Football competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay were held between 4 and 12 October 2022 at the Complejo de Fútbol located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, a sub-venue apart from Asunción.[1]
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| Venue | Complejo de Fútbol, Luque | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 4−12 October 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 252 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 14 (8 men and 6 women) | ||||||||||||
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Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 252 athletes (144 athletes–8 teams for men and 108 athletes–6 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments had age limits, the men's tournament was restricted to under-19 players (born on or after 1 January 2003) while women's tournament was restricted to under-20 players (born on or after 1 January 2002).[2]
Chile and Paraguay were the defending champions of the South American Games men's and women's football events. Both teams won their respective title in the South American Games' previous edition.
Paraguay and Venezuela won the gold medal in the men's and women's events respectively.[3][4]
Participating nations
editA total of 8 ODESUR nations registered teams for the football events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 36 athletes (one team of 18 players per gender).[2] Ecuador and Peru competed in the men's event while the other six nations competed in both events.
Medal summary
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (Host nation)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Paraguay (PAR)* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
editMen's tournament
editGroup stage
editGroup A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Uruguay
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Paraguay (H)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Venezuela
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Peru
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 |
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Colombia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Ecuador
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Argentina
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Chile
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
Final stage
edit| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 10 October | ||||||
| Colombia | 2 | |||||
| 12 October | ||||||
| Paraguay | 4 | |||||
| Paraguay | 1 | |||||
| 10 October | ||||||
| Ecuador | 0 | |||||
| Uruguay | 1 | |||||
| Ecuador | 3 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 12 October | ||||||
| Colombia | 2 | |||||
| Uruguay | 1 | |||||
Final standings
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Paraguay
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Ecuador
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Colombia
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| 4 | Uruguay
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| 5 | Venezuela
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| 5 | Argentina
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| 5 | Chile
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| 5 | Peru
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Women's tournament
editGroup stage
editGroup A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Venezuela
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to gold medal match |
| 2 | Paraguay (H)
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | Advance to bronze medal match |
| 3 | Chile
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Uruguay
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Advance to gold medal match |
| 2 | Colombia
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Advance to bronze medal match |
| 3 | Argentina
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Final stage
editFinal standings
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| Rank | Team |
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Venezuela
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Uruguay
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Colombia
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| 4 | Paraguay
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| 5 | Argentina
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| 5 | Chile
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References
edit- ^ "Soccer". Asuncion Organizing Committee for the 2022 South American Games. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ a b "FÚTBOL MANUAL TÉCNICO" (PDF). www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Odesur: ¡Paraguay es de Oro!" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 12 October 2022.
- ^ Tomillo, Manuel (11 October 2022). "Vinotinto femenina Sub 20 le da a Venezuela su 17ª dorada en los Juegos Odesur" (in Spanish). Efecto Cocuyo.
- ^ Teams Male
- ^ Teams Female
External links
edit- ASU2022 Soccer at ASU2022 official website.