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

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Men's Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
City	Baranquilla
Dates	20–31 July
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	42 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julián Quiñones (4 goals)
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The men's football tournament at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla from 20 to 31 July. Men's teams are allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 21.

Participating teams[]

Region	Tournament	Teams qualified	Number of teams
Automatically qualified		Colombia (hosts)  Mexico  Venezuela	3
Central American Football Union	2017 Central American Games	Costa Rica  Honduras  El Salvador	3
Caribbean Football Union	2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Haiti  Trinidad and Tobago	2
Total			8

Squads[]

The date of birth for male athletes is from January 1, 1997 (U21). Each team may enter a maximum of three (3) male athletes without age restrictions.^[1]

Group stage[]

Tie-breakers

• a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
• b) goal difference in all group matches;
• c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:

• d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
• e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
• f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
• g) drawing of lots

Group A[]

Pos	Team	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

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	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

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Knockout stage[]

If necessary, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner.

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	28 July
	Colombia	3
					31 July
	Haiti	1
					Colombia	2
	28 July
					Venezuela	1
	Venezuela	1
	Honduras	0
					Bronze medal match
					31 July
					Haiti	0
					Honduras	3

Semi-finals[]

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Bronze medal match[]

Gold medal match[]

Goalscorers[]

There were 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References[]