Football at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's tournament

The Men's football tournament at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Santa Tecla, El Salvador from 28 June to 6 July.^[1]

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	El Salvador
Dates	28 June – 6 July
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (7th title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	33 (2.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kenneth Vargas Ettson Ayón (3 goals each)
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Participating teams

Seven teams from one confederation participated in the tournament. The seven teams were:^[2]

• Centro Caribe Sports^[a]
•  Costa Rica
•  Dominican Republic
•  El Salvador (hosts)
•  Honduras
•  Jamaica
•  Mexico

Squads

Further information: Football at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's team squads

Teams were restricted to players 22 years old or younger.^[2]

Group stage

The tournament's groups were announced on 23 April 2023.^[5] Fixtures were announced on 30 May 2023.^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	El Salvador (H)	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Dominican Republic	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: San Salvador 2023
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts

28 June

20:00 CST (UTC−6)

Mexico	2–0	Dominican Republic
J. Gómez 8' Ambríz 39'	Report

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

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30 June

20:00 CST (UTC−6)

Dominican Republic	1–1	El Salvador
Messina 71' (pen.)	Report	Cerritos 37'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Christopher Mason (Jamaica)

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2 July

20:00 CST (UTC−6)

El Salvador	1–1	Mexico
Vásquez 46'	Report	Carrillo 64'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Centro Caribe Sports	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Jamaica	3	0	2	1	2	8	−6	2

Source: San Salvador 2023
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

28 June

14:00 CST (UTC−6)

Honduras	1–1	Jamaica
Maldonado 90+2'	Report	Webster 41'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)

28 June

17:00 CST (UTC−6)

Costa Rica	0–1	Centro Caribe Sports
	Report	Ortiz 80'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

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30 June

14:00 CST (UTC−6)

Centro Caribe Sports	1–2	Honduras
Ortiz 16' (pen.)	Report	Arzú 28' Elvir 46'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

30 June

17:00 CST (UTC−6)

Jamaica	0–6	Costa Rica
	Report	Acuña 13' Vargas 24' (pen.) Rodríguez 31', 64' Zamora 82' Azofeifa 89'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

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2 July

14:00 CST (UTC−6)

Centro Caribe Sports	1–1	Jamaica
Franco 79'	Report	Daley 50'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)

2 July

17:00 CST (UTC−6)

Honduras	0–1	Costa Rica
	Report	Zamora 78'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Diego Montaño (Mexico)

Knockout stage

If necessary, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner.

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	4 July – Santa Tecla
	Mexico	3
					6 July – Santa Tecla
	Honduras	0
					Mexico	2
	4 July – Santa Tecla
					Costa Rica	1
	Costa Rica	2
	El Salvador	1
					Bronze medal match
					6 July – Santa Tecla
					Honduras	2
					El Salvador	1

Semi-finals

4 July

16:00 CST (UTC−6)

Mexico	3–0	Honduras
López 18' Ayón 45' J. Gómez 64'	Report

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

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4 July

19:30 CST (UTC−6)

Costa Rica	2–1	El Salvador
Vargas 33' (pen.), 48'	Report	Sánchez 73'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)

Bronze medal match

6 July

16:00 CST (UTC−6)

Honduras	2–1	El Salvador
Núñez 34' Arzú 86'	Report	Sánchez 48'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Gold medal match

6 July

19:30 CST (UTC−6)

Mexico	2–1	Costa Rica
Ayón 21', 53'	Report	Soto 62'

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Men's football tournament winners
Mexico 7th title

Goalscorers

There have been 33 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.54 goals per match.

3 goals

• Kenneth Vargas
• Ettson Ayón

2 goals

• CCS Anderson Ortiz
• Doryan Rodríguez
• Álvaro Zamora
• Juan Sánchez
• Exon Arzú
• Jesús Gómez

1 goal

• CCS Jonathan Franco
• Sebastian Acuña
• Jorkaeff Azofeifa
• Andrey Soto
• Fabian Messina
• Mauricio Cerritos
• Luis Vásquez
• Samuel Elvir
• Axel Maldonado
• Jonathan Núñez
• Cristojaye Daley
• Ronaldo Webster
• Fidel Ambríz
• Jordan Carrillo
• Rodrigo López

Source: San Salvador 2023

Notes

1. Due to the suspension of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee in 2022,^[3] Guatemala is competing at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games under the Centro Caribe Sports flag.^[4]