Football at the 1997 Central American Games
Tournament details
Host country
DatesDecember 1997
Teams7 (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 played13
Goals scored43 (3.31 per match)
← 1994
2001 →
All statistics correct as of 14 December 1997.

The games were played in San Pedro Sula, Honduras during December 1997.[1][2]

Teams

Team App. Previous best
 Belize 2nd Group stage (1994)
 Costa Rica 4th Silver medal (1990)
 El Salvador 5th Gold medal (1977)
 Guatemala 5th Gold medal (1986)
 Honduras 4th Gold medal (1990, 1994)
 Nicaragua 6th Silver medal (1973)
 Panama 3rd Gold medal (1973)

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:[citation needed]
 Honduras5–2 Nicaragua
de León
 El Salvador3–1 Nicaragua
 El Salvador1–0 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:[citation needed]
 Costa Rica4–0 Belize
Bennett
 Guatemala2–0 Belize
 Costa Rica3–1 Panama
 Panama2–1 Guatemala
 Costa Rica3–1 Guatemala
 Belize0–7 Panama

Semi-finals

 El Salvador1–2 Panama
 Costa Rica0–0 Honduras
Penalties
5–3

Third place match

 Honduras1–0 El Salvador

Final

 Costa Rica2–1 Panama
Jewisson Bennett 43' (pen)
Kervin Lacey 60'		 Report Ángel Luis Rodríguez 28'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (Mexico)
GK   Ricardo González
DF   Jervis Drummond
DF   Pablo Chinchilla
DF   Douglas Sequeira
DF   Alfredo Morales
MF   Carlos Castro Mora downward-facing red arrow 80'
MF   Ríchar Mahoney
MF   Walter Centeno
MF   Jorge León downward-facing red arrow 55'
FW   Jewisson Bennett
FW   Kervin Lacey Red card
Substitutions:
MF   Steven Bryce upward-facing green arrow 55'
DF   Wálter Cordero upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Rolando Villalobos
GK   David Marciaga Red card
DF   Oniel Vergara downward-facing red arrow 70'
DF   Dariel Gómez
DF   Jairzinho Serrano
DF   Ubaldo Guardia downward-facing red arrow 42'
MF   Ángel Luis Rodríguez
MF   Julio Medina III
MF   Mario Méndez
MF   Alberto Blanco
FW   Roberto Brown
FW   Omar Tejada downward-facing red arrow 62'
Substitutions:
GK   Omar Liguas upward-facing green arrow 42'
FW   Alfredo Anderson upward-facing green arrow 62'
DF   David Paschal upward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Gary Stempel

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

References

  1. ^ "Juegos Centroamericanos 1997 (Honduras)".
  2. ^ RadioHouse.hn – El estadio Olímpico cumple 19 años – 7 December 2016
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