Football at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament

Men's football at the 2022 South American Games
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	4–12 October
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Paraguay (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ecuador
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	49 (3.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Allan Wlk (6 goals)

International football competition

The men's tournament of the football at the 2022 South American Games was held from 4 to 12 October 2022 at the Complejo de Fútbol in Luque, Paraguay, a sub-venue outside Asunción. It was the ninth staging of the football men's tournament since its first appearance in the South American Games' first edition in La Paz 1978.

The tournament was officially restricted to under-19 players (born on or after 1 January 2003).

The defending champions Chile were unable to retain their title after being eliminated in the group stage.

Paraguay won the gold medal and their second South American Games men's football title after defeating Ecuador by a 1–0 score in the final. Colombia beat Uruguay 2–1 in the third place match to win the bronze medal.

Schedule

The tournament was held over a 9-day period, from 4 to 12 October.

Group stage

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Tue 4	Wed 5	Thu 6	Fri 7	Sat 8	Sun 9	Mon 10	Tue 11	Sun 12
GS		GS		GS		SF		B	F
4 M		4 M		4 M		2 M		2 M

Teams

A total of eight ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament.

Teams	App	Previous best performance
Argentina	5th	Gold medal (1982, 1986)
Ecuador	8th	Silver medal (1978, 1982, 1990, 2010)
Chile	7th	Gold medal (2018)
Colombia	7th	Gold medal (2010, 2014)
Paraguay	6th	Gold medal (1978)
Peru	7th	Gold medal (1990)
Uruguay	3rd	Silver medal (2018)
Venezuela	4th	Silver medal (1994)

Squads

Each participating NOC had to enter a squad of 18 players (Technical manual Article 9). Players had to be born on or after 1 January 2003 to be eligible (Technical manual Article 1).

Venue

All matches were played at the Complejo de Fútbol courts located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, Paraguay, owned by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee.

Results

All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).

Group stage

The group stage consisted of two groups of 4 teams, each group was played under the round-robin format with the top two teams progressing to the semi-finals.

Teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following tiebreakers were applied (Technical manual Article 10.1):

Goal difference;
Goals scored;
Fewest goals against;
Fewest red cards received;
Fewest yellow cards received;
Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Advance to semi-finals
2	Paraguay (H)	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4	Advance to semi-finals
3	Venezuela	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Peru	3	0	2	1	2	8	−6	2

Source: ASU2022
(H) Hosts 4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)15:00

Venezuela	1–3	Uruguay
Kelsy 31'	Report	Chagas 7' Antoni 45+2' Mereles 90+3'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 2, LuqueAttendance: 250Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia) 4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)16:00

Paraguay	6–0	Peru
Wlk 19', 73', 90' Rolón 26' Carhuallanqui 29' (o.g.) Pereira 84'	Report

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 1228Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)15:00

Peru	1–1	Venezuela
Cabellos 36' (pen.)	Report	Chacón 75' (pen.)

Complejo de Fútbol – court 2, LuqueAttendance: 850Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia) 6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)16:07

Paraguay	1–1	Uruguay
Wlk 90+4'	Report	L. Rodríguez 43'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 1500Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)9:07

Paraguay	0–2	Venezuela
	Report	Riasco 25' Kelsy 57'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 700Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia) 8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)15:00

Uruguay	1–1	Peru
Ponte 90+2'	Report	Olaya 52' (pen.)

Complejo de Fútbol – court 2, LuqueAttendance: 450Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to semi-finals
2	Ecuador	3	2	1	5	6	−1	6	Advance to semi-finals
3	Argentina	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	Chile	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3

Source: ASU2022 4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)9:07

Ecuador	3–2	Colombia
Cuero 41' (pen.) Sánchez 61' Arroyo 71'	Report	Castillo 3' Caraballo 8'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueReferee: Joel Alarcón (Peru) 4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)11:15

Argentina	0–1	Chile
	Report	Matamoros 85'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueReferee: Giancarlos Juliadoza (Paraguay)

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)9:07

Chile	1–2	Ecuador
Fuentealba 18' (pen.)	Report	Cuero 10' Klinger 69'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 450Referee: Juan López (Paraguay) 6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)11:22

Colombia	2–0	Argentina
Monsalve 72', 90'	Report

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 500Referee: José Uzcátegui (Venezuela)

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)11:22

Ecuador	0–3	Argentina
	Report	Ovando 40' R. Rodríguez 73' Besozzi 78'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 700Referee: Juan López (Paraguay) 8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)16:07

Colombia	3–0	Chile
Monsalve 6' (pen.) Mulato 62' Girado 79'	Report

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 700Referee: Giancarlos Juliadoza (Paraguay)

Final stage

The final stage consisted of the semi-finals and bronze and gold medal matches. The semi-finals match-ups were:

Semifinal 1: Group B winners v Group A runners-up
Semifinal 2: Group A winners v Group B runners-up

In the final stage, if a match had been tied after 90 minutes, the match would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Winners of semi-finals played the gold medal match, while losers played the bronze medal match.

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

Semi-finals

10 October 2022 (2022-10-10)9:07

Colombia	2–4	Paraguay
Caraballo 30' Cortés 72'	Report	Wlk 10' Pereira 42' Quintana 60' Segovia 88'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 700Referee: José Uzcátegui (Venezuela) 10 October 2022 (2022-10-10)16:00

Uruguay	1–3	Ecuador
Ponte 14'	Report	Cuero 4', 45+3', 56'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 250Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)

Bronze medal match

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)9:07

Colombia	2–1	Uruguay
Córdoba 31' Salazar 90+5'	Report	Sánchez 90+3'

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 650Referee: Giancarlos Juliadoza (Paraguay)

Gold medal match

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)16:07

Paraguay	1–0	Ecuador
Wlk 33'	Report

Complejo de Fútbol – court 1, LuqueAttendance: 1800Referee: José Uzcátegui (Venezuela)

Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.06 goals per match.

6 goals

Allan Wlk

5 goals

Justin Cuero

3 goals

Miguel Monsalve

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Jack Carhuallanqui (against Paraguay)

Source: ASU2022

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Paraguay
	Ecuador
	Colombia
4	Uruguay
5	Venezuela
5	Argentina
5	Chile
5	Peru

Source:

2022 Men's South American Games Football Champions

Paraguay
Second title

Team squad: Ángel González, Alan Núñez, Gilberto Flores, Alexis Cantero, Thiago Servín, Víctor Quintana, Fernando Ovelar, Diego Gómez (c), Allan Wlk, Matías Segovia, Leonardo Rolón, Carlos Urán, Luis Rolón, Nelson Gauto, Leandro Caballero, Blas Duarte, Kevin Pereira, Hugo Benítez
Head coach: Aldo Bobadilla

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Paraguay Ángel González Alan Núñez Gilberto Flores Alexis Cantero Thiago Servín Víctor Quintana Fernando Ovelar Diego Gómez (c) Allan Wlk Matías Segovia Leonardo Rolón Carlos Urán Luis Rolón Nelson Gauto Leandro Caballero Blas Duarte Kevin Pereira Hugo Benítez Head coach: Aldo Bobadilla	Ecuador Tony Jiménez Randy Meneses Luis Mario Córdova Davis Bautista Denil Castillo (c) Yeltzin Erique Emerson Pata Patrik Mercado Justin Cuero José Andrés Klinger Madison Mina Ethan Minda Steven Cortez Orlando Herrera Gilbert Sánchez Ariel Suárez Mathías Solís Jean Pierre Arroyo Head coach: Jimmy Bran	Colombia Cristian Santander Daniel Pedrozo Edier Ocampo Julián Palacios Kevin Mantilla (c) Jhon Vélez Sebastián Girado Gustavo Puerta Ricardo Caraballo Alexis Castillo José Mulato Luis Marquinez Oscar Cortés Juan José Córdoba Andrés Salazar Miguel Monsalve Stiven Valencia Daniel Luna Head coach: Héctor Cardenas

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External links

ASU2022 Soccer Teams Male at ASU2022 official website.

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