2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament

2024 UNCAF U-19 Tournament

UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament
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	Guatemala (2nd title)
Runners-up	Panama
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	64 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Claudio Montero (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.

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
Belize	3rd	Seventh place (2018)
Costa Rica (holders)	3rd	Champions (2022)
Cuba (invitee)	1st	None
El Salvador	3rd	Runners-up (2022)
Guatemala	3rd	Champions (2018)
Honduras (hosts)	3rd	Fourth place (2018)
Nicaragua	3rd	Fourth place (2022)
Panama	3rd	Runners-up (2018)

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]

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:

Group A Pos Team A1  Honduras A2  Panama A4  El Salvador A3  Nicaragua

Group B Pos Team B1  Costa Rica B2  Guatemala B3  Cuba B4  Belize

All match times are in HNT (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Final
2	Honduras (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Third place match
3	Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3	Fifth place match
4	El Salvador	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0	Seventh place match

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Final
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	10	6	+4	4	Third place match
3	Belize	3	1	0	2	3	14	−11	3	Fifth place match
4	Cuba (G)	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1	Seventh place match

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All match times are in HNT (UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.^[4]

There were 64 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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
1	Guatemala (C)	4	3	1	0	12	3	+9	10
2	Panama	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	10
3	Honduras (H)	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	9
4	Costa Rica	4	1	1	2	12	9	+3	4
5	Nicaragua	4	2	0	2	8	9	−1	6
6	Belize	4	1	0	3	4	17	−13	3
7	El Salvador	4	0	1	3	4	14	−10	1
8	Cuba (G)	4	0	2	2	5	7	−2	2