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

The women's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Omnilife Stadium from October 18 to October 27. Associations affiliated with FIFA that qualified were invited to send their full women's national teams.[1]

Women's football tournament at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueOmnilife Stadium
DatesOctober 18 – October 27
Competitors143 from 8 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
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For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament, which is a drop from 10 at the 2007 games. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home field.

Teams

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition. Mexico, the host nation and Canada (automatic qualification) along with six other countries qualified through regional competitions.

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Mexico
Qualified automatically[2] 1  Canada
Central American and Caribbean Qualifying Tournament October 28 – November 8, 2010 Mexico 2  Costa Rica
 Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifying Tournament November 4–21, 2010 Ecuador 4  Brazil
 Colombia
 Chile
 Argentina
TOTAL8

Squads

The women's tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. 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.

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.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of CONCACAF in New York City, United States. The draw was conducted by CONCACAF Deputy General Secretary Ted Howard. The seeding information was not provided, rather the results of the draw were given.[3]

  • Team (World ranking as of July 2011)[4]
Group A Group B

Preliminary round

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

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Nation PLD W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 320121+16
 Mexico 312021+15
 Chile 311131+24
 Trinidad and Tobago 301215–41
Colombia 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Andrade  18' Report

Mexico 0–0 Chile
Report
Attendance: 9,235
Referee: Diane Ferreiras (Guyana)

Chile 0–1 Colombia
Report Rincón  3'

Mexico 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Dominguez  42' (pen.) Report Attin-Johnson  21'
Attendance: 9,168
Referee: Irasema Aguilera (Cuba)

Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 Chile
Report Lara  18'
Mardones  40'
Rojas  65'

Mexico 1–0 Colombia
Perez  2' Report
Attendance: 13,833
Referee: Yesli Rivas (El Salvador)

Group B

Nation PLD W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 321041+37
 Canada 321041+37
 Costa Rica 301258-31
 Argentina 301236-31
Canada 3–1 Costa Rica
Julien  30'
Sinclair  51'
Pietrangelo  82'
Report Cruz  28' (pen.)

Argentina 0–2 Brazil
Report Guedes  27'
Daniele  37'

Canada 1–0 Argentina
Julien  48' Report
Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Yesli Rivas (El Salvador)

Brazil 2–1 Costa Rica
Débora  59'
Guedes  62'
Report Cruz  90+5'
Attendance: 6,837
Referee: Diane Ferreiras (Guyana)

Costa Rica 3–3 Argentina
Acosta  67'
Rodriguez  75'
Alvarado  82'
Report Pereyra  5'
Vallejos  8'
Ugalde  16' (o.g.)

Brazil 0–0 Canada
Report
Attendance: 16,316
Referee: Irasema Aguilera (Cuba)
  • A drawing of lots was used to separate Canada and Brazil after they were tied on every tiebreaker. Brazil won the draw.

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
October 25
 
 
 Brazil 1
 
October 27
 
 Mexico 0
 
 Brazil 1 (3)
 
October 25
 
 Canada (pen.)1 (4)
 
 Colombia1
 
 
 Canada2
 
Third place
 
 
October 27
 
 
 Mexico (a.e.t.)1
 
 
 Colombia0

Semifinals

Mexico 0–1 Brazil
Report Maurine  79'
Attendance: 19,770
Referee: Irasema Aguilera (Cuba)

Colombia 1–2 Canada
Usme  83' Report Kyle  48'
Gayle  88'

Bronze Medal Match

Mexico 1–0 (a.e.t.) Colombia
Ruiz  100' Report
Attendance: 31,408
Referee: Yesli Rivas (El Salvador)

Gold medal match

Brazil 1–1 (a.e.t.) Canada
Débora  4' Report Sinclair  87'
Penalties
Alberto
Maurine
Nascimento
Wiggers
Débora
3–4 Matheson
Sinclair
Booth
Schmidt
Chapman
Attendance: 33,614
Referee: Diane Ferreiras (Guyana)


 2011 Pan American Games Winners 

Canada
1st title

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goals
1 own goal

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's football  Canada (CAN)
Rachelle Beanlands
Melanie Booth
Candace Chapman
Robyn Gayle
Christina Julien
Kaylyn Kyle
Karina LeBlanc
Vanessa Legault-Cordisco
Diana Matheson
Kelly Parker
Sophie Schmidt
Desiree Scott
Lauren Sesselmann
Diamond Simpson
Christine Sinclair
Brittany Timko
Rhian Wilkinson
Shannon Woeller
 Brazil (BRA)
Francielle Alberto
Rosana Augusto
Barbara Barbosa
Daniele Batista
Renata Costa
Debora De Oliveira
Maurine
Thais Guedes
Beatriz Joao
Miraildes Mota
Grazielle Nascimento
Tania Pereira
Thais Picarte
Karen Rocha
Daiane Rodrigues
Andreia Santos
Renata Costa
Ketlen Wiggers
 Mexico (MEX)
Aurora Santiago
Erika Venegas
Kenti Robles
Rubí Sandoval
Jennifer Ruiz
Valeria Miranda
Mónica Vergara
Marilyn Díaz
Luz del Rosario Saucedo
Stephany Mayor
Guadalupe Worbis
Dinora Garza
Liliana Mercado
Liliana Godoy
Veronica Perez
Maribel Domínguez
Monica Ocampo
Tanya Samarzich

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Canada3–2–0
 Brazil3–2–0
 Mexico2–2–1
4  Colombia2–0–3
5  Chile1–1–1
6  Costa Rica0–1–2
7  Argentina0–1–2
8  Trinidad and Tobago0–1–2

References

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