Central American Football Championship

Central American Football Championship
abbreviation	Copa Centroamericana
Association	UNCAF
First edition	1991
Teams	7th
Game mode	Round tournament (2 groups) / knockout system from HF or league format
Title holder	Honduras
Record winner	Costa Rica (8 wins)
Website	Copa CA on uncaf.net
Qualification for	CONCACAF Gold Cup

The Central American Football Championship ( Spanish Copa Centroamericana , English Central American Cup ) is a football competition for the national teams of Central America that was held for the first time in 1991 and takes place every two years. Until 2009 the tournament was called the UNCAF Nations Cup.

The seven members of the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF), a sub-organization of CONCACAF, are entitled to start . The tournament regularly serves to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The competition is played in tournament form in two groups of three and four teams in each country. The first two of the group are qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup and then play in the knockout system for the title of Central American champion. The two thirds in the group contest a play-off for fifth place on the grid for Central America at the Gold Cup.

The most successful team so far is Costa Rica with eight tournament wins.

First time participant

Below are all national teams that have taken part in this tournament so far.

• Fett the written team became Central American champions when they first participated.

year	First time participant
1991	Costa Rica	El Salvador	Guatemala	Honduras
1993	Nicaragua	Panama
1995	Belize
1997-running	no first-time participants

The tournaments at a glance

year	venue		final			3rd place match
			winner	Result	Finalist / 2nd place	3rd place	Result	4th Place
UNCAF Nations Cup
1991 details	Costa Rica		Costa Rica	League format	Honduras	Guatemala	League format	El Salvador
1993 details	Honduras		Honduras	League format	Costa Rica	Panama	League format	El Salvador
1995 details	El Salvador		Honduras	3-0	Guatemala	El Salvador	2: 1	Costa Rica
1997 details	Guatemala		Costa Rica	League format	Guatemala	El Salvador	League format	Honduras
1999 details	Costa Rica		Costa Rica	League format	Guatemala	Honduras	League format	El Salvador
2001 details	Honduras		Guatemala	League format	Costa Rica	El Salvador	League format	Panama
2003 details	Panama		Costa Rica	League format	Guatemala	El Salvador	League format	Honduras
2005 details	Guatemala		Costa Rica	1: 1 n.V. / 7: 6 i. E.	Honduras	Guatemala	3-0	Panama
2007 details	El Salvador		Costa Rica	1: 1 n.v. / 4: 1 i. E.	Panama	Guatemala	1-0	El Salvador
2009 details	Honduras		Panama	0: 0 n.v. / 5: 3 p. E.	Costa Rica	Honduras	1-0	El Salvador
Central American Cup
2011 details	Panama		Honduras	2: 1	Costa Rica	Panama	0: 0 / 5: 4 i. E.	El Salvador
2013 details	Costa Rica		Costa Rica	1-0	Honduras	El Salvador	1-0	Belize
2014 details	United States		Costa Rica	2: 1	Guatemala	Panama	1-0	El Salvador
2017 details	Panama		Honduras	League format	Panama	El Salvador	League format	Costa Rica

Ranking list

rank	country	title	Year (s)	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	4th pl.
1	Costa Rica	8th	1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014	4th	/	2
2	Honduras	4th	1993, 1995, 2011, 2017	3	2	2
3	Guatemala	1	2001	5	3	/
4th	Panama	1	2009	2	3	2
5	El Salvador			/	6th	7th
6th	Belize			/	/	1

See also

• CCCF championship