# Football at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

The 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games football tournament is scheduled to be the 20th edition of the competition at the 21st edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games. It will be the first CAC Games football competition to take since 2006 due to the cancellation of the 2010 edition.
Although the competition is considered to be an under-21 age group competition, up to three players born before 1 January 1993 may be named in the squad. Each participating national football association will select a final squad of 20 players.
The women's tournament was won by Mexico over Colombia.
The men's tournament was won by Mexico as well, over Venezuela. This is the 6th gold medal in this competition for the Mexican side. The last time they accomplished the gold medal was over 20 years ago.

## Venues

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| Veracruz | Boca del Río | VeracruzBoca del Río |
| Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente | Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez | VeracruzBoca del Río |
| 19°09′51″N 96°07′30″W﻿ / ﻿19.164222°N 96.125017°W﻿ / 19.164222; -96.125017 | 19°09′44″N 96°06′52″W﻿ / ﻿19.162316°N 96.114581°W﻿ / 19.162316; -96.114581 | VeracruzBoca del Río |
| Capacity: 28,703 | Capacity: 1,200 | VeracruzBoca del Río |

## Men's event
### Participants

| Team | Football Association | National Olympic Association | Qualification method |
| Mexico | Federación Mexicana de Fútbol | Comité Olímpico Mexicano | Competition host |
| Honduras | Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras | Comité Olímpico Hondureño | Winner of the 2013 Central American Games competition |
| Costa Rica | Federación Costarricense de Fútbol | Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica | Runner-up of the 2013 Central American Games competition |
| El Salvador | Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol | Comité Olímpico de El Salvador | Third-place of the 2013 Central American Games competition |
| Cuba | Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba | Cuban Olympic Committee | Semi-finalist at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship |
| Jamaica | Jamaica Football Federation | Jamaica Olympic Association | Quarter-finalist at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship |
| Haiti | Fédération Haïtienne de Football | Comité Olympique Haïtien | Invited (replaced Colombia) |
| Venezuela | Federación Venezolana de Fútbol | Comité Olímpico Venezolano | Invited |

### Group stage

Each team will play one game against each of the teams in their group in a round-robin format. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one for a tie and no points for a loss.
Teams that finish in 1st and 2nd position will advance to the semi-final round.

#### Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
* 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
* 2. Goal difference in all group matches
* 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
The group stage draw was conducted on 9 October 2014.

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated |
| Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | Eliminated |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 26 November – Veracruz | 26 November – Veracruz |
| Mexico (pen.) | 1 (7) |
| Mexico (pen.) | 1 (7) | 28 November – Veracruz | 28 November – Veracruz |
| Cuba | 1 (6) | 28 November – Veracruz | 28 November – Veracruz |
| Cuba | 1 (6) | Mexico | 4 |
| 26 November – Veracruz | 26 November – Veracruz | | Mexico | 4 |
| 26 November – Veracruz | 26 November – Veracruz | Venezuela | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 | Venezuela | 1 |
| Honduras | 0 | | |
| Honduras | 0 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | 28 November – Boca del Río | 28 November – Boca del Río |
| | | Cuba | 3 |
| | | Honduras | 1 |

#### Gold-medal match

* 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Men's football tournament Winners
* Mexico 6th title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.
6 goals
* Eddie Hernández
4 goals
* Andrés Ponce
3 goals
* Erick Torres Padilla
* Martín Zúñiga
* Raúl López
* Yordan Santa Cruz
2 goals
* Nerin St. Vil
* Maikel Reyes
* Angel Zaldivar
* Erick Torres
* Hedgardo Marín
* José Ortiz
* Jhon Murillo
1 goal
* Erick Cabalceta
* Jhamir Ordain
* Francisco Rodríguez
* Adrián Diz
* Arichel Hernández
* Deybi Flores
* Kevin López
* Cardel Benbow
* Chevone Marsh
* Wilson Paul
* José Peña
* Jonathan Espericueta
* Armando Zamorano
* Adalberto Peñaranda
1 own goal
* William Alban Fernandez (playing against Cuba)

## Women's event
### Group stage

Each team will play one game against each of the teams in their group in a round-robin format. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one for a tie and no points for a loss.
Teams that finish in 1st and 2nd position will advance to the semi-final round.

#### Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
* 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
* 2. Goal difference in all group matches
* 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
The group stage draw was conducted on 9 October 2014.

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 | Eliminated |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 November – Boca del Río | 25 November – Boca del Río |
| Colombia | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 | 27 November – Veracruz | 27 November – Veracruz |
| Venezuela | 0 | 27 November – Veracruz | 27 November – Veracruz |
| Venezuela | 0 | Colombia | 0 |
| 25 November – Boca del Río | 25 November – Boca del Río | | Colombia | 0 |
| 25 November – Boca del Río | 25 November – Boca del Río | Mexico | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Mexico | 2 |
| Mexico | 1 | | |
| Mexico | 1 | Third-place | Third-place |
| | | 27 November – Boca del Río | 27 November – Boca del Río |
| | | Venezuela | 2 |
| | | Costa Rica | 3 |

#### Gold-medal match

* 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Women's football tournament Winners
* Mexico 1st title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.44 goals per match.
6 goals
* Charlyn Corral
4 goals
* Katerin Castro
* Karla Villalobos
* Gabriela Garcia
2 goals
* Maribel Domínguez
* Alexyar Cañas
* Betzaida Ubri
1 goal
* Mildrey Pineda
* Oriánica Velásquez
* Nataly Arias
* Daniela Montoya
* Diana Ospina
* Ingrid Vidal
* Yoreli Rincón
* Katherine Alvarado
* María Barrantes
* Cristín Granados
* Yesmi Rodríguez
* Carol Sánchez
* Carolina Venegas
* Gloriana Villalobos
* Yaqueisi Núñez
* Roselord Borgella
* Carolina Jaramillo
* Stephany Mayor
* Verónica Pérez
* Ninoska Solís
* Patrice Campbell
* Leury Basanta
* Kika Moreno
* Tahicelis Marcano
2 own goals
* Denny Vargas (playing against Venezuela)
* Iyesha Ollivierre (playing against Colombia)