Football at the
South American Games

Organising body	ODESUR
Founded	1978 (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]

Eligible participants

Men's tournament

Results

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

1. 1 2 3 Not association football but a futsal tournament organised.
2. ↑ 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

Age limits:

• 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

References