# Football at the 2017 Central American Games

The football tournament at the 2017 Central American Games took place in December 2017.
The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the Central American nations for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Three teams qualified from the men's tournament, two teams qualified from the women's tournament.
The men's tournament was restricted to those born after 1 January 1997 and the women's tournament had no age restrictions.

## Teams

In October 2017, CONCACAF wrote to ORDECA to confirm that teams from Guatemala would not be eligible for the competitions due to suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala from FIFA. Honduras and Belize did not enter a team into the women's competition.

### Men's

| Team | App. | Previous best |
| Belize | 5th | Group stage (1994, 1997, 2001, 2013) |
| Costa Rica | 7th | Gold medal (1997) |
| El Salvador | 8th | Gold medal (1977) |
| Honduras | 7th | Gold medal (1990, 1994, 2013) |
| Nicaragua | 9th | Silver medal (1973) |
| Panama | 6th | Gold medal (1973) |

### Women's

| Team | App. | Previous best |
| Costa Rica | 3rd | Gold medal (2001, 2013) |
| El Salvador | 3rd | 4th (2001) |
| Nicaragua | 3rd | Silver medal (2013) |
| Panama | 2nd | 4th (2013) |

## Men's tournament
### Group stage
#### Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Greater number of goals between teams
* Number of goals scored in group
* Goal difference in group
* Number of goals scored across all groups
* Drawing of lots

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Panama | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Honduras | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belize | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 11 December 2017 | 11 December 2017 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 13 December 2017 | 13 December 2017 |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 13 December 2017 | 13 December 2017 |
| Nicaragua | 0 | Costa Rica | 0 |
| 11 December 2017 | 11 December 2017 | | Costa Rica | 0 |
| 11 December 2017 | 11 December 2017 | Honduras | 1 |
| Honduras | 1 (2) | Honduras | 1 |
| El Salvador | 1 (1) | | |

#### Final
## Women's tournament
### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | Semi-finals |

### Knockout stage
#### Final
## Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games

For the men's, the top three teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games as the UNCAF representatives:
* Honduras
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
For the women's, the top two teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games as the UNCAF representatives:
* Costa Rica
* Nicaragua