# 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

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| Qualified automatically | — | — | 1 | Mexico |
| Central American Qualifier | July 17–29, 2014 | El Salvador | 1 | Panama |
| Caribbean Qualifier | September 12–19, 2014 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| South American Qualifier | January 14 – February 7, 2015 | Uruguay | 4 | Uruguay Brazil Peru Paraguay |
| Total | | | 8 | |

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Brazil | 11th | Gold medal (1963, 1975, 1979, 1987) |
| Canada (hosts) | 7th | Fourth place (1967, 1999) |
| Mexico | 14th | Gold medal (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011) |
| Panama | 1st | Debut |
| Paraguay | 5th | Fourth place (1951) |
| Peru | 1st | Debut |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9th | Bronze medal (1967) |
| Uruguay | 6th | Gold medal (1983) |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Uruguay 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) | Mexico 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) | Brazil 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.
* Brazil
* Canada
* Mexico
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Uruguay

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | Medal round |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Medal round |
| 3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Canada (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Medal round |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Medal round |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | |

## Medal round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| July 23 – Hamilton | July 23 – Hamilton |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | July 26 – Hamilton | July 26 – Hamilton |
| Uruguay | 2 | July 26 – Hamilton | July 26 – Hamilton |
| Uruguay | 2 | Uruguay | 1 |
| July 23 – Hamilton | July 23 – Hamilton | | Uruguay | 1 |
| July 23 – Hamilton | July 23 – Hamilton | Mexico | 0 |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico | 0 |
| Panama | 1 | | |
| Panama | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | July 25 – Hamilton | July 25 – Hamilton |
| | | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| | | Panama | 1 |

### Gold medal match

Team details :
Uruguay
Mexico
GK1Guillermo de Amores
DF2Sebastián Gorga
DF3Federico Ricca
DF6Fabricio Formiliano
DF17Mathías Suárez
MF11Ignacio González
MF14Gaston Faber
MF16Nicolás Albarracín 66'
FW8Juan Cruz Mascia 46'
FW18Brian Lozano
FW10Michael Santos 90'
Substitutes:
MF7Facundo Castro 46'
MF5Andrés Schettino 66'
FW9Junior Arias 90'
Manager:
Fabián Coito
GK1 Gibrán Lajud
DF5José Abella
DF3Hedgardo Marín
DF4 Luis López 86'
DF13Jordan Silva
MF6Josecarlos Van Rankin
MF11Carlos Cisneros 54'
MF7Jonathan Espericueta
MF18Daniel Álvarez 63'
FW9 Marco Bueno
FW10Ángel Zaldívar
Substitutes:
MF15Michael Pérez 54'
MF16Alfonso Tamay 63'
FW17Martín Zúñiga 86'
Manager:
Raúl Gutiérrez :
* 2015 Pan American Games winners
* Uruguay Second title

## 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 Garcia
* 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

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Uruguay | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Gold medal |
| | Mexico | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | Silver medal |
| | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 10 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Panama | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in First round |
| 6 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 7 | Canada (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | Eliminated in First round |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |