2022 UNCAF U-19 Tournament

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2022 UNCAF U-19 Tournament
UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryBelize
CityBelmopan
Dates24–30 April 2022
Teams8 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Panama
Fourth place Nicaragua
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored57 (3.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guatemala Jefry Bantes
Nicaragua Widman Talavera
Puerto Rico Jeremy de León
(3 goals each)
← 2018
2024 →

The 2022 UNCAF U-19 Tournament, also known as UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament (Spanish: Torneo UNCAF Sub-19 FIFA Forward), was the second edition of the UNCAF U-19 Tournament, the biennial international youth football tournament organised by the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) for the men's under-19 national teams of the Central America region. It was held in Belmopan, Belize between 24 and 30 April 2022.[1]

Guatemala were the defending champions having won the title in 2018, but was unable to retain the title and finished in sixth place. Costa Rica won their first tournament title after beating El Salvador by a 5–4 score in the final.[2]

Entrants[edit]

All seven UNCAF member national teams entered the tournament in addition to Puerto Rico which participated as a guest from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Belize (hosts) 2nd Seventh place (2018)
 Costa Rica 2nd Third place (2018)
 El Salvador 2nd Sixth place (2018)
 Guatemala (holders) 2nd Champions (2018)
 Honduras 2nd Fourth place (2018)
 Nicaragua 2nd Fifth place (2018)
 Panama 2nd Runners-up (2018)
 Puerto Rico (invitee) 1st None

Venues[edit]

Belmopan
Isidoro Beaton Stadium FFB Stadium
Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 5,200
FFB Stadium

Belize was named as host country of the tournament at the XX UNCAF Ordinary Congress meeting held on 2 December 2021.[1] The Isidoro Beaton and FFB stadiums, both located in Belmopan, hosted the matches.[3]

Composition of the groups[edit]

The groups and match schedule were revealed on 7 April 2022.[4] No previous draw was announced, however the hosts Belize and the title holders Guatemala were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B respectively.

The groups were conformed as follows:

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Belize
A2  Honduras
A4  El Salvador
A3  Nicaragua
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Guatemala
B2  Panama
B3  Costa Rica
B4  Puerto Rico

Match officials[edit]

On 23 April 2022, UNCAF announced a total of 10 referees and 10 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[5][6]

Association Referees Assistant referees
 Belize Efren Guy Juan Colindres
 Costa Rica Pablo Camacho Danny Sojo
 Cuba Anthony Montero
 El Salvador Waldir García Carlos Vargas and Emilio Villalta
 Guatemala Christofer Corado and José Fuentes Axel Pérez
 Honduras Julio Guity Luis Paz and José Nahun Arauz
 Mexico Yonathan Peinado Daniel Martínez
 Nicaragua Félix Mojica Alfredo Chávez
 Panama José Carrasco Jorginho Vásquez

Group stage[edit]

All match times are in CST (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.[7]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Final
2  Nicaragua 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Third place match
3  Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3 Fifth place match
4  Belize (H) 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1 Seventh place match
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Honduras 0–2 El Salvador
Benítez 11'
Osorio 90'
Referee: Yonathan Peinado (Mexico)
Belize 2–2 Nicaragua
Daniels 15'
Reneau 84' (pen.)		 Corrales 3', 53'
Referee: Pablo Camacho (Costa Rica)
Nicaragua 2–1 Honduras
Talavera 68', 74' (pen.) Carrasco 90+3'
Referee: Anthony Montero (Cuba)
Belize 1–5 El Salvador
Reneau 67' Cerritos 17'
Arévalo 25'
Benítez 32'
Esquivel 60'
Gil 90+2'
Referee: José Fuentes (Guatemala)
El Salvador 1–0 Nicaragua
Orellana 7'
Referee: José Carrasco (Panama)
Belize 0–2 Honduras
Núñez 16'
Contreras 90+2' (pen.)
Referee: Christofer Corado (Guatemala)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5 Final
2  Panama 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Third place match
3  Guatemala 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 Fifth place match
4  Puerto Rico (G) 3 0 1 2 5 10 −5 1 Seventh place match
Source: UNCAF
(G) Guests
Panama 0–0 Costa Rica
Referee: Julio Guity (Honduras)
Guatemala 3–1 Puerto Rico
Gaitán 17' (pen.)
Bantes 74'
Muñoz 90+2'		 Silva ?'
Referee: Félix Mojica (Nicaragua)
Puerto Rico 3–3 Panama
de León 9', 86'
Rivera 12'		 Mosquera 45'
Vega 71'
Cedeño 83'
Referee: Efren Guy (Belize)
Costa Rica 1–1 Guatemala
Rodríguez 10' Bantes 89'
Referee: Waldir García (El Salvador)
Costa Rica 4–1 Puerto Rico
Johnson 14'
Cane 22'
Soto 74'
Segura 87'		 Rivera 62'
Referee: Yonathan Peinado (Mexico)
Guatemala 1–3 Panama
Bantes 84' Tejada 45+4' (pen.)
Gaitán 90+1' (o.g.)
Tello 90+6'
Referee: Julio Guity (Honduras)

Knockout stage[edit]

All match times are in CST (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.[7]

Seventh place match[edit]

Belize 1–2 Puerto Rico
Higinio 9' de León 22'
Mateo 74'
Referee: Christofer Corado (Guatemala)

Fifth place match[edit]

Guatemala 0–0 Honduras
Penalties
Gaitán soccer ball with check mark
Bantes soccer ball with check mark
Franco soccer ball with check mark
Arana soccer ball with red X
Corado soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Contreras
soccer ball with check mark Zuñiga
soccer ball with check mark Kelly
soccer ball with check mark Núñez
soccer ball with check mark Carrasco
Referee: Pablo Camacho (Costa Rica)

Third place match[edit]

Panama 3–3 Nicaragua
Gorday 16', 57' (pen.)
Pineda 74' (o.g.)		 Batiz 37'
Herrera 45+1'
Talavera 68' (pen.)
Penalties
Vega soccer ball with red X
Cedeño soccer ball with check mark
Ruíz soccer ball with check mark
Alba soccer ball with check mark
Gorday soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Kirklan
soccer ball with red X Soto
soccer ball with check mark Herrera
soccer ball with red X Salinas
Referee: Waldir García (El Salvador)

Final[edit]

El Salvador 4–5 Costa Rica
Gil 31'
Rivas 38', 53'
Cruz 48'		 Arroyo 21'
Alcócer 56', 82'
Soto 63' (pen.)
Cano 90' (o.g.)
Referee: Félix Mojica (Nicaragua)

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 57 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking[edit]

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 4 2 2 0 10 6 +4 8
2  El Salvador 4 3 0 1 12 6 +6 9
3  Panama 4 1 3 0 9 7 +2 6
4  Nicaragua 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 5
5  Honduras 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
6  Guatemala 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
7  Puerto Rico (G) 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4
8  Belize (H) 4 0 1 3 4 11 −7 1
Source: UNCAF[2]
(G) Guests; (H) Hosts

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Uncaf celebra su XX Congreso y aprueba seis torneos internacionales para el 2022" [Uncaf celebrates its XX Congress and approves six international tournaments for 2022] (in Spanish). Central American Football Union. 1 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Costa Rica se consagra campeón del Torneo Sub-19 Uncaf Fifa Forward" [Costa Rica becomes champion of the UNCAF FIFA Forward U-19 Tournament] (in Spanish). Central American Football Union. 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ Morales Iglesias, Rubén (4 March 2022). "FFB prepares for series of Belize National Football Teams' international games". Breaking Belize News.
  4. ^ "Este es el calendario del Torneo Sub-19 masculino de la Uncaf que se jugará en Belice" [This is the schedule for the UNCAF Men's U-19 Tournament to be played in Belize] (in Spanish). Central American Football Union. 7 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Ellos son los árbitros que estarán en el Torneo Uncaf Sub-19 Fifa Forward" [They are the referees who will be at the UNCAF U-19 FIFA Forward Tournament] (in Spanish). UNCAF. 23 April 2022.
  6. ^ Morales Iglesias, Rubén (22 April 2022). "Referees, assistant referees are ready for U19 Central American Football Championship". Breaking Belize News.
  7. ^ a b "Calendario Sub 19" (in Spanish). Central American Football Union. 7 April 2022.
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