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