Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament
| Women's football tournament at the XVI Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Omnilife Stadium | ||||||
| Dates | October 18 – October 27 | ||||||
| Competitors | 143 from 8 nations | ||||||
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The women's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Omnilife Stadium from October 18 to October 27. Associations affiliated with FIFA that qualified were invited to send their full women's national teams.[1]
For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament, which is a drop from 10 at the 2007 games. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home field.
Teams
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition. Mexico, the host nation and Canada (automatic qualification) along with six other countries qualified through regional competitions.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Nation | – | – | 1 |  Mexico |
| Qualified automatically[2] | – | – | 1 |  Canada |
| Central American and Caribbean Qualifying Tournament | October 28 – November 8, 2010 | Mexico |
2 |  Costa Rica  Trinidad and Tobago |
| South American Qualifying Tournament | November 4–21, 2010 |  Ecuador |
4 |  Brazil  Colombia  Chile  Argentina |
| TOTAL | 8 | |||
- The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions qualified.[2]
Squads
The women's tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players September 2011. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) must be included in the squad.
Format
- Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
- The third and fourth placed teams are eliminated from the competition.
- In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
- The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.
Draw
The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of CONCACAF in New York City, United States. The draw was conducted by CONCACAF Deputy General Secretary Ted Howard. The seeding information was not provided, rather the results of the draw were given.[3]
- Team (World ranking as of July 2011)[4]
| Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary round
All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)[5]
| Qualified for the semifinals |
Group A
| Nation | PLD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Colombia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| Mexico |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Chile |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 1 |
Group B
| Nation | PLD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| Canada |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 1 |
| Argentina |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
October 18, 2011 11:00 |
| Canada |
3–1 | Costa Rica |
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Julien  30'Sinclair 51'Pietrangelo 82' |
Report | Cruz 28' (pen.) |
October 22, 2011 13:00 |
| Costa Rica |
3–3 | Argentina |
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| Acosta 67' Rodriguez 75'Alvarado 82' |
Report | Pereyra 5' Vallejos 8'Ugalde 16' (o.g.) |
- A drawing of lots was used to separate Canada and Brazil after they were tied on every tiebreaker. Brazil won the draw.
Knockout Stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
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| Brazil |
1 | ||||||
| Mexico |
0 | ||||||
| October 27 | |||||||
| Brazil |
1 (3) | ||||||
| Canada (pen.) |
1 (4) | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| October 25 | October 27 | ||||||
| Colombia |
1 | Mexico (a.e.t.) |
1 | ||||
| Canada |
2 | Colombia |
0 | ||||
Semifinals
Bronze Medal Match
Gold medal match
October 27, 2011 17:45 |
| Brazil |
1–1 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
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| Débora 4' |
Report | Sinclair 87' |
| Penalties | ||
Alberto  Maurine Nascimento  Wiggers Débora |
3–4 | Matheson Sinclair Booth Schmidt Chapman |
| 2011 Pan American Games Winners |
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Canada 1st title |
Goalscorers
- 2 goals
- 1 goals
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- 1 own goal
- Marianne Ugalde (playing against Argentina)
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Women's football | Canada (CAN) Rachelle Beanlands Melanie Booth Candace Chapman Robyn Gayle Christina Julien Kaylyn Kyle Karina LeBlanc Vanessa Legault-Cordisco Diana Matheson Kelly Parker Sophie Schmidt Desiree Scott Lauren Sesselmann Diamond Simpson Christine Sinclair Brittany Timko Rhian Wilkinson Shannon Woeller |
Brazil (BRA) Francielle Alberto Rosana Augusto Barbara Barbosa Daniele Batista Renata Costa Debora De Oliveira Maurine Thais Guedes Beatriz Joao Miraildes Mota Grazielle Nascimento Tania Pereira Thais Picarte Karen Rocha Daiane Rodrigues Andreia Santos Renata Costa Ketlen Wiggers |
Mexico (MEX) Aurora Santiago Erika Venegas Kenti Robles Rubí Sandoval Jennifer Ruiz Valeria Miranda Mónica Vergara Marilyn Díaz Luz del Rosario Saucedo Stephany Mayor Guadalupe Worbis Dinora Garza Liliana Mercado Liliana Godoy Veronica Perez Maribel Domínguez Monica Ocampo Tanya Samarzich |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Canada | 3–2–0 |
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Brazil | 3–2–0 |
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Mexico | 2–2–1 |
| 4 | Colombia | 2–0–3 |
| 5 | Chile | 1–1–1 |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 0–1–2 |
| 7 | Argentina | 0–1–2 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1–2 |
References
| Men's tournaments | | |
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| Women's tournaments | ||