The UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 was the tenth edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the biennial football (soccer) tournament for the CONCACAF-affiliated national teams of Central America. The first five places qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[1] The event was going to take place in Panama City, Panama between January 22 and February 1, 2009,[2] but the Panamanian FA announced that they would not host the event due to not having an adequate stadium available for the time period of the tournament.[3][4] The alternative hosts were Honduras and Guatemala.[5] Honduras submitted an official replacement bid on November 12, and after some consideration it was moved to Honduras.[3] All games were played in Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa.[3][6] The tournament was sponsored by Digicel.[7] On 1 February 2009 Panama won the tournament, the first UNCAF Nations Cup win in the country's history.
| Copa Naciones de UNCAF Copa Naciones DIGICEL | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Honduras |
| Dates | January 22 - February 1 |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Panama (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Costa Rica |
| Third place |  Honduras |
| Fourth place |  El Salvador |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 32 (2.29 per match) |
| Attendance | 114,000 (8,143 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andy Furtado (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Keylor Navas |
Participating nations edit
All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:
Squads edit
Stadium edit
| Tegucigalpa | |
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| Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino | |
| Capacity: 35,000 | |
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First round edit
The group stage draw took place on December 9, 2008 in Guatemala City.[1] The reigning champions, Costa Rica, and the hosts, Honduras, were automatically drawn as top seed in their respective groups.[7] Costa Rica was paired with Panama and Guatemala, the first two runners-up from the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup.[1] The remaining teams – El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Belize – were drawn into the same group as Honduras.[1]
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Honduras
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 2 | El Salvador
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Nicaragua
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | Qualified to the Fifth place playoff |
| 4 |  Belize
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| Honduras | 4–1 | Nicaragua |
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Rodríguez  16'Solórzano 65' (o.g.)S. Martínez 73'W. Martínez 79' |
Report | Reyes 30' |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Panama
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Guatemala
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | Qualified to the Fifth place playoff |
| Costa Rica | 3–0 | Panama |
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| Furtado 10', 16' Sánchez 55' |
Report |
Final round edit
Fifth place edit
The winner of the fifth place match qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup as the fifth and final entrant from Central America.
Semifinals edit
All four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
| Costa Rica | 3–0 Awarded | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Furtado 18' |
Report |
- The game was called after sixty minutes of play when El Salvador was reduced to six players. Two El Salvador players, Alexander Escobar and Eliseo Quintanilla, were awarded red cards in the first half, and Deris Umanzor, Rodolfo Zelaya, and goalkeeper Juan José Gómez were injured and had to leave the game after El Salvador had already exhausted their three substitutions. The game was awarded 3–0 to Costa Rica[8]
Third place edit
| Honduras | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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| Espinoza 30' |
Report |
Final edit
| Panama | 0–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Herrera  Aguilar Phillips Jaramillo Henríquez |
5–3 | Furtado Núñez Jiménez Oviedo |
     Panama
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Results edit
| 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup champions |
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 Panama First title |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final status |
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| 1 | Panama
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 7 | Champions |
| 2 | Costa Rica
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 10 | Runner-up |
| 3 | Honduras
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | Third place winner |
| 4 | El Salvador
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | Third place loser |
| 5 | Nicaragua
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | Fifth place winner |
| 6 | Guatemala
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Fifth place loser |
| 7 | Belize
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
- Top 5 qualified to the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Scorers edit
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Alberto Zapata- Ricardo Phillips
Lisbey Castillo- Jerome James
- Harrison Róchez
William Sunsing- Roberto Segura
- Álvaro Sánchez
- Pablo Herrera
Marlon Medina- Armando Reyes
- Juan Barrera
Marvin Chávez- Mario Rodríguez
- Saúl Martínez
- Carlos Pavón
- Emil Martínez
- Amado Guevara
- Roger Espinoza
Minor López
Ramón Sánchez- Carlos Ayala
- 1 goal (Own Goal)
- Silvio Avilés (for El Salvador)
- David Solorzano (for Honduras)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Six-time champ Costa Rica drawn with Panama, Guatemala in Central American Nations Cup". Guatemala City: CONCACAF. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ "Panamá organizará la Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF del 2009" (in Spanish). Tanto Fútbol. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ a b c "Central American Nations Cup moved from Panama to Honduras". Guatemala City: CONCACAF. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Panamá descarta organizar la Uncaf". La Nación (in Spanish). Panama. 2 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
- ^ Estrada, Campo Elías (22 February 2008). "Copa de Naciones está más allá que acá". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Se confirma Honduras como sede de la Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF del 2009" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 16 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Digicel, UNCAF launch 2009 Nations Cup". The Nassau Guardian. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ WASHINGTONPOST.com – Monday Kickaround – 2 February 2009