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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name =
| year =
| othertitles =
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| country = Guatemala
| country2 =
| dates = 28 March – 27 April 1997 
| num_teams = 7
| sub-confederations = 1
| venues =
| cities =
| champion = CRC
| count = 2
| second = GUA
| third =  SLV
| fourth = HON
| fourth-flagvar = 1949
| matches = 14
| goals = 37
| attendance = 172175
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Wilmer Velásquez]]<br />(6 goals)
| player =
| updated =
| nextseason = [[1999 UNCAF Nations Cup|1999]]
| prevseason = [[1995 UNCAF Nations Cup|1995]]
}}

This page details the '''1997 UNCAF Nations Cup''', played in [[Guatemala]].

==Squads==
:For a complete list of all participating squads see ''[[UNCAF Nations Cup 1997 squads]]''

==Preliminary round==

{{football box
|date = March 23, 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAN}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|BLZ|1981}}
|goals1 = [[Oriel Ávila|Ávila]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2 = [[Joseph Prat|Prat]] {{goal|78}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]]
|attendance =10,000
|referee =
}}

{{football box
|date = March 30, 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BLZ|1981}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Patricio Guevara|Guevara]] {{goal|13}}
|stadium = [[Norman Broaster Stadium]], [[San Ignacio Cayo]]
|attendance = 6,000
|referee =
}}

== Participating teams ==
6 [[Central American Football Union|UNCAF]] teams participated in the tournament
*{{fb|Costa Rica}}
*{{fb|El Salvador}}
*{{fb|Guatemala}} (Hosts)
*{{fb|Honduras|1949}} (Defending Champions)
*{{fb|Nicaragua}} (Debut)
*{{fb|Panama}} (Preliminary round) winners

==Venue==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="8" | {{Location map+|Guatemala|float=center|width=300|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.625764|long=-90.510489|label=[[Guatemala City]]|position=bottom}}}}
|-
! [[Guatemala City]]
|-
| [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores|Estadio Mateo Flores]]
|-
| Capacity: '''26,000'''
|-
| [[File:Tribuna Mateo Flores.jpg|200px]]
|}

==First round==

===Group A===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group A
|res_col_header=Q

|team1=GUA|name_GUA={{fb|GUA}}
|team2=CRC|name_CRC={{fb|CRC}}
|team3=NCA|name_NCA={{fb|NCA}}
|win_GUA=1|draw_GUA=1|loss_GUA=0|gf_GUA=7|ga_GUA=2
|win_CRC=1|draw_CRC=1|loss_CRC=0|gf_CRC=6|ga_CRC=2
|win_NCA=0|draw_NCA=0|loss_NCA=2|gf_NCA=2|ga_NCA=11

|col_Q=#D0F0C0|text_Q=Qualified to Final Round
|result1=Q|result2=Q
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
|date = 16 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Carlos Plata|Plata]] {{goal|7}}
|goals2 = [[Allan Oviedo|Oviedo]] {{goal|43}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =15,975
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 5–1
|team2 = {{fb|NCA}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Diego Arnáez|Arnáez]] {{goal|13}}<br / >[[Óscar Ramírez (footballer, born 1964)|Ramírez]] {{goal|18||42||48}}<br />[[Allan Oviedo|Oviedo]] {{goal|39}}
|goals2 = [[David Taylor (Nicaragua footballer)|Taylor]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =2,000
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 6–1
|team2 = {{fb|NCA}}
|goals1 = [[Martín Machón|Machón]] {{goal|2}}<br />[[Juan Carlos Plata|Plata]] {{goal|5||40|pen.}}<br />[[Edwin Westphal|Westphal]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Juan Manuel Funes|Funes]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Oscar Samayoa|Samayoa]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 = [[José Maria Bermúdez|Bermúdez]] {{goal|31}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =18,500
|referee =
}}

===Group B===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q

|team1=HON|name_HON={{fb|HON|1949}}
|team2=SLV|name_SLV={{fb|SLV}}
|team3=PAN|name_PAN={{fb|PAN}}
|win_HON=2|draw_HON=0|loss_HON=0|gf_HON=8|ga_HON=0
|win_SLV=1|draw_SLV=0|loss_SLV=1|gf_SLV=2|ga_SLV=3
|win_PAN=0|draw_PAN=0|loss_PAN=2|gf_PAN=0|ga_PAN=7

|col_Q=#D0F0C0|text_Q=Qualified to Final Round
|result1=Q|result2=Q
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
|date = 16 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 5–0
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|goals1 = [[Wilmer Velásquez|Velásquez]] {{goal|1||11||16||45|pen.}}<br />[[Amado Guevara|Guevara]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =8,000
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Wilmer Velásquez|Velásquez]] {{goal|4||25|pen.}}<br />[[Milton Núñez|Núñez]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =8,000
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|goals1 = [[Elias Bladimir Montes|Montes]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Waldir Guerra|Guerra]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =10,000
|referee =
}}

==Final round==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Status

|team1=CRC|name_CRC={{fb|CRC}}
|team2=GUA|name_GUA={{fb|GUA}}
|team3=SLV|name_SLV={{fb|SLV}}
|team4=HON|name_HON={{fb|HON|1949}}
|win_CRC=2|draw_CRC=1|loss_CRC=0|gf_CRC=6|ga_CRC=1
|win_GUA=2|draw_GUA=1|loss_GUA=0|gf_GUA=3|ga_GUA=1
|win_SLV=0|draw_SLV=1|loss_SLV=2|gf_SLV=0|ga_SLV=2
|win_HON=0|draw_HON=1|loss_HON=2|gf_HON=0|ga_HON=5

|col_C=gold|text_C=Champion
|result1=C
|col_2ND=silver|text_2ND=Runners-up
|result2=2ND
|col_3RD=#c96|text_3RD=Third Place
|result3=3RD
|update=complete|source=
}}

{{football box
|date = 23 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 0–4
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Rolando Fonseca|Fonseca]] {{goal|5||8||71}}<br />[[Wílmer López|López]] {{goal|44}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =12,000
|referee =
}}
{{football box
|date = 23 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Manuel Funes|Funes]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =15,975
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|HON|1949}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Carlos Plata|Plata]] {{goal|50}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =17,000
|referee =
}}
{{football box
|date = 25 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Diego Arnáez|Arnáez]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =4,000
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 27 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =15,000
|referee =
}}
{{football box
|date = 27 April 1997
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Rolando Fonseca|Fonseca]] {{goal|2}}
|goals2 = [[Juan Manuel Funes|Funes]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance =29,725
|referee =
}}

==Champions==
{{Winners|fb|1997 UNCAF Nations Cup winner|CRC|Second}}
* ''[[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala]], [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] and [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] qualified automatically for [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup]].''

==All-star team==<!-- This section is linked from [[Juan Manuel Funes]]. See [[WP:MOS#Section management]] -->
* {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Erick Lonnis]]
* {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Harold Wallace]]
* {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Mauricio Wright]]
* {{Flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Wilfredo Iraheta]]
* {{Flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Martín Machón]]
* {{Flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Juan Manuel Funes]]
* {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Luis Diego Arnáez]]
* {{Flagicon|Honduras|1949}} [[Amado Guevara]]
* {{Flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Juan Carlos Plata]]
* {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Rolando Fonseca]]
* {{Flagicon|Honduras|1949}} [[Wilmer Velásquez]]

==References==
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam97.html RSSSF archives]

{{Copa Centroamericana}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nations Cup}}
[[Category:1997 UNCAF Nations Cup| ]]
[[Category:1997 in Central American football]]
[[Category:Copa Centroamericana|1997]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Guatemala|1997]]
[[Category:1996–97 in Salvadoran football]]
[[Category:1996–97 in Costa Rican football]]
[[Category:1996–97 in Honduran football]]
[[Category:1996–97 in Guatemalan football]]