Football at the South American Games
# Football at the South American Games

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.

## Eligible participants

* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Curaçao
* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Men's tournament

### Results

* 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) | (not held) | (not held) | (not held) |
| – | 2002 | Brazil | (not held) | (not held) | (not held) | (not held) |
| – | 2006 | Buenos Aires | (not held) | (not held) | (not held) | (not held) |
| 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**

* 1 2 3 Not association football but a futsal tournament organised.
* ↑ No fixed host but held in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, and Belém.

### Historical medals

| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 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 |

## Women's tournament

### Results

* 2018–: u20

| Ed. | Year | Host | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Num. teams |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2014 | Santiago | Argentina | Chile | Brazil | 7 |
| 2 | 2018 | Cochabamba | Paraguay | Colombia | Ecuador | 6 |
| 3 | 2022 | Asunción | Venezuela | Uruguay | Colombia | 6 |
