# Football at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The Men's football tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was held in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar from 23 October to 4 November 2023.

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams. For CONMEBOL, the best three teams at the 2023 South American U-20 Championship qualified, while Chile automatically qualified as hosts. For CONCACAF, the champion team and the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualified.

### Qualified teams

| Event | Event | Dates | Location | Quota(s) | Qualified |
| Host nation | Host nation | — | — | 1 | Chile |
| 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Champions | June 18 − July 3 | Honduras | 1 | United States |
| 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Top Caribbean team | June 18 − July 3 | Honduras | 1 | Dominican Republic |
| 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Top Central American team | June 18 − July 3 | Honduras | 1 | Honduras |
| 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Top North American team | June 18 − July 3 | Honduras | 1 | Mexico |
| 2023 South American U-20 Championship | 2023 South American U-20 Championship | 19 January – 12 February | Colombia | 3 | Brazil Uruguay Colombia |
| Total | | | | 8 | |

## Venues

| Viña del Mar | Valparaíso |
| Estadio Sausalito | Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander |
| Capacity: 23,423 | Capacity: 20,575 |
| ValparaísoViña del Mar ||

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was first scheduled to 31 March 2023 and postponed to 18 August 2023, into the studios of TV station Chilevisión. Chile, the host nation, was allocated as the seed in group A. Subsequently, the teams belonging to CONCACAF were drawn, with two in each of the groups. Finally the remaining teams, members of CONMEBOL, were allocated.

## Squads

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2000, three overage players are allowed.

## Match officials

| Country | Referees | Assistants | Matches assigned |
| Chile | Fernando Véjar Díaz | Gabriel Ureta Alfaro Carlos Enrique Poblete | Colombia v Honduras, Group B Colombia v United States, Group B Mexico v United States, Bronze medal match |
| Chile | Manuel Vergara | Cláudio Rios Alan Sandoval | United States v Honduras, Group B Uruguay v Colombia, Fifth place match |
| Ecuador | Bryan Loayza | David Vacacela Danny Ávila | Chile v Mexico, Group A Chile v Dominican Republic, Group A Brazil v Mexico, Semi-finals |
| Ecuador | Juan Andrade | Luzmilla González Edison Vasquez | Dominican Republic v Honduras, Seventh place match |
| Paraguay | Juan López | Júlio Aranda Luis Onieva | Uruguay v Dominican Republic, Group A Uruguay v Mexico, Group A Chile v United States, Semi-finals |
| Peru | Jesús Cartagena | José Alberto Castillo Leonar Soto Rengifo | Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A |
| Uruguay | José Burgos | Agustín Berisso Edison Vasquez (Ecuador) | Brazil v Colombia, Group B |
| Venezuela | José Matos Uzcategui | Erizon Nieto Díaz Antoni García Brito | Brazil v United States, Group B Brazil v Honduras, Group B |
| Venezuela | Yender Herrera Toledo | Erizon Nieto Díaz Antoni García Brito | Chile v Uruguay, Group A Chile v Brazil, Gold medal match |

## Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 | Seventh place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Seventh place match |

## Placement stage (5th–8th place)

| 7th place | 7th place |
| 1 November — Viña del Mar | 1 November — Viña del Mar |
| Dominican Republic | 1 |
| Honduras | 3 |
| 5th place | 5th place |
| 1 November — Valparaíso | 1 November — Valparaíso |
| Uruguay (p) | 0 (4) |
| Colombia | 0 (3) |

### Fifth place match
## Knockout stage
### Medal round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 1 November — Valparaíso | 1 November — Valparaíso |
| Chile | 1 |
| Chile | 1 | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| United States | 0 | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| United States | 0 | Chile | 1 (2) |
| 1 November — Viña del Mar | 1 November — Viña del Mar | | Chile | 1 (2) |
| 1 November — Viña del Mar | 1 November — Viña del Mar | Brazil (p) | 1 (4) |
| Mexico | 0 | Brazil (p) | 1 (4) |
| Brazil | 1 | | |
| Brazil | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| | | United States | 1 |
| | | Mexico | 4 |

### Gold medal match

* 2023 Pan American Games Men's football tournament winners
* Brazil 5th title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Chile |
| | Mexico |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Uruguay |
| 6 | Colombia |
| 7 | Honduras |
| 8 | Dominican Republic |

## Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.
2 goals
* Ronald
* Alexander Aravena
* Maximiliano Guerrero
* Jordan Carrillo
* Tega Ikoba
1 goal
* Guilherme Biro
* Thauan Lara
* Gustavo Martins
* Miranda
* Gabriel Pirani
* Julián Alfaro
* Lucas Assadi
* César Fuentes
* Clemente Montes
* César Pérez
* Carlos Manuel Cortés
* Daniel Ruiz
* Alex Ciriaco
* Daniel Carter
* Antony García
* Jeffry Miranda
* David Ochoa
* Alí Ávila
* Raymundo Fulgencio
* Theodore Ku-DiPietro
* Danny Leyva
* Rodrigo Neri
* Emiliano Rodríguez
1 own goal
* Antonio Leone (against Brazil)
* Alan Saldivia (against Mexico)
Source: Santiago2023

## Discipline

The following suspensions were served during the tournament:
| Player | Offence(s) | Suspension |
| Daniel Carter | United States v Honduras, Group B | Brazil v Honduras, Group B |
| Antonio Leone | Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A | Uruguay v Mexico, Group A |
| Omry Bello | Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A | Chile v Dominican Republic, Group A |
| Ramiro Méndez Diego Hernández | Uruguay v Mexico, Group A | Uruguay v Colombia, Fifth place match |