Football at the 2015 Pan American Games

Football
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenuesHamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
DatesJuly 11–26, 2015
Competitors288 from 12 nations
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Football competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 11th to 26th at Tim Hortons Field (Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium) in Hamilton.[1] Due to naming rights the venue will be known as the latter for the duration of the games. The men's competition will be a U-22 event, while the women's tournament will have no age restrictions.[2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament.[3]

Competition schedule

The Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, was the venue for the football competitions.

The following is 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

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
Women's tournament

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games.[2][5]

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[6] 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 Qualifier*[7][8] January 14 – February 7, 2015 Uruguay Uruguay 4  Uruguay
 Brazil
 Peru
 Paraguay
Total 8

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[9] 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.

See also

References

  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Football (Soccer)" (PDF). http://ontariosoccer.net/''. Ontario Soccer. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. "Football (Soccer)". http://www.toronto2015.org/''. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 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. "Panama U20s seal CONCACAF, Pan Am Games berths". http://www.concacaf.com/''. Concacaf. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. "The Uruguayan U-20 team starts training ahead of the 2015 Sudamericano". http://www.conmebol.com/''. Conmebol. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  8. Milton, Steve (9 February 2015). "Brazil, Uruguay bound for Hamilton’s Pan Am soccer stage". Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Canada). Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  9. "Costa Rica women secure Pan American Games spot". http://www.concacaf.com/''. Concacaf. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.