2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament

2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament
UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
CityTegucigalpa
Dates19–25 January 2024
Teams8 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Guatemala (2nd title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Honduras
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored64 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Claudio Montero
(6 goals)
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The 2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament, also known as UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament (Spanish: Torneo UNCAF Sub-19 FIFA Forward), was the third edition of the UNCAF U-19 Tournament, the biennial international youth football tournament organised by the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) for the men's under-19 national teams of the Central America region. It was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras between 19 and 25 January 2024.[1]

The tournament's purpose is for the UNCAF teams to prepare for the upcoming 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championships but it is not a qualifier.

Guatemala won their second UNCAF U-19 title by beating Panama in the final 3–0 on penalties following a 0–0 draw in regular time. Hosts Honduras finished in third place after defeating title holder Costa Rica 3–2 in the third place match.

Entrants

All seven UNCAF member national teams entered the tournament in addition to Cuba which participated as a guest from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).[2]

Team App Previous best performance
 Belize 3rd Seventh place (2018)
 Costa Rica (holders) 3rd Champions (2022)
 Cuba (invitee) 1st None
 El Salvador 3rd Runners-up (2022)
 Guatemala 3rd Champions (2018)
 Honduras (hosts) 3rd Fourth place (2018)
 Nicaragua 3rd Fourth place (2022)
 Panama 3rd Runners-up (2018)

Venues

It was the second time that Honduras hosted the tournament, having also hosted the inaugural edition in 2018.[3] All games took place on the courts of the Centro de Alto Rendimiento José Rafael Ferrari, home of the Honduran club Olimpia, in Tegucigalpa.[1]

Groups composition

The groups and match schedule were revealed by UNCAF on 16 January 2024,[2] however, they had been previously published by the Panamanian Football Federation on 6 January 2024.[1] No previous draw was announced, however, the hosts Honduras and the title holders Costa Rica were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B, respectively.

The groups were conformed as follows:

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Honduras
A2  Panama
A4  El Salvador
A3  Nicaragua
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Costa Rica
B2  Guatemala
B3  Cuba
B4  Belize

Group stage

All match times are in HNT (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.[4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Final
2  Honduras (H) 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 Third place match
3  Nicaragua 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3 Fifth place match
4  El Salvador 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0 Seventh place match
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Panama 3–0 El Salvador
Obando 46'
Hernández 82'
Garibaldo 84'		 Report
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 2, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Jesús Montero (Costa Rica)
Honduras 4–0 Nicaragua
Paguada 28', 52'
Osorto 41'
Pérez 90+1'		 Report
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 1, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Modesto Hierrezuelo (Cuba)
Nicaragua 0–4 Panama
Report Obando 17'
Mosquera 35' (pen.)
Hernández 56'
Rodríguez 71' (pen.)
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Ismael López (Mexico)
Honduras 4–2 El Salvador
Zepeda 2'
Tatum 12'
Ponce 54' (pen.)
Mejía 72'		 Report Delgado 14'
Argueta 67'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Diego Ojer (Guatemala)
El Salvador 0–5 Nicaragua
Report Martínez 24'
Bello 45'
Cayasso 82'
Ortíz 90'
Castillo 90+3'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 2, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Victor Caliz (Belize)
Honduras 0–1 Panama
Report Garibaldo 3'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 1, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Ismael López (Mexico)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9 9 Final
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 10 6 +4 4 Third place match
3  Belize 3 1 0 2 3 14 −11 3 Fifth place match
4  Cuba (G) 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1 Seventh place match
Source: UNCAF
(G) Guests
Guatemala 2–1 Cuba
Sagastume (pen.)
Zahran 		Report Pérez
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: James Salinas (Honduras)
Costa Rica 7–1 Belize
Ramírez
Pelayo (o.g.)
Montero
Jiménez
Barahona 		Report Serano
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)
Belize 0–6 Guatemala
Report Vásquez 27', 49', 65'
Sagastume 45+2'
Ávila 73', 75'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 2, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Ricardo Reid (Panama)
Cuba 1–1 Costa Rica
Torres 88' Report Montero 86' (pen.)
Referee: César Nolasco (El Salvador)
Belize 2–1 Cuba
Martinez 28'
Taegar 45+2' (pen.)		 Report Rodríguez 1'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Eliel Aguirre (Nicaragua)
Costa Rica 2–4 Guatemala
Montero 29', 55' (pen.) Report De la Cruz 23'
Muñoz 33', 69'
Sagastume 75' (pen.)
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: James Salinas (Honduras)

Knockout stage

All match times are in HNT (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.[4]

Seventh place match

Cuba 2–2 El Salvador
Rodríguez 50'
Casanova 90'		 Report Díaz 20'
Delgado 21'
Penalties
Rodríguez soccer ball with check mark
Camejo soccer ball with red X
Mena soccer ball with check mark
Torres soccer ball with red X
Campos soccer ball with check mark		 3–4 soccer ball with check mark Casamalhuapa
soccer ball with check mark Arias
soccer ball with red X Rodríguez
soccer ball with check mark Reyes
soccer ball with check mark Díaz
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Jesús Montero (Costa Rica)

Fifth place match

Nicaragua 3–1 Belize
Uriarte 21'
Castillo 45+4'
Cayasso 76'		 Report Martinez 29'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Modesto Hierrezuelo (Cuba)

Third place match

Costa Rica 2–3 Honduras
Montero 55'
Castro 72'		 Report Paguada 35', 56'
Osorto 63'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 2, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Diego Ojer (Guatemala)

Final

Panama 0–0 Guatemala
Report
Penalties
Ryce soccer ball with red X
Rodríguez soccer ball with red X
Hernández soccer ball with red X		 0–3 soccer ball with check mark Ávila
soccer ball with check mark Muñoz
soccer ball with check mark Racancoj
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 1, Tegucigalpa
Referee: César Nolasco (El Salvador)

Goalscorers

There were 64 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Guatemala (C) 4 3 1 0 12 3 +9 10
2  Panama 4 3 1 0 8 0 +8 10
3  Honduras (H) 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 9
4  Costa Rica 4 1 1 2 12 9 +3 4
5  Nicaragua 4 2 0 2 8 9 −1 6
6  Belize 4 1 0 3 4 17 −13 3
7  El Salvador 4 0 1 3 4 14 −10 1
8  Cuba (G) 4 0 2 2 5 7 −2 2
Source: UNCAF
(C) Champions; (G) Guests; (H) Hosts

References

  1. ^ a b c "Panamá Sub-20 arranca el año con miras al Torneo UNCAF en Honduras" [Panama U-20s kick off the year with an eye on the UNCAF Tournament in Honduras] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Torneo Sub-19 UNCAF FIFA FORWARD" (in Spanish). Central American Football Union. 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ Castro, Raul (11 January 2024). "Se viene el Torneo UNCAF Sub19 en territorio hondureño" [UNCAF U19 Tournament to be held in Honduras] (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa: HonduSports Ilustrada.
  4. ^ a b "Calendario TORNEO SUB-19 UNCAF FIFA Forward HONDURAS 2024" (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 6 January 2024.