2003 UNCAF Nations Cup

2003 UNCAF Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Panama
Dates	February 19 to 27, 2003
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Estadio Rommel Fernández Estadio La Pedregaleña
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (4th title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	30 (2 per match)

Participating teams

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads see UNCAF Nations Cup 2003 squads

Final round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Costa Rica	5	4	1	0	5	1	+4	13	Champions & Qualified for the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	Guatemala	5	3	1	1	10	4	+6	10	Qualified for the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	El Salvador	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2	9
4	Honduras	5	1	1	3	4	5	−1	4
5	Panama	5	1	1	3	4	5	−1	4
6	Nicaragua	5	1	0	4	1	11	−10	3

February 9, 2003	Panama	1–2	El Salvador	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Neftalí Díaz  34'		Josué Galdámez  70' Rudis Corrales  77'

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February 11, 2003	Costa Rica	1–0	El Salvador	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Erick Scott  62'

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February 11, 2003	Honduras	2–0	Nicaragua	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Jairo Martínez  4' Julio César de León  20'

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February 13, 2003	Costa Rica	1–1	Guatemala	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Walter Centeno  24' (pen.)		Freddy García  48'

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February 13, 2003	El Salvador	3–0	Nicaragua	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Rudis Corrales  5' Víctor Velásquez  27' Diego Mejía  89'

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February 15, 2003	Costa Rica	1–0	Nicaragua	Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón
	Erick Scott  16'

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February 15, 2003	Honduras	0–1	El Salvador	Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón
			Gilberto Murgas  81'

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February 16, 2003	Panama	2–0	Guatemala	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Mario Méndez  29' Roberto Brown  36'

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February 18, 2003	Guatemala	5–0	Nicaragua	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Carlos Ruiz  33', 45', 66' Freddy García  77' Carlos Figueroa  81'

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February 18, 2003	Panama	1–1	Honduras	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Víctor Mendieta  60'		Jairo Martínez  28'

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February 20, 2003	Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Steven Bryce  45+2'

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February 20, 2003	El Salvador	0–2	Guatemala	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
			César Alegría  18' Freddy García  83' (pen.)

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February 21, 2003	Panama	0–1	Nicaragua	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
			Emilio Palacios  83'

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February 23, 2003	Honduras	1–2	Guatemala	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
	Amado Guevara  76'		Guillermo Ramírez  7' Carlos Figueroa  56'

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February 23, 2003	Panama	0–1	Costa Rica	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
			Alonso Solís  73'

Awards

2003 UNCAF Nations Cup Winner
Costa Rica Fourth title

• Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador qualified for 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals. Honduras won drawing of lots to finish in fourth place, and therefore qualify for playoff against second-placed teams in Caribbean section.