Men's football tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games
VenueRio de Janeiro
Dates15–27 July
Competitors216 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal  Ecuador
Silver medal  Jamaica
Bronze medal  Mexico
«2003
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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]

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:

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:
Ecuador 1–1 Costa Rica
Ochoa 32' Brenes 13'
Brazil 3–0 Honduras
Lulinha 22' (pen.), 66', 90' (pen.)
Honduras 2–3 Ecuador
Martínez 10'
Leverón 65' (pen.)		 Zura 11'
Castro 20' (o.g.)
Chango 67'
Brazil 2–4 Ecuador
Junior 37'
Alex 71'		 Chasi 45'
Zura 47'
Montero 62'
Ochoa 86'
Costa Rica 1–2 Honduras
Brenes 10' Leverón 21', 34'

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:
Bolivia 4–2 United States
Pinedo 47', 81'
Fierro 56'
Gutiérrez 63'		 O. González 34', 41'
Venezuela 0–2 Bolivia
Fierro 7', 34'

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:
Colombia 0–1 Jamaica
Daley 76'
Argentina 1–1 Haiti
Mazzola 37' Mechack 33'
Jamaica 2–0 Argentina
Daley 80', 90'
Haiti 0–1 Colombia
Nazarith 54'
Jamaica 4–0 Haiti
Thomas 2'
Doyley 18'
Daley 26'
Cousins 67'

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

Bronze-medal match

Gold-medal match

Ecuador 2–1[5] Jamaica
Montero 78'
Zura 83' (pen.)		 Report Vernan 5'
Referee: Paulo de Oliveira (BRA)

Final ranking

PlaceTeam
 Ecuador
 Jamaica
 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 of 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
  5. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-04. Result book
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