Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Football – Women's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
Dates July 11 – July 25
Competitors 144 from 8 nations
Medalists
  Brazil
  Colombia
  Mexico
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The women's football tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium in Hamilton from July 11 to 25.[1]

For these Games, the women competed in an eight-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. The women’s competition was an open-age competition with no age restrictions.[2]

Canada were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. The gold medal was won by Brazil.

Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. Hosts Canada and Mexico qualified automatically. The winners of the regional Caribbean and Central American championships also qualified. The top four teams at the South American Championships also qualified.[2][3]

Summary

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 1  Mexico
Central American Qualifier[4] May 20–26, 2014 Guatemala Guatemala 1  Costa Rica
Caribbean Qualifier August 19–26, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1  Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier September 11–28, 2014 Ecuador Ecuador 4  Brazil
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Argentina
Total 8

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Canada (hosts) 5th Gold medal (2011)
 Mexico 5th Silver medal (1999)
 Costa Rica 4th Bronze medal (1999)
 Trinidad and Tobago 3rd Fifth place (1999)
 Brazil 4th Gold medal (2003, 2007)
 Colombia 2nd Fourth place (2011)
 Ecuador 2nd Seventh place (2011)
 Argentina 4th Fourth place (2011)

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's tournament  Brazil  Colombia  Mexico

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had to submit up to 18 players on their rosters.

Competition format

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two groups of four teams, played in round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the group once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. The teams were ranked as follows:[5]

  1. Points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Goals scored
  4. Head-to-head points
  5. Drawing of lots

Following the completion of the group games, the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals, with the winners of one group playing the runners-up of another group. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal match and the losers advanced to the bronze medal match.[5]

All games were played in two 45-minute halves. In the medal round, if the match ended in a draw after 90 minutes, extra time was played (two 15-minute halves), followed by penalty kicks competition if the match still remained tied.[5]

First round

The official detailed schedule and draw was revealed on April 24, 2015.[6]

All times were Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Medal round
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
4  Argentina 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: Toronto 2015

July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)
11:05

Mexico  0–1  Colombia
Report Usme  65'

July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)
14:05

Argentina  2–2  Trinidad and Tobago
Larroquette  52'
Potassa  88'		 Report Shade  59'
Attin-Johnson  90'

July 14, 2015 (2015-07-14)
17:35

Argentina  1–3  Mexico
Bonsegundo  82' Report Noyola  1'
Rangel  73'
Ruiz  76'

July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18)
17:35

Trinidad and Tobago  1–3  Mexico
Shade  51' (pen.) Report Mayor  28', 45'
Ocampo  70'

July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18)
20:35

Argentina  0–2  Colombia
Report Arias  44'
Usme  51'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Medal round
2  Canada (H) 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 3
Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Host.

July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)
18:05

Costa Rica  0–3  Brazil
Report Raquel  14'
Thaisa  34'
Formiga  90'

July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)
21:05

Canada  5–2  Ecuador
Beckie  12', 77'
Zadorsky  44', 48'
Fletcher  79'		 Report Moreira  29', 90'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)
17:35

Brazil  7–1  Ecuador
Monica  17'
Cristiane  44', 55', 67', 70', 78'
Maurine  84'		 Report Pesántes  5'
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)
20:35

Costa Rica  2–0  Canada
Cruz  60'
Villalobos  74'		 Report

July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)
17:35

Ecuador  2–0  Costa Rica
Real  10', 90+1' Report
Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)
20:35

Canada  0–2  Brazil
Report Alves  55'
Cristiane  87'

Medal round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
July 22 – Hamilton
 
 
 Brazil4
 
July 25 – Hamilton
 
 Mexico2
 
 Brazil4
 
July 22 – Hamilton
 
 Colombia0
 
 Colombia1
 
 
 Canada0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
July 24 – Hamilton
 
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Canada1

Semifinals

July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22)
17:35

Brazil  4–2  Mexico
Cristiane  4'
Rafaelle  45+1', 73'
Romero  46' (o.g.)		 Report Fabiana  25' (o.g.)
Rangel  70'

July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22)
20:35

Colombia  1–0  Canada
Ospina  29' Report

Bronze medal match

July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)
20:35

Mexico  2–1  Canada
Ocampo  29'
Mayor  37'		 Report Fleming  88' (pen.)

Gold medal match

July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25)
18:35

Brazil  4–0  Colombia
Formiga  7'
Maurine  75'
Alves  86'
Fabiana  90+3'		 Report

Competition summary

2015 Pan American Games
women's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
City Hamilton, Ontario
Dates 11–25 July 2015
Teams 8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up  Colombia
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 55 (3.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Cristiane (7 goals)

Goalscorers

7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st, gold medalist(s)  Brazil 5 5 0 0 20 3 +17 15 Gold medal
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Colombia 5 3 1 1 5 5 0 10 Silver medal
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Mexico 5 3 0 2 10 8 +2 9 Bronze medal
4  Canada (H) 5 1 0 4 6 9 −3 3 Fourth place
5  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3 Eliminated in
First round
6  Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 3
7  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
8  Argentina 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Host.

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Football (Soccer)" (PDF). http://ontariosoccer.net/. Ontario Soccer. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ Milton, Steve (7 January 2015). "Field of teams for Pan Am soccer tournament taking shape". Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Costa Rica women secure Pan American Games spot". http://www.concacaf.com/. Concacaf. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. 1 2 3 "Sport Technical manual Football (Soccer)". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Morgan (24 April 2015). "Pan Am Soccer draw set: Canadian men to tackle Brazil". Toronto Star. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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