# Field hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games

Field hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro was held over a ten-day period beginning on July 15 and culminating with the medal finals on July 24 and July 25. All games were played at the Círculo Militar Deodoro. Each team was allowed to enter a maximum of sixteen athletes. The winner of each tournament qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Argentina were the reigning Pan American Games champions in both the men's and women's competitions. The men failed to defend their title, losing to Canada 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out in the final. The women defeated the United States 4–2 in the final, winning the tournament for the 6th time.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Canada Ranjeev Deol Wayne Fernandes Connor Grimes David Jameson Ranvinder Kahlon Michael Mahood Matthew Peck Ken Pereira Scott Sandison Marian Schole Peter Short Rob Short Sukhwinder Singh Scott Tupper Paul Wettlaufer Anthony Wright | Argentina Mario Almada Lucas Argento Innocente Tomás Argento Innocente Ignacio Bergner Mariano Chao Juan Ignacio Gilardi Pedro Ibarra Jorge Lombi Matías Paredes Lucas Rey Matías Rey Lucas Rossi Lucas Vila Rodrigo Vila Juan Manuel Vivaldi Fernando Zylberberg | Chile Matias Amoroso Mathias Anwandter Felipe Casanova Thomas Kannegeisser Sebastian Kapsch Ian Koppenberger Esteban Krainz Pablo Kuhlenthal Luis Felipe Montegu Cristobal Rodriguez Mauro Scaff Martín Sotomayor Alan Stien Alfredo Thiermann Gabriel Thiermann Matias Vogel |
| Women details | Argentina Gabriela Aguirre Magdalena Aicega Luciana Aymar Noel Barrionuevo Agustina Bouza Claudia Burkart Mariana González Oliva Alejandra Gulla Giselle Kañevsky Rosario Luchetti Daniela Maloberti Mercedes Margalot Carla Rebecchi Marine Russo Belen Succi Paola Vukojicic | United States Kate Barber Kayla Bashore Lauren Crandall Rachel Dawson Sarah Dawson Kelly Doton Katelyn Falgowski Michelle Kasold Melissa Leonetti Carrie Lingo Angela Loy Lauren Powley Dana Sensenig Keli Smith Tiffany Snow Amy Tran | Netherlands Antilles Anika de Haas Anne Maaike Elsen Jamaine Festen Maria Hinskens Floortje Joosten Ilse Luirink Theresia Noorlander Juliette Plantenga Pauline Roels Ernestina Schreuder Marlieke van de Pas Sanne van Donk Sophie van Noort Nienke van Ruiten Kiona Wellens Eva Wiedijk |

## Men's tournament
### Qualification

| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Brazil |
| 21–28 April 2004 | 2004 Pan American Cup | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2 | Canada Netherlands Antilles |
| 20–29 July 2006 | 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2 | Cuba Trinidad and Tobago |
| 9–19 November 2006 | 2006 South American Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2 | Argentina Chile |
| 8–11 March 2007 | Qualification Event | Hamilton, Bermuda | 1 | United States |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | +29 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 22 July 2007 | 22 July 2007 |
| Cuba | 4 |
| Cuba | 4 | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2007 |
| United States | 1 | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2007 |
| United States | 1 | United States | 1 |
| 22 July 2007 | 22 July 2007 | | United States | 1 |
| 22 July 2007 | 22 July 2007 | Brazil | 0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 8 | Brazil | 0 |
| Brazil | 0 | | |
| Brazil | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2007 |
| | | Netherlands Antilles | 1 |
| | | Cuba | 3 |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 July 2007 | 22 July 2007 |
| Argentina | 5 |
| Argentina | 5 | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2007 |
| Chile | 2 | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2007 |
| Chile | 2 | Argentina | 2 (4) |
| 22 July 2007 | 22 July 2007 | | Argentina | 2 (4) |
| 22 July 2007 | 22 July 2007 | Canada (p.s.o) | 2 (5) |
| Canada (a.e.t) | 4 | Canada (p.s.o) | 2 (5) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2007 |
| | | Chile | 5 |
| | | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Canada |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 5 | Cuba |
| 6 | Netherlands Antilles |
| 7 | United States |
| 8 | Brazil |
Qualified for the Summer Olympics

## Women's tournament
### Qualification

| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Brazil |
| 21–28 April 2004 | 2004 Pan American Cup | Bridgetown, Barbados | 3 | Canada United States Uruguay |
| 20–29 July 2006 | 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2 | Cuba Netherlands Antilles |
| 9–19 November 2006 | 2006 South American Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2 | Argentina Chile |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | +28 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | −38 | 0 | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 21 July 2007 | 21 July 2007 |
| Uruguay | 0 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 24 July 2007 | 24 July 2007 |
| Canada | 3 | 24 July 2007 | 24 July 2007 |
| Canada | 3 | Canada | 3 |
| 21 July 2007 | 21 July 2007 | | Canada | 3 |
| 21 July 2007 | 21 July 2007 | Cuba | 2 |
| Cuba | 7 | Cuba | 2 |
| Brazil | 0 | | |
| Brazil | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 24 July 2007 | 24 July 2007 |
| | | Uruguay | 8 |
| | | Brazil | 0 |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 21 July 2007 | 21 July 2007 |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 24 July 2007 | 24 July 2007 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 24 July 2007 | 24 July 2007 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0 | Argentina | 4 |
| 21 July 2007 | 21 July 2007 | | Argentina | 4 |
| 21 July 2007 | 21 July 2007 | United States | 2 |
| United States | 4 | United States | 2 |
| Chile | 1 | | |
| Chile | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 July 2007 | 24 July 2007 |
| | | Netherlands Antilles (a.e.t) | 2 |
| | | Chile | 1 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | United States |
| | Netherlands Antilles |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | Canada |
| 6 | Cuba |
| 7 | Uruguay |
| 8 | Brazil |
Qualified for the Summer Olympics