Football at the 1990 Central American Games

The football tournament at the 1990 Central American Games was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 5 to 14 January.^[1] Costa Rica and Nicaragua were invited to enter their U-21 teams to play in the tournament along with hosts Honduras.

Football at the 1990 Central American Games

Fútbol en los Juegos Centroamericanos
Tournament details
Host country	Honduras
Dates	5–14 January 1990
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation) (from 3 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (1st title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Nicaragua
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	17 (2.83 per match)
← 1986 1994 →

Teams

Team	App.	Previous best
Costa Rica	2nd	5th (1973)
Honduras	2nd	Silver medal (1986)
Nicaragua	4th	Silver medal (1973)

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1990 Central American Games – Team squads

Venue

Tegucigalpa
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Capacity: 35,000

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Honduras	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	6
2	Costa Rica	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Nicaragua	4	0	0	4	1	11	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Honduras  v  Costa Rica

January 1990	Honduras	3–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Honduras  v  Costa Rica

January 1990	Honduras	0–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Honduras  v  Nicaragua

January 1990	Honduras	4–0	Nicaragua	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Honduras  v  Nicaragua

January 1990	Honduras	1–0	Nicaragua	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Costa Rica  v  Nicaragua

January 1990	Costa Rica	3–0	Nicaragua	Tegucigalpa
CST

Costa Rica  v  Nicaragua

January 1990	Costa Rica	3–1	Nicaragua	Tegucigalpa
CST