# Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima from 29 July to 10 August 2019.

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams. For CONMEBOL, the best three teams at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship qualified, while Peru automatically qualified as hosts. For CONCACAF, the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualified, however, United States (best North American team) declined to participate and were replaced by Mexico. Honduras also qualified by decision of CONCACAF.

### Qualified teams

| Confederation | Region | Means of qualification | Teams qualified | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| CONCACAF | North American | 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (1–21 November 2018) | Mexico | 15th | Gold medal (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011) |
| CONCACAF | Caribbean | 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (1–21 November 2018) | Jamaica | 5th | Silver medal (2007) |
| CONCACAF | Central American | 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (1–21 November 2018) | Panama | 2nd | Fourth place (2015) |
| CONCACAF | Central American | Last berth defined by CONCACAF | Honduras | 5th | Silver medal (1999) |
| CONMEBOL | South American | Automatically qualified | Peru (hosts) | 2nd | Group stage (2015) |
| CONMEBOL | South American | 2019 South American U-20 Championship (17 January–10 February 2019) | Argentina | 15th | Gold medal (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003) |
| CONMEBOL | South American | 2019 South American U-20 Championship (17 January–10 February 2019) | Uruguay | 7th | Gold medal (1983, 2015) |
| CONMEBOL | South American | 2019 South American U-20 Championship (17 January–10 February 2019) | Ecuador | 4th | Gold medal (2007) |

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 12 April 2019, 12:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group was conformed by two CONCACAF teams and two CONMEBOL teams. The hosts Peru were seeded into group B and assigned to position 4 in their group, while the remaining seven teams were placed into two pots according to the confederation which they belong.
| CONCACAF pot | CONMEBOL pot |
| Jamaica  Honduras  Mexico  Panama | Argentina  Ecuador  Uruguay |
The CONCACAF teams were drawn first and assigned to positions 1 and 2 in groups A and B. Then, the CONMEBOL teams were drawn and the first two teams occupied positions 3 and 4 in group A while the third team occupied the position 3 in group B. The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Panama A2 Mexico A3 Ecuador A4 Argentina | Group B PosTeam B1 Jamaica B2 Honduras B3 Uruguay B4 Peru |
The draw was led by Hugo Figueredo, competition director of CONMEBOL, and had the help of Miriam Tristan and Cindy Novoa members of the Peru women's national football team

## Squads

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997, three overage players are allowed.

## Match officials

The referees and assistant referees were:
* Fernando Echenique
** Assistants: Cristian Navarro and Lucas Germanotta
* Wagner Magalhaes
** Assistants: Emerson De Carvalho and Alessandro Rocha
* Felipe González
** Assistants: Raúl Orellana and Edson Cisternas
* Gustavo Murillo
** Assistants: Miguel Roldán and John Gallego
* Ulises Mereles
** Assistants: Juan Zorrilla and Rodney Aquino
* Michael Espinoza
** Assistants: Michael Orué and Stephen Atoche
* Miguel Santibañez
** Assistants: Raúl López and Jesús Sánchez
* José Argote
** Assistants: Franchescoly Chacón and Alberto Ponte

## Group stage
### Tie-breakers

All times are local, PET (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Seventh place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Peru (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | Seventh place match |

## Placement stage (5th–8th place)

| 7th place | 7th place |
| 7 August – Lima | 7 August – Lima |
| Ecuador | 1 (2) |
| Peru (p) | 1 (4) |
| 5th place | 5th place |
| 7 August – Lima | 7 August – Lima |
| Panama | 4 |
| Jamaica | 0 |

### Fifth place match
## Knockout stage

If necessary, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 7 August – Lima | 7 August – Lima |
| Mexico | 1 (2) |
| Mexico | 1 (2) | 10 August – Lima | 10 August – Lima |
| Honduras (p) | 1 (4) | 10 August – Lima | 10 August – Lima |
| Honduras (p) | 1 (4) | Honduras | 1 |
| 7 August – Lima | 7 August – Lima | | Honduras | 1 |
| 7 August – Lima | 7 August – Lima | Argentina | 4 |
| Uruguay | 0 | Argentina | 4 |
| Argentina | 3 | | |
| Argentina | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 10 August – Lima | 10 August – Lima |
| | | Mexico | 1 |
| | | Uruguay | 0 |

### Gold medal match

Team details :
Honduras
Argentina
GK18Alex Güity
DF2Denil Maldonado
DF3Elvin Oliva
DF4Elison Rivas 32'
DF16José García
MF7Alejandro Reyes
MF 8Jorge Álvarez
MF 13Carlos Pineda
FW17Kilmar Peña 80'
FW9Douglas Martínez
FW11Darixon Vuelto
Substitutes:
MF José Pinto 80'
Manager:
Fabián Coito
GK1 Facundo Cambeses
DF 4Marcelo Herrera
DF2 Leonel Mosevich
DF 6Joaquín Novillo
DF14 Facundo Medina
MF5Fausto Vera 23' 80'
MF11 Santiago Colombatto
MF10Nicolás González 18'
FW7Carlos Valenzuela
FW9Adolfo Gaich
FW16Agustín Urzi 57'
Substitutes:
MF17Lucas Necul 57'
MF15Aníbal Moreno 80'
Manager:
Fernando Batista :
* 2019 Pan American Games Men's football tournament Winners
* Argentina 7th title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Honduras |
| | Mexico |
| 4 | Uruguay |
| 5 | Panama |
| 6 | Jamaica |
| 7 | Peru |
| 8 | Ecuador |

## Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.
6 goals
* Adolfo Gaich
4 goals
* Carlos Valenzuela
* Leonardo Fernández
3 goals
* Darixon Vuelto
* Deshane Beckford
2 goals
* Douglas Martínez
* Francisco Venegas
* Jorman Aguilar
* Luis Zúñiga
1 goal
* Lucas Necul
* Agustín Urzi
* Fausto Vera
* Sebastián Lomonaco
* Leonardo Campana
* Anderson Naula
* Jordan Rezabala
* Janus Vivar
* Denil Maldonado
* José Reyes
* José de Jesús Godínez
* Mauro Lainez
* Johan Vásquez
* Paolo Yrizay
* Abdiel Ayarza
* Adalberto Carrasquilla
* Jordan Guivin
* Kevin Quevedo
* Darwin Núñez
* Ignacio Ramírez
1 own goal
* Kevin Minda (against Peru)
* Kervin Arriaga (against Uruguay)
Source: Lima 2019