Football at the 1997 Central American Games

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Football at the 1997 Central American Games
Tournament details
Host country Honduras
DatesDecember 1997
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Honduras
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored43 (3.31 per match)
← 1994
2001 →
All statistics correct as of 14 December 1997.

The games were played in San Pedro Sula, Honduras during December 1997.[1][2]

Teams[]

Team App. Previous best
 Belize 2nd Group stage (1994)
 Costa Rica 4th Silver medal (1990)
 El Salvador 5th Gold medal (1977)
 Guatemala 5th Gold medal (1986)
 Honduras 4th Gold medal (1990, 1994)
 Nicaragua 6th Silver medal (1973)
 Panama 3rd Gold medal (1973)

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to semi-final
2  Honduras 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
3  Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 3 8 −5 0
Source:[citation needed]
 Honduras5–2 Nicaragua
de León Goal
 El Salvador3–1 Nicaragua
 El Salvador1–0 Honduras

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Advance to semi-final
2  Panama 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3  Guatemala 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Belize 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source:[citation needed]
 Costa Rica4–0 Belize
Goal
 Guatemala2–0 Belize
 Costa Rica3–1 Panama
 Panama2–1 Guatemala
 Costa Rica3–1 Guatemala
 Belize0–7 Panama

Semi-finals[]

 El Salvador1–2 Panama
 Costa Rica0–0 Honduras
Penalties
5–3

Third place match[]

 Honduras1–0 El Salvador

Final[]

 Costa Rica2–1 Panama
Jewisson Bennett Goal 43' (pen)
Kervin Lacey Goal 60'		 Report Ángel Luis Rodríguez Goal 28'
Referee: (Mexico)
GK   Ricardo González
DF   Jervis Drummond
DF   Pablo Chinchilla
DF   Douglas Sequeira
DF  
MF   Carlos Castro Mora Substituted off 80'
MF  
MF   Walter Centeno
MF   Substituted off 55'
FW  
FW   Red card
Substitutions:
MF   Steven Bryce Substituted in 55'
DF   Substituted in 80'
Manager:
Rolando Villalobos
GK   Red card
DF   Substituted off 70'
DF  
DF  
DF   Ubaldo Guardia Substituted off 42'
MF   Ángel Luis Rodríguez
MF   Julio Medina III
MF   Mario Méndez
MF   Alberto Blanco
FW   Roberto Brown
FW   Substituted off 62'
Substitutions:
GK   Substituted in 42'
FW   Alfredo Anderson Substituted in 62'
DF   Substituted in 70'
Manager:
Gary Stempel

Assistant referees:
Raúl Cárdenas (El Salvador)
Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cam-games-u21-97.html
  2. ^ RadioHouse.hn – El estadio Olímpico cumple 19 años – 7 December 2016
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