Football at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

The 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games football tournament is scheduled to be the 20th edition of the competition at the 21st edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games. It will be the first CAC Games football competition to take since 2006 due to the cancellation of the 2010 edition.

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	17 – 28 November[1]
Teams	8 (men's) + 8 (women's) (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (men's)  Mexico (women's)
Runners-up	Venezuela (men's)  Colombia (women's)
Third place	Cuba (men's)  Costa Rica (women's)
Fourth place	Honduras (men's)  Venezuela (women's)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Eddie Hernández (6 goals) (men's) Charlyn Corral (5 goals) (women's)
← 2010 2018 →

Although the competition is considered to be an under-21 age group competition, up to three players born before 1 January 1993 may be named in the squad.^[2] Each participating national football association will select a final squad of 20 players.^[2]

The women's tournament was won by Mexico over Colombia.

The men's tournament was won by Mexico as well, over Venezuela. This is the 6th gold medal in this competition for the Mexican side. The last time they accomplished the gold medal was over 20 years ago.^[3]

Venues

Veracruz	Boca del Río	Veracruz Boca del Río
Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente	Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez
19.164222°N 96.125017°W / 19.164222; -96.125017	19.162316°N 96.114581°W / 19.162316; -96.114581
Capacity: 28,703	Capacity: 1,200

Men's event

Squads

Main article: 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Men's Football Squads

Participants

Team	Football Association	National Olympic Association	Qualification method
Mexico	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol	Comité Olímpico Mexicano	Competition host
Honduras	Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras	Comité Olímpico Hondureño	Winner of the 2013 Central American Games competition
Costa Rica	Federación Costarricense de Fútbol	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica	Runner-up of the 2013 Central American Games competition
El Salvador	Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol	Comité Olímpico de El Salvador	Third-place of the 2013 Central American Games competition
Cuba	Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba	Cuban Olympic Committee	Semi-finalist at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Jamaica	Jamaica Football Federation	Jamaica Olympic Association	Quarter-finalist at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Haiti	Fédération Haïtienne de Football	Comité Olympique Haïtien	Invited (replaced Colombia)
Venezuela	Federación Venezolana de Fútbol	Comité Olímpico Venezolano	Invited

Group stage

Each team will play one game against each of the teams in their group in a round-robin format. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one for a tie and no points for a loss.

Teams that finish in 1st and 2nd position will advance to the semi-final round.

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

• 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
• 2. Goal difference in all group matches
• 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

The group stage draw was conducted on 9 October 2014.^[4]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Mexico	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Semi-finals
Honduras	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	6
El Salvador	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Eliminated
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: ^[3]

18 November 2014 (2014-11-18)

16:00

Jamaica	1–3	El Salvador
C. Marsh 57'	Report	J. Ortiz 12', 45' J. Peña 79'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

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18 November 2014 (2014-11-18)

21:00

Mexico	5–2	Honduras
J. Espericueta 3' E. Torres 31', 53' (pen.) H. Marín 41' Zaldívar 47'	Report	E. Hernández 24', 90+1' (pen.)

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Yadel Martínez Pupo (Cuba)

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20 November 2014 (2014-11-20)

16:00

Jamaica	2–3	Honduras
Benbow 43' W. Paul 70'	Report	Flores 25' E. Hernández 58' (pen.), 90+2'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Malon Mejia (El Salvador)

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20 November 2014 (2014-11-20)

21:00

Mexico	2–0	El Salvador
R. López 50' E. Torres 70'	Report

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

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22 November 2014 (2014-11-22)

16:00

El Salvador	0–2	Honduras
	Report	E. Hernández 47' K. López 79'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Cesar Ramos (Mexico)

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22 November 2014 (2014-11-22)

21:00

Mexico	5–0	Jamaica
M. Zúñiga 13', 21', 35' H. Marín 37' A. Zamorano 53'	Report

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Venezuela	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Semi-finals
Cuba	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1	Eliminated
Haiti	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source: ^[3]

19 November 2014 (2014-11-19)

16:00

Costa Rica	1–2	Cuba
Cabalceta 38'	Report	Fernandez 43' (o.g.) Reyes 64'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

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19 November 2014 (2014-11-19)

21:00

Haiti	0–4	Venezuela
	Report	Ponce 7' (pen.), 68' Murillo 41' Peñaranda 78'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Cesar Ramos (Mexico)

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21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)

16:00

Haiti	0–2	Cuba
	Report	Santa Cruz 34' Diz 66'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

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21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)

21:00

Costa Rica	0–1	Venezuela
	Report	Ponce 56' (pen.)

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

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23 November 2014 (2014-11-23)

16:00

Costa Rica	2–2	Haiti
J. Ordain 23' F. Rodríguez 69'	Report	N. St. Vil 14', 90+1'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

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23 November 2014 (2014-11-23)

21:00

Cuba	0–0	Venezuela
	Report

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold-medal match
	26 November – Veracruz
	Mexico (pen.)	1 (7)
					28 November – Veracruz
	Cuba	1 (6)
					Mexico	4
	26 November – Veracruz
					Venezuela	1
	Venezuela	1
	Honduras	0
					Bronze-medal match
					28 November – Boca del Río
					Cuba	3
					Honduras	1

Semi-finals

26 November 2014 (2014-11-26)

21:00

Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Cuba
R. Lopez 120'	report	Y. Santa Cruz 98'
Penalties
	7–6

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

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26 November 2014 (2014-11-26)

15:00

Venezuela	1–0	Honduras
Murillo 6'	report

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: Yadel Martínez Pupo (Cuba)

Bronze-medal match

28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)

16:00

Cuba	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Honduras
Reyes 77' A. Hernández 106' Y. Santa Cruz 108'	Report	54' E. Hernández

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: César Ramos (MEX)

Gold-medal match

28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)

19:00

Mexico	4–1	Venezuela
Zaldivar 10' R. López 15' Torres 34', 79'	report	Ponce 81'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Men's football tournament Winners
Mexico 6th title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.

6 goals

• Eddie Hernández

4 goals

• Andrés Ponce

3 goals

• Erick Torres Padilla
• Martín Zúñiga
• Raúl López
• Yordan Santa Cruz

2 goals

• Nerin St. Vil
• Maikel Reyes
• Angel Zaldivar
• Erick Torres
• Hedgardo Marín
• José Ortiz
• Jhon Murillo

1 goal

• Erick Cabalceta
• Jhamir Ordain
• Francisco Rodríguez
• Adrián Diz
• Arichel Hernández
• Deybi Flores
• Kevin López
• Cardel Benbow
• Chevone Marsh
• Wilson Paul
• José Peña
• Jonathan Espericueta
• Armando Zamorano
• Adalberto Peñaranda

1 own goal

• William Alban Fernandez (playing against Cuba)

Women's event

Squads

Main article: 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Women's Football Squads

Group stage

Each team will play one game against each of the teams in their group in a round-robin format. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one for a tie and no points for a loss.

Teams that finish in 1st and 2nd position will advance to the semi-final round.

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

• 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
• 2. Goal difference in all group matches
• 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

The group stage draw was conducted on 9 October 2014.^[4]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Colombia	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Semi-finals
Mexico	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
Haiti	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1	Eliminated
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 November 2014 (2014-11-17)

10:00

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Haiti
Campbell 51'	Report	Borgella 27'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Melissa Pastrana

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17 November 2014 (2014-11-17)

15:00

Mexico	1–1	Colombia
Corral 90+5'	Report	Velásquez 32'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Marianela Araya

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19 November 2014 (2014-11-19)

15:00

Mexico	6–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Corral 45', 55', 65' (pen.), 70' Domínguez 46' Jaramillo 61'	Report

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Christina Unkel

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19 November 2014 (2014-11-19)

18:00

Colombia	3–0	Haiti
Pineda 30' Castro 66', 77'	Report

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Michelle Pye

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21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)

10:00

Trinidad and Tobago	0–7	Colombia
	Report	N. Arias 6' D. Ospina 18' Ollivierre 32' (o.g.) I. Vidal 33' Castro 77', 79' Y. Rincón 90+3'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Francia González

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21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)

15:00

Mexico	1–0	Haiti
Mayor 87'	Report

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Melissa Pastrana

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Semi-finals
Venezuela	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3	Eliminated
Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 November 2014 (2014-11-18)

10:00

Dominican Republic	0–1	Nicaragua
	Report	Solís 30'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Maurees Urane Skeete (Guyana)

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18 November 2014 (2014-11-18)

15:00

Venezuela	1–2	Costa Rica
Cañas 29'	Report	Granados 77' K. Villalobos 89'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

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20 November 2014 (2014-11-20)

10:00

Venezuela	6–2	Dominican Republic
Garcia 10', 82' Cañas 18' Basanta 52' Marcano 56' Vargas 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Y. Núñez 45+1' Ubri 68'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

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20 November 2014 (2014-11-20)

15:00

Nicaragua	0–3	Costa Rica
	Report	Alvarado 10' (pen.) Venegas 44' G. Villalobos 90+2'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

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22 November 2014 (2014-11-22)

10:00

Venezuela	3–0	Nicaragua
Moreno 20' García 45+2', 59'	Report

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

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22 November 2014 (2014-11-22)

15:00

Dominican Republic	1–6	Costa Rica
Ubri 70'	Report	Sánchez 14' (pen.) Barrantes 33' K. Villalobos 39', 61', 90' Y. Rodríguez 53'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Referee: Maurees Urane Skeete (Guyana)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 November – Boca del Río
	Colombia	1
					27 November – Veracruz
	Venezuela	0
					Colombia	0
	25 November – Boca del Río
					Mexico	2
	Costa Rica	0
	Mexico	1
					Third-place
					27 November – Boca del Río
					Venezuela	2
					Costa Rica	3

Semi-finals

25 November 2014 (2014-11-25)

9:00

Colombia	1–0	Venezuela
Montoya 83'	Report

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

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25 November 2014 (2014-11-25)

15:00

Costa Rica	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Pérez 90'

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Bronze-medal match

27 November 2014 (2014-11-27)

16:00

Venezuela	2–3	Costa Rica
	Report

Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Boca del Río

Gold-medal match

27 November 2014 (2014-11-27)

19:00

Colombia	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Corral 74' Domínguez 84'

Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Women's football tournament Winners
Mexico 1st title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.44 goals per match.

6 goals

• Charlyn Corral

4 goals

• Katerin Castro
• Karla Villalobos
• Gabriela Garcia

2 goals

• Maribel Domínguez
• Alexyar Cañas
• Betzaida Ubri

1 goal

• Mildrey Pineda
• Oriánica Velásquez
• Nataly Arias
• Daniela Montoya
• Diana Ospina
• Ingrid Vidal
• Yoreli Rincón
• Katherine Alvarado
• María Barrantes
• Cristín Granados
• Yesmi Rodríguez
• Carol Sánchez
• Carolina Venegas
• Gloriana Villalobos
• Yaqueisi Núñez
• Roselord Borgella
• Carolina Jaramillo
• Stephany Mayor
• Verónica Pérez
• Ninoska Solís
• Patrice Campbell
• Leury Basanta
• Kika Moreno
• Tahicelis Marcano

2 own goals

• Denny Vargas (playing against Venezuela)
• Iyesha Ollivierre (playing against Colombia)