Football at the Pan American Games

Football at the Pan American Games
Football at the Pan American Games
No. of events	2 tournaments (men and women)

Football at the Pan American Games is the football tournament in the continental multi-sport event of the Pan American Games as a men's competition sport, since the first edition held in Buenos Aires 1951. The competition is organized by Panam Sports (also known as "Pan American Sports Organization").

The men's tournament have restricted the participation of elite players in various ways. Currently, squads for the men's tournament are required to be composed of under-23 players.

The tournament was played in a league format from 1951 to 1963, neither the final nor bronze medal match was hosted. Another format was used in 1971, this time the tournament was played in a group format in the early stages, but played in a league format for the final stages. The 1983 tournament saw only 3 teams playing in the final group stages, with the first and final time the tournament did not have the fourth place team.

The women's tournament was introduced in 1999, and is for senior national teams.

Men's tournament

Summaries

1951–1983: Youth teams
1987–1995: Senior teams (Caribbean), youth teams (Conmebol, North America)
1999: U-23 teams
2003: U-22 teams (Concacaf), U-20 teams (Conmebol)
2007: U-20 teams (Concacaf), U-17 teams (Conmebol), plus 3 overage players
2011–present: U-22 teams plus 3 overage players^[1]

Results

Edition	Year	Host city	Final			Bronze medal match			Teams
Edition	Year	Host city	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place	Teams
Olympic teams (amateur)
1	1951	Buenos Aires	Argentina	– ^{[n 1]}	Costa Rica	Chile	– ^{[n 1]}	Venezuela	5
2	1955	Mexico City	Argentina	– ^{[n 1]}	Mexico	Ned. Antilles	– ^{[n 1]}	Venezuela	4
3	1959	Chicago	Argentina	– ^{[n 1]}	Brazil	United States	– ^{[n 1]}	Haiti	7
4	1963	São Paulo	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Argentina	Chile	– ^{[n 1]}	Uruguay	5
5	1967	Winnipeg	Mexico	4–0 (a.e.t.)	Bermuda	T. Tobago	4–1	Canada	8
6	1971	Cali	Argentina	– ^{[n 1]}	Colombia	Cuba	– ^{[n 1]}	T. Tobago	12
7	1975	Mexico City	Mexico Brazil ^{[n 2]}	1–1 (a.e.t.)	— ^{[n 2]}	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	13
8	1979	San Juan	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	12
9	1983	Caracas	Uruguay	1–0	Uruguay	Guatemala	– ^{[n 3]}	– ^{[n 3]}	10
10	1987	Indianapolis	Brazil	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Chile	Argentina	0–0 (5–4 p)	Mexico	12
Olympic teams (U-22 / U-23)
11	1991	Havana	United States	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico	Cuba	1–0	Honduras	8
12	1995	Mar del Plata	Argentina	0–0 (5–4 p)	Mexico	Colombia	3–0	Honduras	12
13	1999	Winnipeg	Mexico	3–1	Honduras	United States	2–1	Canada	10
Olympic teams (U-22) / U-20 teams
14	2003	Santo Domingo	Argentina	1–0	Brazil	Mexico	0–0 (5–4 p)	Colombia	8
U-20 teams / U-17 teams (plus 3 overage players)
15	2007	Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador	2–1	Jamaica	Mexico	1–0	Bolivia	12
Olympic teams (U-22 / U-23)
16	2011	Guadalajara	Mexico	1–0	Argentina	Uruguay	2–1	Costa Rica	8
17	2015	Toronto	Uruguay	1–0	Mexico	Brazil	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama	8
18	2019	Lima	Argentina	4–1	Honduras	Mexico	1–0	Uruguay	8
19	2023	Santiago	Brazil	1–1 (4–2 p)	Chile	Mexico	4–1	United States	8

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Played in a round-robin tournament format, no final held.
^ ^a ^b Title shared, no silver medal awarded.
^ ^a ^b No third match held.

Performances by countries

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place
Argentina	7 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003, 2019)	2 (1963, 2011)	3 (1975, 1979, 1987)
Brazil	5 (1963*, 1975, 1979, 1987, 2023)	3 (1959, 1983, 2003)	1 (2015)
Mexico	4 (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011)	4 (1955*, 1991, 1995, 2015)	4 (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023)	1 (1987)
Uruguay	2 (1983, 2015)		1 (2011)	1 (2019)
United States	1 (1991)		2 (1959*, 1999)	2 (1963, 2023)
Ecuador	1 (2007)
Chile		2 (1987, 2023*)	2 (1951, 1963)
Honduras		2 (1999, 2019)		2 (1991, 1995)
Cuba		1 (1979)	2 (1971, 1991*)
Colombia		1 (1971*)	1 (1995)	1 (2003)
Costa Rica		1 (1951)		3 (1975, 1979, 2011)
Bermuda		1 (1967)
Jamaica		1 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago			1 (1967)	1 (1971)
Netherlands Antilles			1 (1955)
Guatemala			1 (1983)
Venezuela				2 (1951, 1955)
Canada				2 (1967, 1999)
Haiti				1 (1959)
Bolivia				1 (2007)
Panama				1 (2015)

* = Host

Participating nations

National teams participated with their Olympic teams represented by amateur players and Olympic teams represented by under-22 and under-23 players with 3 overage players. In some cases such as in 1951 (for Venezuela and Costa Rica) some countries sent their full squad (including overage players).^[2]

Nation	1951	1955	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Years
Argentina					5				9						9					15
Bahamas						9														1
Bermuda						10		8	8			11								5
Bolivia							6								4					2
Brazil												5			5	6				12
Canada					4	5	7			11	7		4				7			7
Chile									4			8								6
Colombia					8					10				4	6				6	7
Costa Rica			5				4	4				6	6		10	4				8
Cuba			7		7		5		7	8			8	6		8				11
Dominican Republic						12		9						8					8	4
Ecuador												9				7		8		4
El Salvador							9			7										2
Guatemala								7		5			7	7						5
Haiti			4			8					5				11					4
Honduras											4	4			7				7	6
Jamaica						11	12						5					6		5
Mexico			6			7			5	4										16
Netherlands Antilles																				1
Nicaragua							13				8									2
Panama																	4	5		2
Paraguay	5									9		7		5			5			5
Peru																	6	7		2
Puerto Rico								5												1
Suriname											6									1
Trinidad and Tobago						4	8			12		10	9			5	8			8
United States				5	6	6	11	6	10	6		12			8				4	13
Uruguay				4			10						10					4	5	8
Venezuela	4	4							6						12					4
Nations	5	4	7	5	8	12	13	9	10	12	8	12	10	8	12	8	8	8	8

Women's tournament

Player eligibility

1999-present: Senior teams

Results

Year	Host city	Final			Bronze medal match			Teams
Year	Host city	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place	Teams
1999	Winnipeg	United States	1–0	Mexico	Costa Rica	1–1 (4–3 p)	Canada	5
2003	Santo Domingo	Brazil	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Canada	Mexico	4–1	Argentina	6
2007	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5–0	United States	Canada	2–1	Mexico	10
2011	Guadalajara	Canada	1–1 (4–3 p)	Brazil	Mexico	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Colombia	8
2015	Toronto	Brazil	4–0	Colombia	Mexico	2–1	Canada	8
2019	Lima	Colombia	1–1 (7–6 p)	Argentina	Costa Rica	1–0	Paraguay	8
2023	Santiago	Mexico	1–0	Chile	United States	2–0	Argentina	8

Performances by countries

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place
Brazil	3 (2003, 2007*, 2015)	1 (2011)
Mexico	1 (2023)	1 (1999)	3 (2003, 2011*, 2015)	1 (2007)
Canada	1 (2011)	1 (2003)	1 (2007)	2 (1999, 2015)
United States (U18/U19/U20)	1 (1999)	1 (2007)	1 (2023)
Colombia	1 (2019)	1 (2015)		1 (2011)
Argentina		1 (2019)		2 (2003, 2023)
Chile		1 (2023*)
Costa Rica			2 (1999, 2019)
Paraguay				1 (2019)

* = host

Participating nations

Nation	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Years
Argentina		4	5	7	8		4	6
Bolivia							7	1
Brazil								4
Canada	4				4			5
Chile				5				2
Colombia				4				3
Costa Rica		5		6	5		6	6
Ecuador			7		6			2
Haiti		6						1
Jamaica			6			7	8	3
Mexico			4			5		7
Panama			8			6		2
Paraguay			10			4	5	3
Peru						8		1
Trinidad and Tobago	5			8	7			3
United States U18/U19/U20								3
Uruguay			9					1
Nations	5	6	10	8	8	8	8

Medal table

References

^ Guadalajara 2011 - Memoria Panamericana, p. 142 (official report) on PanamSports.org
^ 1951 Pan Am Games football competition

External links

Panamerican Games overview at the RSSSF

[round-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Played in a round-robin tournament format, no final held.

[sh-3] Title shared, no silver medal awarded.

[nothird-4] No third match held.

[1] Guadalajara 2011 - Memoria Panamericana, p. 142 (official report) on PanamSports.org

[5] 1951 Pan Am Games football competition

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