2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament

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2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament
UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
CityTegucigalpa
Dates19–25 January 2024
Teams8 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Guatemala (2nd title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Honduras
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored64 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Claudio Montero
(6 goals)
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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 third 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 Tegucigalpa, Honduras between 19 and 25 January 2024.[1]

The tournament's purpose is for the UNCAF teams to prepare for the upcoming 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championships but it is not a qualifier.

Guatemala won their second UNCAF U-19 title by beating Panama in the final 3–0 on penalties following a 0–0 draw in regular time. Hosts Honduras finished in third place after defeating title holder Costa Rica 3–2 in the third place match.

Entrants[edit]

All seven UNCAF member national teams entered the tournament in addition to Cuba which participated as a guest from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).[2]

Team App Previous best performance
 Belize 3rd Seventh place (2018)
 Costa Rica (holders) 3rd Champions (2022)
 Cuba (invitee) 1st None
 El Salvador 3rd Runners-up (2022)
 Guatemala 3rd Champions (2018)
 Honduras (hosts) 3rd Fourth place (2018)
 Nicaragua 3rd Fourth place (2022)
 Panama 3rd Runners-up (2018)

Venues[edit]

It was the second time that Honduras hosted the tournament, having also hosted the inaugural edition in 2018.[3] All games took place on the courts of the Centro de Alto Rendimiento José Rafael Ferrari, home of the Honduran club Olimpia, in Tegucigalpa.[1]

Groups composition[edit]

The groups and match schedule were revealed by UNCAF on 16 January 2024,[2] however, they had been previously published by the Panamanian Football Federation on 6 January 2024.[1] No previous draw was announced, however, the hosts Honduras and the title holders Costa Rica 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  Honduras
A2  Panama
A4  El Salvador
A3  Nicaragua
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Costa Rica
B2  Guatemala
B3  Cuba
B4  Belize

Group stage[edit]

All match times are in HNT (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.[4]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Final
2  Honduras (H) 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 Third place match
3  Nicaragua 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3 Fifth place match
4  El Salvador 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0 Seventh place match
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Panama 3–0 El Salvador
Obando 46'
Hernández 82'
Garibaldo 84'		 Report
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 2, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Jesús Montero (Costa Rica)
Honduras 4–0 Nicaragua
Paguada 28', 52'
Osorto 41'
Pérez 90+1'		 Report
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 1, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Modesto Hierrezuelo (Cuba)
Nicaragua 0–4 Panama
Report Obando 17'
Mosquera 35' (pen.)
Hernández 56'
Rodríguez 71' (pen.)
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Ismael López (Mexico)
Honduras 4–2 El Salvador
Zepeda 2'
Tatum 12'
Ponce 54' (pen.)
Mejía 72'		 Report Delgado 14'
Argueta 67'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Diego Ojer (Guatemala)
El Salvador 0–5 Nicaragua
Report Martínez 24'
Bello 45'
Cayasso 82'
Ortíz 90'
Castillo 90+3'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 2, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Victor Caliz (Belize)
Honduras 0–1 Panama
Report Garibaldo 3'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 1, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Ismael López (Mexico)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9 9 Final
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 10 6 +4 4 Third place match
3  Belize 3 1 0 2 3 14 −11 3 Fifth place match
4  Cuba (G) 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1 Seventh place match
Source: UNCAF
(G) Guests
Guatemala 2–1 Cuba
Sagastume (pen.)
Zahran 		Report Pérez
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: James Salinas (Honduras)
Costa Rica 7–1 Belize
Ramírez
Pelayo (o.g.)
Montero
Jiménez
Barahona 		Report Serano
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)
Belize 0–6 Guatemala
Report Vásquez 27', 49', 65'
Sagastume 45+2'
Ávila 73', 75'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 2, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Ricardo Reid (Panama)
Cuba 1–1 Costa Rica
Torres 88' Report Montero 86' (pen.)
Referee: César Nolasco (El Salvador)
Belize 2–1 Cuba
Martinez 28'
Taegar 45+2' (pen.)		 Report Rodríguez 1'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Eliel Aguirre (Nicaragua)
Costa Rica 2–4 Guatemala
Montero 29', 55' (pen.) Report De la Cruz 23'
Muñoz 33', 69'
Sagastume 75' (pen.)
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: James Salinas (Honduras)

Knockout stage[edit]

All match times are in HNT (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.[4]

Seventh place match[edit]

Cuba 2–2 El Salvador
Rodríguez 50'
Casanova 90'		 Report Díaz 20'
Delgado 21'
Penalties
Rodríguez soccer ball with check mark
Camejo soccer ball with red X
Mena soccer ball with check mark
Torres soccer ball with red X
Campos soccer ball with check mark		 3–4 soccer ball with check mark Casamalhuapa
soccer ball with check mark Arias
soccer ball with red X Rodríguez
soccer ball with check mark Reyes
soccer ball with check mark Díaz
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Jesús Montero (Costa Rica)

Fifth place match[edit]

Nicaragua 3–1 Belize
Uriarte 21'
Castillo 45+4'
Cayasso 76'		 Report Martinez 29'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 3, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Modesto Hierrezuelo (Cuba)

Third place match[edit]

Costa Rica 2–3 Honduras
Montero 55'
Castro 72'		 Report Paguada 35', 56'
Osorto 63'
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 2, Tegucigalpa
Referee: Diego Ojer (Guatemala)

Final[edit]

Panama 0–0 Guatemala
Report
Penalties
Ryce soccer ball with red X
Rodríguez soccer ball with red X
Hernández soccer ball with red X		 0–3 soccer ball with check mark Ávila
soccer ball with check mark Muñoz
soccer ball with check mark Racancoj
CAR José Rafael Ferrari – court 1, Tegucigalpa
Referee: César Nolasco (El Salvador)

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 64 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

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  Guatemala (C) 4 3 1 0 12 3 +9 10
2  Panama 4 3 1 0 8 0 +8 10
3  Honduras (H) 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 9
4  Costa Rica 4 1 1 2 12 9 +3 4
5  Nicaragua 4 2 0 2 8 9 −1 6
6  Belize 4 1 0 3 4 17 −13 3
7  El Salvador 4 0 1 3 4 14 −10 1
8  Cuba (G) 4 0 2 2 5 7 −2 2
Source: UNCAF
(C) Champions; (G) Guests; (H) Hosts

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Panamá Sub-20 arranca el año con miras al Torneo UNCAF en Honduras" [Panama U-20s kick off the year with an eye on the UNCAF Tournament in Honduras] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Torneo Sub-19 UNCAF FIFA FORWARD" (in Spanish). Central American Football Union. 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ Castro, Raul (11 January 2024). "Se viene el Torneo UNCAF Sub19 en territorio hondureño" [UNCAF U19 Tournament to be held in Honduras] (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa: HonduSports Ilustrada.
  4. ^ a b "Calendario TORNEO SUB-19 UNCAF FIFA Forward HONDURAS 2024" (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 6 January 2024.
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