Copa Centroamericana

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Copa Centroamericana
The current Copa Centroamericana official logo, in use since 2011
Founded	1991
Region	Central America (UNCAF)
Number of teams	7
Current champions	Costa Rica (7th time)
Most successful team(s)	Costa Rica (7 titles)
Website	Official website
2013 Copa Centroamericana

The Copa Centroamericana (Spanish for "Central American Cup") is the main association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF), the sport's Central American governing body. Held every two years since 1991, in the years before and after the FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UNCAF Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 2011.

The tournament consists of two stages. In the group round of the tournament finals, the seven teams competed in two round-robin groups, one of four teams and the other of three, for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These four teams advanced to the semifinal stage of the final round, where the winners advance into the final while the losers dispute a third-place match. The fifth-place match is disputed between the third-ranked teams of the group stage. The top five teams of the tournament would go on to participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The 12 Central American Championship tournaments have been won by four different national teams: Costa Rica are the most successful national team of the competition with seven victories. Honduras have won three titles. Guatemala and Panama have won one title each. To date, Costa Rica and Honduras are the only sides in history to have won consecutive titles, with the former winning an unprecedented three titles in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

The most recent championship, hosted by Costa Rica, was won by the host nation who beat Honduras 1–0 at the final in San José. The next Central American Championship will be hosted in the United States.^[1]

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1991	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	^[A]	Honduras	Guatemala	^[A]	El Salvador
1993	Honduras	Honduras	^[B]	Costa Rica	Panama	^[B]	El Salvador
1995	El Salvador	Honduras	3 – 0	Guatemala	El Salvador	2 – 1	Costa Rica
1997	Guatemala	Costa Rica	^[C]	Guatemala	El Salvador	^[C]	Honduras
1999	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	^[D]	Guatemala	Honduras	^[D]	El Salvador
2001	Honduras	Guatemala	^[E]	Costa Rica	El Salvador	^[E]	Panama
2003	Panama	Costa Rica	^[F]	Guatemala	El Salvador	^[F]	Honduras
2005	Guatemala	Costa Rica	1 – 1 7–6 pens	Honduras	Guatemala	3 – 0	Panama
2007	El Salvador	Costa Rica	1 – 1 4–1 pens	Panama	Guatemala	1 – 0	El Salvador
2009	Honduras	Panama	0 – 0 5–3 pens	Costa Rica	Honduras	1 – 0	El Salvador
2011	Panama	Honduras	2 – 1	Costa Rica	Panama	0 – 0 5–4 pens	El Salvador
2013	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1 – 0	Honduras	El Salvador	1 – 0	Belize
2014	United States	WS1 vs WS2			LS1 vs LS2

Key:
- pens – after penalty shootout

Top four appearances by team

Team	Titles	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Costa Rica	7 (1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013*)	4 (1993, 2001, 2009, 2011)	—	1 (1995)
Honduras	3 (1993*, 1995, 2011)	3 (1991, 2005, 2013)	2 (1999, 2009)	2 (1997, 2003)
Guatemala	1 (2001)	4 (1995, 1997*, 1999, 2003)	3 (3 (1991, 2005, 2007)	—
Panama	1 (2009)	1 (2007)	2 (1993, 2011*)	2 (2001, 2005)
El Salvador	—	—	5 (1995*, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2013)	6 (1991, 1993, 1999, 2007*, 2009, 2011)
Belize	—	—	—	1 (2013)
Nicaragua	—	—	—	—

*=hosts

Historic

From 1991–2013

Last updated January 27, 2013

Pos.	Team	P	W	T	L	F	A	D
1	Costa Rica	53	33	12	8	98	31	+67
2	Honduras	51	28	11	12	98	43	+55
3	Guatemala	47	20	14	13	56	44	+12
4	El Salvador	54	18	13	23	53	65	–12
5	Panama	42	14	11	17	40	46	–6
6	Nicaragua	34	4	4	26	24	97	–73
7	Belize	25	1	5	19	17	59	–42

References

↑ "La próxima Copa Centroamericana será en Estados Unidos". José Alberto Montenegro. Radio Monumental. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

External links

RSSSF archive

Copa Centroamericana

Formerly known as UNCAF Nations Cup

Seasons

UNCAF Nations Cup	Costa Rica 1991 Honduras 1993 El Salvador 1995 Guatemala 1997 Costa Rica 1999 Honduras 2001 Panama 2003 Guatemala 2005 El Salvador 2007 Honduras 2009

Copa Centroamericana	Panama 2011 Costa Rica 2013 United States 2014

Squads

Football tournaments in North America, Central America & the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

CONCACAF era

Current	CONCACAF Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17 Regional Central America Caribbean Multi-sport events Pan-American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Pan American Championship

Defunct	CONCACAF Championship North American Nations Cup CFU Championship

pre-CONCACAF

Defunct	NAFC (NAFC Championship) CCCF (CCCF Championship CCCF Youth Championship)

v t e International association football

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-22 U-19 U-16 U-14

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games East Asian Games Francophonie Games IOIG Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also International women's football

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