The men's football tournament at the

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was held in

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from 29 July to 10 August 2019.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games, four CONMEBOL teams and four CONCACAF teams. 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

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qualified, however,

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(best North American team) declined to participate and were replaced by Mexico. Honduras also qualified by decision of CONCACAF.

Qualified teams

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 12 April 2019, 12:00

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( UTC−5), at the

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headquarters in

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. 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. 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: 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: * Fernando Echenique **Assistants: Cristian Navarro and Lucas Germanotta * Wagner Magalhaes **Assistants: Emerson De Carvalho and Alessandro Rocha *

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**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,

( UTC−5).

Group A

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Group B

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Placement stage (5th–8th place)

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Knockout stage

If necessary,

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and

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are used to decide the winner.

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

Goalscorers

150px, Argentine Adolfo Gaich, top scorer

References

External links

* {{Football at the Pan American Games Football at the 2019 Pan American Games Men's events at the 2019 Pan American Games