pe. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ "LIMA 2019 DRAWS FOOTBALL GROUPS FOR THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES". lima2019.pe. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ^ "En vivo mira ahora el livestream del sorteo del torneo de fútbol masculino y fem". Facebook Lima 2019. 12 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Football Men - Referees and Assistant referees" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Football Men – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COPAL Lima 2019. 28 July 2019.

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