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) Andy Furtado
(3 goals)
Best player(s) Keylor Navas

Participating nations

All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

Squads
Main article: UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 squads

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 UNCAF Nations Cup 2007.[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
Aguilar
Phillips
Jaramillo
Henríquez 		5–3 Furtado
Núñez
Jiménez
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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