2001 UNCAF Nations Cup

The 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup was played in Honduras.

2001 UNCAF Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Honduras
Dates	23 May–3 June 2001
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Guatemala (1st title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	54 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jorge Dely Valdés (6 goals)
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Participating teams

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Belize	3rd	First round (1995, 1999)
Costa Rica	6th	Champions (1991, 1997, 1999)
El Salvador	6th	3rd place (1995, 1997)
Guatemala	5th	Runners-up (1995, 1997, 1999)
Honduras (Hosts)	6th	Champions (1993, 1995)
Nicaragua	3rd	First round (1997, 1999)
Panama	4th	Third place (1993)

Squads

Main article: 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup squads

Venues

Tegucigalpa	San Pedro Sula	La Ceiba
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano	Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 18,000
Tegucigalpa San Pedro Sula La Ceiba Puerto Cortés		Puerto Cortés
		Estadio Excélsior
		Capacity: 7,910

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Qualified to Final Round
2	Panama	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Honduras	3	1	1	1	12	5	+7	4
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 May 2001

El Salvador	3–0	Nicaragua
Rodríguez 1', 37' González 2'

Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés

23 May 2001

Honduras	1–2	Panama
M. Núñez 45'		Ju. Dely 35' Jo. Dely 68'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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25 May 2001

El Salvador	2–1	Panama
Corrales 58' Canjura 90'		Jo. Dely 90'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

25 May 2001

Honduras	10–2	Nicaragua
Guerrero 22' Pavón 24', 33', 82' Rosales 38' Solórzano 54' (o.g.) M. Núñez 72', 80' Martínez 75', 76'		Webster 12' Bermúdez 86'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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27 May 2001

Nicaragua	0–6	Panama
		Jo. Dely 27', 30', 68' Cubillas 42' Ju. Dely 54' Anderson 83'

Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés

27 May 2001

Honduras	1–1	El Salvador
Turcios 41'		Umanzor 90'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Qualified to Final Round
2	Guatemala	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
3	Belize	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 May 2001

Belize	0–4	Costa Rica
		Fonseca 27' (pen.), 37', 85' Marín 58'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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25 May 2001

Belize	3–3	Guatemala
Frazer 34', 44' Leslie 59'		Chen 23' García 26', 85'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba

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27 May 2001

Costa Rica	1–1	Guatemala
A. Núñez 45'		Acevedo 70' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Champions and qualified to 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4	Qualified to 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	El Salvador	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Panama	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	Enters a play-off for 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 May 2001

El Salvador	0–0	Guatemala

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

30 May 2001

Costa Rica	2–1	Panama
Gómez 42' Centeno 84'		Ju. Dely 46'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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1 June 2001

El Salvador	1–1	Panama
Ramírez 11'		Anderson 80'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

1 June 2001

Costa Rica	0–2	Guatemala
		Pezzarossi 1' Estrada 51'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

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3 June 2001

Costa Rica	1–1	El Salvador
Centeno 55'		Galdámez 40'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

3 June 2001

Guatemala	3–1	Panama
Pezzarossi 15' Acevedo 33' Garcia 89'		Jo. Dely 67'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Champions

2001 UNCAF Nations Cup winner
Guatemala First title

• Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador qualified automatically for 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Panama enters a playoff for qualification against Cuba.^[1]

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Jorge Dely Valdés

3 goals

• Rolando Fonseca
• Freddy García
• Milton Núñez
• Carlos Pavón
• Julio Dely Valdés

2 goals

• Dion Frazer
• Walter Centeno
• Jorge Rodríguez
• Mario Acevedo
• Dwight Pezzarossi
• Jairo Martínez
• Alfredo Anderson

1 goal

• Mark Leslie
• Rónald Gómez
• Luis Marín
• Andrés Núñez
• Héctor Canjura
• Rudis Corrales
• Josué Galdámez
• Fredy González
• Francisco Ramírez
• Deris Umanzor
• Denis Chen
• Walter Estrada
• Iván Guerrero
• Jaime Rosales
• Danilo Turcios
• José María Bermúdez
• Víctor Webster
• Juan Carlos Cubillas

1 own goal

• David Solórzano (playing against Honduras)