2007 UNCAF Nations Cup

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2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates8–18 February
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (6th title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Guatemala
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored39 (2.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)Honduras Wilmer Velásquez
(4 goals)
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The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. It was the second time El Salvador hosted the competition. The tournament also served as a qualifying process for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Costa Rica won the tournament on penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw with Panama in the final. It was Costa Rica's sixth title out of nine tournaments played. Panama reached the UNCAF final for the first time but also lost on penalty kicks in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005.

Participating nations[]

For El Salvador 2007, UNCAF considered for the first time since the tournament's founding in 1991 to invite national teams from outside of Central America to participate. The organization was in negotiations with Mexico and Venezuela to participate.[1] In the end, this did not happen, and the tournament (officially listed as the UNCAF Copa de Naciones Digicel) proceeded with only the seven UNCAF members.

Participating teams include the seven UNCAF members:

Squads[]

For a complete list of all participating squads, see UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 squads.

Stadium[]

 San Salvador
Estadio Cuscatlán
Capacity: 53,400
Monumental Estadio Cuscatlan.jpg

First round[]

Group 1[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 El Salvador 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
 Guatemala 7 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2
 Nicaragua 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 0
 Belize 0 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4
Guatemala 1–0 Nicaragua
Quiñónez Goal 29'
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)
El Salvador 2–1 Belize
Rodríguez Goal 25'
Quintanilla Goal 55'		 Benavides Goal 64'
Belize 0–1 Guatemala
 
 		 Cabrera Goal 8'
Referee: Rolando Vidal (Panama)
El Salvador 2–1 Nicaragua
Quintanilla Goal 16', 65' Wilson Goal 53'
Referee: Germán Arredondo (Mexico)
Nicaragua 4–2 Belize
Palacios Goal 12', 20', 68'
Busto Goal 28'		 McCauley Goal 25', 34'
El Salvador 0–0 Guatemala
 
 		  
 


Group 2[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Panama 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
 Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
 Honduras 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2
Costa Rica 3–1 Honduras
Fonseca Goal 4', 70'
González Goal 46'		 Martínez Goal 58'
Honduras 1–1 Panama
Guardia Goal 26' (o.g.) Rivera Goal 80'
Panama 1–0 Costa Rica
Blanco Goal 87'

Fifth place[]

Nicaragua 1–9 Honduras
Wilson Goal 31' J. Martínez Goal 3'
Velásquez Goal 6', 27', 37', 39' (pen.)
S. Martínez Goal 68', 80', 84'
Mejía Goal 78'

Honduras qualifies for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Semifinals[]

Panama 2–0 Guatemala
Phillips Goal 50'
Baloy Goal 90+2' (pen.)
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)
El Salvador 0–2 Costa Rica
Wallace Goal 11'
Fonseca Goal 13'

All semifinalists qualify for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Third place[]

Guatemala 1–0 El Salvador
Albizuris Goal 82'

Final[]

Final
Panama 1–1 Costa Rica
Tejada Goal 36' Bernard Goal 85'
Penalties
Baloy Penalty missed
Herrera Penalty missed
Escobar Penalty scored		 1–4 Penalty scored Centeno
Penalty scored Fonseca
Penalty scored Hernández
Penalty scored Barrantes
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

Awards[]

 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup Winner 

Costa Rica
Sixth title

Scorers[]

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