Football at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's tournament

The Women's football tournament at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Santa Tecla, El Salvador from 25 June to 7 July.^[1]

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	El Salvador
Dates	29 June – 7 July
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (3rd title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Centro Caribe Sports
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	67 (4.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Deyna Castellanos (5 goals)
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Participating teams

Eight teams from two confederations participated in the tournament. The eight teams were:^[2]

Confederation	Teams qualified	No. teams
Centro Caribe Sports[a]		1
CONCACAF	Costa Rica  El Salvador (hosts)  Haiti  Jamaica  Mexico  Puerto Rico	6
CONMEBOL	Colombia (withdrew)  Venezuela	1
Total		8

Squads

Further information: Football at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's team squads

There were no age restrictions for the squads.^[2]

Group stage

The tournament's groups were announced on 23 April 2023.^[5] Fixtures were announced on 30 May 2023.^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Venezuela	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Centro Caribe Sports	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: San Salvador 2023
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Costa Rica	0–4	Venezuela
	Report	Jiménez 17' Viso 19', 30' Castellanos 24'

29 June

11:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

Haiti	1–3	Centro Caribe Sports
C. Joseph 76'	Report	Martínez 13', 79', 90'

29 June

14:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Janeishka Caban (United States)

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Centro Caribe Sports	2–1	Costa Rica
Monterroso 25' Álvarez 55'	Report	Morales 74' (pen.)

1 July

11:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

Venezuela	4–1	Haiti
Castellanos 13', 89' Villamizar 38' Apóstol 84'	Report	C. Jean 8'

1 July

14:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Mirian León (El Salvador)

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Centro Caribe Sports	0–2	Venezuela
	Report	Villamizar 5' Castellanos 76'

3 July

11:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

Costa Rica	2–0	Haiti
Herrera 41' St-Cyr 78' (o.g.)	Report

3 July

14:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	14	5	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	El Salvador (H)	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	4
3	Puerto Rico	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2
4	Jamaica	3	0	1	2	6	13	−7	1
5	Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: San Salvador 2023
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Mexico	4–0	Puerto Rico
Casarez 5', 30' Espinoza 27' Palacios 79'	Report

29 June

17:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

Jamaica	2–5	El Salvador
Nelson 13' Atkinson 79'	Report	Gutiérrez 5' Sánchez 7', 54' Cerén 27' Velásquez 50'

29 June

20:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)

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Puerto Rico	1–1	Jamaica
Aguilera 19' (pen.)	Report	Buckley 22'

1 July

17:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)

El Salvador	2–3	Mexico
Cerén 66' (pen.) Reyes 89'	Report	Casarez 46', 77' Burkenroad 48'

1 July

20:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Centro Caribe Sports)

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Jamaica	3–7	Mexico
Atkinson 36' Adamolekun 55' (pen.) Dayes 76'	Report	Espinoza 8' Corral 24' Palacios 27', 38' Mayor 71', 90' Burkenroad 75'

3 July

17:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

Puerto Rico	2–2	El Salvador
DeJesus 22', 45'	Report	Gutiérrez 5' Cerén 90'

3 July

20:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala)

Knockout stage

If necessary, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner.

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	5 July – Santa Tecla
	Venezuela	2
					7 July – Santa Tecla
	El Salvador	1
					Venezuela	1
	5 July – Santa Tecla
					Mexico (a.e.t.)	2
	Mexico	6
	Centro Caribe Sports	0
					Bronze medal match
					7 July – Santa Tecla
					El Salvador	2
					Centro Caribe Sports	1

Semi-finals

Venezuela	2–1	El Salvador
Viso 13' Castellanos 60'	Report	Cerén 90+4'

5 July

16:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)

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Mexico	6–0	Centro Caribe Sports
Burkenroad 1' Palacios 7' Ovalle 12' (pen.) Espinoza 32' Zuazua 73' Corral 82'	Report

5 July

19:30 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)

Bronze medal match

El Salvador	2–1	Centro Caribe Sports
Gutiérrez 33' Sánchez 80'	Report	Monterroso 24'

7 July

16:00 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

Gold medal match

Venezuela	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Viso 66'	Report	Mayor 49' Mauleón 116'

7 July

19:30 CST (UTC−6)

Estadio Nacional Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Mirian León (El Salvador)

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Women's football tournament winners
Mexico 3rd title

Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.19 goals per match.

5 goals

• Deyna Castellanos

4 goals

• Brenda Cerén
• Jasmine Casarez
• Kiana Palacios
• Ysaura Viso

3 goals

• CCS Ana Lucía Martínez
• Danya Gutiérrez
• Victoria Sánchez
• Christina Burkenroad
• Greta Espinoza
• Stephany Mayor

2 goals

• CCS María Monterroso
• Natoya Atkinson
• Charlyn Corral
• Jailene DeJesus
• Paola Villamizar

1 goal

• CCS Andrea Álvarez
• Alexa Herrera
• María José Morales
• Karen Reyes
• Jackeline Velásquez
• Carine Jean
• Chloe Amelie Joseph
• Olufolasade Adamolekun
• Shaneil Buckley
• Mikayla Dayes
• Shanhaine Nelson
• Natalia Mauleón
• Lizbeth Ovalle
• Miah Zuazua
• Jill Aguilera
• Floriangel Apóstol
• Marianyela Jiménez

1 own goal

• Meghane St-Cyr (against Costa Rica)

Source: San Salvador 2023

Notes

1. Due to the suspension of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee in 2022,^[3] Guatemala is competing at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games under the Centro Caribe Sports flag.^[4]

References

1. "Calendario" [Calendar]. San Salvador 2023 (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
2. Medina, Fernando (23 April 2023). "El Fútbol ya Tiene sus Grupos en San Salvador 2023" [Football Now Has Its Groups in San Salvador 2023]. El Salvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
3. Jensen Toussaint (18 October 2022). "Guatemala gets suspended by International Olympic Committee". Al Dia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
4. Viana, Diego (20 June 2023). "Atletas de Guatemala no podrán representar a su país en Juegos San Salvador 2023". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
5. "¡Definidos los Grupos en Fútbol para los Juegos San Salvador 2023!" [The Football Groups for the 2023 San Salvador Games are Defined!]. San Salvador 2023 (in Spanish). 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
6. "Definido el Calendario del Fútbol en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023" [The Football Calendar for the San Salvador 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Are Defined]. National Football Federation of Guatemala (in Spanish). 30 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.