Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men's football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Omnilife Stadium
Dates	19–28 October
Competitors	144 from 8 nations
Medalists
Mexico    Argentina    Uruguay
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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.

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.

Teams

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
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]

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.

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
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

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• Match was moved to 25 October, because of a volcanic eruption spewed ash clouds in Chile which prevented the team from Uruguay to travel to Guadalajara in time.^[6]

Group B

Nation	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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Knockout stage

	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

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Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

Team details

Mexico Argentina GK 1 José Corona DF 3 Hiram Mier DF 4 Néstor Araujo DF 16 Miguel Ángel Ponce DF 5 Dárvin Chávez MF 6 Jesús Zavala MF 13 Ricardo Bocanegra  77' MF 15 César Ibáñez FW 7 Javier Aquino  90' FW 9 Oribe Peralta FW 11 Jerónimo Amione  82' Substitutes: DF 14 Jorge Enríquez  77' FW 17 Isaác Brizuela  82' DF 2 Hugo Rodríguez  90' Manager: Luis F. Tena GK 1 Esteban Andrada DF 4 Hugo Nervo  81' DF 2 Germán Pezzella DF 13 David Achucarro MF 6 Leandro González MF 7 Matías Laba  81' MF 5 Ezequiel Cirigliano MF 16 Adrián Martínez FW 14 Franco Fragapane FW 9 Carlos Luque  90' FW 11 Sergio Araujo Substitutes: MF 15 Lucas Villafáñez  81' MF 17 Fernando Coniglio  81' 8 Leandro M. Ferreira  90' Manager: Walter Perazzo

2011 Pan American Games winners
Mexico Fourth title

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Oribe Peralta

3 goals

• Jonathan McDonald
• Jerónimo Amione

2 goals

• Germán Pezzella
• Henrique

1 goal

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Mexico José de Jesús Corona Hugo Isaác Rodríguez Hiram Mier Néstor Araujo Dárvin Chávez Jesús Zavala Javier Aquino Carlos Emilio Orrantía Oribe Peralta Othoniel Arce Jerónimo Amione José Antonio Rodríguez Ricardo Bocanegra Jorge Enríquez César Ibáñez Miguel Ángel Ponce Isaác Brizuela Diego Reyes	Argentina Esteban Andrada Germán Pezzella Lucas Kruspzky Hugo Nervo Ezequiel Cirigliano Leandro González Pirez Matías Laba Leonardo Ferreyra Carlos Luque Michael Hoyos Sergio Araujo Rodrigo Rey David Achucarro Franco Fragapane Lucas Villafáñez Adrián Martínez Fernando Coniglio Alan Ruiz	Uruguay Mathías Cubero Guillermo de los Santos Gastón Silva Adrián Gunino Facundo Píriz Mauricio Prieto Leonardo Pais Gonzalo Papa Federico Puppo Tabaré Viudez Maxi Rodríguez Martín Rodríguez Santiago Silva Emiliano Albín Diego Rodríguez Mathías Abero Gianni Rodríguez Matías Britos

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Mexico	4–1–0
	Argentina	3–1–1
	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

References