Copa Centroamericana

The Copa Centroamericana (Template:Langx) was an association football competition organized by UNCAF as its top regional tournament for men's senior national teams from Central America. The tournament was held from 1991 to 2017, every two years in the years before and after the FIFA World Cup and also served as a qualification method for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. It was originally known as Copa de Naciones UNCAF (Template:Langx) from 1991 to 2009, changing to the latter name in the 2011 edition.

The tournament consisted of two stages, in the group stage of the tournament finals, the seven teams competed in two groups with a round-robin format, one group with four teams and the other with three teams, with the top two teams in each group qualified for the semifinal, where the winners advanced into the final while the losers disputed a third place match. The fifth place match was disputed between the third-ranked teams of the group stage. Depending on their performance in the Copa Centroamericana, teams then went on to participate in other competitions, such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the Copa América.

The 14 editions of the Central American competition were won by four different national teams: Costa Rica were the most successful national team with 8 titles. Honduras won 4 titles, Guatemala and Panama won one title each. Costa Rica and Honduras were the only sides in history to win consecutive titles, with the former winning an unprecedented three titles in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

The last edition was held in 2017, with its place in the fixture schedule being taken by the CONCACAF Nations League.

History

Due to the success of the Costa Rica national football team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the approaching 1994 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in the United States, the CONCACAF Congress in Kingston, Jamaica decided to stage a continental championship itself; the CONCACAF Gold Cup was ratified on August 18, 1990.<ref name="Reference 1">Template:Cite web</ref> Costa Rica were given a bye into the competition due to its title at the 1989 CONCACAF Championship, which also served as a qualification phase for the World Cup hosted by Italy.<ref name="Reference 1" /> However, due to mainly economic reasons, the United States were chosen as the venue for the continental tournament.<ref name="Reference 2">Template:Cite web</ref>

During that same conference, the qualification format for the Central American associations were also decided on.<ref name="Reference 1" /> The final qualification round of the Central American zone had two bids: the United States and Costa Rica.<ref name="Reference 2" /> Costa Rica, now three-time CONCACAF champions and to celebrate their anniversary of the nation's World Cup performance by its team, was named by CONCACAF and UNCAF as the host country of the inaugural edition of the regional tournament organized by UNCAF (1991 UNCAF Nations Cup) on February 19, 1991.<ref name="Reference 4">Template:Cite web</ref>

Participating teams

The 7 UNCAF members participated on the tournament:

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Results

#	Year	Hosts	Champions	Results	Runners-up	Third place	Results	Fourth place	Teams
Copa de Naciones UNCAF
1	1991	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	Round-Robin	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	Round-Robin	Template:Fb	4
2	1993	Template:Flag	Template:Fb		Template:Fb	Template:Fb		Template:Fb	5
3	1995	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	3–0	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	2–1	Template:Fb	7
4	1997	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	Round-Robin	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	Round-Robin	Template:Fb	7
5	1999	Template:Flag	Template:Fb		Template:Fb	Template:Fb		Template:Fb	6
6	2001	Template:Flag	Template:Fb		Template:Fb	Template:Fb		Template:Fb	7
7	2003	Template:Flag	Template:Fb		Template:Fb	Template:Fb		Template:Fb	6
8	2005	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	1–1 Template:Pso	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	3–0	Template:Fb	7
9	2007	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	1–1 Template:Pso	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	1–0	Template:Fb	7
10	2009	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	0–0 Template:Pso	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	1–0	Template:Fb	7
Copa Centroamericana
11	2011	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	2–1	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	0–0 Template:Pso	Template:Fb	7
12	2013	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	1–0	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	1–0	Template:Fb	7
13	2014	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	2–1	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	1–0	Template:Fb	7
14	2017	Template:Flag	Template:Fb	Round-Robin	Template:Fb	Template:Fb	Round-Robin	Template:Fb	6

Performances

Top 4

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Template:Fb	8 (1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014)	4 (1993, 2001, 2009, 2011)	–	2 (1995, 2017)	14
Template:Fb	4 (1993, 1995, 2011, 2017)	3 (1991, 2005, 2013)	2 (1999, 2009)	2 (1997, 2003)	11
Template:Fb	1 (2001)	5 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2014)	3 (1991, 2005, 2007)	–	9
Template:Fb	1 (2009)	2 (2007, 2017)	3 (1993, 2011, 2014)	2 (2001, 2005)	8
Template:Fb	–	–	6 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2017)	7 (1991, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014)	13
Template:Fb	–	–	–	1 (2013)	1

Notes

Italic — Hosts

Overall statistics

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See also

• UNCAF
• NAFU
• CFU
• North American Nations Cup
• Caribbean Cup/CFU Championship

External links

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