Football at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

The association football competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held between 23 November and 7 December 2002, although qualification took place beforehand. El Salvador, the tournament's host, drew with Mexico in the final 1–1, eventually defeating Mexico in a penalty shoot-out 4–3, winning its second title and the first title since 1954.^[1]

Football at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournament details
Host country	El Salvador
City	San Salvador
Dates	23 November – 7 December
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	El Salvador (2nd title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Costa Rica
Fourth place	Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	48 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan Carlos Cacho (3 goals)
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Participants

Twelve nations participated in the tournament, and all of the teams sent were each nation's U-21 team.^[2] Cuba withdrew and was replaced by the Dominican Republic.^[2] Ten of the teams which participated were from CONCACAF with the remaining two being from CONMEBOL.

CONCACAF (10)  Barbados  Costa Rica  Cuba (withdrew)  Dominican Republic (replaced Cuba)  El Salvador (hosts)  Guatemala  Haiti  Honduras  Jamaica  Nicaragua  Mexico

CONMEBOL (2)  Colombia  Venezuela

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	El Salvador (SLV)	Mexico (MEX)	Costa Rica (CRC)

Venues

San Salvador	Flor Blanca Cuscatlán	San Salvador
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca		Estadio Cuscatlán
Capacity: 35,000		Capacity: 53,400

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Qualification for final round
2	Guatemala	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Colombia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Source: RSSSF

24 November 2002

Colombia	0–1	Guatemala
		Mota 68'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Marco Antonio Ramírez (Mexico)

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26 November 2002

Guatemala	2–3	Haiti
Antonio 4' Guillaume 30' (o.g.)		Macéus 17' Beaucicot 37' Brunel 80'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Edgar Durán (Costa Rica)

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28 November 2002

Colombia	1–0	Haiti
González 48'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4	Qualification for final round
2	Venezuela	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
3	Barbados	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

23 November 2002

Costa Rica	1–1	Venezuela
Scott 87'		Maldonado 17'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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25 November 2002

Barbados	1–5	Costa Rica
Williams 18'		Scott 27' Parks 49', 80' Saborío 68' (pen.) Brenes 74'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Victor Sewart (Jamaica)

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27 November 2002

Barbados	0–3	Venezuela
		Maldonado 15' Isea 18' Arismendi 35'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Fredy Rolando Burgos (Guatemala)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Qualification for final round
2	Honduras	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Jamaica	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

24 November 2002

Honduras	1–4	Mexico
Castro 20'		Cacho 11', 53', 67' Márquez 70'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Fredy Rolando Burgos (Guatemala)

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26 November 2002

Honduras	3–0	Jamaica
Ramírez 7' Martínez 67' Palacios 70'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)

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28 November 2002

Jamaica	1–1	Mexico
Wolfe 54'		Monjarraz 25'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Qualification for final round
2	Nicaragua	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: RSSSF

23 November 2002

El Salvador	4–0	Nicaragua
Torres 64' A. Mejía 66' D. Mejía 80', 90+1'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)

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25 November 2002

Dominican Republic	1–2	Nicaragua
Ramírez 7'		Martínez 67' Palacios 70'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Jorge Hoyos (Colombia)

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27 November 2002

El Salvador	3–0	Dominican Republic
Galdámez 4' Ochoa 55', 67'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Marco Antonio Ramírez (Mexico)

Final round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	30 November – Cuscatlán
	Haiti	2
					4 December – Cuscatlán
	Nicaragua	0
					Haiti	0
	1 December – Cuscatlán
					El Salvador	1
	El Salvador	1
									6 December – Cuscatlán
	Venezuela	0
									El Salvador (p)	1(4)
	1 December – Cuscatlán
									Mexico	1(3)
	Mexico (p)	1(4)
					4 December – Cuscatlán
	Guatemala	1(3)
					Costa Rica	0
	30 November – Cuscatlán
					Mexico	1			Third place match
	Costa Rica	1
									6 December – Cuscatlán
	Honduras	0
									Costa Rica (p)	0(4)
									Haiti	0(1)

Quarterfinals

30 November 2002

Haiti	2–0	Nicaragua
Turlien 15' Macéus 39'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Victor Sewart (Jamaica)

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30 November 2002

Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras
Saborío 11' (pen.)

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)

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1 December 2002

Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Guatemala
Pérez 31'		Albizuris 14'
Penalties
A. Hernández Íñiguez Pérez Martínez	4–3	Zacarías Thompson Néstor Ortíz V. Hernández

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)

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1 December 2002

El Salvador	1–0	Venezuela
Pacheco 63'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Fredy Rolando Burgos (Guatemala)

Semifinals

4 December 2002

Haiti	0–1	El Salvador
		J. Mejía 6'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Ramírez (Mexico)

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4 December 2002

Costa Rica	0–1	Mexico
		Monjarraz 68'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)

Third place match

6 December 2002

Costa Rica	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Haiti
Penalties
Salazar López Villalobos Scott	4–1	Chéry Guillaume Macéus

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)

Final

6 December 2002

El Salvador	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Galdámez 45+2'		Márquez 14'
Penalties
Murgas Pacheco Menjívar González	4–3	Pérez Lozano Rojas Martínez Cacho

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Fredy Rolando Burgos (Guatemala)

2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
El Salvador 2nd title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.

3 goals

• Juan Carlos Cacho

2 goals

• Winston Parks
• Álvaro Saborío
• Josué Galdámez
• Roberto Ochoa
• Diego Mejía
• Jean-Jude Macéus
• Rafael Márquez
• Omar Monjarraz
• Giancarlo Maldonado

1 goal

• Riviere Williams
• Felipe González
• Pablo Brenes
• Berny Scott
• Erick Scott
• Amauris Ramírez
• Antonio Mejía
• Jose Mejía
• Alfredo Pacheco
• William Torres
• Claudio Albizuris
• José Antonio
• Selvín Mota
• Anel Beaucicot
• Fucien Brunel
• Romulus Turlien
• Mauricio Castro
• D.M. Martínez
• Emilio Palacios
• Amauris Ramírez
• Woolery Wolfe
• Luis Ernesto Pérez
• D.M. Martínez
• Emilio Palacios
• Daniel Arismendi
• Wiswel Isea

1 own goal

• Stéphane Guillaume (against Guatemala)

Final rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	El Salvador	5	4	1	0	10	1	+9	13	Champions
2	Mexico	5	2	3	0	8	4	+4	9	Runners-up
3	Costa Rica	5	2	2	1	7	3	+4	8	Third place
4	Haiti	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	7	Fourth place
5	Venezuela	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
7	Honduras	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
8	Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
9	Colombia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Eliminated in Group stage
10	Jamaica	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
11	Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
12	Barbados	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source: RSSSF