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

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
Venue	Rio de Janeiro
Dates	15 – 27 July
Competitors	216 from 12 nations
Medalists
Ecuador    Jamaica    Mexico
«2003 2011»

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

The participating nations were:

• CONCACAF
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Haiti
  •  Honduras
  •  Jamaica
  •  Mexico
  •  United States

• CONMEBOL
  •  Argentina
  •  Brazil
  •  Colombia
  •  Ecuador
  •  Bolivia (replaced  Peru)
  •  Venezuela

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Ecuador	1–1	Costa Rica
Ochoa 32'		Brenes 13'

15 July

11:15

Estádio Miécimo da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

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Brazil	3–0	Honduras
Lulinha 22' (pen.), 66', 90' (pen.)

15 July

15:30

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

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Brazil	2–0	Costa Rica
Maicon 18' Alex Teixeira 24'

18 July

15:30

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

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Honduras	2–3	Ecuador
Martínez 10' Leverón 65' (pen.)		Zura 11' Castro 20' (o.g.) Chango 67'

18 July

18:15

Centro de Futebol Zico, Rio de Janeiro

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Brazil	2–4	Ecuador
Luiz Júnior 37' Alex Teixeira 71'		Chasi 45' Zura 47' Montero 62' Ochoa 86'

21 July

15:00

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro

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Costa Rica	1–2	Honduras
Brenes 10'		Leverón 21', 34'

21 July

15:00

Estádio Miécimo da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Mexico	1–1	Bolivia
Esqueda 63'		Gutiérrez 26'

15 July

14:00

Estádio Miécimo da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

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United States	2–1	Venezuela
McCarthy 50' Warshaw 90+3'		Flores 76' (pen.)

15 July

18:15

Centro de Futebol Zico, Rio de Janeiro

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Bolivia	4–2	United States
Pinedo 47', 81' Fierro 56' Gutiérrez 63'		Gonzalez 34', 41'

18 July

15:00

Estádio Miécimo da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

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Mexico	2–0	Venezuela
Velasco 2' Esqueda 14'

18 July

18:15

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

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United States	0–2	Mexico
		Del Real 75' Esqueda 78'

21 July

10:00

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro

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Venezuela	0–2	Bolivia
		Fierro 7', 34'

21 July

10:00

Centro de Futebol Zico, Rio de Janeiro

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Colombia	0–1	Jamaica
		Daley 76'

15 July

15:30

Centro de Futebol Zico, Rio de Janeiro

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Argentina	1–1	Haiti
Mazzola 37'		Mechack 33'

15 July

18:15

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

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Jamaica	2–0	Argentina
Daley 80', 90'

18 July

12:30

Estádio Miécimo da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

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Haiti	0–1	Colombia
		Nazarith 54'

18 July

15:30

Centro de Futebol Zico, Rio de Janeiro

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Jamaica	4–0	Haiti
Thomas 2' Doyley 18' Daley 26' Cousins 67'

21 July

12:30

Centro de Futebol Zico, Rio de Janeiro

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Argentina	0–0	Colombia

21 July

12:30

Estádio Miécimo da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

Final round

	Semi-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

Jamaica	0–0	Mexico
Penalties
	5–4

24 July

15:30

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro

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Bolivia	0–1	Ecuador
		Delgado 64'

24 July

19:00

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro

Bronze-medal match

Mexico	1–0	Bolivia
Esqueda 73'

27 July

12:00

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro

Gold-medal match

Jamaica	1–2[5]	Ecuador
Vernan 5'	Report	Montero 78' Zura 83' (pen.)

27 July

15:00

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Paulo de Oliveira (BRA)

Jamaica

Ecuador

GK 13 Duwayne Kerr DF 5 Ajuran Brown DF 10 Shavar Thomas DF 17 Norman Bailey MF 9 Keammar Daley MF 18 Damaine Thompson MF 11 Edward Campbell MF 19 Troy Smith MF 7 Ricardo Cousins FW 15 Dawyne Smith FW 12 Obrian Woodbine Manager: Wendell Downswell

GK 1 Máximo Banguera DF 2 Wilson Folleco DF 3 Deison Méndez DF 4 Michael Castro DF 6 Hamilton Chasi MF 13 Carlos Delgado MF 16 Israel Chango MF 5 Jefferson Pinto MF 8 Jefferson Montero FW 9 Edmundo Zura FW 18 Pablo Ochoa Manager: Sixto Vizuete

2007 Pan American Games Men's football tournament Winners
Ecuador 1st title

Final ranking

Place	Team
	Ecuador
	Jamaica
	Mexico
4	Bolivia
5	Brazil
6	Colombia
7	Honduras
7	United States
9	Argentina
10	Costa Rica
11	Haiti
12	Venezuela