2013 Copa Centroamericana

Tournament details
Host country| Costa Rica
Dates| 18–27 January
Teams| 7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Costa Rica (7th title)
Runners-up|  Honduras
Third place|  El Salvador
Fourth place|  Belize
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 14
Goals scored| 22 (1.57 per match)
Attendance| 48,683 (3,477 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Jairo Arrieta
(2 goals)
Best player(s)|  Patrick Pemberton
Best goalkeeper|  Patrick Pemberton

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International football competition

The 2013 Copa Centroamericana was the 12th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It was organized by the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol or UNCAF, and took place in Costa Rica from 18 January to 27 January 2013. The top five teams go on to participate in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The tournament consisted of two stages. In the group stage of the tournament finals, the seven teams competed for points in two round-robin groups, one of four teams and the other of three, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These four teams advanced to the semi-final stage, with the winners advancing to the final, while the losers contested a third-place match. The fifth-place match was played between the third-ranked teams from the group stage.

In the final, Costa Rica defeated defending champions Honduras 1–0, with Giancarlo González's goal in the 38th minute giving Costa Rica their seventh Central American title; they also became the first host nation to win the tournament since Costa Rica did it in 1999. The final between Costa Rica and Honduras, being the fifth time the two teams have contested final together, became the most frequent match-up at that stage. Belize made history in this tournament by managing to advance to the semifinals and qualifying to compete in the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the first time.

## Participating nations

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All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

* Belize
* Costa Rica (Hosts)
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras (Defending Champions)
* Nicaragua
* Panama

## Venue

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All matches were played at Estadio Nacional in San José, built as a replacement for the original National Stadium and opened in 2011.

San José

| San José

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Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 35,060

## Squads

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Main article: 2013 Copa Centroamericana squads

## Group stage

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The group stage draw was held in San José on October 9, 2012.[1][2]

Tiebreakers[3]

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams.
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches.
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
6. Drawing of lots.

All times local (UTC−06:00).

Key to colors in group tables

Group winners and runners-up advance to the semifinals
Group third placed teams advance to the fifth place match

### Group A

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7
Belize | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4
Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3
Nicaragua | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1

18 January 2013

16:00

Guatemala | 1–1|  Nicaragua

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Espinoza 67' | Report | Quijano 41'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 200

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

18 January 2013

20:00

Costa Rica | 1–0|  Belize

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Arrieta 55' | Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 5,484

Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

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20 January 2013

14:00

Belize | 0–0|  Guatemala

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| Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 250

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

20 January 2013

18:00

Costa Rica | 2–0|  Nicaragua

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Lagos 7'
Borges 86' | Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 5,980

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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22 January 2013

16:00

Nicaragua | 1–2|  Belize

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Figueroa 85' | Report | Lennen  29'
McCaulay 90+1'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 750

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

22 January 2013

20:00

Costa Rica | 1–1|  Guatemala

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Arrieta 11' | Report | Contreras 90'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 6,760

Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

### Group B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Honduras | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2
El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
Panama | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2

El Salvador and Panama finished with identical records and so their positions were determined by drawing of lots. El Salvador won and was placed second.[4]

18 January 2013

18:00

Honduras | 1–1|  El Salvador

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Bengtson 75' | Report | Burgos 77'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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20 January 2013

16:00

El Salvador | 0–0|  Panama

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| Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 250

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

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22 January 2013

18:00

Panama | 1–1|  Honduras

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Sánchez 13' | Report | Montes 31'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 3,450

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

## Final stage

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In case of a draw, no extra time would be played, and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[3]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Honduras| 1

|  Belize| 0 |

|  Honduras| 0

| |  Costa Rica| 1

|  Costa Rica| 1

|  El Salvador| 0 |

| Third place

|  Belize| 0

|  El Salvador| 1

| Fifth place

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|  Guatemala| 1

|  Panama| 3

### Fifth place match

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25 January 2013

15:00

Guatemala | 1–3|  Panama

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López 75' | Report | Pérez 28'
Rojas 55'
Quintero 59'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 279

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

### Semifinals

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25 January 2013

17:30

Honduras | 1–0|  Belize

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Beckeles 67' | Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,644

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

25 January 2013

20:00

Costa Rica | 1–0|  El Salvador

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Wallace 72' | Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 4,993

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

### Third place match

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27 January 2013

14:30

El Salvador | 1–0|  Belize

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Bonilla 50' | Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,997

Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

### Final

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27 January 2013

17:00

Costa Rica | 1–0|  Honduras

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González 38' | Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 14,146

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Costa Rica

Honduras

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COSTA RICA:

GK | 18 | Patrick Pemberton
DF | 3 | Giancarlo González
DF | 4 | Michael Umaña
DF | 6 | José Salvatierra |  90'
DF | 7 | Christopher Meneses
MF | 5 | Celso Borges |  29'
MF | 7 | Ariel Rodríguez
MF | 10 | Osvaldo Rodríguez |  |  84'
MF | 20 | Rodney Wallace |  34' |  73'
FW | 21 | Randall Brenes |  |  90'
FW | 9 | Alvaro Saborío
Substitutions:
DF | 17 | Juan Diego Madrigal |  |  73'
DF | 2 | Pablo Salazar |  |  84'
FW | 10 | Jairo Arrieta |  |  90'
Manager:
Jorge Luis Pinto

HONDURAS:

GK | 22 | Donis Escober
DF | 2 | Brayan Beckeles
DF | 5 | Víctor Bernárdez
DF | 13 | Juan Pablo Montes
DF | 6 | Juan Carlos García |  70'
MF | 10 | Mario Martínez
MF | 11 | Jerry Bengtson
MF | 8 | Arnold Peralta |  61' |  72'
MF | 14 | Oscar Boniek García
FW | 19 | Luis Garrido |  52'
FW | 21 | Roger Rojas
Substitutions:
FW | 17 | Georgie Welcome |  |  72'
Manager:
Luis Fernando Suárez

2013 Copa
Centroamericana champions

Costa Rica
Seventh title

## Awards

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Golden Ball

* Patrick Pemberton

Golden Boot

* Jairo Arrieta (2 goals)

Golden Glove

* Patrick Pemberton

## Goalscorers

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2 goals

* Jairo Arrieta

1 goal

* Trevor Lennen
* Deon McCaulay
* Celso Borges
* Giancarlo González
* Cristian Lagos
* Rodney Wallace
* Nelson Bonilla
* Rafael Burgos
* José Manuel Contreras
* David Espinoza
* Minor López
* Brayan Beckeles
* Jerry Bengtson
* Juan Pablo Montes
* Elvis Figueroa
* Josue Quijano
* Blas Pérez
* Alberto Quintero
* Alcibíades Rojas
* Marcos Sánchez

## Final standings

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Rank  | Team

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|  Costa Rica
|  Honduras
|  El Salvador
4 |  Belize
5 |  Panama
6 |  Guatemala
7 |  Nicaragua

## References

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1. ^ "Honduras draws El Salvador, Panama". CONCACAF.com. October 9, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
2. ^ "Se Realizo El Sorteo De La Copa Centroamericana En Costa Rica" (in Spanish). UNCAF.net. October 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013.
3. ^ a b "Reglamento Copa Centroamericana UNCAF 2013" (PDF). UNCAF.[permanent dead link]
4. ^ "El Salvador wins draw, Gold Cup spot". CONCACAF.com. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013.

## External links

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* (in Spanish) Copa Centroamericana, UNCAF.net
* (in Spanish) Copa Centroamericana, CONCACAF.com
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* (in Spanish) Official Facebook page

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