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2007 UNCAF Nations Cup

The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. It was the second time El Salvador hosted the competition. The tournament also served as a qualifying process for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates8–18 February
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (6th title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Guatemala
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored39 (2.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)Honduras Wilmer Velásquez
(4 goals)
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Costa Rica won the tournament on penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw with Panama in the final. It was Costa Rica's sixth title out of nine tournaments played. Panama reached the UNCAF final for the first time but also lost on penalty kicks in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005.

Participating nations

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For El Salvador 2007, UNCAF considered for the first time since the tournament's founding in 1991 to invite national teams from outside of Central America to participate. The organization was in negotiations with Mexico and Venezuela to participate.[1] In the end, this did not happen, and the tournament (officially listed as the UNCAF Copa de Naciones Digicel) proceeded with only the seven UNCAF members.

Participating teams include the seven UNCAF members:

Squads

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For a complete list of all participating squads, see UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 squads.

Stadium

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San Salvador
Estadio Cuscatlán
Capacity: 53,400
 

First round

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Group 1

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  El Salvador 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 2
  Guatemala 7 3 2 1 0 2 0 2
  Nicaragua 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 0
  Belize 0 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4
Guatemala  1–0  Nicaragua
Quiñónez   29'
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)
El Salvador  2–1  Belize
Rodríguez   25'
Quintanilla   55'		 Benavides   64'
Belize  0–1  Guatemala
 
 		 Cabrera   8'
Referee: Rolando Vidal (Panama)
El Salvador  2–1  Nicaragua
Quintanilla   16', 65' Wilson   53'
Referee: Germán Arredondo (Mexico)
Nicaragua  4–2  Belize
Palacios   12', 20', 68'
Busto   28'		 McCauley   25', 34'
El Salvador  0–0  Guatemala
 
 		  
 


Group 2

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Panama 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1
  Honduras 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2
Costa Rica  3–1  Honduras
Fonseca   4', 70'
González   46'		 Martínez   58'
Honduras  1–1  Panama
Guardia   26' (o.g.) Rivera   80'
Panama  1–0  Costa Rica
Blanco   87'

Fifth place

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Nicaragua  1–9  Honduras
Wilson   31' J. Martínez   3'
Velásquez   6', 27', 37', 39' (pen.)
S. Martínez   68', 80', 84'
Mejía   78'

Honduras qualifies for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Semifinals

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Panama  2–0  Guatemala
Phillips   50'
Baloy   90 2' (pen.)
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)
El Salvador  0–2  Costa Rica
Wallace   11'
Fonseca   13'

All semifinalists qualify for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Third place

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Guatemala  1–0  El Salvador
Albizuris   82'

Final

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Final
Panama  1–1  Costa Rica
Tejada   36' Bernard   85'
Penalties
Baloy  
Herrera  
Escobar  		 1–4   Centeno
  Fonseca
  Hernández
  Barrantes

Awards

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 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup winner 
 
Costa Rica
Sixth title

Scorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (Own Goal)

Notes

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  1. ^ "UNCAF Cup regional tournament may invite Venezuela to participate". CBS Sportsline. 2006-10-10. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2006-10-25.
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