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UNCAF NATIONS CUP |
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Central American qualification to CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998 |
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Winners: |
Costa Rica |
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| 1st leg | ||||||
| 28/03/1997 | Ciudad de Panamá (PAN) | Panama - Belize | 1-1 | |||
| 2nd leg | ||||||
| 30/03/1997 | San Ignacio Cayo (BLZ) | Belize - Panama | 0-1 | Qual. Panama | ||
| Team | Notes | |||
| Costa Rica | Winners | |||
| Guatemala | Final round | |||
| Honduras | Final round | |||
| El Salvador | Final round | |||
| Panama | Group stage | |||
| Nicaragua | Group stage | |||
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Final round | ||||||||||
| 16/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Guatemala - Costa Rica | 1-1 | |||
| 18/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Costa Rica - Nicaragua | 5-1 | Qual. Costa Rica | ||
| 20/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Guatemala - Nicaragua | 6-1 | Qual. Guatemala | ||
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Honduras | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Panama | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Final round | ||||||||||
| 16/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Honduras - Panama | 5-0 | |||
| 18/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Honduras - El Salvador | 3-0 | Qual. Honduras | ||
| 20/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | El Salvador - Panama | 2-0 | Qual. El Salvador | ||
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Costa Rica | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Guatemala | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 3 | El Salvador | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Honduras | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Winners | ||||||||||
| Matchday 1 | ||||||
| 23/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Guatemala - El Salvador | 1-0 | |||
| 23/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Honduras - Costa Rica | 0-4 | |||
| Matchday 2 | ||||||
| 25/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Costa Rica - El Salvador | 1-0 | |||
| 25/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Guatemala - Honduras | 1-0 | |||
| Matchday 3 | ||||||
| 27/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Costa Rica - Guatemala | 1-1 | Winners: Costa Rica | ||
| 27/04/1997 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Honduras - El Salvador | 0-0 |
| Team | ||||
| Costa Rica | Winners | |||
| Guatemala | Runners-up | |||
| El Salvador | 3rd placed | |||
| Honduras | 4th placed | |||