2001 UNCAF Nations Cup

2001 UNCAF Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Honduras
Dates	23 May–3 June 2001
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Guatemala (1st title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	54 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jorge Dely Valdés (6 goals)

The 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup was played in Honduras.

Participating teams

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Belize	3rd	First round (1995, 1999)
Costa Rica	6th	Champions (1991, 1997, 1999)
El Salvador	6th	3rd place (1995, 1997)
Guatemala	5th	Runners-up (1995, 1997, 1999)
Honduras (Hosts)	6th	Champions (1993, 1995)
Nicaragua	3rd	First round (1997, 1999)
Panama	4th	Third place (1993)

Squads

Venues

Tegucigalpa	San Pedro Sula	La Ceiba	Puerto Cortés
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	Estadio Excélsior
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 7,910

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	El Salvador	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Qualified to Final Round
2	Panama	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Honduras	3	1	1	1	12	5	+7	4
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

23 May 2001

El Salvador	3–0	Nicaragua
Rodríguez  1', 37' González  2'

Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés

23 May 2001

Honduras	1–2	Panama
M. Núñez  45'		Ju. Dely  35' Jo. Dely  68'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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25 May 2001

El Salvador	2–1	Panama
Corrales  58' Canjura  90'		Jo. Dely  90'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

25 May 2001

Honduras	10–2	Nicaragua
Guerrero  22' Pavón  24', 33', 82' Rosales  38' Solórzano  54' (o.g.) M. Núñez  72', 80' Martínez  75', 76'		Webster  12' Bermúdez  86'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, San Pedro Sula

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27 May 2001

Nicaragua	0–6	Panama
		Jo. Dely  27', 30', 68' Cubillas  42' Ju. Dely  54' Anderson  83'

Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés, Puerto Cortés

27 May 2001

Honduras	1–1	El Salvador
Turcios  41'		Umanzor  90'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Qualified to Final Round
2	Guatemala	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
3	Belize	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	1

23 May 2001

Belize	0–4	Costa Rica
		Fonseca  27' (pen.), 37', 85' Marín  58'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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25 May 2001

Belize	3–3	Guatemala
Frazer  34', 44' Leslie  59'		Chen  23' García  26', 85'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba

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27 May 2001

Costa Rica	1–1	Guatemala
A. Núñez  45'		Acevedo  70' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guatemala	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Champions and qualified to 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4	Qualified to 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	El Salvador	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Panama	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	Enters a play-off for 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

30 May 2001

El Salvador	0–0	Guatemala

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

30 May 2001

Costa Rica	2–1	Panama
Gómez  42' Centeno  84'		Ju. Dely  46'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

1 June 2001

El Salvador	1–1	Panama
Ramírez  11'		Anderson  80'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

1 June 2001

Costa Rica	0–2	Guatemala
		Pezzarossi  1' Estrada  51'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

3 June 2001

Costa Rica	1–1	El Salvador
Centeno  55'		Galdámez  40'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

3 June 2001

Guatemala	3–1	Panama
Pezzarossi  15' Acevedo  33' Garcia  89'		Jo. Dely  67'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Champions

2001 UNCAF Nations Cup Winner
Guatemala First title

• Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador qualified automatically for 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Panama enters a playoff for qualification against Cuba.^[1]

Goalscorers

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References