# Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Canada at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields from July 14 to 25.
For these Games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. All teams will advance to an eight team single elimination bracket.
Argentina were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Canada, 3–1 in the final.
The winner of this tournament, if not already qualified, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top two teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for the tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualified as well. The remaining three spots were given to the three best teams from the 2013 Pan American Cup that had not qualified yet. This happened after the two qualification tournaments in 2014 were played. Each nation may enter one team (16 athletes per team).

### Summary

| Event | Date | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2013 Pan American Cup | 10–17 August 2013 | Brampton | 3 | United States Mexico Brazil |
| 2014 South American Games | 8–16 March 2014 | Santiago | 2 | Argentina Chile |
| 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games | 16–24 November 2014 | Veracruz | 2 | Cuba Trinidad and Tobago |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Pools

Pools were based on the world rankings as of January 21, 2015. Teams were placed into pools using the serpentine system. Teams ranked 1, 4, 5 and 8 would be in Pool A, while teams ranked 2, 3, 6 and 7 would be in Pool B.
Rankings are listed in parentheses.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Argentina (6)  United States (27)  Trinidad and Tobago (30)  Cuba (48) | Canada (16)  Chile (25)  Brazil (33)  Mexico (36) |

## Rosters

At the start of the tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 16 players on their rosters.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Cuba
* Mexico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

## Competition format

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two pools of four teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Following the completion of the pool games, all eight teams advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal matches. Losing teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. A penalty stroke competition took place, if a classification match ended in a draw, to determine a winner.
All games were played in four 15 minute quarters.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Argentina Juan Manuel Vivaldi Gonzalo Peillat Juan Gilardi Pedro Ibarra Facundo Callioni Matías Paredes Joaquin Menini Lucas Vila Ignacio Ortiz Juan Martín López Nicolas Della Torre Isidoro Ibarra Matias Rey Manuel Brunet Agustin Mazzili Lucas Rossi | Canada Brenden Bissett David Carter Taylor Curran Adam Froese Matthew Guest Gabriel Ho-Garcia David Jameson Gordon Johnston Ben Martin Devohn Noronha-Teixeira Sukhi Panesar Mark Pearson Matthew Sarmento Iain Smythe Scott Tupper Paul Wharton | Chile Richardo Achondo Prada A. Berczely Fernando Binder Wiener Felipe Eggers Andrés Fuenzalida Ignacio Gajardo Adrián Henríquez Thomás Kannegiesser Sebastián Kapsch Vicente Martín Tarud Fernando Renz Nicolás Renz Sven Richter Martín Rodríguez Raimundo Valenzuela Jaime Zarhi |

## Results

The official schedule was revealed on February 18, 2015.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 1 | Quarter-finals |
* 14 July 2015 09:00
| Argentina | 11–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Peillat 26', 57' Vila 29', 30', 34' Paredes 37' Della Torre 42' Mazzili 56' Callioni 57', 60' Menini 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Federico Garcia (URU)
* 14 July 2015 11:00
| United States | 3–3 | Cuba |
| Runzi 9' Kaeppeler 24' Holt 28' | Report | Tritzant 32' Blanco 51', 59' |
* Umpires: Matias Barbosa (CHI) David Sweetman (GBR)
* 16 July 2015 09:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–2 | Cuba |
| Toussaint 51' Eccles 59' | Report | Blanco 22', 53' |
* Umpires: Daniel Basto Rivero (MEX) Grant Hundley (USA)
* 16 July 2015 11:00
| United States | 0–6 | Argentina |
| | Report | Mazzili 15' Brunet 19' Peillat 38', 47' Callioni 41' Della Torre 54' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Gavin Caldecott (CAN)
* 18 July 2015 09:00
| Argentina | 5–4 | Cuba |
| Vila 18' Peillat 28', 37', 55' Menini 29' | Report | Blanco 21' Veitia 47', 57' Aguilera 52' |
* Umpires: Gavin Caldecott (CAN) Matias Barbosa (CHI)
* 18 July 2015 11:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | United States |
| Campbell 14' | Report | Holt 6' Grassi 13' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) You Suolong (CHN)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
* 14 July 2015 17:00
| Chile | 3–2 | Mexico |
| Richter 25' Martín 34' Rodríguez 56' | Report | Campillo 2' Pedraza 55' |
* Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Donny Gobinsingh (TTO)
* 14 July 2015 19:00
| Canada | 9–1 | Brazil |
| Bissett 8' Tupper 17' Pearson 28', 35' Ho-Garcia 31' Froese 34' Guest 39', 44' Wharton 50' | Report | Borges 9' |
* Umpires: Andres Ledesma (ARG) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 16 July 2015 17:00
| Brazil | 1–0 | Mexico |
| Paixao 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Donny Gobinsingh (TTO)
* 16 July 2015 19:00
| Chile | 0–1 | Canada |
| | Report | Pearson 6' |
* Umpires: Federico Garcia (URU) Saleem Aaron (USA)
* 18 July 2015 17:00
| Brazil | 1–3 | Chile |
| Borges 42' | Report | N. Renz 11' Richter 14' Rodríguez 40' |
* Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Grant Hundley (USA)
* 18 July 2015 19:00
| Canada | 8–1 | Mexico |
| Ho-Garcia 6', 14', 52', 54' Sarmento 31', 47' Guest 38' Wharton 55' | Report | Campillo 36' |
* Umpires: Federico Garcia (URU) Andres Ledesma (ARG)

### Classification round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 21 July | 21 July | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 23 July | 23 July | | |
| Mexico | 0 | 23 July | 23 July | |
| Mexico | 0 | Argentina | 6 | |
| 21 July | 21 July | | Argentina | 6 | |
| 21 July | 21 July | Chile | 0 | |
| Chile | 6 | Chile | 0 | |
| Chile | 6 | | | | 25 July | 25 July |
| Cuba | 2 | | | | 25 July | 25 July |
| Cuba | 2 | | | | Argentina | 3 |
| 21 July | 21 July | | | | | Argentina | 3 |
| 21 July | 21 July | | | | Canada | 0 |
| United States | 1 (1) | | | | Canada | 0 |
| United States | 1 (1) | 23 July | 23 July | | | |
| Brazil (s.o.) | 1 (3) | 23 July | 23 July | | | |
| Brazil (s.o.) | 1 (3) | Brazil | 0 (3) | | | |
| 21 July | 21 July | | Brazil | 0 (3) | | | |
| 21 July | 21 July | Canada (s.o.) | 0 (5) | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Canada | 3 | Canada (s.o.) | 0 (5) | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Canada | 3 | | | | 25 July | 25 July |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | | | 25 July | 25 July |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | | | Chile | 4 |
| | | | | | Brazil | 1 |

#### Quarter-finals

* 21 July 2015 09:00
| Argentina | 12–0 | Mexico |
| Brunet 2' Peillat 7', 28', 30', 59' Paredes 18', 39' Vila 20', 31', 51' Gilardi 39' Mazzili 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Matias Barbosa (CHI)
* 21 July 2015 11:30
| Chile | 6–2 | Cuba |
| Prada 38' Richter 43' F. Renz 46' Martín 47', 60' Rodríguez 57' | Report | Blanco 15' Tritzant 51' |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Andres Ledesma (ARG)
* 21 July 2015 17:00
| United States | 1–1 | Brazil |
| Sundeen 57' | Report Penalties | Borges 34' |
| Penalties |||
| Harris Runzi Linney Cunningham | 1–3 | Paixão Y. van der Heijden Sousa P. van der Heijden |
* Umpires: Federico Garcia (URU) Gavin Caldecott (CAN)
* 21 July 2015 19:30
| Canada | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Smythe 3' Sarmento 29' Tupper 50' | Report | |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Grant Hundley (USA)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 23 July | 23 July |
| Mexico | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | 25 July | 25 July |
| Cuba | 1 | 25 July | 25 July |
| Cuba | 1 | Mexico | 2 |
| 23 July | 23 July | | Mexico | 2 |
| 23 July | 23 July | United States | 6 |
| United States | 2 | United States | 6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 25 July | 25 July |
| | | Cuba | 0 |
| | | Trinidad and Tobago | 13 |

##### Cross-overs

* 23 July 2015 09:00
| Mexico | 3–1 | Cuba |
| Campillo Lopez 29' Pedraza Saenz 32' García Miranda 50' | Report | Gutierrez 43' |
* Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TTO) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 23 July 2015 11:00
| United States | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Holt 27' Sundeen 38' | Report | Marcano 36' |
* Umpires: Gavin Caldecott (CAN) Matias Barbosa (CHI)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 25 July 2015 09:00
| Cuba | 0–13 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| | Report | Pierre 5', 13', 26' Reynos 6', 47' Murray 20', 35', 46' Emmanuel 28' Gilkes 31', 33' Campbell 43' Mouttet 44' |
* Umpires: Matias Barbosa (CHI) Saleem Aaron (USA)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 25 July 2015 11:00
| Mexico | 2–6 | United States |
| Garcia Lopez 19' Borquez Silva 30' | Report | Holt 3', 11', 17' Barminski 22' Harris 45' Sundeen 51' |
* Umpires: Gavin Caldecott (CAN) Donny Gobinsingh (TTO)

#### Semi-finals

* 23 July 2015 17:00
| Argentina | 6–0 | Chile |
| Vila 6' Peillat 30', 42', 44' Paredes 44' Brunet 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Suolong You (CHN) Federico Garcia (URU)
* 23 July 2015 19:00
| Brazil | 0–0 | Canada |
| | Report Penalties | |
| Penalties |||
| Y. van der Heijden P. van der Heijden Felipe Réus Smith | 3–5 | Pearson Noronha-Teixeira Panesar Johnston Froese |
* Umpires: Andres Ledesma (ARG) Saleem Aaron (USA)

#### Bronze medal match

* 25 July 2015 17:00
| Chile | 4–1 | Brazil |
| N. Renz 5', 32' Kannegiesser 19' Martín 20' | Report | Smith 60' |
* Umpires: Andres Ledesma (ARG) Grant Hundley (USA)

#### Gold medal match

* 25 July 2015 19:00
| Argentina | 3–0 | Canada |
| Ibarra 25' Vila 33' Brunet 47' | Report | |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Federico Garcia (URU)

## Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | A | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | +39 | 18 | Gold medal |
| | B | Canada (H) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 13 | Silver medal |
| | B | Chile | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | B | Brazil | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | United States | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 11 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 6 | B | Mexico | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 31 | −23 | 3 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 7 | A | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 4 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| 8 | A | Cuba | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 32 | −20 | 2 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |

## Goalscorers

There were 136 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.67 goals per match.
14 goals
* Gonzalo Peillat
9 goals
* Lucas Vila
6 goals
* Yoandy Blancó
* William Holt
5 goals
* Gabriel Ho-Garcia
4 goals
* Manuel Brunet
* Matías Paredes
* Vicente Martín
3 goals
* Facundo Callioni
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Matheus Borges
* Matthew Guest
* Mark Pearson
* Matthew Sarmento
* Sven Richter
* Nicolás Renz
* Martín Rodríguez
* Alexis Campillo
* Kiel Murray
* Mickel Pierre
* Tyler Sundeen
2 goals
* Nicolás Della Torre
* Joaquín Menini
* Scott Tupper
* Paul Wharton
* Maikel Tritzant
* Yoel Veitia
* Guillermo Pedraza
* Ishmael Campbell
* Dillet Gilkes
* Jordan Reynos
1 goal
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Pedro Ibarra
* Lucas Paixão
* Stephane Vehrle-Smith
* Brenden Bissett
* Adam Froese
* Iain Smythe
* Thomás Kannegiesser
* Alexis Prada
* Felipe Renz
* Roger Aguilera
* Edgar Borqúez
* Edgar García
* Ricardo García
* Yasmany Gutiérrez
* Solomon Eccles
* Kristien Emmanuel
* Tariq Marcano
* Stefan Mouttet
* Akim Toussaint
* Michael Barminski
* Alex Grassi
* Patrick Harris
* Aki Käppeler
* Moritz Runzi