Football_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games_–_Men's_tournament
Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
International sporting event
The men's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Omnilife Stadium from 19 to 28 October 2011. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-22 national teams, with 3 no-age-limit players per team allowed.[1] [2] Ecuador were the defending champions from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, defeating Jamaica 2–1, but they were eliminated during the group stage.
| Men's football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Omnilife Stadium | ||||||
| Dates | 19–28 October | ||||||
| Competitors | 144 from 8 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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«2007 2015» | |||||||
For these Games, the men competed in an eight-team tournament, which is a drop from 12 at the 2007 games. Preliminary matches commenced on 19 October. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool advanced to a four-team single-elimination bracket.
Mexico won the gold medal for the fourth time in this competition, defeating six-time gold-medalists Argentina in the tournament's final. Uruguay took the bronze medal.
Qualification
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Nation | – | – | 1 |  Mexico |
| CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament | 28 March – 10 April 2011 |  Guatemala |
3* |  Cuba  Costa Rica Guatemala Trinidad and Tobago* |
| CONMEBOL Qualifying Tournament | 12 March – 9 April 2011 |  Ecuador |
4 |  Brazil  Uruguay  Argentina Ecuador |
| TOTAL | 8 | |||
- The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions will qualify, along with the best qualifying team from either region.[3]
- Guatemala later withdrew due to issues of discipline within the team. They were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago, after Honduras and Panama who finished ahead of Trinidad and Tobago declined to participate.[4]
Squads
The men's tournament is a full international tournament with a U-22 age limit. 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.[2]
- 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.
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 |
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| Mexico |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
| Uruguay |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Ecuador |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Ecuador |
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Casear  69' |
Quiñonez 17' |
Group B
| Nation | PLD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| Costa Rica |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Brazil |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| Cuba |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 0–3 | Argentina |
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| Fragapane 40' Pezzella 60'Kruspzky 76' |
| Brazil | 1–3 | Costa Rica |
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| Henrique 30' |
B. Vega 1' McDonald 20', 43' |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 26 October – Estadio Omnilife | ||||||
| Mexico | 3 | |||||
| 28 October – Estadio Omnilife | ||||||
| Costa Rica | 0 | |||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||
| 26 October – Estadio Omnilife | ||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 28 October – Estadio Omnilife | ||||||
| Costa Rica | 1 | |||||
| Uruguay | 2 | |||||
Semifinals
| Mexico | 3–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Peralta 19', 38', 46' |
Report[dead link] |
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
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| 2011 Pan American Games winners |
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 Mexico Fourth title |
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- 6 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Mexico | 4–1–0 |
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Argentina | 3–1–1 |
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Uruguay | 2–1–2 |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 2–0–3 |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3–0 |
| 6 | Brazil | 0–2–1 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 0–1–2 |
| 8 | Cuba | 0–1–2 |
- https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/2011-guadalajara-tomo-2-lq.pdf Guadalajara 2011 - Memoria Panamericana, p. 142 (official report) on PanamSports.org
- Olympic qualifying, Pan Ams berths allocated Archived 2010-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Trinidad men replace Guatemala in Pan Am field Archived 2011-10-15 at the Wayback Machine