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

The Men's football tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was held in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar from 23 October to 4 November 2023.

Football – Men's tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sausalito (Viña del Mar)
Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander (Valparaíso)
Dates23 October – 4 November
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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Qualification

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A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams. For CONMEBOL, the best three teams at the 2023 South American U-20 Championship qualified,[1] while Chile automatically qualified as hosts. For CONCACAF, the champion team and the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualified.[2]

Qualified teams

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Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host nation 1   Chile
2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Champions June 18 − July 3   Honduras 1   United States
Top Caribbean team 1   Dominican Republic
Top Central American team 1   Honduras[3]
Top North American team 1   Mexico
2023 South American U-20 Championship 19 January – 12 February   Colombia 3   Brazil
  Uruguay
  Colombia
Total 8

Venues

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Viña del Mar Valparaíso
Estadio Sausalito Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Capacity: 23,423 Capacity: 20,575
   

Draw

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The draw for the group stage was first scheduled to 31 March 2023[4] and postponed to 18 August 2023, into the studios of TV station Chilevisión. Chile, the host nation, was allocated as the seed in group A. Subsequently, the teams belonging to CONCACAF were drawn, with two in each of the groups. Finally the remaining teams, members of CONMEBOL, were allocated.[5][6]

Squads

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Players must be born on or after 1 January 2000, three overage players are allowed.[7]

Match officials

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Country Referees Assistants Matches assigned
Chile Fernando Véjar Díaz Gabriel Ureta Alfaro
Carlos Enrique Poblete
Colombia v Honduras, Group B
Colombia v United States, Group B
Mexico v United States, Bronze medal match
Manuel Vergara Cláudio Rios
Alan Sandoval
United States v Honduras, Group B
Uruguay v Colombia, Fifth place match
Ecuador Bryan Loayza David Vacacela
Danny Ávila
Chile v Mexico, Group A
Chile v Dominican Republic, Group A
Brazil v Mexico, Semi-finals
Juan Andrade Luzmilla González
Edison Vasquez
Dominican Republic v Honduras, Seventh place match
Paraguay Juan López Júlio Aranda
Luis Onieva
Uruguay v Dominican Republic, Group A
Uruguay v Mexico, Group A
Chile v United States, Semi-finals
Peru Jesús Cartagena José Alberto Castillo
Leonar Soto Rengifo
Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A
Uruguay José Burgos Agustín Berisso
Edison Vasquez (Ecuador)
Brazil v Colombia, Group B
Venezuela José Matos Uzcategui Erizon Nieto Díaz
Antoni García Brito
Brazil v United States, Group B
Brazil v Honduras, Group B
Yender Herrera Toledo Chile v Uruguay, Group A
Chile v Brazil, Gold medal match

Group stage

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All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Chile (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Semi-finals
2   Mexico 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
3   Uruguay 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3 Fifth place match
4   Dominican Republic 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1 Seventh place match
Source: Santiago2023
(H) Host
Uruguay  1–0  Dominican Republic
  • Rodríguez   35'
Report
Chile  1–0  Mexico
Report
Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Mexico  0–0  Dominican Republic
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Chile  1–0  Uruguay
Report
Referee: Yender Herrera Toledo (Venezuela)

Uruguay  0–1  Mexico
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Chile  5–0  Dominican Republic
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Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Semi-finals
2   United States 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3   Colombia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 Fifth place match
4   Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 Seventh place match
Source: Santiago2023
Colombia  2–0  Honduras
Report
Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)
Brazil  1–0  United States
Report
Referee: José Matos Uzcategui (Venezuela)

United States  2–1  Honduras
Report
Referee: Manuel Vergara (Chile)
Brazil  2–0  Colombia
Report
Referee: José Burgos (Uruguay)

Brazil  3–0  Honduras
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Referee: José Matos Uzcategui (Venezuela)
Colombia  0–2  United States
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Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)

Placement stage (5th–8th place)

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Seventh place match

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Dominican Republic  1–3  Honduras
Report
Referee: Juan Andrade (Ecuador)

Fifth place match

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Uruguay  0–0  Colombia
Report
Penalties
4–3

Knockout stage

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Medal round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 November — Valparaíso
 
 
  Chile 1
 
4 November — Viña del Mar
 
  United States 0
 
  Chile 1 (2)
 
1 November — Viña del Mar
 
  Brazil (p) 1 (4)
 
  Mexico 0
 
 
  Brazil 1
 
Third place
 
 
4 November — Viña del Mar
 
 
  United States 1
 
 
  Mexico 4

Semi-finals

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Chile  1–0  United States
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Mexico  0–1  Brazil
Report
Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Bronze medal match

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United States  1–4  Mexico
Report
Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)

Gold medal match

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Chile  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
Report
Penalties
2–4
Referee: Yender Herrera Toledo (Venezuela)


 2023 Pan American Games Men's football tournament
winners 
 
Brazil
5th title


Final standings

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Rank Team
    Brazil
    Chile
    Mexico
4   United States
5   Uruguay
6   Colombia
7   Honduras
8   Dominican Republic

Goalscorers

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There were 35 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: Santiago2023

Discipline

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The following suspensions were served during the tournament:

Player Offence(s) Suspension
  Daniel Carter   United States v Honduras, Group B Brazil v Honduras, Group B
  Antonio Leone   Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A Uruguay v Mexico, Group A
  Omry Bello   Mexico v Dominican Republic, Group A Chile v Dominican Republic, Group A
  Ramiro Méndez
  Diego Hernández
  Uruguay v Mexico, Group A Uruguay v Colombia, Fifth place match

References

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  1. ^ "Brasil se corono campeon del Sudamericano Sub-20 y sello su clasificacion a Santiago 2023". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). 14 February 2023. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ "As vagas que o Sul-Americano sub-20 garante na Copa do Mundo e no Pan". goal.com (in Portuguese). 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ Gutiérrez, Omar (3 July 2022). "Sub-20 de Honduras clasificó a tres torneos para el 2023 tras su participación en el Premundial" [U-20 from Honduras qualified for three tournaments for 2023 after participating in the World Cup]. La Prensa (in Spanish). San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Fútbol - Santiago 2023" (PDF). santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. ^ Héctor Gatica (19 August 2023). "Sorteo del Fútbol Panamericano". Radio Nuevo Mundo (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Brasil conhece seus adversários na fase de grupos do futebol masculino em Santiago-2023". Surto Olímpico (in Portuguese). 18 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Así se jugará el fútbol en los Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022.
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