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Football at the 2015 Pan American Games Football at the 2015 Pan American Games Association football competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 11 to 26 at Tim Hortons Field (renamed Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium due to sponsorship rules) in Hamilton. The men's tournament were an under-22 competition with a maximum of three over-age players allowed, while the women's tournament had no age restrictions. A total of eight teams competed in each respective tournament. The following was the competition schedule for the football competitions: A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games.