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

VeracruzBoca del RíoEstadio Luis "Pirata" FuenteEstadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo SánchezCapacity: 28,703Capacity: 1,200

Men's event

Squads

Participants

TeamFootball AssociationNational Olympic AssociationQualification methodFederación Mexicana de FútbolComité Olímpico MexicanoCompetition hostFederación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de HondurasComité Olímpico HondureñoWinner of the 2013 Central American Games competitionFederación Costarricense de FútbolComité Olímpico de Costa RicaRunner-up of the 2013 Central American Games competitionFederación Salvadoreña de FútbolComité Olímpico de El SalvadorThird-place of the 2013 Central American Games competitionAsociación de Fútbol de CubaCuban Olympic CommitteeSemi-finalist at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 ChampionshipJamaica Football FederationJamaica Olympic AssociationQuarter-finalist at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 ChampionshipFédération Haïtienne de FootballComité Olympique HaïtienInvited (replaced Colombia)Federación Venezolana de Fútbol Comité Olímpico VenezolanoInvited

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:

Greater number of points in all group matches Goal difference in all group matches Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

The group stage draw was conducted on 9 October 2014.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Bronze-medal match

Gold-medal match

Statistics Goalscorers

Women's event