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2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Qualification
The 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification was a men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: *Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the hosts United States, who all qualified automatically *Three teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) *Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU) The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil, while the third-placed team advanced to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off against the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship runner-up for the final berth in the Olympics. Teams A total of 27 CONCACAF member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Qualification
There will be a qualification held to determine the two qualifiers from the Caribbean and three from Central America who will join Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament. Tiebreakers Per FIFA regulations the group tiebreakers for all qualifying tournaments will be: *goal difference in all group matches *greatest number of goals scored in all group matches *If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criteria, their rankings shall be determined as follows: **greater number of points obtained in all group matches between the teams concerned **goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned **greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned **play-off match on neutral ground (with extra time and penalty kicks, if necessary) Caribbean On 17 May 2011 CONCACAF announced the groups for the Caribbean qualifying. The group winners will advance to the second round, where two of them will qualify ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Muñoz (footballer)
José Muñoz may refer to: Sports * José Muñoz (pitcher) (1881–1945), Cuban and Negro league baseball player * Jose Munoz (infielder) (born 1967), American baseball player * José Muñoz (wrestler) (born 1968), Mexican luchador * Jose Manuel Munoz (born 1983), Spanish trampolinist * José Luis Muñoz (born 1987), Chilean footballer Others * José Antonio Muñoz (born 1942), a.k.a. Muñoz, Argentine artist and cartoonist * José Muñoz Cortés (1948–1997), curator of the Iveron-Montreal Myrrh-streaming Icon of the Mother of God * José Esteban Muñoz (1967–2013), U.S. Latino writer, academic * José Muñoz (born 1978), Spanish flamenco-rock musician in the band Estopa Estopa is a Spanish rock/rumba duo from Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain. Their songs "El Run Run" and "Cuando Amanece" reached number one on Billboard's chart in Spain, and "Con La Mano Levanta" reached number four. The band consists of brothers ... * José Muñoz Sánchez, Spanish politician {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Simons
Justin Alberto Simons Samaniego (born 19 September 1997) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ... for Tauro and the Panama national team. References Living people 1997 births Panamanian footballers Sportspeople from Panama City Association football midfielders Panama youth international footballers Panama international footballers San Francisco F.C. players Tauro F.C. players 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship players {{Panama-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Autonomous Federation Of Football Of Honduras
The National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras ( es, Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras), known as FENAFUTH, is the official association football, football governing body in Honduras and is in charge of the Honduras national football team, Honduras national team. FENAFUTH was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA the same year. It joined CONCACAF in 1961. Association staff See also *Sport in Honduras **Football in Honduras ***Women's football in Honduras *Honduras national football team *Honduras women's national football team References External links FENAFUTH official websiteat FIFA.com Honduras at CONCACAF site CONCACAF member associations, Honduras Football in Honduras Association football governing bodies in Central America, Hon Sports governing bodies in Honduras, Football Sports organizations established in 1935 1935 establishments in Honduras {{footy-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Football Federation Of Guatemala
The National Football Federation of Guatemala ( es, Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala), known as Fedefut Guate or FENAFUTG, is the governing body of football in Guatemala. It organizes the football league, Liga Nacional de Guatemala, Primera División de Ascenso, Segunda División de Ascenso, Copa de Guatemala, the Guatemala national football team, and the Guatemala women's national football team. Its offices are located in Guatemala City. FENAFUTG were suspended by FIFA on 28 October 2016, however, the suspension was lifted on May 31, 2018 after the organization's normalization committee became fully operational. History The Guatemala national football team represents Guatemala in international matches and it falls under the direct command of Federacion Nacional de Futbol de Guatemala. Association Football was established in 1919 and Guatemala became a FIFA member in 1946, and got their CONCACAF affiliation in 1961. Rules of the Guatemalan Football Federation Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama City
Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for banking and commerce. The city of Panama was founded on 15 August 1519, by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila. The city was the starting point for expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru. It was a stopover point on one of the most important trade routes in the American continent, leading to the fairs of Nombre de Dios and Portobelo, through which passed most of the gold and silver that Spain mined from the Americas. On 28 January 1671, the original city was destroyed by a fire when the privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. The city was formal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Maracaná (Panama)
Estadio Maracaná is a football stadium in Panama City, Panama. It was inaugurated in April 2014 and has a capacity of 5,500. It is the home stadium of Club Deportivo Plaza Amador. It was named after the legendary Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It will be used to host matches during the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup with the country and Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Estadio Maracana (Panama) Football venues in Panama City Sports venues in Panama City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ángel Peña
José Angel Peña Carballo (born 10 December 1994) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career FAS Peña signed with C.D. FAS for the Clausura 2015. With the team of Santa Ana, he reached the semi-finals of that tournament, but they were defeated by Isidro Metapán 1–2 on aggregate. On 20 December 2015, FAS reached the Apertura 2015 final, but lost against Alianza F.C. Peña was a starter in that final. Isidro Metapán Peña signed with Isidro Metapán in 2016. On 7 December 2017, Peña scored the only goal of the 1–0 victory against Santa Tecla FC in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Apertura 2017. However, Isidro Metapán was subsequently eliminated. Municipal Limeño Peña signed with Municipal Limeño for the Clausura 2018. Alianza Peña signed with Alianza for the Apertura 2018. On 5 August 2018, Peña scored his first goal in a 3–3 draw against Municipal Limeño at the Estadio Cuscatlán. On 8 December 2018, he sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Repechage Playoff
Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild card system. Types Different types of repechage can occur. As a basis for the examples below, assume that 64 competitors are divided into four pools of 16 competitors, labeled A, B, C, and D. The first three rounds of the primary championship bracket winnow the field down to eight competitors for the quarter-final. Full repechage In full repechage, a competitor who loses to the pool winner falls into the repechage bracket. The theory is that a worthy competitor who is paired with another worthy competitor should not be unduly penalized by luck of the draw, but have an opportunity to fight for at least third place. In our example, four competitors from each pool (the loser to the pool winner in the first, second, third and quarter-fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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