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]
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]
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;