Football at the 2019 Pan American Games explained

Event:	Football
Games:	2019
Venue:	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Dates:	July 25 – August 10
Competitors:	288
Nations:	11
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

Football competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held from July 25 (the day before the opening ceremony) to August 9.^[1] The venue for the competition was the Estadio Universidad San Marcos, which seats up to 32,000 spectators.^[2]

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 18 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 288 athletes competed.^[3] The men's competition was an under-22 level competition (born on or after January 1, 1997), with each team allowed up to three overage players. The women's tournament was an open competition without age restrictions.^[3]

Uruguay and Brazil were the defending men's and women's gold medalists, respectively; however, Brazil due a clash of dates with the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup did not participate in the women's tournament to defend their title.

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's tournament	Facundo Cambeses Leonel Mosevich Aaron Barquett Marcelo Herrera Fausto Vera Joaquín Novillo Carlos Valenzuela Nicolás Demartini Adolfo Gaich Nicolás González Santiago Colombatto Juan Cozzani Ignacio Aliseda Facundo Medina Aníbal Moreno Agustín Urzi Lucas Necul Sebastián Lomonaco	Enrique Facusse Denil Maldonado Elvin Oliva Elison Rivas Cristopher Meléndez Riky Zapata José Reyes Jorge Álvarez Douglas Martínez Rembrandt Flores Darixon Vuelto Aldo Fajardo Carlos Pineda Kilmar Peña Kervin Arriaga José García José Pinto Alex Guity	José Hernández Kevin Álvarez Ismael Govea Johan Vásquez Aldo Cruz Eric Cantú Paolo Yrizar Óscar Macías José Godínez Diego Avello Mauro Lainez Luis Malagón Ulises Cardona Pablo López Francisco Venegas José Joaquín Esquivel Marcel Ruiz Brayton Vázquez
	Catalina Pérez Manuela Vanegas Natalia Gaitán Diana Ospina Isabella Echeverri Daniela Montoya Marcela Restrepo Jessica Caro Oriánica Velásquez Leicy Santos Catalina Usme Stefany Castaño Michell Lugo Daniela Arias Daniela Caracas Lady Andrade Carolina Arias Mayra Ramírez	Vanina Correa Agustina Barroso Eliana Stábile Adriana Sachs Vanesa Santana Aldana Cometti Yael Oviedo Micaela Cabrera Milagros Menéndez Dalila Ippólito Mariana Larroquette Solana Pereyra Virginia Gómez Miriam Mayorga Yamila Rodríguez Natalie Juncos Mariela Coronel Gabriela Chávez	Noelia Bermúdez Gabriela Guillén María Paula Elizondo Mariana Benavides Fabiola Sánchez Carol Sánchez Valeria del Campo Daniela Cruz Gloriana Villalobos Shirley Cruz Raquel Rodríguez Lixy Rodríguez Sofía Varela Priscila Chinchilla Stephannie Blanco Katherine Alvarado María Paula Salas Priscilla Tapia

Participating nations

A total of 11 countries qualified football teams. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of participants qualified.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various qualifying criteria.^[3]

Men

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation			1
		Chile	3
2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	1–21 November		4
Total			8

• The top team at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, from each of the Caribbean, Central American and North American unions qualified, the fourth spot was determined by CONCACAF at a later date.
• United States declined to participate, so Mexico qualified for the North American berth.

Women

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation			1
	4–22 April	Chile	3
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship			4
Total			8

• The top team at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, from each of the Caribbean, Central American and North American unions, will qualify. The fourth spot was determined by CONCACAF at a later date.
• Both Mexico and Costa Rica replaced the US and Canada who withdrew to focus on the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[4]

Men's competition

See main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament.

Group stage

Group B

Knockout stage

Women's competition

See main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.

Group stage

Group B

Knockout stage

See also

• Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

External links

• Results book

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pan American Schedule. 13 June 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 June 2019. 8 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190808214856/https://lima2019.s3.amazonaws.com/images/panamericanos-en-13-06-19.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: Lima 2019 commits to stadium redevelopment with football hosting deal. 15 February 2018. www.sportbusiness.com/. SportBusiness Group Ltd. 28 April 2018.
3. Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018.
4. Web site: Selección Femenina de fútbol estará en los Panamericanos 2019 pese a no haber clasificado. La Nación. 25 February 2019. Spanish. 6 April 2019. Women's national football team will be at the 2019 Pan American Games despite not having qualified. www.nacion.com.