Copa Centroamericana 2011

Copa Centroamericana 2011 2011
Central American Cup 2011
Number of nations	7  (from 7 applicants)
Central American champions	Honduras (3rd title)
venue	Panama
Opening game	January 14th
Endgame	January 23
Games	14th
Gates	35  (⌀: 2.5 per game)
spectator	92,000  (⌀: 6,571 per game)
Top scorer	Rafael Burgos Marco Ureña (3 goals)
Best player	Rámon Núñez

The Copa Centroamericana 2011 (Central American Cup 2011) was the 11th edition of the football competition for Central American national teams of the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol , the Central American Football Association. The tournament, which for the first time was no longer held under the title “UNCAF Nations Cup”, took place in January 2011 in Panama .

Honduras defeated Costa Rica 2-1 in the final and became Central American champions for the third time.
In addition to the finalists, Panama, El Salvador and Guatemala also qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 .

Attendees

Participants in the Copa Centroamericana 2011 were the seven members of the Central American Football Association.

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

Venues

All games will be played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City . The stadium, which belongs to the Panamanian Football Association, has a capacity of 32,000 spectators.

Preliminary round

Group A

team	Games	S.	U	N	T +	T-	TD	Points
Panama	3	3	0	0	6th	0	+6	9
El Salvador	3	2	0	1	7th	4th	+3	6th
Nicaragua	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
Belize	3	0	1	2	3	8th	−5	1

January 14, 2011	El Salvador	2-0	Nicaragua	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Walter Quesada ( Costa Rica )
	Alas 70 ′ Burgos 75 ′	report

January 14, 2011	Panama	2-0	Belize	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Jose Pineda ( Honduras )
	Aguilar 22 ′ Brown 28 ′	report

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

January 16, 2011	Panama	2-0	Nicaragua	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 6,000 Referee: Gualter Lopez ( Guatemala )
	Cooper 15 ′ Rentería 80 ′	report

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January 18, 2011	Nicaragua	1: 1	Belize	Panama City, Panama Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Marco Brea ( Cuba )
	Espinoza 10 ′ ( penalty kick )	report	D. Jiménez 81 ′

January 18, 2011	Panama	2-0	El Salvador	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Roberto García Orozco ( Mexico )
	Aguilar 25 ′ Cooper 79 ′	report

Group B

team	Games	S.	U	N	T +	T-	TD	Points
Honduras	2	1	1	0	4th	2	+2	4th
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4th
Guatemala	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

January 14, 2011	Costa Rica	1: 1	Honduras	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 6,000 Referee: Roberto García Orozco ( Mexico )
	V. Núñez 42 ′	report	R. Núñez 90 + 1 ′

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January 16, 2011	Guatemala	0: 2	Costa Rica	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Roberto Moreno ( Panama )
		report	Ureña 47 ′ Ureña 82 ′

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January 18, 2011	Honduras	3: 1	Guatemala	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 500 Referee: José Aguilar ( El Salvador )
	Núñez 13 ′ Claros 42 ′ Claros 89 ′	report	Ramirez 24 ′

Final round

Play for 5th place

January 21, 2011	Nicaragua	1: 2	Guatemala	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 5,000 Referee: Roberto García Orozco ( Mexico )
	Rodríguez 23 ′	report	G. Ruiz 45 + 1 ′ León 66 ′

Semifinals

January 21, 2011	Honduras	2-0	El Salvador	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 5,000 Referee: Walter Quesada ( Costa Rica )
	Leverón 77 ′ Chávez 90 + 3 ′	report

January 21, 2011	Panama	1: 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 10,000 Referee: José Aguilar ( El Salvador )
	Pérez 75 ′	report	Borges 67 ′

		penalties shoot
	Pérez G. Torres Gómez Baloy	2: 4	Borges Núñez Ureña Marshall Miller

3rd place match

January 23, 2011	El Salvador	0-0	Panama	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Benigno Pineda ( Honduras )
		report

		penalties shoot
	Alvarez J. Alas Blanco Portillo D. Alas	4: 5	Brown Torres Bonaga Davis Henríquez

final

January 23, 2011	Honduras	2: 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Rommel Fernández , Panama City Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Walter López ( Guatemala )
	W. Martínez 8 ′ E. Martínez 53 ′	report	Ureña 73 ′

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PANAMA SERA SEDE DE LA COPA CENTROAMERICANA 2011 - UNCAF ( Spanish ) FedefutGuate . February 1, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.