Football at the 2001 Central American Games

2001 - Men's Football at the Central Games
Fútbol Masculino en los Juegos Centroamericanos 2001 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
CityGuatemala City
Dates22 November – 2 December 2001
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Guatemala (2nd title)
Runners-up Honduras
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored41 (2.73 per match)
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International football competition

The Men's Association football competition at the 2001 Central American Games took place from 22 November to 2 December at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. This was the seventh Football edition since 1973.

Teams

Team App. Previous best
 Belize 3rd Group stage (1994, 1997)
 Belize (Women's) 1st —
 Costa Rica 5th Gold medal (1997)
 Costa Rica (Women's) 1st —
 El Salvador 6th Gold medal (1977)
 El Salvador (Women's) 1st —
 Guatemala 6th Gold medal (1986)
 Guatemala (Women's) 1st —
 Honduras 5th Gold medal (1990, 1994)
 Honduras (Women's) 1st —
 Nicaragua 7th Silver medal (1973)
 Nicaragua (Women's) 1st —
 Panama 4th Gold medal (1973)

Venue

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
14°37′32.75″N 90°30′37.76″W / 14.6257639°N 90.5104889°W / 14.6257639; -90.5104889
Capacity: 30,000

Men's tournament

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualified to the Final group
2  Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3
3  El Salvador 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
El Salvador  v  Panama
22 November 2001 Round 1 El Salvador  0 – 2  Panama Guatemala City, Guatemala
Hansell 64'
Garcés 80'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Costa Rica  v  Panama
24 November 2001 Round 2 Costa Rica  0 – 1  Panama Guatemala City, Guatemala
Hansell 42' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Costa Rica  v  El Salvador
26 November 2001 Round 3 Costa Rica  3 – 0  El Salvador Guatemala City, Guatemala
Scott 7'
Granados 45'
Vallejos 76'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 Qualified to the Final group
2  Honduras 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
3  Nicaragua 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4  Belize 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guatemala  v  Belize
22 November 2001 Round 1 Guatemala  4 – 0  Belize Guatemala City, Guatemala
Thompson 9'
Preigo 16' 19'
Ligorria 26'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Honduras  v  Nicaragua
22 November 2001 Round 1 Honduras  2 – 0  Nicaragua Guatemala City, Guatemala
Chamorro 48'
Zelaya 90'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala  v  Honduras
24 November 2001 Round 2 Guatemala  1 – 1  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
Mejía 56' Laing 4' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Belize  v  Nicaragua
24 November 2001 Round 2 Belize  2 – 3  Nicaragua Guatemala City, Guatemala
unknown ?'
unknown ?'
unknown ?'		 Calero 2'
Webster ?'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala  v  Nicaragua
26 November 2001 Round 3 Guatemala  4 – 2  Nicaragua Guatemala City, Guatemala
Murga 10'
Enríquez 46'
Priego 76' 90'		 Webster 44' 55' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Belize  v  Honduras
26 November 2001 Round 3 Belize  1 – 2  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
Lyons ?' Figueroa ?'
Bertrand ?'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Final Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  Guatemala 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Gold medal
2  Honduras 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Silver medal
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Bronze medal
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guatemala  v  Costa Rica
28 November 2001 Round 1 Guatemala  2 – 0  Costa Rica Guatemala City, Guatemala
Leonardo 12'
Priego 80'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Honduras  v  Panama
28 November 2001 Round 1 Honduras  2 – 1  Panama Guatemala City, Guatemala
Zelaya 53' 89' Pérez 37' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Costa Rica  v  Honduras
30 November 2001 Round 2 Costa Rica  1 – 2  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
Scott 8' Figueroa 21' (pen.)
Zelaya 69'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala  v  Panama
30 November 2001 Round 2 Guatemala  1 – 0  Panama Guatemala City, Guatemala
Albizuris 20' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala  v  Honduras
2 December 2001 Round 3 Guatemala  1 – 0  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
Priego 60' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Costa Rica  v  Panama
2 December 2001 Round 3 Costa Rica  2 – 1  Panama Guatemala City, Guatemala
Araya 33'
Scott 57' (pen.)		 Garcés 68' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Women's tournament

The women's football competition at the 2001 Central American Games was divided into two groups of three teams, advancing the top-2 to the semifinals. Unlike the men's tournament that only accepted U-21 players, the women's used their senior squads.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala 2 2 0 0 16 1 +15 6 Qualified to the Semifinals
2  El Salvador 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3
3  Belize 2 0 0 2 0 18 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guatemala  v  El Salvador
23 November 2001 Round 1 Guatemala  4 – 1  El Salvador Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guerra 43'
Pérez 50'
Rossell 79'
Urizar 79'		 Guevara 60' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala  v  Belize
25 November 2001 Round 2 Guatemala  12 – 0  Belize Guatemala City, Guatemala
Urizar 14' 88'
Rossell 24'
Vargas 30'
Pérez 43'
Cuellar 66' 68'
Carrillo 70' 81' 84'
Suriano 75'
Ruano 87'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Belize  v  El Salvador
27 November 2001 Round 3 Belize  0 – 6  El Salvador Guatemala City, Guatemala
Navarro 16' (pen.)
Guevara 20' 31'
Rodríguez 28'
Castillo 42' 89'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 11 1 +10 6 Qualified to the Semifinals
2  Honduras 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3  Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Costa Rica  v  Nicaragua
23 November 2001 Round 1 Costa Rica  6 – 1  Nicaragua Guatemala City, Guatemala
Rodríguez 8'
Zúniga 30'
Alvarez 39' 77'
Castro 59'
Montoya 87'		 Maradiaga 10' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Nicaragua  v  Honduras
25 November 2001 Round 2 Nicaragua  0 – 4  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
Tejada 63' 72' 77'
Hernández 88'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Costa Rica  v  Honduras
27 November 2001 Round 3 Costa Rica  5 – 0  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
Barrantes 4'
Alvarez 9' 15' 35'
Briceño 78'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Semifinals

Guatemala  v  Honduras
29 November 2001 Semifinal 1 Guatemala  1 – 1
(2 – 3 p)		  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
Pérez 40' Tejada 38' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Costa Rica  v  El Salvador
29 November 2001 Semifinal 2 Costa Rica  3 – 1  El Salvador Guatemala City, Guatemala
Castro 4' 49'
Guevara 42'		 Barrantes 89' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Third place

Guatemala  v  El Salvador
29 November 2001 Third place Guatemala  4 – 0  El Salvador Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cuellar 32'
Pérez 43'
Carrillo 51'
Rossell 53'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Final

Costa Rica  v  Honduras
1 December 2001 Final Costa Rica  4 – 1  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
Alvarez 13'
Barrantes 20'
Castro 25'
Barrantes 49'		 Hernández 1' Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Medals

Country Medal
 Costa Rica Gold
 Honduras Silver
 Guatemala Bronze

External links

  • RSSSF.com – Juegos Centroamericanos 2001 (Guatemala)
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