Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium in Hamilton from July 11 to 25.^[1]

Football – Women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium
Dates	July 11 – July 25
Competitors	144 from 8 nations
Medalists
Brazil    Colombia    Mexico
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For the football competition in these Games, the women competed in an eight-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. The women's competition was an open-age competition with no age restrictions.^[2]

Canada were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. The gold medal was won by Brazil.

Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. Hosts Canada and Mexico qualified automatically. The winners of the regional Caribbean and Central American championships also qualified. The top four teams at the South American Championships also qualified.^[2][3]

Summary

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Canada
Qualified automatically	—	—	1	Mexico
Central American Qualifier[4]	May 20–26, 2014	Guatemala	1	Costa Rica
Caribbean Qualifier	August 19–26, 2014	Trinidad and Tobago	1	Trinidad and Tobago
South American Qualifier	September 11–28, 2014	Ecuador	4	Brazil  Colombia  Ecuador  Argentina
Total			8

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Canada (hosts)	5th	Gold medal (2011)
Mexico	5th	Silver medal (1999)
Costa Rica	4th	Bronze medal (1999)
Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	Fifth place (1999)
Brazil	4th	Gold medal (2003, 2007)
Colombia	2nd	Fourth place (2011)
Ecuador	2nd	Seventh place (2011)
Argentina	4th	Fourth place (2011)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's tournament	Brazil	Colombia	Mexico

• 
  Brazil 2015
• 
  Colombia 2015
• 
  Mexico 2015

Rosters

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's team rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had to submit up to 18 players on their rosters.

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Colombia
•  Costa Rica
•  Ecuador
•  Mexico
•  Trinidad and Tobago

Competition format

Tim Hortons Field (Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium), was the venue for the football competitions

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two groups of four teams, played in round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the group once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. The teams were ranked as follows:^[5]

1. Points
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Head-to-head points
5. Drawing of lots

Following the completion of the group games, the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals, with the winners of one group playing the runners-up of another group. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal match and the losers advanced to the bronze medal match.^[5]

All games were played in two 45-minute halves. In the medal round, if the match ended in a draw after 90 minutes, extra time was played (two 15-minute halves), followed by penalty kicks competition if the match still remained tied.^[5]

First round

The official detailed schedule and draw was revealed on April 24, 2015.^[6]

All times were Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Medal round
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Argentina	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: Toronto 2015

Mexico	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Usme 65'

July 11, 2015 (2015-7-11)

11:05

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)

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Argentina	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Larroquette 52' Potassa 88'	Report	Shade 59' Attin-Johnson 90'

July 11, 2015 (2015-7-11)

14:05

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

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Argentina	1–3	Mexico
Bonsegundo 82'	Report	Noyola 1' Rangel 73' Ruiz 76'

July 14, 2015 (2015-7-14)

17:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Marianela Cruz (Costa Rica)

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Colombia	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Vidal 4'	Report	Cordner 87'

July 14, 2015 (2015-7-14)

20:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

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Trinidad and Tobago	1–3	Mexico
Shade 51' (pen.)	Report	Mayor 28', 45' Ocampo 70'

July 18, 2015 (2015-7-18)

17:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

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Argentina	0–2	Colombia
	Report	Arias 44' Usme 51'

July 18, 2015 (2015-7-18)

20:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Medal round
2	Canada (H)	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	12	−7	3

Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Hosts

Costa Rica	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Raquel 14' Thaisa 34' Formiga 90'

July 11, 2015 (2015-7-11)

18:05

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

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Canada	5–2	Ecuador
Beckie 12', 77' Zadorsky 44', 48' Fletcher 79'	Report	Moreira 29', 90'

July 11, 2015 (2015-7-11)

21:05

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

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Brazil	7–1	Ecuador
Monica 17' Cristiane 44', 55', 67', 70', 78' Maurine 84'	Report	Pesántes 5'

July 15, 2015 (2015-7-15)

17:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

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Costa Rica	2–0	Canada
Cruz 60' Villalobos 74'	Report

July 15, 2015 (2015-7-15)

20:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

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Ecuador	2–0	Costa Rica
Real 10', 90+1'	Report

July 19, 2015 (2015-7-19)

17:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

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Canada	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Alves 55' Cristiane 87'

July 19, 2015 (2015-7-19)

20:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

Medal round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	July 22 – Hamilton
	Brazil	4
					July 25 – Hamilton
	Mexico	2
					Brazil	4
	July 22 – Hamilton
					Colombia	0
	Colombia	1
	Canada	0
					Bronze medal match
					July 24 – Hamilton
					Mexico	2
					Canada	1

Semifinals

Brazil	4–2	Mexico
Cristiane 4' Rafaelle 45+1', 73' Romero 46' (o.g.)	Report	Fabiana 25' (o.g.) Rangel 70'

July 22, 2015 (2015-7-22)

17:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

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Colombia	1–0	Canada
Ospina 29'	Report

July 22, 2015 (2015-7-22)

20:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

Bronze medal match

Mexico	2–1	Canada
Ocampo 29' Mayor 37'	Report	Fleming 88' (pen.)

July 24, 2015 (2015-7-24)

20:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

Gold medal match

Brazil	4–0	Colombia
Formiga 7' Maurine 75' Alves 86' Fabiana 90+3'	Report

July 25, 2015 (2015-7-25)

18:35

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Mirian León (El Salvador)

Team details

Brazil Colombia GK 12 Bárbara DF 2 Fabiana DF 4 Rafaelle DF 14 Érika DF 6 Tamires MF 8 Formiga MF 5 Thaisa MF 10 Andressa Machry  73' MF 11 Cristiane FW 9 Andressa Alves  88' FW 17 Raquel  45' Substitutes: MF 15 Gabi  45' MF 7 Maurine  73' DF 13 Poliana  88' Manager: Vadão GK 12 Sandra Sepúlveda  45' DF 2 Isabella Echeverri DF 13 Ángela Clavijo DF 14 Nataly Arias DF 15 Tatiana Ariza  45' DF 9 Oriánica Velásquez MF 3 Natalia Gaitán MF 4 Diana Ospina MF 6 Daniela Montoya MF 18 Leicy Santos  81' FW 7 Ingrid Vidal Substitutes: MF 8 Mildrey Pineda  81' GK 1 Paula Forero  45' MF 11 Catalina Usme  45' Manager: Felipe Taborda

2015 Pan American Games winners
Brazil Third title

Competition summary

2015 Pan American Games
women's football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Hamilton, Ontario
Dates	11–25 July 2015
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiane (7 goals)
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Goalscorers

7 goals

• Cristiane

3 goals

• Stephany Mayor

2 goals

• Andressa Alves
• Formiga
• Maurine
• Rafaelle
• Janine Beckie
• Shelina Zadorsky
• Catalina Usme
• Ligia Moreira
• Kerlly Real
• Mónica Ocampo
• Nayeli Rangel
• Mariah Shade

1 goal

• Florencia Bonsegundo
• Mariana Larroquette
• María Belén Potassa
• Fabiana
• Monica
• Raquel
• Thaisa
• Jessie Fleming
• Emma Fletcher
• Nataly Arias
• Diana Ospina
• Ingrid Vidal
• Shirley Cruz
• Karla Villalobos
• Denise Pesántes
• Teresa Noyola
• Jennifer Ruiz
• Maylee Atthin-Johnson
• Kennya Cordner

1 own goal

• Fabiana (playing against Mexico)
• Arianna Romero (playing against Brazil)

Final standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Brazil	5	5	0	0	20	3	+17	15	Gold medal
	Colombia	5	3	1	1	5	5	0	10	Silver medal
	Mexico	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	9	Bronze medal
4	Canada (H)	5	1	0	4	6	9	−3	3	Fourth place
5	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3	Eliminated in First round
6	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	12	−7	3
7	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
8	Argentina	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Hosts