2009 UNCAF Nations Cup

The UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 was the tenth edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the biennial football (soccer) tournament for the CONCACAF-affiliated national teams of Central America. The first five places qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[1] The event was going to take place in Panama City, Panama between January 22 and February 1, 2009,[2] but the Panamanian FA announced that they would not host the event due to not having an adequate stadium available for the time period of the tournament.[3][4] The alternative hosts were Honduras and Guatemala.[5] Honduras submitted an official replacement bid on November 12, and after some consideration it was moved to Honduras.[3] All games were played in Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa.[3][6] The tournament was sponsored by Digicel.[7] On 1 February 2009 Panama won the tournament, the first UNCAF Nations Cup win in the country's history.

2009 UNCAF Nations Cup
Copa Naciones de UNCAF
Copa Naciones DIGICEL
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
DatesJanuary 22 - February 1
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Panama (1st title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Honduras
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored32 (2.29 per match)
Attendance114,000 (8,143 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Andy Furtado
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Costa Rica Keylor Navas

Participating nations

All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

Squads
Main article: 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup squads

Stadium
Tegucigalpa
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Capacity: 35,000

First round

The group stage draw took place on December 9, 2008 in Guatemala City.[1] The reigning champions, Costa Rica, and the hosts, Honduras, were automatically drawn as top seed in their respective groups.[7] Costa Rica was paired with Panama and Guatemala, the first two runners-up from the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup.[1] The remaining teams – El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Belize – were drawn into the same group as Honduras.[1]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Qualified to the Semifinals
2  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Nicaragua 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2 Qualified to the Fifth place playoff
4  Belize 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source:
El Salvador 1–1 Nicaragua
Avilés 18' (o.g.) Report Medina 85'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
Honduras 2–1 Belize
Guevara 32'
Martínez 61'		 Report Castillo 86'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
Belize 1–4 El Salvador
James 73' Report Pacheco 11' (pen.), 30' (pen.)
Sánchez 75'
Ayala 88'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC)
Honduras 4–1 Nicaragua
Rodríguez 16'
Solórzano 65' (o.g.)
S. Martínez 73'
W. Martínez 79'		 Report Reyes 30'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
Nicaragua 1–1 Belize
Barrera 66' Report Usher 27'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Óscar Moncada (HON)
Honduras 2–0 El Salvador
Pavón 34' (pen.)
Chávez 73'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Qualified to the Semifinals
2  Panama 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3
3  Guatemala 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 Qualified to the Fifth place playoff
Source:
Costa Rica 3–0 Panama
Furtado 10', 16'
Sánchez 55'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM)
Guatemala 1–3 Costa Rica
López 51' Report Sánchez 34'
Herrera 59'
Segura 61'
Attendance: 3,000
Panama 1–0 Guatemala
Zapata 31' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

Final round

Fifth place

The winner of the fifth place match qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup as the fifth and final entrant from Central America.

Nicaragua 2–0 Guatemala
Wilson 39', 85' Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Óscar Moncada (HON)

Semifinals

All four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Semifinal
Costa Rica 3–0
Awarded		 El Salvador
Furtado 18' Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
  • The game was called after sixty minutes of play when El Salvador was reduced to six players. Two El Salvador players, Alexander Escobar and Eliseo Quintanilla, were awarded red cards in the first half, and Deris Umanzor, Rodolfo Zelaya, and goalkeeper Juan José Gómez were injured and had to leave the game after El Salvador had already exhausted their three substitutions. The game was awarded 3–0 to Costa Rica[8]
Semifinal
Honduras 0–1 Panama
Report Phillips 40'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

Third place
Honduras 1–0 El Salvador
Espinoza 30' Report
Attendance: 900
Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC)

Final
Final
Panama 0–0 Costa Rica
Report
Penalties
Herrera soccer ball with check mark
Aguilar soccer ball with check mark
Phillips soccer ball with check mark
Jaramillo soccer ball with check mark
Henríquez soccer ball with check mark		 5–3 soccer ball with check mark Furtado
soccer ball with check mark Núñez
soccer ball with red X Jiménez
soccer ball with check mark Oviedo
Attendance: 900
Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
Panama
Costa Rica

Results
 2009 UNCAF
Nations Cup champions 

Panama
First title
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final status
1  Panama 4 2 1 1 2 3 −1 7 Champions
2  Costa Rica 4 3 1 0 9 1 +8 10 Runner-up
3  Honduras 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6 12 Third place winner
4  El Salvador 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3 4 Third place loser
5  Nicaragua 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 5 Fifth place winner
6  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0 Fifth place loser
7  Belize 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1 Eliminated in Group stage
Source:

Scorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (Own Goal)

See also

References
  1. "Six-time champ Costa Rica drawn with Panama, Guatemala in Central American Nations Cup". Guatemala City: CONCACAF. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  2. "Panamá organizará la Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF del 2009" (in Spanish). Tanto Fútbol. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  3. "Central American Nations Cup moved from Panama to Honduras". Guatemala City: CONCACAF. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  4. "Panamá descarta organizar la Uncaf". La Nación (in Spanish). Panama. 2 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  5. Estrada, Campo Elías (22 February 2008). "Copa de Naciones está más allá que acá". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2008.
  6. "Se confirma Honduras como sede de la Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF del 2009" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 16 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  7. "Digicel, UNCAF launch 2009 Nations Cup". The Nassau Guardian. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  8. WASHINGTONPOST.com – Monday Kickaround – 2 February 2009
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