# Football at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia from 19 to 30 July.

## Participating teams

| Region | Tournament | Teams qualified | Number of teams |
| Automatically qualified | Automatically qualified | Colombia (hosts)  Mexico  Venezuela | 3 |
| Central American Football Union | 2017 Central American Games | Costa Rica  Nicaragua | 2 |
| Caribbean Football Union | 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship | Trinidad and Tobago  Haiti  Jamaica | 3 |
| Total | | | 8 |

## Squads

There are no age restrictions for the players participating in the tournament.

## Group stage
### Tie-breakers

* a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
* b) goal difference in all group matches;
* c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
* d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
* g) drawing of lots
All times are local (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Colombia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | Withdrew |

## Knockout stage

If necessary, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 27 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) | 27 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) |
| Costa Rica | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 30 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) | 30 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 30 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) | 30 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | Costa Rica | 1 |
| 27 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) | 27 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) | | Costa Rica | 1 |
| 27 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) | 27 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) | Mexico | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | Mexico | 3 |
| Venezuela | 1 | | |
| Venezuela | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 30 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) | 30 July — Barranquilla (Julio Torres) |
| | | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 |
| | | Venezuela | 1 |

### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

There were 43 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.
3 goals
* Charlyn Corral
* Katie Johnson
* Mónica Ocampo
2 goals
* Katherine Alvarado
* Gloriana Villalobos
* Khadija Shaw
* Kenti Robles
* Maria Sánchez
* Yessenia Flores
* Oriana Altuve
* Paola Villamizar
* Ysaura Viso
1 goal
* Isabella Echeverri
* Marcela Restrepo
* Catalina Usme
* Manuela Vanegas
* Gabriela Guillén
* María Paula Porras
* María Paula Salas
* Carol Sánchez
* Chinyelu Asher
* Jody Brown
* Yamile Franco
* Desirée Monsiváis
* Karyn Forbes
* Liana Hinds
* Deyna Castellanos
1 own goal
* Martha Silva (against Trinidad and Tobago)