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

The women's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Estadio Omnilife from October 18 to October 27. Associations affiliated with FIFA that qualified were invited to send their full women's national teams.
For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament, which is a drop from 10 at the 2007 games. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home field.

## Teams
### Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition. Mexico, the host nation and Canada (automatic qualification) along with six other countries qualified through regional competitions.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Mexico |
| Qualified automatically | – | – | 1 | Canada |
| Central American and Caribbean qualifying tournament | October 28 – November 8, 2010 | Mexico | 2 | Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago |
| South American qualifying tournament | November 4–21, 2010 | Ecuador | 4 | Brazil Colombia Chile Argentina |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |
* The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions qualified.

### Squads

The women's tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. 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
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Mexico
* Trinidad and Tobago

## 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.

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of CONCACAF in New York City, United States. The draw was conducted by CONCACAF Deputy General Secretary Ted Howard. The seeding information was not provided, rather the results of the draw were given.
* Team (World ranking as of July 2011)
| Group A | Group B |
| Mexico (22)  Colombia (29)  Trinidad and Tobago (48)  Chile (44) | Brazil (3)  Canada (9)  Costa Rica (42)  Argentina (34) |

## 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 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
* A drawing of lots was used to separate Canada and Brazil after they were tied on every tiebreaker. Brazil won the draw.

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 October – Guadalajara | 25 October – Guadalajara |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 27 October – Guadalajara | 27 October – Guadalajara |
| Mexico | 0 | 27 October – Guadalajara | 27 October – Guadalajara |
| Mexico | 0 | Brazil | 1 (3) |
| 25 October – Guadalajara | 25 October – Guadalajara | | Brazil | 1 (3) |
| 25 October – Guadalajara | 25 October – Guadalajara | Canada (pen.) | 1 (4) |
| Colombia | 1 | Canada (pen.) | 1 (4) |
| Canada | 2 | | |
| Canada | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 October – Guadalajara | 27 October – Guadalajara |
| | | Mexico (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| | | Colombia | 0 |

### Gold-medal match

Team details :
Brazil
Canada
GK1Bárbara
DF2Maurine
DF13Karen Rocha
DF4Tânia Maria
DF15Maycon
MF5Daiane Rodrigues
MF6Rosana a'
MF7Francielle
MF8Formiga
FW17Debinha
FW11Thaisinha b'
Substitutes:
FW16Ketlen a'
FW Grazielle b'
Manager:
Kleiton Lima
GK1Karina LeBlanc
DF5Robyn Gayle a'
DF14Lauren Sesselmann b'
DF9Candace Chapman
DF16Shannon Woeller
MF 8Diana Matheson
MF 2Kelly Parker
MF 6Kaylyn Kyle c'
FW11 Desiree Scott
FW12Christine Sinclair
FW10 Christina Julien
Substitutes:
DF7Rhian Wilkinson a'
MF3Melanie Booth b'
MF13Sophie Schmidt c'
Manager:
John Herdman :
* 2011 Pan American Games Women's football tournament Winners
* Canada 1st title

## Goalscorers
### 2 goals

* Shirley Cruz
* Christine Sinclair
* Christina Julien
* Débora de Oliveira
* Thais Guedes

### 1 goals

* Daniele Batista
* Maurine
* Maribel Domínguez
* Verónica Pérez
* Jennifer Ruiz
* Wendy Acosta
* Raquel Rodríguez
* Katherine Alvarado
* Kaylyn Kyle
* Robyn Gayle
* Amelia Pietrangelo
* Lady Andrade
* Yoreli Rincón
* Catalina Usme
* Maylee Attin-Johnson
* Francisca Lara
* Francisca Mardones
* María José Rojas
* Mercedes Pereyra
* Fabiana Vallejos

### 1 own goal

* Marianne Ugalde (playing against Argentina)

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's football | Canada Rachelle Beanlands Melanie Booth Candace Chapman Robyn Gayle Christina Julien Kaylyn Kyle Karina LeBlanc Vanessa Legault-Cordisco Diana Matheson Kelly Parker Sophie Schmidt Desiree Scott Lauren Sesselmann Diamond Simpson Christine Sinclair Brittany Timko Rhian Wilkinson Shannon Woeller | Brazil Francielle Alberto Rosana Augusto Bárbara Barbosa Daniele Batista Renata Costa Débora de Oliveira Maurine Gonçalves Thaís Guedes Beatriz Zaneratto João Miraildes Mota Grazielle Nascimento Tânia Ribeiro Thaís Picarte Karen Rocha Daiane Rodrigues Andréia Suntaque Renata Diniz Ketlen Wiggers | Mexico Aurora Santiago Erika Venegas Kenti Robles Rubí Sandoval Jennifer Ruiz Valeria Miranda Mónica Vergara Marylin Díaz Luz del Rosario Saucedo Stephany Mayor Guadalupe Worbis Dinora Garza Liliana Mercado Liliana Godoy Verónica Pérez Maribel Domínguez Mónica Ocampo Tanya Samarzich |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Canada | 3–2–0 |
| | Brazil | 3–2–0 |
| | Mexico | 2–2–1 |
| 4 | Colombia | 2–0–3 |
| 5 | Chile | 1–1–1 |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 0–1–2 |
| 7 | Argentina | 0–1–2 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1–2 |