Football at the 2019 Pan American Games

Football at the XVIII Pan American Games
Football pictogram
Venue Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Dates July 25 – August 9, 2019
Competitors 288
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Football competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held from July 25 (the day before the opening ceremony) to August 9. The venue for the competition is the Estadio Universidad San Marcos, which seats up to 32,000 spectators.[1]

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 18 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 288 athletes are scheduled to compete.[2] The men's competition is an under-22 level competition (born on or after January 1, 1997), with each team allowed up to three overage players. The women's tournament is an open competition without age restrictions.[2]


Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
Women's tournament

Participating nations

A total of 6 countries qualified football teams so far. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various qualifying criteria.[2]

Men

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
2019 South American U-20 Championship 20 January – 13 February Chile Chile 3
2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship November 1–21 United States United States 4
Total8
  • The top team from the North, Caribbean, and Central America will each qualify. The fourth spot will be determined by CONCACAF at a later date.

Women

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
2018 Copa América Femenina (teams placed 3rd to 5th) April 4–22 Chile Chile 3  Argentina
 Colombia
 Paraguay
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship October 4–17 United States United States 4  Jamaica
 Panama
Total8
  • The top team from the North, Caribbean, and Central America will each qualify. The fourth spot will be determined by CONCACAF at a later date.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lima 2019 commits to stadium redevelopment with football hosting deal". www.sportbusiness.com/. SportBusiness Group Ltd. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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