Football at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's tournament

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2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Men's Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
CityBaranquilla
Dates20–31 July
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Colombia (3rd title)
Runners-up Venezuela
Third place Honduras
Fourth place Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored42 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Julián Quiñones
(4 goals)
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The men's football tournament at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla from 20 to 31 July. Men's teams are allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 21.

Participating teams[edit]

Region Tournament Teams qualified Number of teams
Automatically qualified 3
Central American Football Union 2017 Central American Games 3
Caribbean Football Union 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2
Total 8

Squads[edit]

Further information: Football at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's team squads

The date of birth for male athletes is from January 1, 1997 (U21). Each team may enter a maximum of three (3) male athletes without age restrictions.[1]

Group stage[edit]

Tie-breakers
  • a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
  • b) goal difference in all group matches;
  • c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:

  • d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  • e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  • f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  • g) drawing of lots

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Honduras 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source: BAQ2018
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts
Honduras 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Colombia 1–0 Costa Rica
Mina 87' Report
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 3–2 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
Colombia 1–1 Honduras
Castro 65' Report Martínez 40'
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
Costa Rica 1–2 Honduras
Gómez 7' Report
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–5 Colombia
Rochford 62' Report
Referee: Gladwyn Johnson (Guyana)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Haiti 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4  Mexico 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: BAQ2018
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
El Salvador 0–1 Haiti
Report Jean Jacques 28'
Referee: Juan Calderón Perez (Costa Rica)
Mexico 1–2 Venezuela
Aguirre 42' (pen.) Report
Venezuela 2–0 Haiti
 Report
Referee: José Kellys (Panama)
Mexico 0–1 El Salvador
Report Márquez 74'
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Venezuela 3–0 El Salvador
 Report
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Haiti 1–1 Mexico
Damus 35' (pen.) Report Aguirre 11'

Knockout stage[edit]

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

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
28 July
 
 
  Colombia3
 
31 July
 
 Haiti 1
 
  Colombia2
 
28 July
 
 Venezuela 1
 
  Venezuela1
 
 
 Honduras 0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
31 July
 
 
  Haiti0
 
 
 Honduras 3

Semi-finals[edit]

Venezuela 1–0 Honduras
Flores 76' Report
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Colombia 3–1 Haiti
 Report Damus 60'
Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Bronze medal match[edit]

Haiti 0–3 Honduras
Report
Referee: José Kellys (Panama)

Gold medal match[edit]

Colombia 2–1 Venezuela
 Report Orozco 35'
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)[2]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Technical Manual" (PDF). barranquilla2018.com. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ^ "FIFA Referees News: 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Final". 31 July 2018.
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