1997 UNCAF Nations Cup

1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	28 March – 27 April 1997
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	37 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Wilmer Velásquez; (6 goals)
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This page details the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup, played in Guatemala.

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads see UNCAF Nations Cup 1997 squads

Preliminary round

March 23, 1997

Panama	1–1	Belize
Ávila 69'		Prat 78'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

March 30, 1997

Belize	0–1	Panama
		Guevara 13'

San Ignacio Cayo

Venue

Guatemala City
	Guatemala City
	Estadio Mateo Flores
	Capacity: 26,000

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	4	Qualified to Final Round
2	Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4	Qualified to Final Round
3	Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 April 1997

Guatemala	1–1	Costa Rica
Plata 7'		Oviedo 43'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

18 April 1997

Costa Rica	5–1	Nicaragua
Arnáez 13' Ramírez 18', 42', 48' Oviedo 39'		Taylor 55'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

20 April 1997

Guatemala	6–1	Nicaragua
Machón 2' Plata 5', 40' (pen.) Westphal 13' Funes 63' Samayoa 75'		Bermúdez 31'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	2	2	0	8	0	+8	6	Qualified to Final Round
2	El Salvador	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3	Qualified to Final Round
3	Panama	2	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

16 April 1997

Honduras	5–0	Panama
Velásquez 1', 11', 16', 45' (pen.) Guevara 73'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

18 April 1997

Honduras	3–0	El Salvador
Velásquez 4', 25' (pen.) Núñez 78'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

20 April 1997

El Salvador	2–0	Panama
Montes 63' Guerra 77'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Champion
2	Guatemala	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Runners-up
3	El Salvador	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1	Third Place
4	Honduras	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: ^[citation needed]

23 April 1997

Honduras	0–4	Costa Rica
		Fonseca 5', 8', 71' López 44'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

23 April 1997

Guatemala	1–0	El Salvador
Funes 55'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

25 April 1997

Guatemala	1–0	Honduras
Plata 50'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

25 April 1997

Costa Rica	1–0	El Salvador
Arnáez 72'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

27 April 1997

Honduras	0–0	El Salvador

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

27 April 1997

Costa Rica	1–1	Guatemala
Fonseca 2'		Funes 87'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Champions

1997 UNCAF Nations Cup winner
Costa Rica Second title

Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras qualified automatically for 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

All-star team

References

RSSSF archives