# Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium in Hamilton from July 11 to 25.
For the football competition in these Games, the women competed in an eight-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. The women's competition was an open-age competition with no age restrictions.
Canada were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. The gold medal was won by Brazil.

## Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. Hosts Canada and Mexico qualified automatically. The winners of the regional Caribbean and Central American championships also qualified. The top four teams at the South American Championships also qualified.

### Summary

| 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 | |

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Canada (hosts) | 5th | Gold medal (2011) |
| Mexico | 5th | Silver medal (1999) |
| Costa Rica | 4th | Bronze medal (1999) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3rd | Fifth place (1999) |
| Brazil | 4th | Gold medal (2003, 2007) |
| Colombia | 2nd | Fourth place (2011) |
| Ecuador | 2nd | Seventh place (2011) |
| Argentina | 4th | Fourth place (2011) |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's tournament | Brazil | Colombia | Mexico |
* Brazil 2015
* Colombia 2015
* Mexico 2015

## Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had to submit up to 18 players on their rosters.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Ecuador
* Mexico
* Trinidad and Tobago

## Competition format

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two groups of four teams, played in round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the group once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. The teams were ranked as follows:
* Points
* Goal difference
* Goals scored
* Head-to-head points
* Drawing of lots
Following the completion of the group games, the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals, with the winners of one group playing the runners-up of another group. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal match and the losers advanced to the bronze medal match.
All games were played in two 45-minute halves. In the medal round, if the match ended in a draw after 90 minutes, extra time was played (two 15-minute halves), followed by penalty kicks competition if the match still remained tied.

## First round

The official detailed schedule and draw was revealed on April 24, 2015.
All times were Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Medal round |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Medal round |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Medal round |
| 2 | Canada (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | Medal round |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |

## Medal round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| July 22 – Hamilton | July 22 – Hamilton |
| Brazil | 4 |
| Brazil | 4 | July 25 – Hamilton | July 25 – Hamilton |
| Mexico | 2 | July 25 – Hamilton | July 25 – Hamilton |
| Mexico | 2 | Brazil | 4 |
| July 22 – Hamilton | July 22 – Hamilton | | Brazil | 4 |
| July 22 – Hamilton | July 22 – Hamilton | Colombia | 0 |
| Colombia | 1 | Colombia | 0 |
| Canada | 0 | | |
| Canada | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | July 24 – Hamilton | July 24 – Hamilton |
| | | Mexico | 2 |
| | | Canada | 1 |

### Gold medal match

Team details :
Brazil
Colombia
GK12 Bárbara
DF2Fabiana
DF4Rafaelle
DF14Érika
DF6 Tamires
MF8Formiga
MF5Thaisa
MF10 Andressa Machry 73'
MF11Cristiane
FW9Andressa Alves 88'
FW17Raquel 45'
Substitutes:
MF15Gabi 45'
MF7Maurine 73'
DF13Poliana 88'
Manager:
Vadão
GK12Sandra Sepúlveda 45'
DF2Isabella Echeverri
DF13Ángela Clavijo
DF14Nataly Arias
DF15Tatiana Ariza 45'
DF9Oriánica Velásquez
MF3Natalia Gaitán
MF4Diana Ospina
MF6Daniela Montoya
MF18Leicy Santos 81'
FW7Ingrid Vidal
Substitutes:
MF8Mildrey Pineda 81'
GK1Paula Forero 45'
MF11Catalina Usme 45'
Manager:
Felipe Taborda :
* 2015 Pan American Games winners
* Brazil Third title

## Competition summary
### Goalscorers
#### 7 goals

* Cristiane

#### 3 goals

* Stephany Mayor

#### 2 goals

* Andressa Alves
* Formiga
* Maurine
* Rafaelle
* Janine Beckie
* Shelina Zadorsky
* Catalina Usme
* Ligia Moreira
* Kerlly Real
* Mónica Ocampo
* Nayeli Rangel
* Mariah Shade

#### 1 goal

* Florencia Bonsegundo
* Mariana Larroquette
* María Belén Potassa
* Fabiana
* Monica
* Raquel
* Thaisa
* Jessie Fleming
* Emma Fletcher
* Nataly Arias
* Diana Ospina
* Ingrid Vidal
* Shirley Cruz
* Karla Villalobos
* Denise Pesántes
* Teresa Noyola
* Jennifer Ruiz
* Maylee Atthin-Johnson
* Kennya Cordner

#### 1 own goal

* Fabiana (playing against Mexico)
* Arianna Romero (playing against Brazil)

### Final standings

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 15 | Gold medal |
| | Colombia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | Silver medal |
| | Mexico | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Canada (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 6 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in First round |
| 8 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in First round |