Football at the Pan American Games
No. of events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)

Football (soccer) at the Pan American Games has been included in every Pan American Games as a men's competition sport, since the first edition of the multi-sports event in 1951. The competition is organized by the Pan American Sports Organization.

So as to avoid competition with the World Cup, FIFA have restricted participation of elite players in the men's tournament in various ways. Currently squads for the men's tournament are required to be composed of players under 22 years of age.

The tournament was played in league format from 1951 to 1963, neither final nor bronze medal match hosted. Another format was used in 1971, this time the tournament was played in group format in early stages, but played in league format for final stages. The 1983 tournament saw only 3 teams played in the final group stages, with the first and final time the tournament did not have the fourth place team.

A women's tournament was introduced in 1999.

Men's tournament

Summaries

• 1951–1983: Youth teams
• 1987–1995: Senior teams (Caribbean), youth teams (Conmebol, North America)
• 1999: U-23 teams
• 2003: U-22 teams (Concacaf), U-20 teams (Conmebol)
• 2007: U-20 teams (Concacaf), U-17 teams (Conmebol), plus 3 overage players
• 2011–present: U-22 teams plus 3 overage players^[1]

Ed.	Year	Host city	Final			Third Place Match			Num. teams
			Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth
1	1951	Buenos Aires	Argentina	– [n 1]	Costa Rica	Chile	– [n 1]	Venezuela	5
2	1955	Mexico City	Argentina	– [n 1]	Mexico	Ned. Antilles	– [n 1]	Venezuela	4
3	1959	Chicago	Argentina	– [n 1]	Brazil	United States	– [n 1]	Haiti	7
4	1963	São Paulo	Brazil	– [n 1]	Argentina	Chile	– [n 1]	Uruguay	5
5	1967	Winnipeg	Mexico	4–0 (a.e.t.)	Bermuda	T. Tobago	4–1	Canada	8
6	1971	Cali	Argentina	– [n 1]	Colombia	Cuba	– [n 1]	T. Tobago	12
7	1975	Mexico City	Mexico  Brazil [n 2]	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(none) [n 2]	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	13
8	1979	San Juan	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	12
9	1983	Caracas	Uruguay	1–0	Brazil	Guatemala	– [n 3]	– [n 3]	10
10	1987	Indianapolis	Brazil	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Chile	Argentina	0–0 (5–4 p)	Mexico	12
11	1991	Havana	United States	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico	Cuba	1–0	Honduras	8
12	1995	Mar del Plata	Argentina	0–0 (5–4 p)	Mexico	Colombia	3–0	Honduras	12
13	1999	Winnipeg	Mexico	3–1	Honduras	United States	2–1	Canada	10
14	2003	Santo Domingo	Argentina	1–0	Brazil	Mexico	0–0 (5–4 p)	Colombia	8
15	2007	Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador	2–1	Jamaica	Mexico	1–0	Bolivia	12
16	2011	Guadalajara	Mexico	1–0	Argentina	Uruguay	2–1	Costa Rica	8
17	2015	Toronto	Uruguay	1–0	Mexico	Brazil	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama	8
18	2019	Lima	Argentina	4–1	Honduras	Mexico	1–0	Uruguay	8
19	2023	Santiago	Brazil	1–1 (4–2 p)	Chile	Mexico	4–1	United States	8

Notes

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Played in a round-robin tournament format, no final held.
2. 1 2 Title shared, no silver medal awarded.
3. 1 2 No third match held.

Performances by countries

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth Place
Argentina	7 (1951*, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995*, 2003, 2019)	2 (1963, 2011)	3 (1975, 1979, 1987)
Brazil	5 (1963*, 1975, 1979, 1987, 2023)	3 (1959, 1983, 2003)	1 (2015)
Mexico	4 (1967, 1975*, 1999, 2011*)	4 (1955*, 1991, 1995, 2015)	4 (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023)	1 (1987)
Uruguay	2 (1983, 2015)		1 (2011)	1 (2019)
United States	1 (1991)		2 (1959*, 1999)	2 (1963, 2023)
Ecuador	1 (2007)
Chile		2 (1987, 2023*)	2 (1951, 1963)
Honduras		2 (1999, 2019)		2 (1991, 1995)
Cuba		1 (1979)	2 (1971, 1991*)
Colombia		1 (1971*)	1 (1995)	1 (2003)
Costa Rica		1 (1951)		3 (1975, 1979, 2011)
Bermuda		1 (1967)
Jamaica		1 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago			1 (1967)	1 (1971)
Netherlands Antilles			1 (1955)
Guatemala			1 (1983)
Venezuela				2 (1951, 1955)
Canada				2 (1967*, 1999*)
Haiti				1 (1959)
Bolivia				1 (2007)
Panama				1 (2015)

* = host

Participating nations

Main article: Men's Pan American Games football tournament records and statistics

Teams participate with their U-22 squads. In some cases such as in 1951 (for Venezuela and Costa Rica) some countries sent their full squad (including players over the age of 22).^[2]

Nation	1951	1955	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Years
Argentina					5				9						9					15
Bahamas						9														1
Bermuda						10		8	8			11								5
Bolivia							6								4					2
Brazil												5			5	6				12
Canada					4	5	7			11	7		4				7			7
Chile									4			8								6
Colombia					8					10				4	6				6	7
Costa Rica			5				4	4				6	6		10	4				8
Cuba			7		7		5		7	8			8	6		8				11
Dominican Republic						12		9						8					8	4
Ecuador												9				7		8		4
El Salvador							9			7										2
Guatemala								7		5			7	7						5
Haiti			4			8					5				11					4
Honduras											4	4			7				7	6
Jamaica						11	12						5					6		5
Mexico			6			7			5	4										16
Netherlands Antilles																				1
Nicaragua							13				8									2
Panama																	4	5		2
Paraguay	5									9		7		5			5			5
Peru																	6	7		2
Puerto Rico								5												1
Suriname											6									1
Trinidad and Tobago						4	8			12		10	9			5	8			8
United States				5	6	6	11	6	10	6		12			8				4	13
Uruguay				4			10						10					4	5	8
Venezuela	4	4							6						12					4
Nations	5	4	7	5	8	12	13	9	10	12	8	12	10	8	12	8	8	8	8

Women's tournament

Summaries

Year	City	Final			Third Place Match			Teams
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1999	Winnipeg	United States U18	1–0	Mexico	Costa Rica	1–1 (4–3, p.)	Canada	5
2003	Santo Domingo	Brazil	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Canada	Mexico	4–1	Argentina	6
2007	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5–0	United States U20	Canada	2–1	Mexico	10
2011	Guadalajara	Canada	1–1 (4–3, p.)	Brazil	Mexico	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Colombia	8
2015	Toronto	Brazil	4–0	Colombia	Mexico	2–1	Canada	8
2019	Lima	Colombia	1–1 (7–6, p.)	Argentina	Costa Rica	1–0	Paraguay	8
2023	Santiago	Mexico	1–0	Chile	United States U19	2–0	Argentina	8

Performances by countries

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth Place
Brazil	3 (2003, 2007*, 2015)	1 (2011)
Mexico	1 (2023)	1 (1999)	3 (2003, 2011*, 2015)	1 (2007)
Canada	1 (2011)	1 (2003)	1 (2007)	2 (1999*, 2015*)
United States U18/U19/U20	1 (1999)	1 (2007)	1 (2023)
Colombia	1 (2019)	1 (2015)		1 (2011)
Argentina		1 (2019)		2 (2003, 2023)
Chile		1 (2023*)
Costa Rica			2 (1999, 2019)
Paraguay				1 (2019)

* = host

Participating nations

Nation	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Years
Argentina		4	5	7	8		4	6
Bolivia							7	1
Brazil								4
Canada	4				4			5
Chile				5				2
Colombia				4				3
Costa Rica		5		6	5		6	6
Ecuador			7		6			2
Haiti		6						1
Jamaica			6			7	8	3
Mexico			4			5		7
Panama			8			6		2
Paraguay			10			4	5	3
Peru						8		1
Trinidad and Tobago	5			8	7			3
United States U18/U19/U20								3
Uruguay			9					1
Nations	5	6	10	8	8	8	8

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	8	4	1	13
2	Argentina	7	3	3	13
3	Mexico	5	5	7	17
4	United States	2	1	3	6
5	Uruguay	2	0	1	3
6	Colombia	1	2	1	4
7	Canada	1	1	1	3
8	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
9	Chile	0	3	2	5
10	Honduras	0	2	0	2
11	Costa Rica	0	1	2	3
	Cuba	0	1	2	3
13	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
15	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		27	25	26	78

References

External links

• Panamerican Games overview at the RSSSF