Football at the 2001 Central American Games

2001 - Men's Football at the Central Games
Fútbol Masculino en los Juegos Centroamericanos 2001 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
City	Guatemala City
Dates	22 November – 2 December 2001
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Guatemala (2nd title)
Runners-up	Honduras
Third place	Costa Rica
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	41 (2.73 per match)
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The Men's Association football competition at the 2001 Central American Games took place from 22 November to 2 December at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. This was the seventh Football edition since 1973.

Teams

Team	App.	Previous best
Belize	3rd	Group stage (1994, 1997)
Belize (Women's)	1st	—
Costa Rica	5th	Gold medal (1997)
Costa Rica (Women's)	1st	—
El Salvador	6th	Gold medal (1977)
El Salvador (Women's)	1st	—
Guatemala	6th	Gold medal (1986)
Guatemala (Women's)	1st	—
Honduras	5th	Gold medal (1990, 1994)
Honduras (Women's)	1st	—
Nicaragua	7th	Silver medal (1973)
Nicaragua (Women's)	1st	—
Panama	4th	Gold medal (1973)

Venue

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
14°37′32.75″N 90°30′37.76″W / 14.6257639°N 90.5104889°W / 14.6257639; -90.5104889
Capacity: 30,000

Men's tournament

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6	Qualified to the Final group
2	Costa Rica	2	1	1	3	1	+2	3	Qualified to the Final group
3	El Salvador	2	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 November 2001 Round 1	El Salvador	0 – 2	Panama	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Hansell 64' Garcés 80'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

24 November 2001 Round 2	Costa Rica	0 – 1	Panama	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Hansell 42'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

26 November 2001 Round 3	Costa Rica	3 – 0	El Salvador	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Scott 7' Granados 45' Vallejos 76'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Qualified to the Final group
2	Honduras	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified to the Final group
3	Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Belize	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 November 2001 Round 1	Guatemala	4 – 0	Belize	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Thompson 9' Preigo 16' 19' Ligorria 26'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

22 November 2001 Round 1	Honduras	2 – 0	Nicaragua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Chamorro 48' Zelaya 90'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

24 November 2001 Round 2	Guatemala	1 – 1	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Mejía 56'		Laing 4'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

24 November 2001 Round 2	Belize	2 – 3	Nicaragua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	unknown ?' unknown ?' unknown ?'		Calero 2' Webster ?'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

26 November 2001 Round 3	Guatemala	4 – 2	Nicaragua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Murga 10' Enríquez 46' Priego 76' 90'		Webster 44' 55'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

26 November 2001 Round 3	Belize	1 – 2	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Lyons ?'		Figueroa ?' Bertrand ?'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Final Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Guatemala	3	3	0	4	0	+4	9	Gold medal
2	Honduras	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6	Silver medal
3	Costa Rica	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3	Bronze medal
4	Panama	3	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 November 2001 Round 1	Guatemala	2 – 0	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Leonardo 12' Priego 80'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

28 November 2001 Round 1	Honduras	2 – 1	Panama	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Zelaya 53' 89'		Pérez 37'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

30 November 2001 Round 2	Costa Rica	1 – 2	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Scott 8'		Figueroa 21' (pen.) Zelaya 69'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

30 November 2001 Round 2	Guatemala	1 – 0	Panama	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Albizuris 20'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

2 December 2001 Round 3	Guatemala	1 – 0	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Priego 60'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

2 December 2001 Round 3	Costa Rica	2 – 1	Panama	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Araya 33' Scott 57' (pen.)		Garcés 68'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Women's tournament

The women's football competition at the 2001 Central American Games was divided into two groups of three teams, advancing the top-2 to the semifinals. Unlike the men's tournament that only accepted U-21 players, the women's used their senior squads.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala	2	2	0	16	1	+15	6	Qualified to the Semifinals
2	El Salvador	2	1	1	7	4	+3	3	Qualified to the Semifinals
3	Belize	2	0	2	0	18	−18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 November 2001 Round 1	Guatemala	4 – 1	El Salvador	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Guerra 43' Pérez 50' Rossell 79' Urizar 79'		Guevara 60'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

25 November 2001 Round 2	Guatemala	12 – 0	Belize	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Urizar 14' 88' Rossell 24' Vargas 30' Pérez 43' Cuellar 66' 68' Carrillo 70' 81' 84' Suriano 75' Ruano 87'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

27 November 2001 Round 3	Belize	0 – 6	El Salvador	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Navarro 16' (pen.) Guevara 20' 31' Rodríguez 28' Castillo 42' 89'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	2	0	11	1	+10	6	Qualified to the Semifinals
2	Honduras	2	1	1	4	5	−1	3	Qualified to the Semifinals
3	Nicaragua	2	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 November 2001 Round 1	Costa Rica	6 – 1	Nicaragua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Rodríguez 8' Zúniga 30' Alvarez 39' 77' Castro 59' Montoya 87'		Maradiaga 10'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

25 November 2001 Round 2	Nicaragua	0 – 4	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Tejada 63' 72' 77' Hernández 88'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

27 November 2001 Round 3	Costa Rica	5 – 0	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Barrantes 4' Alvarez 9' 15' 35' Briceño 78'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Semifinals

29 November 2001 Semifinal 1	Guatemala	1 – 1 (2 – 3 p)	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Pérez 40'		Tejada 38'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

29 November 2001 Semifinal 2	Costa Rica	3 – 1	El Salvador	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Castro 4' 49' Guevara 42'		Barrantes 89'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Third place

29 November 2001 Third place	Guatemala	4 – 0	El Salvador	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Cuellar 32' Pérez 43' Carrillo 51' Rossell 53'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Final

1 December 2001 Final	Costa Rica	4 – 1	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Alvarez 13' Barrantes 20' Castro 25' Barrantes 49'		Hernández 1'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores