2011 Copa Centroamericana

The 2011 Copa Centroamericana (English: 2011 Central American Cup) was the eleventh edition of Copa Centroamericana (formerly known as the UNCAF Nations Cup), an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) of the CONCACAF region. It took place in Panama from January 14 to January 23, 2011. It was the second time for Panama to host the tournament. On January 23, 2011 Honduras won the cup by defeating Costa Rica 2-1 in the final.^[1] The top five teams from this tournament qualified for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The group stage draw was conducted on September 2, 2010 in Panama City.^[2]

2011 Copa Centroamericana

2011 Copa Centroamericana logo
Tournament details
Host country	Panama
Dates	January 14–23
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (3rd title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Panama
Fourth place	El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	35 (2.5 per match)
Attendance	92,000 (6,571 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marco Ureña Rafael Burgos (3 goals each)
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Participating nations

All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

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

Venue

All matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City.

Panama City	Panama City
	Estadio Rommel Fernández
	Capacity: 32,000

Squads

Main article: 2011 Copa Centroamericana squads

Group stage

Tiebreakers^[3]

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams.
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches.
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
6. Drawing of lots.

All times are in local, Panama Time (UTC−05:00).

Key to colors in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the semifinals
	Teams that advanced to the fifth place match

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panama	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
El Salvador	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Nicaragua	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
Belize	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

14 January 2011

17:00

El Salvador	2–0	Nicaragua
Alas 70' Burgos 75'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

14 January 2011

21:00

Panama	2–0	Belize
Aguilar 22' Brown 28'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

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16 January 2011

15:00

Belize	2–5	El Salvador
Smith 45+1' (pen.) O. Jiménez 76'	Report	Romero 15' Burgos 24', 46' Alas 54' Umanzor 59'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)

16 January 2011

19:00

Panama	2–0	Nicaragua
Cooper 15' Rentería 80'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Walter Lopez (Guatemala)

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18 January 2011

17:00

Nicaragua	1–1	Belize
Espinoza 10' (pen.)	Report	D. Jiménez 81'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)

18 January 2011

21:00

Panama	2–0	El Salvador
Aguilar 25' Cooper 79'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Guatemala	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

14 January 2011

19:00

Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras
V. Núñez 42'	Report	R. Núñez 90+1'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

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16 January 2011

17:00

Guatemala	0–2	Costa Rica
	Report	Ureña 47', 82'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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18 January 2011

19:00

Honduras	3–1	Guatemala
Núñez 13' Claros 42', 89'	Report	Ramírez 24'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 500

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Final stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Honduras	2
	El Salvador	0
					Honduras	2
					Costa Rica	1
	Panama	1 (2)
	Costa Rica (pen)	1 (4)
					Third place
					El Salvador	0 (4)
					Panama (pen)	0 (5)

	Fifth place
	Nicaragua	1
	Guatemala	2

Note: No extra time is played.

Fifth place match

21 January 2011

16:00

Nicaragua	1–2	Guatemala
Rodríguez 23'	Report	G. Ruiz 45+1' León 66'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Semifinals

21 January 2011

18:30

Honduras	2–0	El Salvador
Leverón 77' Chávez 90+3'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

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21 January 2011

21:00

Panama	1–1	Costa Rica
Pérez 75'	Report	Borges 67'
Penalties
Pérez G. Torres Gómez Baloy	2–4	Borges Núñez Ureña Marshall Miller

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Third place match

23 January 2011

15:30

El Salvador	0–0	Panama
	Report
Penalties
Alvarez J. Alas Blanco Portillo D. Alas	4–5	Brown Torres Bonaga Davis Henríquez

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Benigno Pineda (Honduras)

Final

23 January 2011

18:00

Honduras	2–1	Costa Rica
W. Martínez 8' E. Martínez 53'	Report	Ureña 73'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Walter Lopez (Guatemala)

Honduras

Costa Rica

HONDURAS: GK 23 Noel Valladares DF 16 Mauricio Sabillón  29'  78' DF 14 Juan Carlos García DF 2 Osman Chávez DF 6 Johnny Leverón  90' MF 10 Ramón Núñez  46' MF 8 Jorge Claros MF 21 Mario Martínez MF 13 Alfredo Mejía MF 7 Emil Martínez  36'  63' FW 15 Walter Martínez Substitutions: MF 3 Mariano Acevedo  46' MF 19 Marvin Chávez  63' DF 4 Johnny Palacios  78'  79' Manager: Juan de Dios Castillo

COSTA RICA: GK 23 Donny Grant DF 19 Roy Miller DF 4 David Myrie DF 6 Heiner Mora DF 20 Dennis Marshall DF 3 Darío Delgado  51'  62' MF 5 Celso Borges MF 22 Allen Guevara  46' MF 14 José Miguel Cubero  54' FW 17 Josué Martínez  66' FW 7 Marco Ureña  69' Substitutions: FW 11 César Elizondo  46' FW 10 Randall Brenes  54' MF 12 Cristian Gamboa  66' Manager: Ricardo La Volpe

2011 Copa Centroamericana champions
Honduras Third title

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals

Rafael Burgos
Marco Ureña

2 goals

Jaime Alas Armando Cooper

Jorge Claros Ramón Núñez

Edwin Aguilar

1 goal

Daniel Jiménez Orlando Jiménez Elroy Smith Celso Borges Victor Núñez Osael Romero Deris Umanzor

Manuel León Guillermo Ramírez Gregory Ruiz Marvin Chávez Johnny Leverón Emil Martínez Walter Martínez

Denis Espinoza Félix Rodríguez Roberto Brown Blas Pérez Luis Rentería

Source

Awards

• Golden Ball: Ramón Núñez (Honduras)
• Golden Boot: Rafael Burgos (El Salvador) & Marco Ureña (Costa Rica)