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

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held between 16 and 25 July 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The tournament doubled as the qualification to the 2008 Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing, China.
Canada won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating Argentina 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished a 2–2 draw. Chile won the bronze medal after defeating Trinidad and Tobago 5–3 in the third place playoff.

## 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 | |

## Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation:
* Saleem Aaron (USA)
* Murray Grime (AUS)
* Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
* Albert Marcano (TTO)
* Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* Raúl Peña Vila (CUB)
* Sumseh Putra (CAN)
* Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* Constantine Soteriades (USA)
* Diego Wenz Küpfer (CHL)

## Results
### 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 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 4 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 | 5th–8th place classification |
* 16 July 2007 09:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | Cuba |
| Browne 54' Whittington 65' | Report | Blanco Hernandez 47' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 16 July 2007 11:00
| Argentina | 19–0 | Brazil |
| R. Vila 3' Lombi 16', 24', 41', 66' Almada 17', 36', 49', 70' T. Argento 22', 56' Paredes 29' L. Vila 33', 61' Gilardi 35', 60' L. Argento 57' Rossi 58', 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Diego Wenz Küpfer (CHL) Constantine Soteriades (USA)
* 18 July 2007 15:00
| Argentina | 4–0 | Cuba |
| R. Vila 11' Ibarra 48', 61' Rey 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Constantine Soteriades (USA) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 18 July 2007 17:00
| Brazil | 1–8 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Alba 20' | Report | Browne 14', 32', 40' Legerton 43', 63', 68', 70' Gilkes 57' |
* Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 20 July 2007 09:00
| Cuba | 9–0 | Brazil |
| Blanco Hernandez 4' Sayas Gonzalez 18', 50', 55', 67' Lemus Dominguez 32', 47', 69' Iglesias Gomez 70' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Albert Marcano (TRI)
* 20 July 2007 11:00
| Argentina | 7–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Lombi 32', 50', 54' T. Argento 43' Rossi 46' Paredes 58' L. Vila 69' | Report | Whittington 44' |
* Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Diego Wenz Küpfer (CHL)

#### 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 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | 5th–8th place classification |
* 16 July 2007 15:00
| Chile | 2–1 | United States |
| Kuhlenthal 18' Koppenberger 37' | Report | P. Harris 9' |
* Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Raúl Peña Vila (CUB)
* 16 July 2007 17:00
| Canada | 2–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
| Grimes 22', 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Albert Marcano (TRI)
* 18 July 2007 09:00
| Canada | 2–2 | United States |
| Fernandes 21', 53' | Report | Martin 33' P. Harris 59' |
* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
* 18 July 2007 11:00
| Netherlands Antilles | 1–2 | Chile |
| Hop 57' | Report | Montegu 4' Rodriguez 64' |
* Umpires: Albert Marcano (TRI) Murray Grime (AUS)
* 20 July 2007 15:00
| United States | 1–2 | Netherlands Antilles |
| Ginolfi 7' | Report | Hardeman 3' Elsenaar 64' |
* Umpires: Raúl Peña Vila (CUB) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
* 20 July 2007 17:00
| Canada | 2–0 | Chile |
| Grimes 19' Short 50' | Report | |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 22 July | 22 July |
| Cuba | 4 |
| Cuba | 4 | 25 July | 25 July |
| United States | 1 | 25 July | 25 July |
| United States | 1 | United States | 1 |
| 22 July | 22 July | | United States | 1 |
| 22 July | 22 July | Brazil | 0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 8 | Brazil | 0 |
| Brazil | 0 | | |
| Brazil | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 25 July | 25 July |
| | | Netherlands Antilles | 1 |
| | | Cuba | 3 |

#### Cross-overs

* 22 July 2007 09:00
| Cuba | 4–1 | United States |
| Blanco Hernandez 4' Lemus Dominguez 10' Aguilera Molina 31' Sarduy Gomez 67' | Report | P. Harris 40' |
* Umpires: Albert Marcano (TRI) Diego Wenz Küpfer (CHL)
* 22 July 2007 11:30
| Netherlands Antilles | 8–0 | Brazil |
| Elsenaar 6' Hop 16', 66' Pereira 31' Van de Braak 44' Christiaans 46' Hardeman 53' Braaksma 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 25 July 2007 09:00
| United States | 13–0 | Brazil |
| Cota 3' Martin 6', 7' Couwenbergh 14' P. Harris 17', 30', 33', 34', 58' Ginolfi 20' Hoang 52' Cunningham 53' S. Harris 66' | Report | |
* Umpires: Raúl Peña Vila (CUB) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 25 July 2007 11:30
| Netherlands Antilles | 1–3 | Cuba |
| Hardeman 24' | Report | Blanco Hernandez 60' Lemus Dominguez 64', 69' |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 22 July | 22 July |
| Argentina | 5 |
| Argentina | 5 | 25 July | 25 July |
| Chile | 2 | 25 July | 25 July |
| Chile | 2 | Argentina | 2 (4) |
| 22 July | 22 July | | Argentina | 2 (4) |
| 22 July | 22 July | 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 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | 25 July | 25 July |
| | | Chile | 5 |
| | | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 |

#### Semi-finals

* 22 July 2007 14:30
| Argentina | 5–2 | Chile |
| Lombi 3', 47' R. Vila 29' Rey 66' Almada 68' | Report | Montegu 43' Kuhlenthal 52' |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Gus Soteriades (USA)
* 22 July 2007 17:00
| Canada | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Singh 18' Fernandes 37', 82' Deol 51' | Report | Legerton 7', 10', 55' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) German Montes (ARG)

#### Bronze-medal match

* 25 July 2007 14:30
| Chile | 5–3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Kapsch 18', 27', 70' Montegu 33' Kannegiesser 55' | Report | Quan Chan 30', 36' Toussaint 51' |
* Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Saleem Aaron (USA)

#### Gold-medal match

* 25 July 2007 17:00
| Argentina | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
| R. Vila 19' Lombi 54' | Report | Fernandes 41' Grimes 57' |
| Penalties |||
| Lombi Gilardi Almada L. Vila Paredes Lombi | 4–5 | Fernandes Grimes Tupper Wettlaufer R. Short Fernandes |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Canada |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 5 | Cuba |
| 6 | Netherlands Antilles |
| 7 | United States |
| 8 | Brazil |
Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | 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 |