Founded | 1973 |
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Region | Central America |
Number of teams | 7 |
Current champions | Honduras |
Most successful team(s) | Honduras |
The Central American Games football tournament is a football competition organised by UNCAF and ORDECA. It is scheduled to be held every four years.
The men's tournament is only open to players who are aged 20 and below.
In 2001 a women's tournament was played for the first time. The women's event is contested by the senior national squads.
Year | Host city | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal |
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1973 | Guatemala City | Panama | Nicaragua | El Salvador |
1977 | San Salvador | El Salvador | Panama | Nicaragua |
1986 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Honduras | Nicaragua |
1990 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | Costa Rica | Nicaragua |
1994 | San Salvador | Honduras | El Salvador | Costa Rica |
1997 | San Pedro Sula | Costa Rica | Panama | Honduras |
2001 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Honduras | Costa Rica |
2006 | San Pedro Sula | Cancelled | ||
2010 | Panama City | Cancelled | ||
2013 | San José | Honduras | Costa Rica | El Salvador |
2017 | Managua | Honduras | Costa Rica | El Salvador |
2022 | Santa Tecla |
Year | Host city | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Guatemala City | Costa Rica | Honduras | Guatemala |
2013 | San José | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Guatemala |
2017 | Managua | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Panama |
2022 | Santa Tecla |
Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Honduras | 4 | 2 | 1 |
2 | Guatemala | 2 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Costa Rica | 1 | 3 | 2 |
3 | Panama | 1 | 2 | 0 |
5 | El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2 | 0 |
3 | Honduras | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pos. | Team | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif. | Per. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Honduras | 19 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 0.768 |
2 | Costa Rica | 16 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 0.600 |
3 | Panama | 11 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 0.562 |
4 | El Salvador | 12 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 0.516 |
5 | Guatemala | 12 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 0.500 |
6 | Nicaragua | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 87 | –65 | 0.242 |
7 | Belize | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 46 | –40 | 0.154 |
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