Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

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.

• The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions qualified.

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team 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.

• ARG
• BRA
• CAN
• CHI
• COL
• CRC
• MEX
• TRI

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.

• Team (World ranking as of July 2011)

Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)

Group A

Mardones Rojas

Group B

Sinclair Pietrangelo

Daniele

Guedes

Rodríguez Alvarado Vallejos Ugalde

• A drawing of lots was used to separate Canada and Brazil after they were tied on every tiebreaker. Brazil won the draw.

Knockout stage

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Semifinals

Gayle

Bronze-medal match

Gold-medal match

Maurine Nascimento Wiggers Débora Sinclair Booth Schmidt Chapman

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Goalscorers

;2 goals:

• CRC Shirley Cruz
• CAN Christine Sinclair
• CAN Christina Julien
• BRA Débora de Oliveira
• BRA Thais Guedes

;1 goals:

• BRA Daniele Batista
• BRA Maurine
• MEX Maribel Domínguez
• MEX Verónica Pérez
• MEX Jennifer Ruiz
• CRC Wendy Acosta
• CRC Raquel Rodríguez
• CRC Katherine Alvarado
• CAN Kaylyn Kyle
• CAN Robyn Gayle
• CAN Amelia Pietrangelo
• COL Lady Andrade
• COL Yoreli Rincón
• COL Catalina Usme
• TRI Maylee Attin-Johnson
• CHI Francisca Lara
• CHI Francisca Mardones
• CHI María José Rojas
• ARG Mercedes Pereyra
• ARG Fabiana Vallejos

;1 own goal

• CRC Marianne Ugalde (playing against Argentina)

Medalists

Final standings

References

References

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4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070604173129/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=534 FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking]
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