The men's football tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games was held in Lima from 29 July to 10 August 2019.
| Football – Men's tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Universidad San Marcos | ||||||
| Dates | 29 July – 10 August[1] | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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«2015 2023» | |||||||
Qualification
A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams.[1] For CONMEBOL, the best three teams at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship qualified, while Peru automatically qualified as hosts. For CONCACAF, the best team from each of the three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean) at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualified, however, United States (best North American team) declined to participate and were replaced by Mexico. Honduras also qualified by decision of CONCACAF.[2]
Qualified teams
| Confederation | Region | Means of qualification | Teams qualified | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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| CONCACAF | North American | 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (1–21 November 2018) |  Mexico | 15th | Gold medal (1967, 1975, 1999, 2011) |
| Caribbean |  Jamaica | 5th | Silver medal (2007) | ||
| Central American |  Panama | 2nd | Fourth place (2015) | ||
| Last berth defined by CONCACAF |  Honduras | 5th | Silver medal (1999) | ||
| CONMEBOL | South American | Automatically qualified |  Peru (hosts) | 2nd | Group stage (2015) |
| 2019 South American U-20 Championship (17 January–10 February 2019) |  Argentina | 15th | Gold medal (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003) | ||
 Uruguay | 7th | Gold medal (1983, 2015) | |||
 Ecuador | 4th | Gold medal (2007) |
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 12 April 2019, 12:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru.[3][4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group was conformed by two CONCACAF teams and two CONMEBOL teams. The hosts Peru were seeded into group B and assigned to position 4 in their group, while the remaining seven teams were placed into two pots according to the confederation which they belong.
| CONCACAF pot | CONMEBOL pot |
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The CONCACAF teams were drawn first and assigned to positions 1 and 2 in groups A and B. Then, the CONMEBOL teams were drawn and the first two teams occupied positions 3 and 4 in group A while the third team occupied the position 3 in group B. The draw resulted in the following groups:[5]
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The draw was led by Hugo Figueredo, competition director of CONMEBOL, and had the help of Miriam Tristan and Cindy Novoa members of the Peru women's national football team
Squads
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1997, three overage players are allowed.
Match officials
The referees and assistant referees were:[6]
Fernando Echenique- Assistants: Cristian Navarro and Lucas Germanotta
Wagner Magalhaes- Assistants: Emerson De Carvalho and Alessandro Rocha
Felipe González- Assistants: Raúl Orellana and Edson Cisternas
Gustavo Murillo- Assistants: Miguel Roldán and John Gallego
Ulises Mereles- Assistants: Juan Zorrilla and Rodney Aquino
Michael Espinoza- Assistants: Michael Orué and Stephen Atoche
- Miguel Santibañez
- Assistants: Raúl López and Jesús Sánchez
José Argote- Assistants: Franchescoly Chacón and Alberto Ponte
Group stage
- Tie-breakers
All times are local, PET (UTC−5).[7]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Seventh place match |
| Panama | 0–0 | Mexico |
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| Report |
| Ecuador | 2–3 | Argentina |
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| Mexico | 2–1 | Argentina |
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Venegas  13' (pen.)Godínez 81' (pen.) | Report | Gaich 39' |
| Panama | 1–3 | Argentina |
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| Aguilar 45' | Report | Gaich 4' Lomonaco 14'Valenzuela 80' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Peru (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | Seventh place match |
| Honduras | 2–2 | Peru |
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| Vuelto 90'+2' Maldonado 90'+7' | Report | Quevedo 15' Guivin 62' |
Placement stage (5th–8th place)
Seventh place match
| Ecuador | 1–1 | Peru |
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| Vivar 88' | Report | Minda 83' (o.g.) |
| Penalties | ||
Vallecilla  Alcivar  Porozo Minda | 2–4 | Barco Acuy Arakaki Pretell Rivera |
Fifth place match
Knockout stage
If necessary, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner.
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 7 August – Lima | ||||||
| Mexico | 1 (2) | |||||
| 10 August – Lima | ||||||
| Honduras (p) | 1 (4) | |||||
| Honduras | 1 | |||||
| 7 August – Lima | ||||||
| Argentina | 4 | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 10 August – Lima | ||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Mexico | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Honduras |
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| Venegas 40' | Report | Reyes 79' |
| Penalties | ||
| Govea Vásquez López Macías | 2–4 | Martínez Vuelto Reyes Maldonado |
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
| Honduras | 1–4 | Argentina |
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| Martínez 42' | Report | Urzi 7' Valenzuela 58'Necul 61'Vera 65' |
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| 2019 Pan American Games Men's football tournament Winners |
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 Argentina 7th title |
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
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 | Argentina |
 | Honduras |
 | Mexico |
| 4 | Uruguay |
| 5 | Panama |
| 6 | Jamaica |
| 7 | Peru |
| 8 | Ecuador |
Goalscorers
There were 50 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Lucas Necul
- Agustín Urzi
- Fausto Vera
- Sebastián Lomonaco
Leonardo Campana- Anderson Naula
- Jordan Rezabala
- Janus Vivar
Denil Maldonado- José Reyes
José de Jesús Godínez- Mauro Lainez
- Johan Vásquez
- Paolo Yrizay
Abdiel Ayarza- Adalberto Carrasquilla
- Jordan Guivin
- Kevin Quevedo
Darwin Núñez- Ignacio Ramírez
1 own goal
- Kevin Minda (against Peru)
- Kervin Arriaga (against Uruguay)
Source: Lima 2019
