2011 Copa Centroamericana

2011 Copa Centroamericana

2011 Copa Centroamericana logo
Tournament details
Host country Panama
Dates January 14–23
Teams 7 (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 played 14
Goals scored 35 (2.5 per match)
Attendance 92,000 (6,571 per match)
Top scorer(s) Costa Rica Marco Ureña
El Salvador Rafael Burgos
(3 goals each)

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]

Participating nations

All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

Venue

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

Panama City
Estadio Rommel Fernández
Capacity: 32,000

Squads

Group stage

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Panama 330060+69
 El Salvador 320174+36
 Nicaragua 301215−41
 Belize 301238−51

14 January 2011
17:00
El Salvador  2–0  Nicaragua
Alas  70'
Burgos  75'		 Report

14 January 2011
21:00
Panama  2–0  Belize
Aguilar  22'
Brown  28'		 Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

16 January 2011
15:00
Belize  2–5  El Salvador
Smith  45+1' (pen.)
O. Jiménez  76'		 Report Romero  15'
Burgos  24', 46'
Alas  54'
Umanzor  59'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)

16 January 2011
19:00
Panama  2–0  Nicaragua
Cooper  15'
Rentería  80'		 Report

18 January 2011
17:00
Nicaragua  1–1  Belize
Espinoza  10' (pen.) Report D. Jiménez  81'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)

18 January 2011
21:00
Panama  2–0  El Salvador
Aguilar  25'
Cooper  79'		 Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 211042+24
 Costa Rica 211031+24
 Guatemala 200215−40

14 January 2011
19:00
Costa Rica  1–1  Honduras
V. Núñez  42' Report R. Núñez  90+1'

16 January 2011
17:00
Guatemala  0–2  Costa Rica
Report Ureña  47', 82'

18 January 2011
19:00
Honduras  3–1  Guatemala
Núñez  13'
Claros  42', 89'		 Report Ramírez  24'

Final stage

Semi-finals Final
  Honduras  2  
  El Salvador  0  
 
      Honduras  2
    Costa Rica  1
Third place
  Panama  1 (2)   El Salvador  0 (4)
  Costa Rica (pen)  1 (4)     Panama (pen)  0 (5)
Fifth place
   
  Nicaragua  1
  Guatemala  2

Note: No extra time is played.

Fifth place match

21 January 2011
16:00
Nicaragua  1–2  Guatemala
Rodríguez  23' Report G. Ruiz  45+1'
León  66'

Semifinals

21 January 2011
18:30
Honduras  2–0  El Salvador
Leverón  77'
Chávez  90+3'		 Report

Third place match

23 January 2011
15:30
El Salvador  0–0  Panama
Report
  Penalties  
Alvarez
J. Alas
Blanco
Portillo
D. Alas 		4–5 Brown
Torres
Bonaga
Davis
Henríquez
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Benigno Pineda (Honduras)

Final

23 January 2011
18:00
Honduras  2–1  Costa Rica
W. Martínez  8'
E. Martínez  53'		 Report Ureña  73'
Honduras
Costa Rica
Honduras
HONDURAS:
GK 23 Noel Valladares
DF 16 Mauricio Sabillón YC 29'  78'
DF 14 Juan Carlos García
DF 2 Osman Chávez
DF 6 Johnny Leverón YC 90'
MF 10 Ramón Núñez  46'
MF 8 Jorge Claros
MF 21 Mario Martínez
MF 13 Alfredo Mejía
MF 7 Emil Martínez YC 36'  63'
FW 15 Walter Martínez
Substitutions:
MF 3 Mariano Acevedo  46'
MF 19 Marvin Chávez  63'
DF 4 Johnny Palacios  78' YC 79'
Manager:
Mexico Juan de Dios Castillo
Costa Rica
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 Yellow cardRed card 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 YC 69'
Substitutions:
FW 11 César Elizondo  46'
FW 10 Randall Brenes  54'
MF 12 Cristian Gamboa  66'
Manager:
Argentina Ricardo La Volpe
 2011 Copa
Centroamericana Champions 

Honduras
Third title

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals

El Salvador Rafael Burgos
Costa Rica Marco Ureña

2 goals
1 goal

Source

Awards

References

  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 – August 25, 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Reglamento Copa Centroamerica 2011
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