Football at the 2017 Central American Games

Main article: 2017 Central American Games
2017 Central American Games
Tournament details
Host countryNicaragua
CityManagua
Dates3 December 2017 (2017-12-03)–
17 December 2017 (2017-12-17)
Teams6 (men's) + 4 (women's) (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Honduras (men's)
 Costa Rica (women's)
← 2013
2022 (Cancelled) →

The football tournament at the 2017 Central American Games is scheduled to take place in December 2017.

The tournament will act as a qualifying tournament for the Central American nations for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Three teams will qualify from the men's tournament, two teams will qualify from the women's tournament.[1]

The men's tournament will be restricted to those born after 1 January 1997 and the women's tournament will have no age restrictions.[2][3]

Teams

In October 2017, CONCACAF wrote to ORDECA to confirm that teams from Guatemala would not be eligible for the competitions due to suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala from FIFA.[4] Honduras and Belize did not enter a team into the women's competition.

Men's

Team App. Previous best
 Belize 5th Group stage (1994, 1997, 2001, 2013)
 Costa Rica 7th Gold medal (1997)
 El Salvador 8th Gold medal (1977)
 Honduras 7th Gold medal (1990, 1994, 2013)
 Nicaragua 9th Silver medal (1973)
 Panama 6th Gold medal (1973)

Women's

Team App. Previous best
 Costa Rica 3rd Gold medal (2001, 2013)
 El Salvador 3rd 4th (2001)
 Nicaragua 3rd Silver medal (2013)
 Panama 2nd 4th (2013)

Men's tournament

Squads

Further information: Football at the 2017 Central American Games – Men's team squads

Group stage

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[5]

  1. Greater number of goals between teams
  2. Number of goals scored in group
  3. Goal difference in group
  4. Number of goals scored across all groups
  5. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Semi-finals
2  El Salvador 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3  Panama 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
First match(es) will be played: 7 December 2017. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Panama 0–1 Costa Rica
Report
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
Panama 0–0 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)
Costa Rica 0–0 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 4 Semi-finals
2  Nicaragua 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3  Belize 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5 1
First match(es) will be played: 7 December 2017. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nicaragua 1–1 Belize
Report
Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)
Belize 0–5 Honduras
Report
Referee: Ameth Ariel Sanchez (Panama)
Nicaragua 0–0 Honduras
Report
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December 2017
 
 
 Costa Rica1
 
13 December 2017
 
 Nicaragua0
 
 Costa Rica0
 
11 December 2017
 
 Honduras1
 
 Honduras1 (2)
 
 
 El Salvador1 (1)
 


Semi-finals

Honduras 1–1 El Salvador
Report
Penalties
2–1
Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica 1–0 Nicaragua
Report
Referee: Ameth Ariel Sánchez (Panama)

Third-place playoff

Nicaragua 0–1 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Raul Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

Final

Costa Rica 0–1 Honduras
Report
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)

Women's tournament

Squads

Further information: Football at the 2017 Central American Games – Women's team squads

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Semi-finals
2  Nicaragua 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Panama 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
4  El Salvador 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
First match(es) will be played: 6 December 2017. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Costa Rica 4–0 Panama
Granados 67', 71', 82', 85' Report
Nicaragua 2–1 El Salvador
W. Flores 27'
Y. Flores 67'		 Report Cerén 75'
El Salvador 1–8 Costa Rica
Herrera 33' Report Morales 4', 35'
Chinchilla 6'
Coto 21'
Araya 27', 55'
Varela 45', 51'
Nicaragua 3–1 Panama
Acevedo 5', 44'
Y. Flores 67'		 Report Mills 77'
Panama 5–1 El Salvador
Riley 6', 64'
Mills 21'
Rangel 78'
Cedeño 90+1'		 Report Osegueda 1'
Nicaragua 0–3 Costa Rica
Report Varela 24'
Alvarado 29' (pen.)
Rodríguez 77'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Costa Rica 3–0 El Salvador
Chinchilla 59', 65', 81' Report
Nicaragua 1–1 Panama
Aguilar 13' Report Hernández 87'
Penalties
4–2

Third-place playoff

El Salvador 1–1 Panama
Payés 11' Report Cox 60'
Penalties
1–4

Final

Costa Rica 1–1 Nicaragua
Alvarado 40' Report Pérez 18'
Penalties
2–0

Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games

For the men's, the top three teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games as the UNCAF representatives:

For the women's, the top two teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games as the UNCAF representatives:

References

  1. ^ "SISTEMAS DE CLASIFICACIÓN" (PDF). Baq2018.com. 6 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ "UNCAF, FENIFUT y COL de los Juegos Centroamericanos Managua 2017 tuvieron primer acercamiento - Uncaf". uncafut.com (in European Spanish). 23 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ^ "El Gráfico".
  4. ^ "Carta de la CONCACAF a la Organización Deportiva Centroamericana". CONCACAF (in Spanish). 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Manual Técnico – Futbol" (PDF) (in Spanish). 2 February 2017.