2007 UNCAF Nations Cup

The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. It was the second time El Salvador hosted the competition. The tournament also served as a qualifying process for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates8–18 February
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (6th title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Guatemala
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored39 (2.79 per match)
Top scorer(s) Wilmer Velásquez
(4 goals)

Costa Rica won the tournament on penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw with Panama in the final. It was Costa Rica's sixth title out of nine tournaments played. Panama reached the UNCAF final for the first time but also lost on penalty kicks in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005.

Participating nations

For El Salvador 2007, UNCAF considered for the first time since the tournament's founding in 1991 to invite national teams from outside of Central America to participate. The organization was in negotiations with Mexico and Venezuela to participate.[1] In the end, this did not happen, and the tournament (officially listed as the UNCAF Copa de Naciones Digicel) proceeded with only the seven UNCAF members.

Participating teams include the seven UNCAF members:

Squads
For a complete list of all participating squads, see UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 squads.

First round

Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 El Salvador 7321042+2
 Guatemala 7321020+2
 Nicaragua 33102550
 Belize 0300337-4
Guatemala 1–0 Nicaragua
Quiñónez  29'
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)
El Salvador 2–1 Belize
Rodríguez  25'
Quintanilla  55'		 Benavides  64'
Belize 0–1 Guatemala
 
 		 Cabrera  8'
Referee: Rolando Vidal (Panama)
El Salvador 2–1 Nicaragua
Quintanilla  16', 65' Wilson  53'
Referee: Germán Arredondo (Mexico)
Nicaragua 4–2 Belize
Palacios  12', 20', 68'
Busto  28'		 McCauley  25', 34'
El Salvador 0–0 Guatemala
 
 		  
 

Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Panama 4211021+1
 Costa Rica 3210132+1
 Honduras 1201124-2
Costa Rica 3–1 Honduras
Fonseca  4', 70'
González  46'		 Martínez  58'
Honduras 1–1 Panama
Guardia  26' (o.g.) Rivera  80'
Panama 1–0 Costa Rica
Blanco  87'

Fifth place
Nicaragua 1–9 Honduras
Wilson  31' J. Martinez  3'
Velasquez  6', 27', 37', 39' (pen.)
S. Martinez  68', 80', 84'
Mejía  78'

Honduras qualifies for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Semifinals
Panama 2–0 Guatemala
Phillips  50'
Baloy  90+2' (pen.)
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)
El Salvador 0–2 Costa Rica
Wallace  11'
Fonseca  13'

All semifinalists qualify for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Third place
Guatemala 1–0 El Salvador
Albizuris  82'

Final
Final
Panama 1–1 Costa Rica
Tejada  36' Bernard  85'
Penalties
Baloy
Herrera
Escobar 		1–4 Centeno
Fonseca
Hernández
Barrantes
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

Awards
 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup Winner 

Costa Rica
Sixth title

Scorers
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