# Football at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

The association football competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games was played from 16 July to 29 July 2006. Qualification took place beforehand.
Colombia won the competition, beating Venezuela 2-1 in the Gold medal match. The tournament was made up of U-21 players.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Colombia David Ospina Pedro Tavima Daniel Briceno Jairo Suarez Braynner Garcia Harrison Moreales Jackson Martinez Dayro Moreno Armando Carrillo Sebastian Hernandez Jose Otalvaro Carlos Abella Fredy Guarin Darwin Quintero Pablo Armero Edwin Valencia Cristian Marrugo Juan Pablo Pino | Venezuela Daniel Valdes Mario Bosetti Edgar Pico Grenddy Perozo Jhon Ospina Roberto Rosales Jose Colmenares Luiryi Erazo Nicolas Fedor Tomas Rincon Ely Valderrey Tito Rojas Anderson Arias Luis Vargas Ever Espinoza Jose Granados Engelbert Perez Alejandro Guerra | Costa Rica Keylor Navas Rigo Ramirez Daniel Arce Esteban Granados Darío Delgado Bismark Acosta Windell Gabriel Kenny Cunninghan Yosimar Arias Ignacio Aguilar Ariel Rodriguez Jody Stewart Jose Chan Crisanto Esquivel Eithel Rodriguez Cesar Carrillo Daniel Cambronero |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| # | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- |
| 1 | Colombia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | +8 |
| 2 | Panama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | +4 |
| 3 | Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -12 |

### Group B

| # | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- |
| 1 | Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | +2 |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 |

### Group C

| # | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 |
| 2 | Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Haiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -2 |

### Group D

| # | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- |
| 1 | Honduras | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | +4 |
| 2 | El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | +3 |
| 3 | Barbados | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | -7 |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| July 22 - Barranquilla | July 22 - Barranquilla | | | |
| Venezuela | 2 | | | |
| Venezuela | 2 | July 26 - Cartagena | July 26 - Cartagena | | |
| El Salvador | 1 | July 26 - Cartagena | July 26 - Cartagena | |
| El Salvador | 1 | Costa Rica | 0 (0) | |
| July 23 - Cartagena | July 23 - Cartagena | | Costa Rica | 0 (0) | |
| July 23 - Cartagena | July 23 - Cartagena | Venezuela | 0 (3) | |
| Costa Rica | 3 | Venezuela | 0 (3) | |
| Costa Rica | 3 | | | | July 29 - Cartagena | July 29 - Cartagena |
| Panama | 1 | | | | July 29 - Cartagena | July 29 - Cartagena |
| Panama | 1 | | | | Colombia | 2 |
| July 22 - Barranquilla | July 22 - Barranquilla | | | | | Colombia | 2 |
| July 22 - Barranquilla | July 22 - Barranquilla | | | | Venezuela | 1 |
| Honduras | 3 | | | | Venezuela | 1 |
| Honduras | 3 | July 26 - Cartagena | July 26 - Cartagena | | | |
| Mexico | 1 | July 26 - Cartagena | July 26 - Cartagena | | | |
| Mexico | 1 | Colombia | 1 | | | |
| July 23 - Cartagena | July 23 - Cartagena | | Colombia | 1 | | | |
| July 23 - Cartagena | July 23 - Cartagena | Honduras | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Colombia | 6 | Honduras | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Colombia | 6 | | | | July 29 - Cartagena | July 29 - Cartagena |
| Jamaica | 0 | | | | July 29 - Cartagena | July 29 - Cartagena |
| Jamaica | 0 | | | | Honduras | 0 |
| | | | | | Costa Rica | 1 |

### Final

* 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
* Colombia 2nd title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
5 goals
* Kenny Cunningham
* Juan Pablo Pino
4 goals
* Dayro Moreno
* Ramón Castillo
3 goals
* Darwin Quintero
2 goals
* Fredy Guarín
* Carlos Arbizú
* Cristian Esnal
* Gabriel Torres
1 goal
* Ignacio Aguilar
* Yosimar Arias
* Rigo Ramírez
* Daniel Briceño
* Harrison Otálvaro
* Jackson Martínez
* Richard West
* Alain Vubert
* Luis Rodas
* Erick Morales
* Héctor Moreno
* Ismael Valadéz
* Edwin Aguilar
* Roderick Brown
* Ricardo Buitrago
* Miguel Castillo Moreno
* Jhon Jairo Ospina
3 own goals
* Rowendy Sumter (against Panama)
* Jackson Martínez (against Venezuela)
* Nathan Koo-Boothe (against Colombia)