2006 - Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
City	Cartagena, Colombia
Dates	16 July – 29 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Costa Rica
Fourth place	Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	69 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kenny Cunningham Juan Pablo Pino (5 goals)
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The association football competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games was played from 16 July to 29 July 2006. Qualification took place beforehand.

Colombia won the competition, beating Venezuela 2-1 in the Gold medal match. The tournament was made up of U-21 players.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Colombia David Ospina Pedro Tavima Daniel Briceno Jairo Suarez Braynner Garcia Harrison Moreales Jackson Martinez Dayro Moreno Armando Carrillo Sebastian Hernandez Jose Otalvaro Carlos Abella Fredy Guarin Darwin Quintero Pablo Armero Edwin Valencia Cristian Marrugo Juan Pablo Pino	Venezuela Daniel Valdes Mario Bosetti Edgar Pico Grenddy Perozo Jhon Ospina Roberto Rosales Jose Colmenares Luiryi Erazo Nicolas Fedor Tomas Rincon Ely Valderrey Tito Rojas Anderson Arias Luis Vargas Ever Espinoza Jose Granados Engelbert Perez Alejandro Guerra	Costa Rica Keylor Navas Rigo Ramirez Daniel Arce Esteban Granados Darío Delgado Bismark Acosta Windell Gabriel Kenny Cunninghan Yosimar Arias Ignacio Aguilar Ariel Rodriguez Jody Stewart Jose Chan Crisanto Esquivel Eithel Rodriguez Cesar Carrillo Daniel Cambronero

Preliminary round

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/-
1	Colombia	2	2	0	0	9	1	6	+8
2	Panama	2	1	0	1	6	2	3	+4
3	Netherlands Antilles	2	0	0	2	0	12	0	-12

July 16, 2006 (2006-07-16)

Colombia	7 - 0	Netherlands Antilles
Martínez 12' Guarín 18' (pen.) Moreno 56' Quintero 76', 84' Pino 81' Otálvaro 90'	Report

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena, Colombia

Referee: Rodolfo Sidrian

July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)

Netherlands Antilles	0 - 5	Panama
	Report	Aguilar 16' Sumter 40' (o.g.) Brown 59' Torres 65' Buitrago 80'

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena, Colombia

July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20)

Colombia	2 - 1	Panama
Pino 8', 79'	Report	Castillo 39'

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena, Colombia

Referee: José Pineda

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/-
1	Venezuela	2	2	0	0	3	1	6	+2
2	Mexico	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	0
3	Cuba	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	-2

July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15)

Cuba	0 - 1	Mexico
	Report	Valadéz 1'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia

July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)

Cuba	1 - 2	Venezuela
	[Report]

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia

July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)

Venezuela	1 - 0	Mexico
Ospina 30'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/-
1	Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	4	2	6	+2
2	Jamaica	2	1	0	1	3	3	3	0
3	Haiti	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	-2

July 16, 2006 (2006-07-16)

Haiti	1 - 2	Jamaica
	[Report]

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)

Costa Rica	2 - 1	Haiti
Cunningham 87', 90+6'	Report	Vubert 47' (pen.)

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20)

Costa Rica	2 - 1	Jamaica
Cunningham 44' Aguilar 87'	Report	West 45+1'

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

Group D

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/-
1	Honduras	2	2	0	0	8	4	6	+4
2	El Salvador	2	1	0	1	8	5	3	+3
3	Barbados	2	0	0	2	2	9	0	-7

July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15)

Barbados	0 - 6	El Salvador
	[Report]

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia

July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)

Barbados	2 - 3	Honduras
	[Report]

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia

July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)

El Salvador	2 - 5	Honduras
Esnal 45' (pen.), 57'	Report	Arbizú 4', 26' Castillo 14', 26', 78'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia

Final round

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	July 22 - Barranquilla
	Venezuela	2
					July 26 - Cartagena
	El Salvador	1
					Costa Rica	0 (0)
	July 23 - Cartagena
					Venezuela	0 (3)
	Costa Rica	3
									July 29 - Cartagena
	Panama	1
									Colombia	2
	July 22 - Barranquilla
									Venezuela	1
	Honduras	3
					July 26 - Cartagena
	Mexico	1
					Colombia	1
	July 23 - Cartagena
					Honduras	0			Third place
	Colombia	6
									July 29 - Cartagena
	Jamaica	0
									Honduras	0
									Costa Rica	1

Quarterfinals

July 22, 2006 (2006-07-22)

El Salvador	1 - 2	Venezuela
	[Report]

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia

July 22, 2006 (2006-07-22)

Honduras	3 - 1	Mexico
Rodas 20' Morales 25' Castillo 56'	Report	Moreno 4'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia

July 23, 2006 (2006-07-23)

Colombia	6 - 0	Jamaica
Pino 15' Koo-Boothe 38' (o.g.) Quintero 60' Guarín 67' (pen.) Moreno 82', 84'	Report

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

Referee: Manuel Glower

July 23, 2006 (2006-07-23)

Costa Rica	3 - 1	Panama
Arias 15' Cunningham 35' Ramírez 90+1'	Report	Torres 23'

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

Semifinals

July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26)

Costa Rica	0 - 0	Venezuela
	Report
Penalties
Carrillo Stewart Rodríguez	0 - 3	Vargas Ospina Rincón Bosetti

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26)

Colombia	1 - 0	Honduras
Moreno 57'	Report

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

Third Place

July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29)

Costa Rica	1 - 0	Honduras
Cunningham 19' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

Final

July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29)

Colombia	2 - 1	Venezuela
Pino 40' Briceño 49'	Report	Martínez 14' (o.g.)

Estadio Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena, Colombia

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian

2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Colombia 2nd title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

3 own goals