1999 UNCAF Nations Cup

The 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup was a UNCAF Nations Cup held in San Jose, Costa Rica in March 1999. The host team won the tournament's final group. Costa Rica then qualified automatically, alongside second-placed Guatemala and third-placed Honduras for the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

1999 UNCAF Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Costa Rica
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (3rd title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	33 (2.75 per match)
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Participating teams

6 UNCAF teams participated in the tournament

•  Belize
•  Costa Rica (Hosts) and (Defending Champions)
•  El Salvador
•  Guatemala
•  Honduras
•  Nicaragua

Panama Did not enter the tournament

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads see UNCAF Nations Cup 1999 squads

Stadium

San José	San José
	Estadio Nacional
	Capacity: 25,000

First round

All games were played in San José, Costa Rica.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	7	1	+6	3
Belize	2	0	0	2	1	12	−11	0

17 March 1999

Costa Rica	7–0	Belize
Wanchope 2' Fonseca 17', 72' Ledezma 27', 32' Soto 54' Drummond 79'

Estadio Nacional

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19 March 1999

Honduras	5–1	Belize
Caballero 13' Nunez 34' Guevara 65' Ramírez 77' Benguché 85'		Garcia 57'

Estadio Nacional

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21 March 1999

Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica
Pavon 14'

Estadio Nacional

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guatemala	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
El Salvador	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0

17 March 1999

Guatemala	1–0	Nicaragua
Rhodes 51'

Estadio Nacional

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19 March 1999

Guatemala	1–1	El Salvador
Ruiz 27'		Corrales 21'

Estadio Nacional

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21 March 1999

El Salvador	1–0	Nicaragua
Corrales 34'

Estadio Nacional

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Guatemala	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Honduras	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
El Salvador	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

24 March 1999

Costa Rica	1–0	Guatemala
Fonseca 34'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Borja (MEX)

24 March 1999

Honduras	3–1	El Salvador
Núñez 44', 77' Ramírez 90'		Quintanilla 62'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Bynoe (TRI)

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26 March 1999

Guatemala	1–0	El Salvador
García 55'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Bynoe (TRI)

26 March 1999

Costa Rica	1–2	Honduras
Fonseca 36'		Clavasquín 10' (pen.) Pavón 75'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Borja (MEX)

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28 March 1999

Costa Rica	4–0	El Salvador
Bryce 13' Row 42' Fonseca 46' Wanchope 53' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Bardales (HON)

28 March 1999

Honduras	0–2	Guatemala
		Rodas 8' Machón 89'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Rodríguez (SLV)

Champions

1999 UNCAF Nations Cup winner
Costa Rica Third title

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• Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras qualified automatically for the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. El Salvador entered a play-off for qualification with Canada, Haiti and Cuba.

All Star Team

As voted for by the CONCACAF technical Commission. A squad rather than an eleven was selected:

Goalkeepers:

• Wilmer Cruz
• Erick Lonnis

Defenders:

• Jervis Drummond
• Julio Girón
• José Hernández
• Ninrod Medina
• Erick Miranda
• Milton Reyes

Midfielders:

• Jorge Caballero
• Jeaustin Campos
• Robel Benárdez
• Rolando Fonseca
• Guillermo García
• Christian Santamaría

Forwards:

• Milton Nunez
• Carlos Pavón
• José Ramírez
• Jorge Rodas