# Football at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

In the men's football tournament of the 2007 Pan American Games, the Pan American Sports Organisation expanded the number of participants from 8 to 12 and set the age limit to the Under-20 level. However, CONMEBOL, representing the South American nations, only accepted to play with Under-17 teams (who qualified through the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship), since Under-20 teams had to participate at the U-20 World Cup at the same time.
The United States accepted to play with their Under-18 team. Finally, Peru declined to play because their U-17 team preferred to play friendlies in Asia in preparation for the U-17 World Cup, so Bolivia took their place.
In the final, Ecuador beat Jamaica to win their first gold medal.

## Participants

The participating nations were:
* CONCACAF
** Costa Rica
** Haiti
** Honduras
** Jamaica
** Mexico
** United States
* CONMEBOL
** Argentina
** Brazil
** Colombia
** Ecuador
** Bolivia (replaced Peru)
** Venezuela

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ecuador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Bolivia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Jamaica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 24 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) |
| Jamaica | 0 (5) |
| Jamaica | 0 (5) | 27 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 27 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) |
| Mexico | 0 (4) | 27 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 27 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) |
| Mexico | 0 (4) | Jamaica | 1 |
| 24 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 24 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | | Jamaica | 1 |
| 24 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 24 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | Ecuador | 2 |
| Bolivia | 0 | Ecuador | 2 |
| Ecuador | 1 | | |
| Ecuador | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | 27 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) |
| | | Mexico | 1 |
| | | Bolivia | 0 |

### Gold-medal match

| GK | 13 | Duwayne Kerr |
| DF | 5 | Ajuran Brown |
| DF | 10 | Shavar Thomas |
| DF | 17 | Norman Bailey |
| MF | 9 | Keammar Daley |
| MF | 18 | Damaine Thompson |
| MF | 11 | Edward Campbell |
| MF | 19 | Troy Smith |
| MF | 7 | Ricardo Cousins |
| FW | 15 | Dawyne Smith |
| FW | 12 | Obrian Woodbine |
| Manager: ||
| Wendell Downswell ||
| GK | 1 | Máximo Banguera |
| DF | 2 | Wilson Folleco |
| DF | 3 | Deison Méndez |
| DF | 4 | Michael Castro |
| DF | 6 | Hamilton Chasi |
| MF | 13 | Carlos Delgado |
| MF | 16 | Israel Chango |
| MF | 5 | Jefferson Pinto |
| MF | 8 | Jefferson Montero |
| FW | 9 | Edmundo Zura |
| FW | 18 | Pablo Ochoa |
| Manager: ||
| Sixto Vizuete ||
* 2007 Pan American Games Men's football tournament Winners
* Ecuador 1st title

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| | Ecuador |
| | Jamaica |
| | Mexico |
| 4 | Bolivia |
| 5 | Brazil |
| 6 | Colombia |
| 7 | Honduras |
| 7 | United States |
| 9 | Argentina |
| 10 | Costa Rica |
| 11 | Haiti |
| 12 | Venezuela |