In the men's football tournament of the 2007 Pan American Games, the Pan American Sports Organisation expanded the number of participants from 8 to 12[1] and set the age limit to the Under-20 level. However, CONMEBOL, representing the South American nations, only accepted to play with Under-17 teams (who qualified through the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship), since Under-20 teams had to participate at the U-20 World Cup at the same time.[2]
Men's football tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
Dates | 15 – 27 July | ||||||
Competitors | 216 from 12 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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The United States accepted to play with their Under-18 team. Finally, Peru declined to play because their U-17 team preferred to play friendlies in Asia in preparation for the U-17 World Cup, so Bolivia took their place.
In the final, Ecuador beat Jamaica to win their first gold medal.[3][4]
Participants
editThe participating nations were:
Preliminary round
editGroup A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Ecuador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
3 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Ecuador | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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Ochoa 32' | Brenes 13' |
Brazil | 2–4 | Ecuador |
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Luiz Júnior 37' Alex Teixeira 71' |
Chasi 45' Zura 47' Montero 62' Ochoa 86' |
Costa Rica | 1–2 | Honduras |
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Brenes 10' | Leverón 21', 34' |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Bolivia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
United States | 0–2 | Mexico |
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Del Real 75' Esqueda 78' |
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Jamaica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Final round
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
24 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | ||||||
Jamaica | 0 (5) | |||||
27 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | ||||||
Mexico | 0 (4) | |||||
Jamaica | 1 | |||||
24 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | ||||||
Ecuador | 2 | |||||
Bolivia | 0 | |||||
Ecuador | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
27 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) | ||||||
Mexico | 1 | |||||
Bolivia | 0 |
Semifinals
editBronze-medal match
editGold-medal match
editJamaica | 1–2[5] | Ecuador |
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Vernan 5' | Report | Montero 78' Zura 83' (pen.) |
Jamaica
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Ecuador
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2007 Pan American Games Men's football tournament Winners |
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Ecuador 1st title |
Final ranking
editPlace | Team |
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Ecuador | |
Jamaica | |
Mexico | |
4 | Bolivia |
5 | Brazil |
6 | Colombia |
7 | Honduras |
7 | United States |
9 | Argentina |
10 | Costa Rica |
11 | Haiti |
12 | Venezuela |
References
edit- ^ "Habrá más participantes" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- ^ Panamerican Games 2007 (Rio de Janeiro) by Marcelo Leme de Arruda of the RSSSF
- ^ Ecuador, campeón panamericano on El Universo, 27 Jul 2007
- ^ "Ecuador vence a Jamaica y gana el oro en el fútbol de los Panamericanos" at Keti & Rada's blogsite, Jul 29, 2007
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-04. Result book
External links
edit- (in Portuguese) Football at the Pan American Games (Rio 2007) (archived)