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Football at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournament details
Host country	El Salvador
City	San Salvador
Dates	23 November – 7 December
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	El Salvador (2nd title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Costa Rica
Fourth place	Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	48 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan Carlos Cacho (3 goals)
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The association football competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held between 23 November and 7 December 2002, although qualification took place beforehand. El Salvador, the tournament's host, drew with Mexico in the final 1–1, eventually defeating Mexico in a penalty shoot-out 4–3, winning its second title and the first title since 1954.

Participants

Twelve nations participated in the tournament, and all of the teams sent were each nation's U-21 team. Cuba withdrew and was replaced by the Dominican Republic. Ten of the teams which participated were from CONCACAF with the remaining two being from CONMEBOL.

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	El Salvador (SLV)	Mexico (MEX)	Costa Rica (CRC)

Venues

San Salvador	Flor BlancaCuscatlán	San Salvador
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca		Estadio Cuscatlán
Capacity: 35,000		Capacity: 53,400

Squads

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Qualification for final round
2	Guatemala	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Colombia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Colombia	0–1	Guatemala
		Mota 68'

Guatemala	2–3	Haiti
Antonio 4' Guillaume 30' (o.g.)		Macéus 17' Beaucicot 37' Brunel 80'

Colombia	1–0	Haiti
González 48'

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4	Qualification for final round
2	Venezuela	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
3	Barbados	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Costa Rica	1–1	Venezuela
Scott 87'		Maldonado 17'

Barbados	1–5	Costa Rica
Williams 18'		Scott 27' Parks 49', 80' Saborío 68' (pen.) Brenes 74'

Barbados	0–3	Venezuela
		Maldonado 15' Isea 18' Arismendi 35'

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Qualification for final round
2	Honduras	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Jamaica	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Honduras	1–4	Mexico
Castro 20'		Cacho 11', 53', 67' Márquez 70'

Honduras	3–0	Jamaica
Ramírez 7' Martínez 67' Palacios 70'

Jamaica	1–1	Mexico
Wolfe 54'		Monjarraz 25'

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Qualification for final round
2	Nicaragua	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

El Salvador	4–0	Nicaragua
Torres 64' A. Mejía 66' D. Mejía 80', 90+1'

Dominican Republic	1–2	Nicaragua
Ramírez 7'		Martínez 67' Palacios 70'

El Salvador	3–0	Dominican Republic
Galdámez 4' Ochoa 55', 67'

Final round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	30 November – Cuscatlán
	Haiti	2
					4 December – Cuscatlán
	Nicaragua	0
					Haiti	0
	1 December – Cuscatlán
					El Salvador	1
	El Salvador	1
									6 December – Cuscatlán
	Venezuela	0
									El Salvador (p)	1(4)
	1 December – Cuscatlán
									Mexico	1(3)
	Mexico (p)	1(4)
					4 December – Cuscatlán
	Guatemala	1(3)
					Costa Rica	0
	30 November – Cuscatlán
					Mexico	1			Third place match
	Costa Rica	1
									6 December – Cuscatlán
	Honduras	0
									Costa Rica (p)	0(4)
									Haiti	0(1)

Quarterfinals

Haiti	2–0	Nicaragua
Turlien 15' Macéus 39'

Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras
Saborío 11' (pen.)

Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Guatemala
Pérez 31'		Albizuris 14'
Penalties
A. Hernández Íñiguez Pérez Martínez	4–3	Zacarías Thompson Néstor Ortíz V. Hernández

El Salvador	1–0	Venezuela
Pacheco 63'

Semifinals

Haiti	0–1	El Salvador
		J. Mejía 6'

Costa Rica	0–1	Mexico
		Monjarraz 68'

Third place match

Costa Rica	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Haiti
Penalties
Salazar López Villalobos Scott	4–1	Chéry Guillaume Macéus

Final

El Salvador	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Galdámez 45+2'		Márquez 14'
Penalties
Murgas Pacheco Menjívar González	4–3	Pérez Lozano Rojas Martínez Cacho

2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
El Salvador 2nd title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.

3 goals

• Juan Carlos Cacho

2 goals

• Winston Parks
• Álvaro Saborío
• Josué Galdámez
• Roberto Ochoa
• Diego Mejía
• Jean-Jude Macéus
• Rafael Márquez
• Omar Monjarraz
• Giancarlo Maldonado

1 goal

• Riviere Williams
• Felipe González
• Pablo Brenes
• Berny Scott
• Erick Scott
• Amauris Ramírez
• Antonio Mejía
• Jose Mejía
• Alfredo Pacheco
• William Torres
• Claudio Albizuris
• José Antonio
• Selvín Mota
• Anel Beaucicot
• Fucien Brunel
• Romulus Turlien
• Mauricio Castro
• D.M. Martínez
• Emilio Palacios
• Amauris Ramírez
• Woolery Wolfe
• Luis Ernesto Pérez
• D.M. Martínez
• Emilio Palacios
• Daniel Arismendi
• Wiswel Isea

1 own goal

• Stéphane Guillaume (against Guatemala)

Final rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	El Salvador	5	4	1	0	10	1	+9	13	Champions
2	Mexico	5	2	3	0	8	4	+4	9	Runners-up
3	Costa Rica	5	2	2	1	7	3	+4	8	Third place
4	Haiti	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	7	Fourth place
5	Venezuela	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
7	Honduras	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
8	Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
9	Colombia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Eliminated in Group stage
10	Jamaica	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
11	Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
12	Barbados	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

References

1. Morrison, Neil (9 August 2018). "Central American and Caribbean Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
2. ^ Courtney, Barrie; Goloboy, James (21 December 2005). "Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 (El Salvador)". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

External links

• Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 (El Salvador)
• Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 (El Salvador) – Details

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