Football at the Pan American Games

Summary

Football (soccer) at the Pan American Games has been included in every Pan American Games as a men's competition sport, since the first edition of the multi-sports event held in Buenos Aries, Argentine in 1951. The competition is organized by the Pan American Sports Organization.

Football at the Pan American Games
No. of events2 (men: 1; women: 1)

So as to avoid competition with the World Cup, FIFA have restricted participation of elite players in the men's tournament in various ways. Currently squads for the men's tournament are required to be composed of players under 22 years of age.

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

A women's tournament was introduced in 1999.

Men's tournament edit

Summaries edit

  • 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]
Ed. Year Host city Final Third Place Match Num.
teams
  Gold Score   Silver   Bronze Score Fourth
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.)
(none) [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
  Brazil   Guatemala
[n 3]
[n 3]
10
10
  1987 Indianapolis   Brazil
2–0 (a.e.t.)
  Chile   Argentina
0–0 (5–4 p)
  Mexico
12
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
14
  2003 Santo Domingo   Argentina
1–0
  Brazil   Mexico
0–0 (5–4 p)
  Colombia
8
15
  2007 Rio de Janeiro   Ecuador
2–1
  Jamaica   Mexico
1–0
  Bolivia
12
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
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Played in a round-robin tournament format, no final held.
  2. ^ a b Title shared, no silver medal awarded.
  3. ^ a b No third match held.

Performances by countries edit

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 edit

Teams participate with their U-22 squads. In some cases such as in 1951 (for Venezuela and Costa Rica) some countries sent their full squad (including players over the age of 22).[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 edit

Summaries edit

Year City Final Third Place Match Teams
  Gold Score   Silver   Bronze Score Fourth Place
1999   Winnipeg   United States U18
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 U20   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 U19
2–0
  Argentina
8

Performances by countries edit

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 edit

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 edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil84113
2  Argentina73313
3  Mexico55717
4  United States2136
5  Uruguay2013
6  Colombia1214
7  Canada1113
8  Ecuador1001
9  Chile0325
10  Honduras0202
11  Costa Rica0123
  Cuba0123
13  Bermuda0101
  Jamaica0101
15  Guatemala0011
  Netherlands Antilles0011
  Trinidad and Tobago0011
Totals (17 entries)27252678

References edit

  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 - Memoria Panamericana, p. 142 (official report) on PanamSports.org
  2. ^ 1951 Pan Am Games football competition

External links edit

  • Panamerican Games overview at the RSSSF