Football at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games football tournament

Tournament details
City	Veracruz, Mexico
Dates	17 November 2014 (2014-11-17)– 28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)[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)

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.

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]

Men's event

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

Venues

Veracruz	Veracruz
Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente	Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez
19°09′51″N 96°07′30″W / 19.164222°N 96.125017°W / 19.164222; -96.125017	19°09′44″N 96°06′52″W / 19.162316°N 96.114581°W / 19.162316; -96.114581

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
Mexico	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Honduras	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	6
El Salvador	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

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Group B

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

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	26 November – Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
	Mexico (pen.)	1 (7)
	Cuba	1 (6)
					28 November – Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
					Mexico	4
					Venezuela	1
					Bronze medal match
	26 November – Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente			28 November – Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez
	Venezuela	1		Cuba	3
	Honduras	0			Honduras	1

Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal Match

Gold Medal Match

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Eddie Hernández

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Women's event

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
Colombia	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
Mexico	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
Haiti	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

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Group B

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

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Knockout stage

	Semi-Finals				Final
	25 November – Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez
	Colombia	1
	Venezuela	0
					27 November – Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
					Colombia	0
					Mexico	2
					Third-place
	25 November – Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez			27 November – Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sanchez
	Costa Rica	0		Venezuela	2
	Mexico	1			Costa Rica	3

Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal Match

Gold Medal Match

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goals

Own goal

References

External links

• Central America and Caribbean Games Women's Football 2014 on Women's Soccer United
• Mexico win Central America & Caribbean Games 2014