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

2015 Pan American Games
men's football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Hamilton, Ontario
Dates	12–26 July 2015
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

The men's association football tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held in Canada from July 12–26, 2015. It will be the 17th edition of the Pan American Games men's football tournament. Mexico are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The competition is open to players born on or after 1 January 1993, the same cut-off date for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

The South American confederation CONMEBOL have opted to use their U-20 tournament as a qualifying tournament for the 2015 Pan American Games tournament, previously they chose to use their U-17 age group tournament. The confederation of North America, Central America and the Caribbean associations, CONCACAF have also chosen to use U-20 age group tournament as a qualifying tournament.

Venues

All games will take place at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.

Hamilton	Hamilton Hamilton (Southern Ontario)
Tim Hortons Field
43°15′09″N 79°49′49″W / 43.252572°N 79.830247°W / 43.252572; -79.830247 (Tim Hortons Field)
Capacity: 22,500

Qualified teams

A total of eight teams qualified for the tournament – four from the North, Central American and the Caribbean region governed by CONCACAF and four from the South American region governed by CONMEBOL.

Representative	Team	Qualification method	Appearance	Previous medals (* = host)
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
CONCACAF teams
Host nation	Canada	Host Nation	7th	0	0	0	0
NAFU representative	Mexico	Qualified automatically	14th	4 (1967, 1975*, 1999, 2011*)	3 (1955*, 1991, 1995)	2 (2003, 2007)	9
UNCAF representative	Panama	2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying Central American zone 1st place[1]	1st	0	0	0	0
CFU representative	Trinidad and Tobago	2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying Caribbean zone 1st place	9th	0	0	1 (1967)	1
CONMEBOL teams
CONMEBOL representatives	Uruguay	2015 South American Youth Football Championship 3rd place[2]	6th	1 (1983)	0	1 (2011)	2
	Brazil	2015 South American Youth Football Championship 4th place[2]	11th	4 (1963*, 1975, 1979, 1987)	2 (1959, 2003)	1 (1983)	7
	Peru	2015 South American Youth Football Championship 5th place[2]	1st	0	0	0	0
	Paraguay	2015 South American Youth Football Championship 6th place[2]	5th	0	0	0	0

Preliminary round

The draw of the tournament was held on April 24, 2015 in Toronto.^[3]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Peru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 23 – Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
	Winner Group A
	Runner-up Group B
					July 26 – Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
					Winner Semi-final 1
					Winner Semi-final 2
					Third place
	July 23 – Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium			July 25 – Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
	Winner Group B			Loser Semi-final 1
	Runner-up Group A				Loser Semi-final 2

Semifinals

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Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

See also

• Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

References

External links

• Football (Soccer) Schedule, Toronto 2015 Official Website

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