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.

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.

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.

Summary EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1Qualified automatically1Central American QualifierMay 20–26, 2014 Guatemala1Caribbean QualifierAugust 19–26, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago1South American QualifierSeptember 11–28, 2014 Ecuador4 Total 8

Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance (hosts) (2011) (1999) (1999) (1999) (2003, 2007) (2011) (2011) (2011)

Medalists

Rosters

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

Competition format

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: Points Goal difference Goals scored Head-to-head points 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.

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.

First round The official detailed schedule and draw was revealed on April 24, 2015.

All times were Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A

Group B

Medal round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

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 MF 11 Cristiane FW 9 Andressa Alves FW 17 Raquel Substitutes:MF 15 Gabi MF 7 Maurine DF 13 Poliana Manager: Vadão GK 12 Sandra Sepúlveda DF 2 Isabella Echeverri DF 13 Ángela Clavijo DF 14 Nataly Arias DF 15 Tatiana Ariza DF 9 Oriánica Velásquez MF 3 Natalia Gaitán MF 4 Diana Ospina MF 6 Daniela Montoya MF 18 Leicy Santos FW 7 Ingrid VidalSubstitutes: MF 8 Mildrey Pineda GK 1 Paula Forero MF 11 Catalina Usme Manager: Felipe Taborda

Competition summary

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

References

External links Football - Event Overview - Women, Toronto 2015 Official Website