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]
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| Venue | Omnilife Stadium | ||||||
| Dates | October 18 – October 27 | ||||||
| Competitors | 143 from 8 nations | ||||||
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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 |
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| Host Nation | – | – | 1 |  Mexico |
| Qualified automatically[2] | – | – | 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
| TOTAL | 8 | |||
- The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions qualified.[2]
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 |
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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 |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| Mexico |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Chile |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 1 |
| Colombia | 1–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Andrade  18' |
Report |
| Mexico | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Dominguez 42' (pen.) |
Report | Attin-Johnson 21' |
Group B
| Nation | PLD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| Canada |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 1 |
| Argentina |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| Canada | 3–1 | Costa Rica |
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| Julien 30' Sinclair 51'Pietrangelo 82' |
Report | Cruz 28' (pen.) |
| Costa Rica | 3–3 | Argentina |
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| Acosta 67' Rodriguez 75'Alvarado 82' |
Report | Pereyra 5' Vallejos 8'Ugalde 16' (o.g.) |
- 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-finals | Final | |||||
| October 25 | ||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||
| October 27 | ||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| Brazil | 1 (3) | |||||
| October 25 | ||||||
| Canada (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||
| Colombia | 1 | |||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| October 27 | ||||||
| Mexico (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
| Colombia | 0 | |||||
Semifinals
Goalscorers
- 2 goals
- 1 goals
- 1 own goal
- Marianne Ugalde (playing against Argentina)
Medalists
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Canada | 3–2–0 |
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Brazil | 3–2–0 |
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Mexico | 2–2–1 |
| 4 | Colombia | 2–0–3 |
| 5 | Chile | 1–1–1 |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 0–1–2 |
| 7 | Argentina | 0–1–2 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1–2 |
