Football_at_the_South_American_Games Knowpia

Football at the
South American Games
Organising body	ODESUR
Founded	1978; 46 years ago
Region	South America
Related competitions	Bolivarian Games
Current champions	Paraguay; (men); Venezuela; (women)
Most successful team(s)	Colombia ; (men) (3 titles)

Football at the South American Games is the football tournament of the South American Games (also known as "Juegos Odesur"). Olympic/youth teams from South America have participated in it throughout its history.

During the first 2 editions (1978 and 1982) they were known as the Cruz del Sur Games, between 1998 and 2006 the football tournament was not played, instead a futsal tournament was organized.

In the first edition (1978) U-20 teams participated, while in the following ones (1982 and 1986) U-19 teams participated, for the 1990 tournament, the football section was played by U-20 teams preparing to the 1991 South American championship. Two editions of the tournament were played with Sub-17 national teams, returning to U-20 teams in 2018.

In 2014, a women's tournament was included.^[1]

Eligible participants edit

Men's tournament edit

Results edit

Age limits:

1978, 1990, 2018–22: u20
1982–86: u19
1994, 2010–14: u17

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Num. teams
1	1978	La Paz	Paraguay	Ecuador	Bolivia	3
2	1982	Rosario	Argentina	Ecuador	Peru	4
3	1986	Santiago	Argentina	Colombia	Brazil	10
4	1990	Lima	Peru	Ecuador	Colombia	4
5	1994	Valencia	Colombia	Venezuela	Peru	4
–	1998	Cuenca	(not held) ^{[n 1]}
–	2002	Brazil ^{[n 2]}	(not held) ^{[n 1]}
–	2006	Buenos Aires	(not held) ^{[n 1]}
6	2010	Medellin	Colombia	Ecuador	Bolivia	6
7	2014	Santiago	Colombia	Argentina	Ecuador	6
8	2018	Cochabamba	Chile	Uruguay	Colombia	8
9	2022	Asunción	Paraguay	Ecuador	Colombia	8

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Not association football but a futsal tournament organised.
^ No fixed host but held in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, and Belém.

Historical medals edit

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia	3	1	3	7
2	Argentina	2	1	0	3
3	Paraguay	2	0	0	2
4	Peru	1	0	2	3
5	Chile	1	0	0	1
6	Ecuador	0	5	1	6
7	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
7	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
9	Bolivia	0	0	2	2
10	Brazil	0	0	1	1