Football at the 2017 Central American Games

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2017 Central American Games
Football pictogram.svg
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
ChampionsFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras (men's)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (women's)
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The football tournament at the 2017 Central American Games is scheduled to take place in December 2017.

Contents

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

TeamApp.Previous best
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 5thGroup stage (1994, 1997, 2001, 2013)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 7thGold medal (1997)
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 8thGold medal (1977)
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 7thGold medal (1990, 1994, 2013)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 9thSilver medal (1973)
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 6thGold medal (1973)

Women's

TeamApp.Previous best
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3rdGold medal (2001, 2013)
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 3rd4th (2001)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 3rdSilver medal (2013)
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2nd4th (2013)

Men's tournament

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 211010+14 Semi-finals
2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 20200002
3Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 201101−11
First match(es) will be played on 7 December 2017. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg0–1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg0–0Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Report
Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg0–0Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Report
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 211050+54 Semi-finals
2Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 20201102
3Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 201116−51
First match(es) will be played on 7 December 2017. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg1–1Flag of Belize.svg  Belize
Report
Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)
Belize  Flag of Belize.svg0–5Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Report
Referee: Ameth Ariel Sanchez (Panama)
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg0–0Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Report
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December 2017
 
 
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1
 
13 December 2017
 
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 0
 
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0
 
11 December 2017
 
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 1
 
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 1 (2)
 
 
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1 (1)
 

Semi-finals

Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg1–1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Report
Penalties
2–1
Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg1–0Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Report
Referee: Ameth Ariel Sánchez (Panama)

Third-place playoff

Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg0–1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Report
Referee: Raul Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

Final

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg0–1Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Report
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)

Women's tournament

Squads

Group stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3300151+149 Semi-finals
2Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 32015506
3Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 310268−23
4Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 3003315−120
First match(es) will be played on 6 December 2017. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg4–0Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Granados Soccerball shade.svg67', 71', 82', 85' Report
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg2–1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
W. Flores Soccerball shade.svg27'
Y. Flores Soccerball shade.svg67'		 Report Cerén Soccerball shade.svg75'
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg1–8Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Herrera Soccerball shade.svg33' Report Morales Soccerball shade.svg4', 35'
Chinchilla Soccerball shade.svg6'
Coto Soccerball shade.svg21'
Araya Soccerball shade.svg27', 55'
Varela Soccerball shade.svg45', 51'
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg3–1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Acevedo Soccerball shade.svg5', 44'
Y. Flores Soccerball shade.svg67'		 Report Mills Soccerball shade.svg77'
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg5–1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Riley Soccerball shade.svg6', 64'
Mills Soccerball shade.svg21'
Rangel Soccerball shade.svg78'
Cedeño Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		 Report Osegueda Soccerball shade.svg1'
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg0–3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report Varela Soccerball shade.svg24'
Alvarado Soccerball shade.svg29' (pen.)
Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg77'
Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg3–0Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Chinchilla Soccerball shade.svg59', 65', 81' Report
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg1–1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Aguilar Soccerball shade.svg13' Report Hernández Soccerball shade.svg87'
Penalties
4–2

Third-place playoff

El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg1–1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Payés Soccerball shade.svg11' Report Cox Soccerball shade.svg60'
Penalties
1–4

Final

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg1–1Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Alvarado Soccerball shade.svg40' Report Pérez Soccerball shade.svg18'
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:

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