title: Football at the South American Games
text: # 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 |
  