# Football at the 2015 Pan American Games

Association football (soccer) competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 11 to 26 at Tim Hortons Field (renamed Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium due to sponsorship rules) in Hamilton. The men's tournament were an under-22 competition with a maximum of three over-age players allowed, while the women's tournament had no age restrictions. A total of eight teams competed in each respective tournament.

## Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the football competitions:
| P | Preliminaries | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| 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 |
| Women | P | | | P | P | | | P | P | | | ½ | | B | F | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Uruguay Guillermo de Amores Sebastián Gorga Federico Ricca Mauricio Lemos Andrés Schettino Fabricio Formiliano Facundo Ismael Castro Juan Cruz Mascia Junior Arias Michael Santos Ignacio González Gastón Olveira Erick Cabaco Gastón Faber Fernando Gorriarán Nicolás Albarracín Mathías Suárez Brian Lozano | Mexico Gibrán Lajud Carlos Guzmán Hedgardo Marín Luis López José Abella Josecarlos Van Rankin Jonathan Espericueta Uvaldo Luna Marco Bueno Ángel Zaldívar Carlos Cisneros Luis Cárdenas Jordan Silva Kevin Escamilla Michael Pérez Alfonso Tamay Martín Zúñiga Daniel Álvarez | Brazil Jacsson Gilberto Bressan Luan Bruno Paulista Vinícius Freitas Barreto Dodô Erik Lucas Piazon Clayton Andrey Tinga Gustavo Henrique Euller Rômulo Eurico Luciano |
| Women's tournament details | Brazil Luciana Bárbara Fabiana Monica Rafaelle Thaisa Tamires Formiga Andressa Alves Andressa Machry Cristiane Raquel Maurine Poliana Érika Gabi Darlene Géssica | Colombia Paula Forero Sandra Sepúlveda Stefany Castaño Isabella Echeverri Natalia Gaitán Diana Ospina Daniela Montoya Ingrid Vidal Mildrey Pineda Oriánica Velásquez Catalina Usme Ángela Clavijo Nataly Arias Tatiana Ariza Carolina Arias Leicy Santos | Mexico Cecilia Santiago Pamela Tajonar Kenti Robles Christina Murillo Greta Espinoza Valeria Miranda Jennifer Ruiz Nayeli Rangel Teresa Noyola Nancy Antonio Stephany Mayor Mónica Ocampo Bianca Sierra Arianna Romero Monica Alvarado Fabiola Ibarra Verónica Pérez Maria Sánchez |

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. Each team can consist of up to 18 athletes.

### Men

| 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 (teams placed 3rd to 6th) | January 14 – February 7, 2015 | Uruguay | 4 | Uruguay Brazil Peru Paraguay |
| Total | | | 8 | |

### Women

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| Qualified automatically | — | — | 1 | Mexico |
| Central American Qualifier | May 20–26, 2014 | Guatemala | 1 | Costa Rica |
| Caribbean Qualifier | August 19–26, 2014 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| South American Qualifier | September 11–28, 2014 | Ecuador | 4 | Brazil Colombia Ecuador Argentina |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Participating nations

A total of twelve nations have qualified football teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.
* Argentina (18)
* Brazil (36)
* Canada (36)
* Colombia (16)
* Costa Rica (18)
* Ecuador (18)
* Mexico (36)
* Panama (18)
* Paraguay (18)
* Peru (18)
* Trinidad and Tobago (36)
* Uruguay (18)

## Concerns

There was some concern that, as the event is in close proximity to the Women's World Cup and the men's Gold Cup that full-strength teams would not be fielded, particularly in the women's event which is not age-restricted, which in turn would affect quality of play. A spokesperson for the Canadian Soccer Association confirmed that younger players would make up the Canadian women's side. Six teams in the women's draw participated in the World Cup which finished six days prior to the start of the Pan Am tournament.