Football at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games football tournament

Tournament details
City	Veracruz, Mexico
Dates	17 November 2014 (2014-11-17)– 28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)[1]
Teams	8 (men's) + 8 (women's) (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (men's)  Mexico (women's)
Runners-up	Venezuela (men's)  Colombia (women's)
Third place	Cuba (men's)  Costa Rica (women's)
Fourth place	Honduras (men's)  Venezuela (women's)

The 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games football tournament is scheduled to be the 20th edition of the competition at the 21st edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games. It will be the first CAC Games football competition to take since 2006 due to the cancellation of the 2010 edition.

Although the competition is considered to be an under-21 age group competition, up to three players born before 1 January 1993 may be named in the squad.^[2] Each participating national football association will select a final squad of 20 players.^[2]

The women's tournament was won by Mexico over Colombia.

The men's tournament was won by Mexico as well, over Venezuela. This is the 6th gold medal in this competition for the Mexican side. The last time they accomplished the gold medal was over 20 years ago. ^[3]

Men's event

Squads

Participants

Team	Football Association	National Olympic Association	Qualification method
Mexico	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol	Comité Olímpico Mexicano	Competition host
Honduras	Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras	Comité Olímpico Hondureño	Winner of the 2013 Central American Games competition
Costa Rica	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica	Runner-up of the 2013 Central American Games competition
El Salvador	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol	Comité Olímpico de El Salvador	Third-place of the 2013 Central American Games competition
Cuba	Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba	Cuban Olympic Committee	Semi-finalist at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Jamaica	Jamaica Football Federation	Jamaica Olympic Association	Quarter-finalist at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Haiti	Fédération Haïtienne de Football	Comité Olympique Haïtien	Invited (replaced Colombia)
Venezuela	Federación Venezolana de Fútbol	Comité Olímpico Venezolano	Invited

Venues

Veracruz	Veracruz
Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente	Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez
19°09′51″N 96°07′30″W / 19.164222°N 96.125017°W / 19.164222; -96.125017	19°09′44″N 96°06′52″W / 19.162316°N 96.114581°W / 19.162316; -96.114581

Group stage

Each team will play one game against each of the teams in their group in a round-robin format. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one for a tie and no points for a loss.

Teams that finish in 1st and 2nd position will advance to the semi-final round.

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

• 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
• 2. Goal difference in all group matches
• 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

The group stage draw was conducted on 9 October 2014.^[4]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Honduras	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	6
El Salvador	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Venezuela	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Cuba	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
Haiti	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	26 November – Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
	Mexico (pen.)	1 (7)
	Cuba	1 (6)
					28 November – Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
					Mexico	4
					Venezuela	1
					Bronze medal match
	26 November – Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente			28 November – Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez
	Venezuela	1		Cuba	3
	Honduras	0			Honduras	1

Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal Match

Gold Medal Match

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Eddie Hernández

3 goals

Erick Torres Padilla

Martín Zuñiga

Andrés Ponce

2 goals

Nerin St. Vil

Hedgardo Marin

Jose Ortiz

1 goal

Erick Cabalceta Jhamir Ordain Francisco Rodríguez Adrian Diz Pe Maykel Kelreyes Yordan Santa Cruz

Deybi Flores Kevin López Cardel Benbow Chevone Marsh Wilson Paul José Peña

Jonathan Espericueta Raúl López Angel Saldivar Armando Zamorano Jhon Murillo Adalberto Peñaranda

Own goal

• William Alban Fernandez (playing against Cuba)

Women's event

Squads

Group stage

Each team will play one game against each of the teams in their group in a round-robin format. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one for a tie and no points for a loss.

Teams that finish in 1st and 2nd position will advance to the semi-final round.

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

• 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
• 2. Goal difference in all group matches
• 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

The group stage draw was conducted on 9 October 2014.^[4]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
Mexico	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
Haiti	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
Venezuela	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

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Knockout phase

	Semi-Finals				Final
	25 November - Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez
	Colombia	1
	Venezuela	0
					27 November - Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
					Colombia	0
					Mexico	2
					Third-place
	25 November - Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez			27 November - Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez
	Costa Rica	0		Venezuela	2
	Mexico	1			Costa Rica	3

Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal Match

Gold Medal Match

Goalscorers

5 goals

Charlyn Corral

4 goals

Katerin Castro Karla Gabriela Villalobos

Gabriela Garcia

2 goals

Alexyar Cañas

Betzaida Ubri

1 goals

Mildrey Carolina Pireda Orianica Velásquez Katherine Nataly Arias Diana Carolina Ospina Ingrid Julieth Vidal Hazleydi Yorely Katherine Maria Alvarado María Fernanda Barrantes

Cristin Yorleny Granados Yesmi Rodríguez Carol Sánchez Carolina Paola Venegas Glorina Jesus Villalobos Yaqueisi Alexandra Núñez Denny Vargas Roselord Borgella

Maribel Domínguez Christian Carolina Jaramilo Sandra Stephany Mayor Ninoska Quintana Patrice Campbell Leury Basanta Lourdes Moreno Marcano Tahicelis

Own goal

Denny Vargas (playing against Venezuela)

Iyesha Ollveirre (playing against Colombia)

References

Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games Havana 1930 San Salvador 1935 Panama City 1938 Barranquilla 1946 Guatemala City 1950 Mexico City 1954 Caracas 1959 Kingston 1962 San Juan 1966 Panama City 1970 Saint Domingo 1974 Medellín 1978 Havana 1982 Santiago de los Caballeros 1986 Mexico City 1990 Ponce 1993 Maracaibo 1998 San Salvador 2002 Cartagena 2006 Mayagüez 2010 Veracruz 2014

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External links

• Central America and Caribbean Games Women's Football 2014 on Women's Soccer United
• Mexico win Central America & Caribbean Games 2014