2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
International football competition
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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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | El Salvador |
| Dates | 8–18 February |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue | 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 played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 39 (2.79 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Wilmer Velásquez(4 goals) |
← 2005 2009 → | |
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
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
Stadium
| San Salvador | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Cuscatlán | |
| Capacity: 53,400 | |
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First round
Group 1
| 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 |
| El Salvador | 2–1 | Belize |
|---|---|---|
Rodríguez  25'Quintanilla 55' |
Benavides 64' |
| El Salvador | 2–1 | Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| Quintanilla 16', 65' |
Wilson 53' |
| El Salvador | 0–0 | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
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Group 2
| 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' |
| Panama | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Blanco 87' |
Fifth place
| 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
| El Salvador | 0–2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Wallace 11' Fonseca 13' |
All semifinalists qualify for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Third place
| Guatemala | 1–0 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Albizuris 82' |
Final
Awards
| 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup winner |
|---|
 Costa Rica Sixth title |
Scorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Leonardo González- Harold Wallace
- Kurt Bernard
Juan Díaz Rodríguez
Claudio Albizuris- Gustavo Cabrera
Milton Busto
Emil Martínez- Carlos Will Mejía
Alberto Blanco- Luis Tejada
- Ricardo Phillips
- Felipe Baloy
- Carlos Rivera
- 1 goal (Own Goal)