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Football at the 1997 Central American Games

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

Football at the 1997 Central American Games
Tournament details
Host country
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.

Teams edit

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 edit

Group A edit

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  
  El Salvador3–1  Nicaragua
  El Salvador1–0  Honduras

Group B edit

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
Bennett  
  Guatemala2–0  Belize
  Costa Rica3–1  Panama
  Panama2–1  Guatemala
  Costa Rica3–1  Guatemala
  Belize0–7  Panama

Semi-finals edit

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

Third place match edit

  Honduras1–0  El Salvador

Final edit

  Costa Rica2–1  Panama
Jewisson Bennett   43' (pen)
Kervin Lacey   60'		 Report Ángel Luis Rodríguez   28'
GK   Ricardo González
DF   Jervis Drummond
DF   Pablo Chinchilla
DF   Douglas Sequeira
DF   Alfredo Morales
MF   Carlos Castro Mora   80'
MF   Ríchar Mahoney
MF   Walter Centeno
MF   Jorge León   55'
FW   Jewisson Bennett
FW   Kervin Lacey  
Substitutions:
MF   Steven Bryce   55'
DF   Wálter Cordero   80'
Manager:
Rolando Villalobos
GK   David Marciaga  
DF   Oniel Vergara   70'
DF   Dariel Gómez
DF   Jairzinho Serrano
DF   Ubaldo Guardia   42'
MF   Ángel Luis Rodríguez
MF   Julio Medina III
MF   Mario Méndez
MF   Alberto Blanco
FW   Roberto Brown
FW   Omar Tejada   62'
Substitutions:
GK   Omar Liguas   42'
FW   Alfredo Anderson   62'
DF   David Paschal   70'
Manager:
Gary Stempel

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Juegos Centroamericanos 1997 (Honduras)".
  2. ^ RadioHouse.hn – El estadio Olímpico cumple 19 años – 7 December 2016
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