Football at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
International sporting event
Football – Men's tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sausalito (Viña del Mar)
Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander (Valparaíso)
Dates23 October – 4 November
Medalists
Gold medal  Brazil
Silver medal  Chile
Bronze medal  Mexico
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The men's football tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was held in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar from 23 October to 4 November 2023.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams. For CONMEBOL, the best three teams at the 2023 South American U-20 Championship qualified,[1] while Chile automatically qualified as hosts. For CONCACAF, the champion team and the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualified.[2]

Qualified teams

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Chile
2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Champions June 18 − July 3 Honduras Honduras 1  United States
Top Caribbean team 1  Dominican Republic
Top Central American team 1  Honduras[3]
Top North American team 1  Mexico
2023 South American U-20 Championship 19 January – 12 February Colombia Colombia 3  Brazil
 Uruguay
 Colombia
Total 8

Draw

The draw for the group stage was first scheduled to 31 March 2023[4] and postponed to 18 August 2023, into the studios of TV station Chilevisión. Chile, the host nation, was allocated as the seed in group A. Subsequently, the teams belonging to CONCACAF were drawn, with two in each of the groups. Finally the remaining teams, members of CONMEBOL, were allocated.[5][6]

Squads

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2000, three overage players are allowed.[7]

Match officials

Country Referees Assistants Matches assigned
Chile Fernando Véjar Díaz Gabriel Ureta Alfaro
Carlos Enrique Poblete 		Colombia v Honduras, Group B
Colombia v United States, Group B
Mexico v United States, Bronze medal match
Manuel Vergara Cláudio Rios
Alan Sandoval 		United States v Honduras, Group B
Uruguay v Colombia, Fifth place match
Ecuador Bryan Loayza David Vacacela
Danny Ávila 		Chile v Mexico, Group A
Chile v Dominican Republic, Group A
Brazil v Mexico, Semi-finals
Juan Andrade Luzmilla González
Edison Vasquez 		Dominican Republic v Honduras, Seventh place match
Paraguay Juan López Júlio Aranda
Luis Onieva 		Uruguay v Dominican Republic, Group A
Uruguay v Mexico, Group A
Chile v United States, Semi-finals
Peru Jesús Cartagena José Alberto Castillo
Leonar Soto Rengifo 		Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A
Uruguay José Burgos Agustín Berisso
Edison Vasquez (Ecuador) 		Brazil v Colombia, Group B
Venezuela José Matos Uzcategui Erizon Nieto Díaz
Antoni García Brito 		Brazil v United States, Group B
Brazil v Honduras, Group B
Yender Herrera Toledo Chile v Uruguay, Group A
Chile v Brazil, Gold medal match

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chile (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Semi-finals
2  Mexico 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
3  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3 Fifth place match
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1 Seventh place match
Source: Santiago2023
(H) Host
Uruguay 1–0 Dominican Republic
  • Rodríguez 35'
 Report
Chile 1–0 Mexico
Report
Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)
Mexico 0–0 Dominican Republic
Report
Chile 1–0 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Yender Herrera Toledo (Venezuela)
Uruguay 0–1 Mexico
Report
Chile 5–0 Dominican Republic
 Report
Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Semi-finals
2  United States 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Colombia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 Fifth place match
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 Seventh place match
Source: Santiago2023
Colombia 2–0 Honduras
  • Ruiz 16'
  • Cortés 41'
 Report
Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)
Brazil 1–0 United States
  • Miranda 86'
 Report
Referee: José Matos Uzcategui (Venezuela)
United States 2–1 Honduras
Report
  • García 19'
Referee: Manuel Vergara (Chile)
Brazil 2–0 Colombia
 Report
Referee: José Burgos (Uruguay)
Brazil 3–0 Honduras
 Report
Referee: José Matos Uzcategui (Venezuela)
Colombia 0–2 United States
Report
Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

 
7th place
 
  
 
1 November
 
 
 Dominican Republic1
 
 
 Honduras3
 
 
5th place
 
  
 
1 November
 
 
 Uruguay (p)0 (4)
 
 
 Colombia0 (3)
 

Seventh place match

Dominican Republic 1–3 Honduras
 Report
Referee: Juan Andrade (Ecuador)

Fifth place match

Uruguay 0–0 Colombia
Report
Penalties
4–3

Knockout stage

Medal round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 November — Valparaíso
 
 
  Chile 1
 
4 November — Viña del Mar
 
  United States 0
 
  Chile 1 (2)
 
1 November — Viña del Mar
 
  Brazil (p) 1 (4)
 
  Mexico 0
 
 
  Brazil 1
 
Third place
 
 
4 November — Viña del Mar
 
 
  United States 1
 
 
  Mexico 4

Semi-finals

Chile 1–0 United States
  • Pérez 57'
 Report
Mexico 0–1 Brazil
Report
Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Bronze medal match

United States 1–4 Mexico
 Report
Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)

Gold medal match

Chile 1–1 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Report
Penalties
2–4
Referee: Yender Herrera Toledo (Venezuela)


 2023 Pan American Games winners 

Brazil
Fifth title


Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chile
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mexico
4  United States
5  Uruguay
6  Colombia
7  Honduras
8  Dominican Republic

Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: Santiago2023

Discipline

The following suspensions were served during the tournament:

Player Offence(s) Suspension
Honduras Daniel Carter Red card United States v Honduras, Group B Brazil v Honduras, Group B
Mexico Antonio Leone Red card Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A Uruguay v Mexico, Group A
Dominican Republic Omry Bello Red card Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A Chile v Dominican Republic, Group A
Uruguay Ramiro Méndez
Uruguay Diego Hernández 		Red card Uruguay v Mexico, Group A Uruguay v Colombia, Fifth place match

References

  1. ^ "Brasil se corono campeon del Sudamericano Sub-20 y sello su clasificacion a Santiago 2023". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). 14 February 2023. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ "As vagas que o Sul-Americano sub-20 garante na Copa do Mundo e no Pan". goal.com (in Portuguese). 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ Gutiérrez, Omar (3 July 2022). "Sub-20 de Honduras clasificó a tres torneos para el 2023 tras su participación en el Premundial" [U-20 from Honduras qualified for three tournaments for 2023 after participating in the World Cup]. La Prensa (in Spanish). San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Fútbol - Santiago 2023" (PDF). santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. ^ Héctor Gatica (19 August 2023). "Sorteo del Fútbol Panamericano". Radio Nuevo Mundo (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Brasil conhece seus adversários na fase de grupos do futebol masculino em Santiago-2023". Surto Olímpico (in Portuguese). 18 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Así se jugará el fútbol en los Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022.

External links

  • 2023 Pan American Games at Soccerway