1997 UNCAF Nations Cup

1997 UNCAF Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	37 (2.64 per match)

This page details the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup, played in Guatemala.

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads see UNCAF Nations Cup 1997 squads

Preliminary round

March 28, 1997	Panama	1–1	Belize	Panama

March 30, 1997	Belize	0–1	Panama	Belize

First round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Guatemala 4 2 1 1 0 7 2 Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 0 6 2 Nicaragua 0 2 0 0 2 2 11 April 16, 1997 Guatemala 1–1 Costa Rica Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Juan Carlos Plata  7' Allan Oviedo  43' April 18, 1997 Costa Rica 5–1 Nicaragua Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Luis Arnáez  13' Oscar Ramírez  18', 42', 48' Allan Oviedo  39' David Taylor  55' April 20, 1997 Guatemala 6–1 Nicaragua Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Martín Machón  2' Juan Carlos Plata  5', 40' (pen.) Edwin Westphal  13' Juan Manuel Funes  63' Oscar Samayoa  75' José Bermúdez  31' Group B Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Honduras 6 2 2 0 0 8 0 El Salvador 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 Panama 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 April 16, 1997 Honduras 5–0 Panama Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Wilmer Velásquez  1', 11', 16', 45' (pen.) Amado Guevara  73' April 18, 1997 Honduras 3–0 El Salvador Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Wilmer Velásquez  4', 25' (pen.) Milton Núñez  78' April 20, 1997 El Salvador 2–0 Panama Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Elias Montes  63' Waldir Guerra  77' Final round Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Costa Rica 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 Guatemala 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 El Salvador 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 Honduras 1 3 0 1 2 0 5 April 23, 1997 Honduras 0–4 Costa Rica Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Rolando Fonseca  5', 8', 71' Wílmer López  44' April 23, 1997 Guatemala 1–0 El Salvador Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Juan Manuel Funes  55' April 25, 1997 Guatemala 1–0 Honduras Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Juan Carlos Plata  50' April 25, 1997 Costa Rica 1–0 El Salvador Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Luis Arnáez  72' April 27, 1997 Honduras 0–0 El Salvador Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City April 27, 1997 Costa Rica 1–1 Guatemala Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Rolando Fonseca  2' Juan Manuel Funes  87' Champions  1997 UNCAF Nations Cup Winner  Costa Rica Second title Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador qualified automatically for 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup. All-star team Erick Lonnis Harold Wallace Mauricio Wright Wilfredo Iraheta Martín Machón Juan Manuel Funes Luis Diego Arnáez Amado Guevara Juan Carlos Plata Rolando Fonseca Wilmer Velasquez Reference RSSSF archives