2011 Copa Centroamericana

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The 2011 Copa Centroamericana (English: 2011 Central American Cup) was the eleventh edition of Copa Centroamericana (formerly known as the UNCAF Nations Cup), an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) of the CONCACAF region. It took place in Panama from January 14 to January 23, 2011. It was the second time for Panama to host the tournament. On January 23, 2011 Honduras won the cup by defeating Costa Rica 2-1 in the final.[1] The top five teams from this tournament qualified for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The group stage draw was conducted on September 2, 2010 in Panama City.[2]

2011 Copa Centroamericana
2011 Copa Centroamericana logo
Tournament details
Host countryPanama
DatesJanuary 14–23
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Honduras (3rd title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Panama
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored35 (2.5 per match)
Attendance92,000 (6,571 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Marco Ureña
El Salvador Rafael Burgos
(3 goals each)
2009
2013

Participating nations

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All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

Venue

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All matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City.

Panama City
Estadio Rommel Fernández
Capacity: 32,000
 

Squads

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Group stage

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Tiebreakers[3]
  1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams.
  2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
  3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
  4. Greater goal difference in all group matches.
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times are in local, Pamana Time (UTC−05:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semifinals
Teams that advanced to the fifth place match

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Panama 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9
  El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
  Nicaragua 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
  Belize 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
El Salvador  2–0  Nicaragua
Alas   70'
Burgos   75'
Report
Panama  2–0  Belize
Aguilar   22'
Brown   28'
Report

Belize  2–5  El Salvador
Smith   45+1' (pen.)
O. Jiménez   76'
Report Romero   15'
Burgos   24', 46'
Alas   54'
Umanzor   59'
Panama  2–0  Nicaragua
Cooper   15'
Rentería   80'
Report

Nicaragua  1–1  Belize
Espinoza   10' (pen.) Report D. Jiménez   81'
Panama  2–0  El Salvador
Aguilar   25'
Cooper   79'
Report

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Honduras 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
  Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
  Guatemala 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Costa Rica  1–1  Honduras
V. Núñez   42' Report R. Núñez   90+1'

Guatemala  0–2  Costa Rica
Report Ureña   47', 82'

Honduras  3–1  Guatemala
Núñez   13'
Claros   42', 89'
Report Ramírez   24'

Final stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Honduras2
 
 
 
  El Salvador0
 
  Honduras2
 
 
 
  Costa Rica1
 
  Panama1 (2)
 
 
  Costa Rica (pen)1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  El Salvador0 (4)
 
 
  Panama (pen)0 (5)
 
Fifth place
 
  
 
 
 
 
  Nicaragua1
 
 
  Guatemala2
 

Note: No extra time is played.

Fifth place match

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Nicaragua  1–2  Guatemala
Rodríguez   23' Report G. Ruiz   45+1'
León   66'

Semifinals

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Honduras  2–0  El Salvador
Leverón   77'
Chávez   90+3'
Report

Panama  1–1  Costa Rica
Pérez   75' Report Borges   67'
Penalties
Pérez  
G. Torres  
Gómez  
Baloy  
2–4   Borges
  Núñez
  Ureña
  Marshall
  Miller

Third place match

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El Salvador  0–0  Panama
Report
Penalties
Alvarez  
J. Alas  
Blanco  
Portillo  
D. Alas  
4–5   Brown
  Torres
  Bonaga
  Davis
  Henríquez

Final

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Honduras  2–1  Costa Rica
W. Martínez   8'
E. Martínez   53'
Report Ureña   73'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Honduras
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Costa Rica
 
HONDURAS:
GK 23 Noel Valladares
DF 16 Mauricio Sabillón   29'   78'
DF 14 Juan Carlos García
DF 2 Osman Chávez
DF 6 Johnny Leverón   90'
MF 10 Ramón Núñez   46'
MF 8 Jorge Claros
MF 21 Mario Martínez
MF 13 Alfredo Mejía
MF 7 Emil Martínez   36'   63'
FW 15 Walter Martínez
Substitutions:
MF 3 Mariano Acevedo   46'
MF 19 Marvin Chávez   63'
DF 4 Johnny Palacios   78'   79'
Manager:
  Juan de Dios Castillo
 
COSTA RICA:
GK 23 Donny Grant
DF 19 Roy Miller
DF 4 David Myrie
DF 6 Heiner Mora
DF 20 Dennis Marshall
DF 3 Darío Delgado   51'   62'
MF 5 Celso Borges
MF 22 Allen Guevara   46'
MF 14 José Miguel Cubero   54'
FW 17 Josué Martínez   66'
FW 7 Marco Ureña   69'
Substitutions:
FW 11 César Elizondo   46'
FW 10 Randall Brenes   54'
MF 12 Cristian Gamboa   66'
Manager:
  Ricardo La Volpe


 2011 Copa
Centroamericana champions 
 
Honduras

Third title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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3 goals

  Rafael Burgos
  Marco Ureña

2 goals
1 goal

Source

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "PANAMA SERA SEDE DE LA Copa Centroamericana 2011 - UNCAF" [Panama was the host of the 2011 Copa Centroamericana] (in Spanish). FedefutGuate. February 1, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  2. ^ LaTribuna.hn – El 2 de septiembre será el sorteo Copa de Naciones Archived 2010-09-03 at the Wayback Machine – August 25, 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Reglamento Copa Centroamerica 2011
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