The

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 ...

competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held between 23 November and 7 December 2007, although qualification took place beforehand.

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

, the tournament's host, drew with

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

in the final 1–1, eventually defeating Mexico in a

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4–3, winning its second title and the first title since

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Participants

Twelve nations participated in the tournament, and all of the teams sent were each nation's U-21 team. Cuba withdrew and was replaced by the Dominican Republic. Ten of the teams which participated were from

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...

with the remaining two being from

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

(10) * * * (withdrew) * (replaced Cuba) * (hosts) * * * * * *

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Medal winners

Venues

Squads

Preliminary round

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Final rankings

References

External links

Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 (El Salvador)
{{Events at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

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