UNCAF Nations Cup 2001

UNCAF Nations Cup 2003
Number of nations	7th
Central American champions	Guatemala (1st title)
venue	Honduras
Opening game	May 23, 2001
Endgame	June 5, 2001
Games	15th
Gates	54  (⌀: 3.6 per game)

The 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup took place in Honduras from May 23 to June 3, 2017 . The games took place in the cities of Tegucigalpa , San Pedro Sula , La Ceiba and Puerto Cortés . The winner was Guatemala for the first time .

Attendees

Participants in the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup were the seven members of the Central American Football Association.

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	El Salvador	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
2.	Panama	3	2	0	1	009: 300	+6	06th
3.	Honduras	3	1	1	1	012: 500	+7	04th
4th	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	002:190	−17	00

May 23, 2001
El Salvador	-	Nicaragua	3-0
Honduras	-	Panama	1: 2
May 25, 2001
El Salvador	-	Panama	2: 1
Honduras	-	Nicaragua	10: 2
May 27, 2001
Panama	-	Nicaragua	6-0
Honduras	-	El Salvador	1: 1

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	005: 100	+4	04th
2.	Guatemala	2	0	2	0	004: 400	± 0	02
3.	Belize	2	0	1	1	003: 700	−4	01

May 23, 2001
Costa Rica	-	Belize	4-0
May 25, 2001
Guatemala	-	Belize	3: 3
May 27, 2001
Costa Rica	-	Guatemala	1: 1

Final round

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Guatemala	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
3.	El Salvador	3	0	3	0	002: 200	± 0	03
4th	Panama	3	0	1	2	003: 600	−3	01

May 30, 2001
El Salvador	-	Guatemala	0-0
Costa Rica	-	Panama	2: 1
June 1, 2001
El Salvador	-	Panama	1: 1
Costa Rica	-	Guatemala	0: 2
June 3, 2001
El Salvador	-	Costa Rica	1: 1
Panama	-	Guatemala	1: 3

Qualification for the Gold Cup

The UNCAF Nations Cup 2001 also served as qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2002 . The first three teams qualified directly, the fourth-placed played two play-off games against the fourth-placed of the Caribbean Cup 2001 . There Panama failed against the Caribbean representative Cuba . The first leg was played on July 29 and the second leg on August 5, 2001.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Panama	0: 1	Cuba	0-0	0: 1

Web links

• Tournament progress on rsssf.com