Year Venue Winners Runners-Up Third 1996 Guatemala USA 7-3 Cuba Mexico 2000 San José Costa Rica 2-0 Cuba USA 2004 Costa Rica USA 2-0 Cuba Costa Rica
Played in Guatemala City, Aug 31 to Sep 7 Group A USA 3-5 Cuba USA 4-1 Costa Rica Cuba 4-6 Costa Rica Group B Mexico 8-2 Guatemala Mexico 7-3 El Salvador Guatemala 3-2 El Salvador Semifinals Cuba 2-1 Mexico USA 7-3 Guatemala Third Place Match Mexico 3-1 Guatemala Final USA 7-3 Cuba First two teams qualified for World Cup 1996
(San José, Costa Rica, July 20-29)
Group A
20- 7 Cuba 13-4 Surinam
20- 7 Costa Rica 10-1 Nicaragua
22- 7 Cuba 9-2 Nicaragua
22- 7 Surinam 3-5 Costa Rica
24- 7 Nicaragua 4-11 Surinam
24- 7 Costa Rica 4-2 Cuba
1.Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 19- 6 9
2.Cuba 3 2 0 1 24-10 6
3.Surinam 3 1 0 2 18-22 3
4.Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 7-30 0
Group B
21- 7 Mexico 4-1 Dutch Antilles
21- 7 United States 5-0 Puerto Rico
23- 7 Mexico 4-2 Puerto Rico
23- 7 Dutch Antilles 0-7 United States
25- 7 Puerto Rico 0-4 Dutch Antilles
25- 7 United States 3-2 Mexico
1.United States 3 3 0 0 15- 2 9
2.Mexico 3 2 0 1 10- 6 6
3.Dutch Antilles 3 1 0 2 5-11 3
4.Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 2-13 0
Semifinals
27- 7 United States 2-4 Cuba
Costa Rica 3-2 Mexico
Third Place Match
29- 7 United States 5-1 Mexico
Final
29- 7 Costa Rica 2-0 Cuba
First two teams qualified for World Cup 2000
Top Goalscorers:
Lazaro Martinez (Cuba) - 8 goals
Diego Solis (Costa Rica) - 7 goals
Boro Saname (Cuba) - 6 goals
Juan Portal (Cuba) - 5 goals
Juan R. Valverde (Costa Rica) - 5 goals
Jose Ricardo (Costa Rica) - 5 goals
Roberto Zebeda (Surinam) - 5 goals
Jeff Davis (United States) - 5 goals
Caribbean Zone
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All matches played at UWI Sports Complex, St. Augustine, Trinidad
Group A
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Apr 19: N. Antilles 6-2 Grenada
Trinidad/Tobago 4-2 Puerto Rico
Apr 20: Grenada 6-3 Puerto Rico
Trinidad/Tobago 4-3 Netherlands Antilles
Apr 21: N. Antilles 7-3 Puerto Rico
Trinidad/Tobago 9-2 Grenada
Group B
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Apr 19: Surinam 7-0 St. Vincent
Guyana 11-2 Turks & Caicos Islands
Apr 20: Surinam 15-1 Turks & Caicos Islands
Guyana 11-2 St. Vincent
Apr 21: St. Vincent 2-0 Turks & Caicos Islands
Guyana 7-5 Surinam
Third Place
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Apr 23: Surinam 9-4 Netherlands Antilles
Final
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Apr 23: Trinidad/Tobago 5-0 Guyana
Trinidad/Tobago, Guyana, and Surinam advance to the final qualifying
tournament.
North/Central Zone
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Series 1: Panama 4-5 7-1 Canada (May 21/22 in Panama City)
Series 2: Mexico 10-4 7-5 El Salvador (May 20/22 in Pachuca)
Series 3: United States 5-1 2-0 Honduras (May 18/20 in Milwaukee)
Panama, Mexico and United States advanced to final qualifying tournament
Cuba bye to final tournament (along with hosts Costa Rica)
Final Tournament
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All matches at the Palacio de los Deportes, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Group A
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Jul 23: Mexico 6-4 Trinidad/Tobago
Costa Rica 13-1 Surinam
Jul 25: Mexico 6-5 Surinam
Costa Rica 6-1 Trinidad/Tobago
Jul 27: Trinidad/Tobago 7-4 Surinam
Costa Rica 4-0 Mexico
Group B
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Jul 24: United States 2-2 Panama
Cuba 10-3 Guyana
Jul 26: United States 6-0 Guyana
Cuba 2-0 Panama
Jul 28: Panama 8-3 Guyana
Cuba 1-1 United States
Semifinals
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Jul 30: Cuba 5-4 Mexico
Costa Rica 0-4 United States
Third Place
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Aug 1: Costa Rica 12-5 Mexico
Final
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Aug 1: United States 2-0 Cuba
[Greg Howes 20, Don D'Ambra 26]
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