Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

For U-21 teams, in preparation for the 2000 Olympics

Caribbean Qualification

      Cuba        1-0 Aruba
      Cuba        4-1 Antigua

Other results unknown

Central American qualification

Cobán, Guatemala (May 27-31)

27- 5 Belize      1-2 El Salvador
        [Dale Pelayo 42pen; Gilberto Murga 16, Rafael Barrientos 71]
29- 5 Guatemala   1-2 El Salvador
        [Guillermo Ramírez 50; Rudys Corrales 40, 80]
31- 5 Guatemala   2-0 Belize

 1.EL SALVADOR     2  2  0  0  3- 2  6
 2.Guatemala       2  1  0  1  3- 2  3
 3.Belize          2  0  0  2  1- 4  0

Final Tournament (Aug. 9-21)

Venues: 
Estadio José Encarnación "Pachencho" Romero, Maracaibo [1]
Estadio 5 de Julio, Lagunillas                         [2]

Group A

 9- 8 Nicaragua   2-1 Trinidad/Tobago          [1]  
        [Miguel Cruz 50, David Solórzano 54; Marvin Gordon 27]
      Venezuela   7-0 Barbados                 [1]
        [Fernando Martínez 10, Alexis García 22, Jorge Rojas 44, 90, Leopoldo Jiménez 46, 
         Cristian Casseres 77, Alexander Rondon 88]
11- 8 Barbados    0-1 Trinidad/Tobago          [1]
        [Kerwyn Jenylott 42]
      Venezuela   3-0 Nicaragua                [1] 
        [Fernando Martínez 41, Alexander Becerra 50, Jorge Giraldo 90]        
13- 8 Nicaragua   0-1 Barbados                 [1]
        [Norman Forde 83]
      Venezuela   3-1 Trinidad/Tobago          [1]
        [Alexander Rondón 31, 34, Daniel Noriega 32; n.n.] 

 1.VENEZUELA       3  3  0  0 13- 1  9
 2.TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 3  1  0  2  3- 5  3  
 3.NICARAGUA       3  1  0  2  2- 5  3
 4.Barbados        3  1  0  2  1- 8  3

Group B

10- 8 Costa Rica  3-0 Guatemala                [2]  
        [Froylán Ledezma 14, Jonathan Bolaños 22, 72]
      Jamaica     3-2 Colombia                 [1]
        [Ainsworth Kerr 5, Kwaine Richardson 31, 50; Marcelino Renteria 23, 
         Mauricio Tamayo 67] 
12- 8 Costa Rica  1-0 Jamaica                  [1]      
        [Froylán Ledezma 84]
      Guatemala   4-2 Colombia                 [1]
        [Carlos Ruiz 32, Fredy García 69, César Alegría 87, 89; Gustavo Victoria 45, 
         Mauricio Tamayo 65]      
14- 8 Guatemala   0-4 Jamaica                  [2]
        [Winston Griffiths 6, 37, Damion Powell 20, Ray Graham 89]
      Costa Rica  0-1 Colombia                 [1]
        [Juan Fernando Leal 25pen]

 1.JAMAICA         3  2  0  1  7- 3  6
 2.COSTA RICA      3  2  0  1  4- 1  6
 3.COLOMBIA        3  1  0  2  5- 7  3
 4.Guatemala       3  1  0  2  4- 9  3

Group C

 9- 8 Mexico      1-0 El Salvador              [2]
        [Daniel Osorno 1]       
      Panama      0-0 Cuba                     [2]             
11- 8 Mexico      2-0 Panama                   [2]
        [Aurelio Molina 5, Emilio Mora 62]          
      Cuba        1-1 El Salvador              [2]
        [Yenier Márquez 10; Rafael Barrientos 69]       
13- 8 Cuba        1-3 Mexico                   [2]
        [Lester Moré 59; Omar Santacruz 27, Oscar Mascorro 34, Daniel Osorno 88]
     Panama       1-3 El Salvador              [2]
       [Roberto Brown 35pen; Freddy Gonzalez 1, Rafael Barrientos 20, Rudys Corrales 88]

 1.MEXICO          3  3  0  0  6- 1  9
 2.EL SALVADOR     3  1  1  1  4- 3  4
 3.Cuba            3  0  2  1  2- 4  2
 4.Panama          3  0  1  2  1- 5  1

Quarterfinals

16- 8 Venezuela   8-1 Nicaragua                [1]
        [Fernando Martinez 3, 22, 27, Reinaldo Melo 15, Cristian Cásseres 48, 
         Jonathan Laurens 59, Jorge Rojas 77, Edwin Quilagury 88; Byron Acevedo 57]
      Jamaica     2-3 Trinidad/Tobago [aet]    [1]
        [Kwame Richardson 66, Oneil Smith 88; Errol McFarlane 10, Anton Pierre 68, 
         Joseph Peters 98]
17- 8 Costa Rica  1-0 El Salvador    
        [Erick Jiménez 34]
      Mexico      2-0 Colombia
        [Emilio Mora 20, Marco Antonio Renaud 88]

Semifinals

18- 8 Venezuela   5-2 Trinidad/Tobago          [1]
        [Jorge Rojas 5, Daniel Noriega 27, Cristián Casseres 55, Alexis García 81, 
         Jorge Giraldo 87; Hector Sam 17, 83]
19- 8 Mexico      2-0 Costa Rica               [1] 
        [Oscar Mascarro 8, Emilio Mora 46]

Third Place Match

21- 8 Costa Rica  6-1 Trinidad/Tobago          [1]
        [Marvin Chinchilla 10, Jonathan Bolaños 14, Erick Jiménez 16,
         Froylán Ledezma 44, 83, Douglas Sequeira 85; Hector Sam 86]

Final

21- 8 Venezuela   3-1 Mexico                   [1]     
        [Christián Casseres 78, Daniel Noriega 84, 90+3; Emilio Mora 65]

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