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

The men's football tournament at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia from 20 to 31 July. Men's teams are allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 21.

## 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  Honduras  El Salvador | 3 |
| Caribbean Football Union | 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | Haiti  Trinidad and Tobago | 2 |
| Total | | | 8 |

## Squads

The date of birth for male athletes is from January 1, 1997 (U21). Each team may enter a maximum of three (3) male athletes without age restrictions.

## 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

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Venezuela | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

## 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 |
| 28 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) | 28 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) |
| Colombia | 3 |
| Colombia | 3 | 31 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) | 31 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) |
| Haiti | 1 | 31 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) | 31 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) |
| Haiti | 1 | Colombia | 2 |
| 28 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) | 28 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) | | Colombia | 2 |
| 28 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) | 28 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) | Venezuela | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 | Venezuela | 1 |
| Honduras | 0 | | |
| Honduras | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 31 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) | 31 July — Barranquilla (Romelio Martínez) |
| | | Haiti | 0 |
| | | Honduras | 3 |

### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

There were 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.
4 goals
* Julián Quiñones
3 goals
* Douglas Martínez
* Yohandry Orozco
2 goals
* Leonardo Fabio Castro
* Luis Sandoval
* Andrés Gómez
* Randall Leal
* Ronaldo Damus
* Eduardo Aguirre
* John-Paul Rochford
* Daniel Saggiomo
* Antonio Romero
1 goal
* Christian Mina
* Juan Palma
* Iván Rojas
* Marvin Márquez
* Danley Jean Jacques
* Cristian Cálix
* Séndel Cruz
* Darwin Diego
* Denil Maldonado
* Josué Villafranca
* Nickel Orr
* Ronaldo Chacón
* Agnel Flores
1 own goal
* Jean Gutiérrez (against Colombia)