2011 Copa Centroamericana

2011 Copa Centroamericana

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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)	Marco Ureña Rafael Burgos (3 goals each)
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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:

•  Belize
•  Costa Rica
•  El Salvador
•  Guatemala
•  Honduras
•  Nicaragua
•  Panama

Venue

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

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	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
El Salvador	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Nicaragua	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
Belize	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Guatemala	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

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Final stage

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

	Fifth place
	Nicaragua	1
	Guatemala	2

Note: No extra time is played.

Fifth place match

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Honduras

Costa Rica

HONDURAS: GK 23 Noel Valladares DF 16 Mauricio Sabillón  29'  78' DF 14 Juan Carlos García DF 2 Osman Chávez DF 6 Johnny Leverón  90' MF 10 Ramón Núñez  46' MF 8 Jorge Claros MF 21 Mario Martínez MF 13 Alfredo Mejía MF 7 Emil Martínez  36'  63' FW 15 Walter Martínez Substitutions: MF 3 Mariano Acevedo  46' MF 19 Marvin Chávez  63' DF 4 Johnny Palacios  78'  79' Manager: Juan de Dios Castillo

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  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  69' Substitutions: FW 11 César Elizondo  46' FW 10 Randall Brenes  54' MF 12 Cristian Gamboa  66' Manager: Ricardo La Volpe

2011 Copa Centroamericana champions
Honduras Third title

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals

Rafael Burgos
Marco Ureña

2 goals

1 goal

Source

Awards

• Golden Ball: Ramón Núñez (Honduras)
• Golden Boot: Rafael Burgos (El Salvador) & Marco Ureña (Costa Rica)

References

External links

• (in Spanish) 2011 Copa Centroamericana