Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Omnilife Stadium from October 19 to 28, 2011. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-22 national teams.[1] Ecuador were the defending champions from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, defeating Jamaica 2–1, but they were eliminated during the group stage.

Men's football tournament at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueOmnilife Stadium
DatesOctober 19 – October 28
Competitors144 from 8 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
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For these Games, the men competed in an eight-team tournament, which is a drop from 12 at the 2007 games. Preliminary matches commenced on October 19. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool advanced to a four-team single-elimination bracket.

Mexico won the gold medal for the fourth time in this competition, defeating six-time gold-medalists Argentina in the tournament's final. Uruguay took the bronze medal.

Teams

Qualification

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Qualifying Tournament Mar 28 – Apr 10, 2011 Guatemala 3*  Cuba
 Costa Rica
 Guatemala
 Trinidad and Tobago*
South American Qualifying Tournament Mar 12 – Apr 9, 2011 Ecuador 4  Brazil
 Uruguay
 Argentina
 Ecuador
TOTAL8
  • The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions will qualify, along with the best qualifying team from either region.[2]
  • Guatemala later withdrew due to issues of discipline within the team. They were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago, after Honduras and Panama who finished ahead of Trinidad and Tobago declined to participate.[3]

Squads

The men's tournament is a full international tournament with a U-22 age limit. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players September 2011. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) must be included in the squad.[1]

Format

  • Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • The third and fourth placed teams are eliminated from the competition.
  • In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
  • The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)[4]

Qualified for the Semifinals

Group A

Nation PLD W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 321084+47
 Uruguay 311146-24
 Trinidad and Tobago 30303303
 Ecuador 301224-21
Mexico 2–1 Ecuador
Peralta  25'
Enriquez  80'
Report Congo  8'
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

Ecuador 0–1 Uruguay
Report Puppo  4'
Referee: Erick Roberto Andino (Honduras)

Mexico 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Peralta  30' Report Gay  12'

Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Ecuador
Casear  69' Report Quiñonez  17'

Mexico 5–2 Uruguay
Amione  15', 48'
Ponce  29'
Zavala  42'
Peralta  71'
Report Prieto  51'
M. Rodríguez  57'

Uruguay 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Abero  17' Report Winchester  10'
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
  • Match was moved to October 25, because of a volcanic eruption spewed ash clouds in Chile which prevented the team from Uruguay to travel to Guadalajara in time.[5]

Group B

Nation PLD W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 321051+47
 Costa Rica 32014406
 Brazil 302124-22
 Cuba 301202-21
Costa Rica 1–0 Cuba
Blanco  55' Report

Argentina 1–1 Brazil
Araujo  74' Report Henrique  63'

Costa Rica 0–3 Argentina
Report Fragapane  40'
Pezzella  60'
Kruspzky  76'

Brazil 0–0 Cuba
Report

Cuba 0–1 Argentina
Report Laba  79'
Referee: Erick Roberto Andino (Honduras)

Brazil 1–3 Costa Rica
Henrique  30' Report B. Vega  1'
McDonald  20', 43'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
October 26, 17:00 – Estadio Omnilife
 
 
 Mexico3
 
October 28, 20:00 – Estadio Omnilife
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Mexico1
 
October 26, 20:00 – Estadio Omnilife
 
 Argentina0
 
 Argentina1
 
 
 Uruguay0
 
Third place
 
 
October 28, 17:00 – Estadio Omnilife
 
 
 Costa Rica 1
 
 
 Uruguay 2

Semifinals

Mexico 3–0 Costa Rica
Peralta  19', 38', 46' Report
Referee: Erick Roberto Andino (Honduras)

Argentina 1–0 Uruguay
Pezzella  9' Report

Bronze Medal match

Costa Rica 1–2 Uruguay
McDonald  81' (pen.) Report G. Silva  48'
Píriz  61'

Gold Medal match

Mexico 1–0 Argentina
Amione  75' Report
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)


 2011 Pan American Games Winners 

Mexico
4th title

Goalscorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football  Mexico (MEX)
José de Jesús Corona
Hugo Isaác Rodríguez
Hiram Mier
Néstor Araujo
Dárvin Chávez
Jesús Zavala
Javier Aquino
Carlos Emilio Orrantía
Oribe Peralta
Othoniel Arce
Jerónimo Amione
José Antonio Rodríguez
Ricardo Bocanegra
Jorge Enríquez
César Ibáñez
Miguel Ángel Ponce
Isaác Brizuela
Diego Reyes
 Argentina (ARG)
Esteban Andrada
Germán Pezzella
Lucas Kruspzky
Hugo Nervo
Ezequiel Cirigliano
Leandro González Pirez
Matías Laba
Leonardo Ferreyra
Carlos Luque
Michael Hoyos
Sergio Araujo
Rodrigo Rey
David Achucarro
Franco Fragapane
Lucas Villafáñez
Adrián Martínez
Fernando Coniglio
Alan Ruiz
 Uruguay (URU)
Mathías Cubero
Guillermo de los Santos
Gastón Silva
Adrián Gunino
Facundo Píriz
Mauricio Prieto
Leonardo Pais
Gonzalo Papa
Federico Puppo
Tabaré Viudez
Maxi Rodríguez
Martín Rodríguez
Santiago Silva
Emiliano Albín
Diego Rodríguez
Mathías Abero
Gianni Rodríguez
Matías Britos

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Mexico4–1–0
 Argentina3–1–1
 Uruguay2–1–2
4  Costa Rica2–0–3
5  Trinidad and Tobago0–3–0
6  Brazil0–2–1
7  Ecuador0–1–2
8  Cuba0–1–2

References

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