1991 UNCAF Nations Cup preliminary round

1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualifying
Tournament details
Dates	April 4, 1991 – May 17, 1991
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Attendance	37,000 (6,167 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Raúl Díaz Arce; Luis Orlando Vallejo; (3 goals each)

The qualifying competition for the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup was a football competition that was played from April 4, 1991, to May 12, 1991, to determine the 3 teams to join Costa Rica, who qualified automatically as hosts of the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup. Six member associations participated in the qualifying process for the tournament places; however, Belize withdrew due to economic reasons.

Qualifying group stage edit

Groups edit

Group A edit

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Honduras	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	2
2	Panama	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2

May 5, 1991

Panama	2–0	Honduras
Lynch 14' Valdés 57'^[1]

Estadio Revolución, Panama City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Berny Ulloa (Costa Rica)

May 12, 1991

Honduras	3–0	Panama
Vallejo 64', 70', 82'

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: P. Guevara (SLV)

Group B edit

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	El Salvador	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	4
2	Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

April 4, 1991

Nicaragua	2–3	El Salvador
Bendaña 60', 87'		Arce 25', 89' (pen.) Rivera 43'

Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez, Managua

Attendance: 5,000

April 24, 1991

El Salvador	2–0	Nicaragua
Rodríguez 28' Arce 62'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 2,000

Group C edit

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guatemala	Qualified through Bye
2	Belize	Withdrew

12 May 1991

Belize	w/o	Guatemala

May 17, 1991

Guatemala	w/o	Belize

Belize withdrew from the tournament, so Guatemala qualified automatically.^[2]

Goalscorers edit

3 goals

2 goals

Livio José Bendaña

1 goal

Oberto Lynch

Julio Dely Valdés

References edit

^ 21 años sin perder en casa - La Prensa (in Spanish)
^ "Buzón de Rodrigo Calvo - 13 de octubre de 2014" [Rodrigo Calvo's Mailbox - October 13, 2014] (Web). La Nación (in Spanish). October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.

External links edit

Official website (in Spanish)

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[1] 21 años sin perder en casa - La Prensa (in Spanish)

[2] "Buzón de Rodrigo Calvo - 13 de octubre de 2014" [Rodrigo Calvo's Mailbox - October 13, 2014] (Web). La Nación (in Spanish). October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.

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