The football tournament at the 2017 Central American Games is scheduled to take place in December 2017. The tournament will act as a qualifying tournament for the Central American nations for the

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. Three teams will qualify from the men's tournament, two teams will qualify from the women's tournament. The men's tournament will be restricted to those born after 1 January 1997 and the women's tournament will have no age restrictions.

Teams

In October 2017,

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wrote to

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to confirm that teams from Guatemala would not be eligible for the competitions due to suspension of the

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from FIFA. Honduras and

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did not enter a team into the women's competition.

Men's

Women's

Men's tournament

Squads

Group stage

;Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: #Greater number of goals between teams #Number of goals scored in group #Goal difference in group #Number of goals scored across all groups #Drawing of lots

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third-place playoff

Final

Women's tournament

Squads

Group stage

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third-place playoff

Final

Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games

For the men's, the top three teams qualified for the

as the

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representatives: * * * For the women's, the top two teams qualified for the

as the

representatives: * *

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Central American

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