# Football at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

The association football competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held between 23 November and 7 December 2002, although qualification took place beforehand. El Salvador, the tournament's host, drew with Mexico in the final 1–1, eventually defeating Mexico in a penalty shoot-out 4–3, winning its second title and the first title since 1954.

## Participants

Twelve nations participated in the tournament, and all of the teams sent were each nation's U-21 team. Cuba withdrew and was replaced by the Dominican Republic. Ten of the teams which participated were from CONCACAF with the remaining two being from CONMEBOL.

### Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's football | El Salvador (SLV) | Mexico (MEX) | Costa Rica (CRC) |

## Venues

| San Salvador | Flor BlancaCuscatlán | San Salvador |
| Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca | Flor BlancaCuscatlán | Estadio Cuscatlán |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Flor BlancaCuscatlán | Capacity: 53,400 |

## Preliminary round
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Haiti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Qualification for final round |
| 2 | Guatemala | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Qualification for final round |
| 3 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Qualification for final round |
| 2 | Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Qualification for final round |
| 3 | Barbados | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Qualification for final round |
| 2 | Honduras | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Qualification for final round |
| 3 | Jamaica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Qualification for final round |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Qualification for final round |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 30 November – Cuscatlán | 30 November – Cuscatlán | | | |
| Haiti | 2 | | | |
| Haiti | 2 | 4 December – Cuscatlán | 4 December – Cuscatlán | | |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 4 December – Cuscatlán | 4 December – Cuscatlán | |
| Nicaragua | 0 | Haiti | 0 | |
| 1 December – Cuscatlán | 1 December – Cuscatlán | | Haiti | 0 | |
| 1 December – Cuscatlán | 1 December – Cuscatlán | El Salvador | 1 | |
| El Salvador | 1 | El Salvador | 1 | |
| El Salvador | 1 | | | | 6 December – Cuscatlán | 6 December – Cuscatlán |
| Venezuela | 0 | | | | 6 December – Cuscatlán | 6 December – Cuscatlán |
| Venezuela | 0 | | | | El Salvador (p) | 1(4) |
| 1 December – Cuscatlán | 1 December – Cuscatlán | | | | | El Salvador (p) | 1(4) |
| 1 December – Cuscatlán | 1 December – Cuscatlán | | | | Mexico | 1(3) |
| Mexico (p) | 1(4) | | | | Mexico | 1(3) |
| Mexico (p) | 1(4) | 4 December – Cuscatlán | 4 December – Cuscatlán | | | |
| Guatemala | 1(3) | 4 December – Cuscatlán | 4 December – Cuscatlán | | | |
| Guatemala | 1(3) | Costa Rica | 0 | | | |
| 30 November – Cuscatlán | 30 November – Cuscatlán | | Costa Rica | 0 | | | |
| 30 November – Cuscatlán | 30 November – Cuscatlán | Mexico | 1 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Costa Rica | 1 | Mexico | 1 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Costa Rica | 1 | | | | 6 December – Cuscatlán | 6 December – Cuscatlán |
| Honduras | 0 | | | | 6 December – Cuscatlán | 6 December – Cuscatlán |
| Honduras | 0 | | | | Costa Rica (p) | 0(4) |
| | | | | | Haiti | 0(1) |

### Final

* 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
* El Salvador 2nd title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.
3 goals
* Juan Carlos Cacho
2 goals
* Winston Parks
* Álvaro Saborío
* Josué Galdámez
* Roberto Ochoa
* Diego Mejía
* Jean-Jude Macéus
* Rafael Márquez
* Omar Monjarraz
* Giancarlo Maldonado
1 goal
* Riviere Williams
* Felipe González
* Pablo Brenes
* Berny Scott
* Erick Scott
* Amauris Ramírez
* Antonio Mejía
* Jose Mejía
* Alfredo Pacheco
* William Torres
* Claudio Albizuris
* José Antonio
* Selvín Mota
* Anel Beaucicot
* Fucien Brunel
* Romulus Turlien
* Mauricio Castro
* D.M. Martínez
* Emilio Palacios
* Amauris Ramírez
* Woolery Wolfe
* Luis Ernesto Pérez
* D.M. Martínez
* Emilio Palacios
* Daniel Arismendi
* Wiswel Isea
1 own goal
* Stéphane Guillaume (against Guatemala)

### Final rankings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | El Salvador | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 13 | Champions |
| 2 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Third place |
| 4 | Haiti | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Jamaica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Barbados | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |