2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament
UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Honduras |
City | Tegucigalpa |
Dates | 19–25 January 2024 |
Teams | 8 (from 2 sub-confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 64 (4 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (6 goals) |
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The 2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament, also known as UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament (Spanish: Torneo UNCAF Sub-19 FIFA Forward), was the third edition of the UNCAF U-19 Tournament, the biennial international youth football tournament organised by the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) for the men's under-19 national teams of the Central America region. It was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras between 19 and 25 January 2024.[1]
The tournament's purpose is for the UNCAF teams to prepare for the upcoming 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championships but it is not a qualifier.
Guatemala won their second UNCAF U-19 title by beating Panama in the final 3–0 on penalties following a 0–0 draw in regular time. Hosts Honduras finished in third place after defeating title holder Costa Rica 3–2 in the third place match.
Entrants
All seven UNCAF member national teams entered the tournament in addition to Cuba which participated as a guest from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).[2]
Team | App | Previous best performance |
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![]() | 3rd | Seventh place (2018) |
![]() | 3rd | Champions (2022) |
![]() | 1st | None |
![]() | 3rd | Runners-up (2022) |
![]() | 3rd | Champions (2018) |
![]() | 3rd | Fourth place (2018) |
![]() | 3rd | Fourth place (2022) |
![]() | 3rd | Runners-up (2018) |
Venues
It was the second time that Honduras hosted the tournament, having also hosted the inaugural edition in 2018.[3] All games took place on the courts of the Centro de Alto Rendimiento José Rafael Ferrari, home of the Honduran club Olimpia, in Tegucigalpa.[1]
Groups composition
The groups and match schedule were revealed by UNCAF on 16 January 2024,[2] however, they had been previously published by the Panamanian Football Federation on 6 January 2024.[1] No previous draw was announced, however, the hosts Honduras and the title holders Costa Rica were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B, respectively.
The groups were conformed as follows:
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Group stage
All match times are in HNT (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.[4]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | Final |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Third place match |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | Fifth place match |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | Seventh place match |
(H) Hosts
Panama ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Obando ![]() Hernández ![]() Garibaldo ![]() | Report |
Honduras ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Paguada ![]() Osorto ![]() Pérez ![]() | Report |
Nicaragua ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Obando ![]() Mosquera ![]() Hernández ![]() Rodríguez ![]() |
Honduras ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Zepeda ![]() Tatum ![]() Ponce ![]() Mejía ![]() | Report | Delgado ![]() Argueta ![]() |
El Salvador ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Martínez ![]() Bello ![]() Cayasso ![]() Ortíz ![]() Castillo ![]() |
Honduras ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Garibaldo ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Final |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 | Third place match |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 3 | Fifth place match |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | Seventh place match |
(G) Guests
Guatemala ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Sagastume ![]() Zahran ![]() | Report | Pérez ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
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Ramírez ![]() Pelayo ![]() Montero ![]() Jiménez ![]() Barahona ![]() | Report | Serano ![]() |
Belize ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | Vásquez ![]() Sagastume ![]() Ávila ![]() |
Cuba ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Torres ![]() | Report | Montero ![]() |
Belize ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Martinez ![]() Taegar ![]() | Report | Rodríguez ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Montero ![]() | Report | De la Cruz ![]() Muñoz ![]() Sagastume ![]() |
Knockout stage
All match times are in HNT (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.[4]
Seventh place match
Cuba ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Rodríguez ![]() Casanova ![]() | Report | Díaz ![]() Delgado ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Rodríguez ![]() Camejo ![]() Mena ![]() Torres ![]() Campos ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fifth place match
Nicaragua ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Uriarte ![]() Castillo ![]() Cayasso ![]() | Report | Martinez ![]() |
Third place match
Costa Rica ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Montero ![]() Castro ![]() | Report | Paguada ![]() Osorto ![]() |
Final
Panama ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Ryce ![]() Rodríguez ![]() Hernández ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Goalscorers
There were 64 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.
6 goals
Claudio Montero
4 goals
Didier Paguada
3 goals
Saúl Sagastume
Gabino Vásquez
2 goals
Felix Martinez
Dylan Ramírez
Samuel Rodríguez
Néstor Delgado
Marvin Ávila Jr
Rudy Muñoz
Roberto Osorto
Francis Castillo
Kenler Cayasso
Moisés Garibaldo
Carlos Hernández
Jafet Obando
1 goal
Jean Jacques Serano
Isaac Taegar
Gelson Castro
Alberth Barahona
Keylor Jiménez
Elvis Casanova
David de Jesús Pérez
Enmanuel Torres
Christopher Argueta
Nelson Díaz
Axel de la Cruz
William Zahran
Junior Mejía
Stedman Pérez
Justin Ponce
Anfronit Tatum
Melquizedec Zepeda
Oliver Bello
Izamuel Martínez
Freddy Ortíz
Juban Uriarte
Rafael Mosquera
Julio Rodríguez
1 own goal
Elijah Pelayo (against Costa Rica)
Final ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
(C) Champions; (G) Guests; (H) Hosts
References
- ^ a b c "Panamá Sub-20 arranca el año con miras al Torneo UNCAF en Honduras" [Panama U-20s kick off the year with an eye on the UNCAF Tournament in Honduras] (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Torneo Sub-19 UNCAF FIFA FORWARD" (in Spanish). Central American Football Union. 16 January 2024.
- ^ Castro, Raul (11 January 2024). "Se viene el Torneo UNCAF Sub19 en territorio hondureño" [UNCAF U19 Tournament to be held in Honduras] (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa: HonduSports Ilustrada.
- ^ a b "Calendario TORNEO SUB-19 UNCAF FIFA Forward HONDURAS 2024" (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. 6 January 2024.