Football at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	19 – 31 July
Teams	8 (men's) + 8 (women's) (from 2 confederations)
Venue	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (men's)   Mexico (women's)
Runners-up	Venezuela (men's)   Costa Rica (women's)
Third place	Honduras (men's)   Venezuela (women's)
Fourth place	Haiti (men's)   Trinidad and Tobago (women's)
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The 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games football tournament was the 21st edition of the competition at the 21st edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Colombia won the gold in the men's tournament, while Mexico won the gold in the women's tournament.

Men's event

Further information: Football at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's tournament

Although the competition is considered to be an under-21 age group competition, up to three players born before 1 January 1997 may be named in the squad. Each participating national football association will select a final squad of 20 players. ^[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: BAQ2018
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Venezuela	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Haiti	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
3	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: BAQ2018
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	28 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez)
	Colombia	3
					31 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez)
	Haiti	1
					Colombia	2
	28 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez)
					Venezuela	1
	Venezuela	1
	Honduras	0
					Bronze medal match
					31 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez)
					Haiti	0
					Honduras	3

Women's event

Further information: Football at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's tournament

There are no age restrictions. Each participating national football association will select a final squad of 20 players. ^[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Venezuela	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Colombia (H)	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: BAQ2018
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
3	Nicaragua	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	Haiti	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	Withdrew

Source: BAQ2018
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	27 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres)
	Costa Rica	2
					30 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres)
	Trinidad and Tobago	0
					Costa Rica	1
	27 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres)
					Mexico	3
	Mexico	3
	Venezuela	1
					Bronze medal match
					30 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres)
					Trinidad and Tobago	0
					Venezuela	1

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia  (COL)*	1	0	0	1
	Mexico  (MEX)	1	0	0	1
3	Venezuela  (VEN)	0	1	1	2
4	Costa Rica  (CRC)	0	1	0	1
5	Honduras  (HON)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

1. "Sistemas de classification" (PDF). Baq2018.com. p. 67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

External links

• 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Football Archived 2018-07-20 at the Wayback Machine