Football at the 2017 Central American Games

2017 Central American Games
Tournament details
Host country Nicaragua
City Managua
Dates 3 December 2017 (2017-12-03)–
17 December 2017 (2017-12-17)
Teams 7 (men's) + 7 (women's) (from 1 sub-confederation)

The football tournament at the 2017 Central American Games is scheduled to take place in December 2017.

The tournament will act as a qualifying tournament for the Central American nations for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Three teams will qualify from the men's tournament, two teams will qualify from the women's tournament.[1]

The men's tournament will be restricted to those born after 1 January 1997 and the women's tournament will have no age restrictions.[2]

Eligible teams

Teams from the following nations are eligible to take part:

Men's tournament

Group stage

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[3]

  1. Greater number of goals between teams
  2. Number of goals scored in group
  3. Goal difference in group
  4. Number of goals scored across all groups
  5. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fifth-place playoff
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 December 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07)
10:00
A1 v A2

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07)
15:00
A3 v A4

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09)
10:00
A4 v A1

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09)
15:00
A2 v A3

11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)
10:00
A3 v A1

11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)
15:00
A4 v A2

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fifth-place playoff
First match(es) will be played on 7 December 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07)
18:00
B1 v B2

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09)
18:00
B3 v B2

11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)
18:00
B1 v B3

Knockout stage

Fifth-place playoff

13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)
10:00
Group A third-placed v Group B third-placed

Semi-finals

14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)
15:00
Group A winner v Group B runner-up

14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)
18:00
Group B winner v Group A runner-up

Third-place playoff

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16)
10:00
v

Final

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16)
18:00
v

Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fifth-place playoff
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 December 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06)
10:00
A1 v A2

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06)
15:00
A3 v A4

8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)
10:00
A4 v A1

8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)
15:00
A2 v A3

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)
10:00
A3 v A1

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)
15:00
A4 v A2

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fifth-place playoff
First match(es) will be played on 6 December 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06)
18:00
B1 v B2

8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)
18:00
B3 v B2

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)
18:00
B1 v B3

Knockout stage

Fifth-place playoff

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)
10:00
Group A third-placed v Group B third-placed

Semi-finals

13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)
15:00
Group A winner v Group B runner-up

13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)
18:00
Group B winner v Group A runner-up

Third-place playoff

15 December 2017 (2017-12-15)
15:00
v

Final

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16)
15:00
v

References

  1. ↑ "SISTEMAS DE CLASIFICACIÓN" (pdf). Baq2018.com. 6 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "UNCAF, FENIFUT y COL de los Juegos Centroamericanos Managua 2017 tuvieron primer acercamiento - Uncaf". uncafut.com (in Spanish). 23 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Manual Técnico - Futbol" (pdf) (in Spanish). 2 February 2017.
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