Football at the 1997 Central American Games

Football at the 1997 Central American Games
Tournament details
Host country  Honduras
Dates December 1997
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up  Panama
Third place  Honduras
Fourth place  El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 43 (3.31 per match)

The games were played in San Pedro Sula, Honduras during December 1997.[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to semi-final
2  Honduras 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
3  Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 3 8 5 0
Source:

December 1997 (1997-12)
 El Salvador 3–1  Nicaragua

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Honduras 5–2  Nicaragua

December 1997 (1997-12)
 El Salvador 1–0  Honduras

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Advance to semi-final
2  Panama 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3  Guatemala 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 3
4  Belize 3 0 0 3 0 13 13 0
Source:

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Guatemala 2–0  Belize

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Costa Rica 3–1  Panama

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Panama 2–1  Guatemala

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Costa Rica 4–0  Belize

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Costa Rica 3–1  Guatemala

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Belize 0–7  Panama

Semi-finals

December 1997 (1997-12)
 El Salvador 1–2  Panama

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Costa Rica 0–0  Honduras
  Penalties  
5–3

Third Place Match

December 1997 (1997-12)
 Honduras 1–0  El Salvador

Final

14 December 1997
 Costa Rica 2–1  Panama
Jewisson Bennett  43' (pen)
Kervin Lacey  60'
Report Ángel Luis Rodríguez  28'
GK ' Ricardo González
DF ' Jervis Drummond
DF ' Pablo Chinchilla
DF ' Douglas Sequeira
DF ' Alfredo Morales
MF ' Carlos Castro Mora  80'
MF ' Ríchar Mahoney
MF ' Walter Centeno
MF ' Jorge León  55'
FW ' Jewisson Bennett
FW ' Kervin Lacey Red card
Substitutions:
MF ' Steven Bryce  55'
DF ' Wálter Cordero  80'
Manager:
Rolando Villalobos
GK ' David Marciaga Red card
DF ' Oniel Vergara  70'
DF ' Dariel Gómez
DF ' Jairzinho Serrano
DF ' Ubaldo Guardia  42'
MF ' Ángel Luis Rodríguez
MF ' Julio Medina III
MF ' Mario Méndez
MF ' Alberto Blanco
FW ' Roberto Brown
FW ' Omar Tejada  62'
Substitutions:
GK ' Omar Liguas  42'
FW ' Alfredo Anderson  62'
DF ' David Paschal  70'
Manager:
Gary Stempel

Assistant referees:
Raúl Cárdenas (El Salvador)
Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)

References

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