Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament The women's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Omnilife Stadium from October 18 to October 27. Associations affiliated with FIFA that qualified were invited to send their full women's national teams. For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament, which is a drop from 10 at the 2007 games. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home field. A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition. Mexico, the host nation
Brazil at the 2015 Pan American Games competitions will be the only sports without Brazilian representation at these games. On July 4, 2015 the swimmer Thiago Pereira was named the flagbearer of the team during the opening ceremony. Pereira has already been the Brazilian flagbearer during the 2007 Pan American Games closing ceremony. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: The following competitors from Brazil won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. Brazil qualified two male and three