Dates July 11 – July 25 | Competitors 144 from 8 nations | |
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Venue Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium | ||
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.
Contents
For 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.
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
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)