# Football at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of the football at the 2022 South American Games was held from 4 to 12 October 2022 at the Complejo de Fútbol in Luque, Paraguay, a sub-venue outside Asunción. It was the ninth staging of the football men's tournament since its first appearance in the South American Games' first edition in La Paz 1978.
The tournament was officially restricted to under-19 players (born on or after 1 January 2003).
The defending champions Chile were unable to retain their title after being eliminated in the group stage.
Paraguay won the gold medal and their second South American Games men's football title after defeating Ecuador by a 1–0 score in the final. Colombia beat Uruguay 2–1 in the third place match to win the bronze medal.

## Schedule

The tournament was held over a 9-day period, from 4 to 12 October.
| GS | Group stage | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Mon 10 | Tue 11 | Sun 12 | Sun 12 |
| GS | | GS | | GS | | SF | | B | F |
| 4 M | | 4 M | | 4 M | | 2 M | | 2 M | 2 M |

## Teams

A total of eight ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament.
| Teams | App | Previous best performance |
| Argentina | 5th | Gold medal (1982, 1986) |
| Ecuador | 8th | Silver medal (1978, 1982, 1990, 2010) |
| Chile | 7th | Gold medal (2018) |
| Colombia | 7th | Gold medal (2010, 2014) |
| Paraguay | 6th | Gold medal (1978) |
| Peru | 7th | Gold medal (1990) |
| Uruguay | 3rd | Silver medal (2018) |
| Venezuela | 4th | Silver medal (1994) |

### Squads

Each participating NOC had to enter a squad of 18 players (Technical manual Article 9). Players had to be born on or after 1 January 2003 to be eligible (Technical manual Article 1).

## Venue

All matches were played at the Complejo de Fútbol courts located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, Paraguay, owned by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee.

## Results

All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).

### Group stage

The group stage consisted of two groups of 4 teams, each group was played under the round-robin format with the top two teams progressing to the semi-finals.
Teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following tiebreakers were applied (Technical manual Article 10.1):
* Goal difference;
* Goals scored;
* Fewest goals against;
* Fewest red cards received;
* Fewest yellow cards received;
* Drawing of lots.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Paraguay (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Ecuador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |

### Final stage

The final stage consisted of the semi-finals and bronze and gold medal matches. The semi-finals match-ups were:
* Semifinal 1: Group B winners v Group A runners-up
* Semifinal 2: Group A winners v Group B runners-up
In the final stage, if a match had been tied after 90 minutes, the match would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Winners of semi-finals played the gold medal match, while losers played the bronze medal match.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 10 October | 10 October |
| Colombia | 2 |
| Colombia | 2 | 12 October | 12 October |
| Paraguay | 4 | 12 October | 12 October |
| Paraguay | 4 | Paraguay | 1 |
| 10 October | 10 October | | Paraguay | 1 |
| 10 October | 10 October | Ecuador | 0 |
| Uruguay | 1 | Ecuador | 0 |
| Ecuador | 3 | | |
| Ecuador | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 12 October | 12 October |
| | | Colombia | 2 |
| | | Uruguay | 1 |

#### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.06 goals per match.
6 goals
* Allan Wlk
5 goals
* Justin Cuero
3 goals
* Miguel Monsalve
2 goals
* Ricardo Caraballo
* Kevin Pereira
* Mateo Ponte
* Kevin Kelsy
1 goal
* Lucas Besozzi
* Lautaro Ovando
* Román Rodríguez
* Jeison Fuentealba
* Nicolás Matamoros
* Juan Córdoba
* Óscar Cortés
* Sebastián Girado
* Alexis Manyoma
* José Mulato
* Andrés Salazar
* Jean Arroyo
* José Klinger
* Juan Sánchez
* Leonardo Rolón
* Victor Quintana
* Matías Segovia'
* Catriel Cabellos
* Stefano Olaya
* Mateo Antoni
* Rodrigo Chagas
* Exequiel Mereles
* Luciano Rodríguez
* Renzo Sánchez
* Yerson Chacón
* José Riasco
1 own goal
* Jack Carhuallanqui (against Paraguay)
Source: ASU2022

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Paraguay |
| | Ecuador |
| | Colombia |
| 4 | Uruguay |
| 5 | Venezuela |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 5 | Chile |
| 5 | Peru |
* 2022 Men's South American Games Football Champions
* Paraguay Second title
* Team squad: Ángel González, Alan Núñez, Gilberto Flores, Alexis Cantero, Thiago Servín, Víctor Quintana, Fernando Ovelar, Diego Gómez (c), Allan Wlk, Matías Segovia, Leonardo Rolón, Carlos Urán, Luis Rolón, Nelson Gauto, Leandro Caballero, Blas Duarte, Kevin Pereira, Hugo Benítez
* Head coach: Aldo Bobadilla

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Paraguay Ángel González Alan Núñez Gilberto Flores Alexis Cantero Thiago Servín Víctor Quintana Fernando Ovelar Diego Gómez (c) Allan Wlk Matías Segovia Leonardo Rolón Carlos Urán Luis Rolón Nelson Gauto Leandro Caballero Blas Duarte Kevin Pereira Hugo Benítez Head coach: Aldo Bobadilla | Ecuador Tony Jiménez Randy Meneses Luis Mario Córdova Davis Bautista Denil Castillo (c) Yeltzin Erique Emerson Pata Patrik Mercado Justin Cuero José Andrés Klinger Madison Mina Ethan Minda Steven Cortez Orlando Herrera Gilbert Sánchez Ariel Suárez Mathías Solís Jean Pierre Arroyo Head coach: Jimmy Bran | Colombia Cristian Santander Daniel Pedrozo Edier Ocampo Julián Palacios Kevin Mantilla (c) Jhon Vélez Sebastián Girado Gustavo Puerta Ricardo Caraballo Alexis Castillo José Mulato Luis Marquinez Oscar Cortés Juan José Córdoba Andrés Salazar Miguel Monsalve Stiven Valencia Daniel Luna Head coach: Héctor Cardenas |