Football at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

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Men's football tournament at the XV Pan American Games
Football pictogram.svg
VenueArena Corinthians
Dates15–27 July
Competitors216 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal  Ecuador
Silver medal  Jamaica
Bronze medal  Mexico
«2003
2011»

The Pan American Sports Organization 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 (qualified through the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship), since Under-20 teams had to participate in the U-20 World Cup at the same time.[2]

The United States accepted to play with its its Under-18 team. Finally, Peru declined to play because the U-17 team preferred to play friendlies in Asia in preparation for the U-17 World Cup, so Bolivia took its place.

In the final, Ecuador beat Jamaica to win their first Gold Medal.[3][4]

Participants[]

The participating nations were:

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ecuador 7 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3
 Brazil 6 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3
 Honduras 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 –3
 Costa Rica 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 –3
Ecuador 1–1 Costa Rica
32' 13'
Brazil 3–0 Honduras
Lulinha 22' (pen.), 66', 90' (pen.)
Brazil 2–0 Costa Rica
Maicon 18' Alex 24'
Honduras 2–3 Ecuador
Martínez 10'
Leverón 65' (pen.)		 Zura 11'
20' (o.g.)
Chango 67'
Brazil 2–4 Ecuador
Junior 37'
Alex 71'		 Chasi 45'
Zura 47'
Montero 62'
86'
Costa Rica 1–2 Honduras
10' Leverón 21', 34'

Group B[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Bolivia 7 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4
 Mexico 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
 United States 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 –3
 Venezuela 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 –5
Mexico 1–1 Bolivia
Esqueda 63' Gutiérrez 26'
United States 2–1 Venezuela
McCarthy 50'
Warshaw 93'		 Flores 76' (pen.)
Bolivia 4–2 United States
Pinedo 47', 81'
56'
Gutiérrez 63'		 O. González 34', 41'
Mexico 2–0 Venezuela
Velasco 2'
Esqueda 14'
United States 0–2 Mexico
75'
Esqueda 78'
Venezuela 0–2 Bolivia
7', 34'

Group C[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Jamaica 9 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7
 Colombia 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
 Argentina 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2
 Haiti 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5
Colombia 0–1 Jamaica
76'
Argentina 1–1 Haiti
Mazzola 37' 33'
Jamaica 2–0 Argentina
80', 90'
Haiti 0–1 Colombia
Nazarith 54'
Jamaica 4–0 Haiti
2'
18'
26'
Cousins 67'
Argentina 0–0 Colombia

Final round[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July – Maracanã Stadium
 
 
 Jamaica0 (5)
 
27 July – Maracanã Stadium
 
 Mexico0 (4)
 
 Jamaica1
 
24 July – Maracanã Stadium
 
 Ecuador2
 
 Bolivia0
 
 
 Ecuador1
 
Third place
 
 
27 July – Maracanã Stadium
 
 
 Mexico1
 
 
 Bolivia0

Semifinals[]

Jamaica 0–0 Mexico
Penalties
5–4
Bolivia 0–1 Ecuador
64'

Bronze Medal Match[]

Bolivia 0–1 Mexico
Esqueda 73'

Gold Medal Match[]

 Ecuador2–1Jamaica 
Montero 82'
Zura 89' (pen.)		 Report Vernon 4'
Referee: Pablo de Oliveira (BRA)

Final ranking[]

Place Team
Gold medal america.svg  Ecuador
Silver medal america.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal (Americas).svg  Mexico
4  Bolivia
5  Brazil
6  Colombia
7  Honduras
7  United States
9  Argentina
10  Costa Rica
11  Haiti
12  Venezuela
 2007 Pan American Games Winners 

Ecuador
First title

References[]

  1. ^ "Habrá más participantes" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
  2. ^ Panamerican Games 2007 (Rio de Janeiro) by Marcelo Leme de Arruda on the RSSSF
  3. ^ Ecuador, campeón panamericano on El Universo, 27 Jul 2007
  4. ^ "Ecuador vence a Jamaica y gana el oro en el fútbol de los Panamericanos" at Keti & Rada's blogsite, Jul 29, 2007

External links[]

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