2010 Central American and Caribbean Games preliminary round

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The 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Preliminary round was a preliminary round contested by some CONCACAF teams that determined the qualified teams to the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. Six football teams were drawn into 3 matchups that were contested in a two-legged tie. The first leg of each of the preliminary round matchups was played on March 21, 2010, and the second leg was played on March 27–28. Costa Rica did not participate in the first part, being the strongest team, they got an automatic spot into an extra playoff series against the best losing team of the two-legged series. Nicaragua, having the best result, played against Costa Rica. All 7 Central American associations took part in the qualifying process.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guatemala	0–3	Panama	0–0	0–3
Honduras	0–1	El Salvador	0–1	0–0
Belize	2–2 (a)	Nicaragua	1–0	1–2
Extra Playoff
Costa Rica	12–1	Nicaragua	6–1	6–0

Guatemala  v  Panama

21 March 2010	Guatemala	0 – 0	Panama	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
				Stadium: Estadio Mario Camposeco Attendance: 1,554 Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)

Honduras  v  El Salvador

21 March 2010	Honduras	0 – 1	El Salvador	Siguatepeque, Honduras
17:00 (UTC−06)			Gutiérrez 51'	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Avila Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Luis Rodríguez (PAN)

Belize  v  Nicaragua

21 March 2010	Belize	1 – 0	Nicaragua	Belmopan, Belize
	West 27'			Stadium: FFB Field Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marlon Mejía (SLV)

Panama  v  Guatemala

27 March 2010	Panama	3 – 0	Guatemala	David, Panama
16:00 (UTC−06)	Godoy 61' Davis 87' Blackburn 88'			Stadium: Estadio San Cristóbal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: José Pineda (HON)

• Panama won 3–0 on aggregate.

El Salvador  v  Honduras

28 March 2010	El Salvador	0 – 0	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Walter López (GUA)

• El Salvador won 1–0 on aggregate.

Nicaragua  v  Belize

28 March 2010	Nicaragua	2 – 1	Belize	Managua, Nicaragua
	Portocarrero 41' 56'		Maldonado 19'	Stadium: Dennis Martínez National Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hugo Cruz (CRC)

• Belize 2–2 Nicaragua on aggregate. Belize won on away goals.

Costa Rica  v  Nicaragua

11 April 2010	Costa Rica	6 – 1	Nicaragua	Cartago, Costa Rica
	Madrigal 7' 34' 44' Mena 58' Blanco 64' Estrada 80'		Reyes 54'	Stadium: Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Juan Amaya (PAN)

Nicaragua  v  Costa Rica

18 April 2010	Nicaragua	0 – 6	Costa Rica	Managua, Nicaragua
			Guevara 9' 41' Gamboa 18' Madrigal 57' Castro 61' 78'	Stadium: Dennis Martínez National Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Oscar Moncada (HON)

• Costa Rica won 12–1 on aggregate.

• Mayagüez 2010 - XXI Central American and Caribbean Games^[usurped]