# Football at the 2022 Bolivarian Games

Football competitions at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia were held from 26 June to 4 July 2022 at the Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau.
Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a boys' and women's tournament. A total of 144 athletes (72 per gender and 4 teams per event) will compete in the events. The boys' tournament is restricted to under-17 players while the women's tournament is restricted to under-20 players.
Hosts Colombia, who were the defending gold medalists in both boys' and women's tournaments, managed to retain its title in the women's tournament but failed in the men's event after finishing third. Paraguay won the gold medal in the men's tournament.

## Participating nations

A total of 6 nations (4 ODEBO nations and 2 invited) registered teams for the football event. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 36 athletes (one team of 18 athletes per gender). Hosts Colombia and Paraguay will participate in both events. Bolivia and Dominican Republic will participate in the boys' tournament, while Panama and Venezuela will participate in the women's tournament.
* Bolivia (18 athletes)
* Colombia (36)
* Dominican Republic (18)
* Panama (18)
* Paraguay (36)
* Venezuela (18)

## Venue

All matches in both events were played at Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau in Valledupar.
| Valledupar | Valledupar |
| Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau | Valledupar |
| Capacity: 14,000 | Valledupar |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Host nation)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Colombia* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Bolivia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' tournament | Paraguay (PAR) Facundo Insfrán Ezequiel Sánchez Lucas Ramírez Iván Morel Nicolás Caballero Ángel Billordo Alan Cano Cristhofer Maqueda Aarón Páez Paulo Riveros Gabriel Aguayo Jesús Peralta Kevin Schupp Thiago Agüero Alan Romero Fernando Viveros Juan Alfonzo Enzo Agüero | Bolivia (BOL) Fabián Pereira Marcio Arévalo Samir Pérez Carlos Medina Fabio Zamora Diego Arroyo Anthony Saavedra Matías Castro Deybi Choque Santiago Melgar Axel Salazar Guilmar Centella Gonzalo Mendoza Lucas Castedo Juan José González Marcelo De Lima Yeferson Mamani Misael Alcócer | Colombia (COL) Andrés Tovar Simón García Alberto Higgins Andrés Alfonso Nicola Profeta Sebastián Cortés Óscar Perea Andrés Gutiérrez Hilder Arboleda Jordan Barrera Fáver Aragón Alexei Rojas Juan José Díaz Juan José Obando Rafael Mercado Élver Arizala Jafé Pérez Richardson Rivas |
| Women's tournament | Colombia (COL) Natalia Giraldo Mary José Álvarez Ángela Barón Yunaira López Stefanía Perlaza Ilana Izquierdo Gisela Robledo María Camila Reyes Mariana Muñoz Liced Serna Gabriela Rodríguez Valentina González Ana María Guzmán Yirleidis Quejada Mariana Zamorano Juana Ortegón Wendy Bonilla Ingrid Guerra | Paraguay (PAR) Luana Rodríguez Hannah Núñez Sofía Almirón Gabriela Valdez Fiorela Martínez Fredesvinda Ocampos Cindy Ramos Fiona Zaracho Belén Riveros Erika Cartaman Nabila Perruchino Araceli Leguizamón Valeria Benítez Naomi De León Yanina Servín Pamela Villalba Agustina Varela Milagros Rolón | Venezuela (VEN) Hilary Azuaje Fabiola Solórzano Floriangel Apóstol María Duerto Zulaycar Milano Ana Paula Fraiz Nerimar Infante Alai Araújo-Elorza Kimberlyn Campos Jaimar Torrealba Daniela Martínez Ashley Pulgar Isabella Tabja Naileth Rangel Alexineth Rosario María Contreras Iraia Arrue Victoria de Abreu |

## Boys' tournament

The boys' tournament was held from 2 to 4 July 2022 and consisted of a single group of 4 teams in which each team played once against the other 3 teams in the group on a single round-robin basis. The top three teams were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Paraguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Gold medal |
| 2 | Bolivia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Silver medal |
| 3 | Colombia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 0 | Fourth place |

### Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
2 goals
* Guilmar Centella
* Marcelo De Lima
* Rafael Mercado
* Nicolás Cruz
* Emmanuel Cuello
* Alan Cano
* Aarón Páez
* Fernando Viveros
1 goal
* Misael Alcócer
* Anthony Saavedra
* Andrés Alfonso
* Hilder Arboleda
* Óscar Perea
* Alejandro Corcino
* Bryan Mañón
* Cristhian Maqueda
* Enzo Agüero
1 own goal
* Javier Roses (against Bolivia)
Source: Bolivarianos Valledupar 2022

## Women's tournament

The women's tournament was held from 26 to 28 June 2022 and consisted of a single group of 4 teams in which each team played once against the other 3 teams in the group on a single round-robin basis. The top three teams were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Colombia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Gold medal |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Silver medal |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Fourth place |

### Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.
3 goals
* Ilana Izquierdo
* Gisela Robledo
* Gabriela Rodríguez
2 goals
* Liced Serna
1 goal
* Nabila Perruchini
* Cindy Ramos
* Pamela Villalba
* Yasli Atencio
* Kimberlyn Campos
* María Contreras
Source: Bolivarianos Valledupar 2022