# Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Estadio Omnilife from 19 to 28 October 2011. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-22 national teams, with 3 no-age-limit players per team allowed. Ecuador were the defending champions from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, defeating Jamaica 2–1, but they were eliminated during the group stage.
For these Games, the men competed in an eight-team tournament, which is a drop from 12 at the 2007 games. Preliminary matches commenced on 19 October. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool advanced to a four-team single-elimination bracket.
Mexico won the gold medal for the fourth time in this competition, defeating six-time gold-medalists Argentina in the tournament's final. Uruguay took the bronze medal.

## Teams
### Qualification

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Mexico |
| CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament | 28 March – 10 April 2011 | Guatemala | 3* | Cuba Costa Rica Guatemala Trinidad and Tobago* |
| CONMEBOL Qualifying Tournament | 12 March – 9 April 2011 | Ecuador | 4 | Brazil Uruguay Argentina Ecuador |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |
* The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions will qualify, along with the best qualifying team from either region.
* Guatemala later withdrew due to issues of discipline within the team. They were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago, after Honduras and Panama who finished ahead of Trinidad and Tobago declined to participate.

### Squads

The men's tournament is a full international tournament with a U-22 age limit. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players September 2011. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) must be included in the squad.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Ecuador
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Mexico
* Uruguay

## Format

* Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
* The third and fourth placed teams are eliminated from the competition.
* In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
* The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

## Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
* Match was moved to 25 October, because of a volcanic eruption spewed ash clouds in Chile which prevented the team from Uruguay to travel to Guadalajara in time.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 October – Guadalajara | 26 October – Guadalajara |
| Mexico | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | 28 October – Guadalajara | 28 October – Guadalajara |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 28 October – Guadalajara | 28 October – Guadalajara |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Mexico | 1 |
| 26 October – Guadalajara | 26 October – Guadalajara | | Mexico | 1 |
| 26 October – Guadalajara | 26 October – Guadalajara | Argentina | 0 |
| Argentina | 1 | Argentina | 0 |
| Uruguay | 0 | | |
| Uruguay | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 28 October – Guadalajara | 28 October – Guadalajara |
| | | Costa Rica | 1 |
| | | Uruguay | 2 |

### Gold Medal match

Team details :
Mexico
Argentina
GK 1José Corona
DF3 Hiram Mier
DF4 Néstor Araujo
DF16Miguel Ángel Ponce
DF 5Dárvin Chávez
MF 6Jesús Zavala
MF13Ricardo Bocanegra 77'
MF15César Ibáñez
FW 7Javier Aquino 90'
FW9Oribe Peralta
FW11Jerónimo Amione 82'
Substitutes:
DF14Jorge Enríquez 77'
FW17Isaác Brizuela 82'
DF2Hugo Rodríguez 90'
Manager:
Luis F. Tena
GK1Esteban Andrada
DF4Hugo Nervo 81'
DF2Germán Pezzella
DF13David Achucarro
MF6Leandro González
MF7Matías Laba 81'
MF5Ezequiel Cirigliano
MF16Adrián Martínez
FW14Franco Fragapane
FW9Carlos Luque 90'
FW11 Sergio Araujo
Substitutes:
MF15Lucas Villafáñez 81'
MF17Fernando Coniglio 81'
8Leandro M. Ferreira 90'
Manager:
Walter Perazzo :
* 2011 Pan American Games Men's football tournament Winners
* Mexico 4th title

## Goalscorers
### 6 goals

* Oribe Peralta

### 3 goals

* Jonathan McDonald
* Jerónimo Amione

### 2 goals

* Germán Pezzella
* Henrique

### 1 goal

* Sergio Araujo
* Franco Fragapane
* Lucas Kruspzky
* Matías Laba
* Danny Blanco
* Luis Congo
* Michael Quiñónez
* Jorge Enríquez
* Miguel Ángel Ponce
* Jesús Zavala
* Trevin Caesar
* Jamal Gay
* Shahdon Winchester
* Mathías Abero
* Facundo Píriz
* Mauricio Prieto
* Federico Puppo
* Maximiliano Rodríguez
* Gastón Silva

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's football | Mexico José de Jesús Corona Hugo Isaác Rodríguez Hiram Mier Néstor Araujo Dárvin Chávez Jesús Zavala Javier Aquino Carlos Emilio Orrantía Oribe Peralta Othoniel Arce Jerónimo Amione José Antonio Rodríguez Ricardo Bocanegra Jorge Enríquez César Ibáñez Miguel Ángel Ponce Isaác Brizuela Diego Reyes | Argentina Esteban Andrada Germán Pezzella Lucas Kruspzky Hugo Nervo Ezequiel Cirigliano Leandro González Pirez Matías Laba Leonardo Ferreyra Carlos Luque Michael Hoyos Sergio Araujo Rodrigo Rey David Achucarro Franco Fragapane Lucas Villafáñez Adrián Martínez Fernando Coniglio Alan Ruiz | Uruguay Mathías Cubero Guillermo de los Santos Gastón Silva Adrián Gunino Facundo Píriz Mauricio Prieto Leonardo Pais Gonzalo Papa Federico Puppo Tabaré Viudez Maxi Rodríguez Martín Rodríguez Santiago Silva Emiliano Albín Diego Rodríguez Mathías Abero Gianni Rodríguez Matías Britos |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Mexico | 4–1–0 |
| | Argentina | 3–1–1 |
| | Uruguay | 2–1–2 |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 2–0–3 |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3–0 |
| 6 | Brazil | 0–2–1 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 0–1–2 |
| 8 | Cuba | 0–1–2 |