Copa Centroamericana 2017
Copa Centroamericana 2017 | |
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Central American Cup 2017 | |
Number of nations | 6th |
Central American champions | Honduras (4th title) |
venue | Panama |
Opening game | January 13, 2017 |
Endgame | 22nd January 2017 |
Games | 15th |
Gates | 27 (⌀: 1.8 per game) |
Top scorer | Eddie Hernández with 3 goals |
Best player | Jorge Claros |
The Copa Centroamericana 2017 ( English Central American Cup 2017 ) was the 14th game of the Central American Football Championship and took place in Panama from January 13th to 22nd, 2017 . Since Guatemala was suspended by FIFA and was therefore not allowed to take part in international competitions, the tournament was, in contrast to previous years, played as a round-robin tournament with six participants. All games took place at the Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City .
The winner was Honduras for the fourth time .
Attendees
With the exception of Guatemala, which was suspended by FIFA, all members of the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF) took part in the Copa Centroamericana 2017 :
Results
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Honduras | 5 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 7: 3 | +4 | 13 |
2. | Panama | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4: 2 | +2 | 10 |
3. | El Salvador | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5: 4 | +1 | 7th |
4th | Costa Rica | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4: 2 | +2 | 6th |
5. | Nicaragua | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5: 6 | −1 | 4th |
6th | Belize | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4th | 2:10 | −8 | 1 |
January 13, 2017 | |||
Honduras | - | Nicaragua | 2: 1 |
Costa Rica | - | El Salvador | 0-0 |
Panama | - | Belize | 0-0 |
15th January 2017 | |||
Belize | - | Costa Rica | 0: 3 |
El Salvador | - | Honduras | 1: 2 |
Panama | - | Nicaragua | 2: 1 |
17th January 2017 | |||
El Salvador | - | Belize | 3: 1 |
Costa Rica | - | Nicaragua | 0-0 |
Panama | - | Honduras | 0: 1 |
20th January 2017 | |||
Nicaragua | - | Belize | 3: 1 |
Honduras | - | Costa Rica | 1: 1 |
Panama | - | El Salvador | 1-0 |
22nd January 2017 | |||
Belize | - | Honduras | 0: 1 |
El Salvador | - | Nicaragua | 1-0 |
Panama | - | Costa Rica | 1-0 |
Qualification for the Gold Cup
The Copa Centroamericana 2017 also served as qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 . The first four teams qualified directly, the fifth-placed played two play-off games against the fifth-placed from qualifying for the 2017 Caribbean Championship . There Nicaragua prevailed against the Caribbean representative Haiti . The first leg was played on March 24 and the second leg on March 28, 2017.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Haiti | 3: 4 | Nicaragua | 3: 1 | 0: 3 |
Web links
- Schedule and results (English) on concacaf.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guatemala le dice adiós a Copa Centroamericana y Copa Oro (Spanish) on lared.com.gt, December 9, 2016, accessed July 18, 2017
- ↑ Copa Centroamericana y su nuevo formato para el 2017 (Spanish) on diez.hn, accessed on July 18, 2017