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

Women's football tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
International sporting event
Football – Women's tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sausalito (Viña del Mar)
Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander (Valparaíso)
Dates22 October – 3 November 2023
Medalists
Gold medal  Mexico
Silver medal  Chile
Bronze medal  United States U19
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The Women's football tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was held in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar from 22 October to 3 November 2023.

Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams.[1] For CONMEBOL, the three teams ranked third to fifth at the 2022 Copa América Femenina qualified, while Chile automatically qualified as hosts; however, Venezuela declined to participate less than a month until the tournament due to lack of release of players by clubs, so Bolivia replaced the country.[2] For CONCACAF, the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualified; however, Canada declined to participate due to scheduling issues, so Mexico qualified for the North American berth.[3]

Qualified teams

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Chile
2022 CONCACAF W Championship Champions July 4−18 Mexico Mexico 1  United States U19
Top Caribbean team 1  Jamaica
Top Central American team 1  Costa Rica
Top North American team 1  Canada
 Mexico[a]
2022 Copa América Femenina 3rd to 5th place July 8−30 Colombia Colombia 3  Argentina
 Paraguay
 Venezuela[b]
 Bolivia[c]
Total 8
[a] Mexico replaced Canada after the latter withdrew citing scheduling issues.[3]
b Host nation Chile finished fifth, meaning sixth place Venezuela also qualified.
c Bolivia replaced Venezuela after the latter withdrew.[4]

Draw

Squads

There are no age restrictions for the women's event.

Group stage

Tie-breakers

All times are local, PET (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9 Semi-finals
2  Chile (H) 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 11 5 +6 3 Fifth place match
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 0 23 −23 0 Seventh place match
Source: Santiago2023
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts
Mexico 7–0 Jamaica
 Report
Referee: Paula Andrea Fernandez (Colombia)
Chile 1–0 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: Helena De Siqueira (Brazil)
Paraguay 10–0 Jamaica
 Report
Referee: Gisselle Giler (Ecuador)
Chile 1–3 Mexico
 Report
Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru)
Mexico 4–1 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: Priscila Vasquez (Peru)
Chile 6–0 Jamaica
 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States U19 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Semi-finals
2  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3  Costa Rica 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2 Fifth place match
4  Bolivia 3 0 1 2 0 9 −9 1 Seventh place match
Source: Santiago2023
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
United States U19 6–0 Bolivia
  • McDonald 4', 22', 68'
  • Villarreal 19', 58'
  • Adames 33'
 Report
Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)
Costa Rica 0–0 Argentina
Report
Referee: Priscila Vasquez (Peru)
United States U19 3–1 Costa Rica
 Report
  • Fonseca 34'
Referee: Maria Belen Lupera Reto (Ecuador)
Bolivia 0–3 Argentina
Report
United States U19 4–0 Argentina
  • Bodak 15'
  • Kohler 20'
  • Villarreal 50'
  • Restovich 54'
 Report
Referee: Andreza De Siqueira (Brazil)
Costa Rica 0–0 Bolivia
Report
Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

 
7th place
 
  
 
31 October
 
 
 Jamaica1
 
 
 Bolivia2
 
 
5th place
 
  
 
31 October
 
 
 Paraguay3
 
 
 Costa Rica1
 

Seventh place match

Jamaica 1–2 Bolivia
  • Bonnick 48'
 Report

Fifth place match

Paraguay 3–1 Costa Rica
Report
Referee: Maria Belen Lupera Reto (Ecuador)

Knockout stage

If necessary, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
31 October — Valparaíso
 
 
  Mexico2
 
3 November — Valparaíso
 
 Argentina 0
 
  Mexico1
 
31 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Chile0
 
  Chile2
 
 
 United States U191
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
3 November — Valparaíso
 
 
  Argentina0
 
 
 United States U192

Semi-finals

Mexico 2–0 Argentina
 Report
Chile 2–1 United States U19
 Report
Referee: Andreza De Siqueira (Brazil)

Bronze medal match

Argentina 0–2 United States U19
Report

Gold medal match

Mexico 1–0 Chile
 Report


 2023 Pan American Games winners 

Mexico
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chile
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States U19
4  Argentina
5  Paraguay
6  Costa Rica
7  Bolivia
8  Jamaica

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.61 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Santiago2023

References

  1. ^ "SIETE PAÍSES YA ESTÁN CLASIFICADOS A LOS JUEGOS PANAMERICANOS LIMA 2019 EN FÚTBOL MASCULINO" (in Spanish). lima2019.pe. 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "BOLIVIA SERÁ LA SELECCIÓN QUE REEMPLAZARÁ A VENEZUELA EN LOS JUEGOS PANAMERICANOS DE SANTIAGO 2023". One Football. One Football. 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Canada Soccer cites 'challenges' in decision to skip Pan American Games". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. ^ "BOLIVIA SERÁ LA SELECCIÓN QUE REEMPLAZARÁ A VENEZUELA EN LOS JUEGOS PANAMERICANOS DE SANTIAGO 2023". One Football. One Football. 11 October 2023.