UNCAF Nations Cup
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The Copa Centroamericana is a biennial association football tournament, held for the CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 national teams of Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

: Belize
Belize national football team
The Belize national football team is the national team of Belize and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize. It is affiliated to the Central American Football Union of CONCACAF...

, Costa Rica
Costa Rica national football team
The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed La Sele, is the national team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. Costa Rica is the third most successful team in CONCACAF after Mexico and the United States...

, El Salvador
El Salvador national football team
El Salvador's national football team represents El Salvador in international football and is sanctioned by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol . In 1899, Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first hosted football game in El Salvador...

, Guatemala
Guatemala national football team
The Guatemala national football team is the association football team representing the country of Guatemala and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it affiliated to FIFA in 1946, and it is a member of CONCACAF....

, Honduras
Honduras national football team
The Honduran national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, La Bicolor or La H, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras...

, Nicaragua
Nicaragua national football team
The Nicaragua national football team is the national team of Nicaragua and is controlled by the Nicaraguan Football Federation. It is among the weakest teams in Central America and achieved its first qualification to a major international competition in 2009, when they qualified for the 2009...

, and Panama
Panama national football team
The Panama national football team is the national team of Panama and is controlled by the Panamanian Football Federation. Panama reached the 2006 World Cup CONCACAF Final Round in the qualifiers and finished as runners-up at the final game of the 2005 Gold Cup...

. The tournament has been held since 1991 as the UNCAF Nations Cup (until 2010) and doubles as a qualifying event for the CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the regional champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.The Gold Cup is held every two years and when it does not fall the same year as an...

. The competition was re-branded as the Copa Centroamericana from the 2011 edition.

All participating nations are affiliated to UNCAF (Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol).

Results

Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Fourth
UNCAF Nations Cup era
1991  Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

 
Final standings: CRC 6, HON 3, GUA 2, SLV 1.
1993  Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 
Final standings: HON 6, CRC 4, PAN 1, SLV 1.
1995  El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 
Final: GUA 0–3 HON; Third place: SLV 2–1 CRC.
1997  Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

 
Final standings: CRC 7, GUA 7, SLV 1, HON 1.
1999  Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

 
Final standings: CRC 6, GUA 6, HON 6, SLV 0.
2001  Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 
Final standings: GUA 7, CRC 4, SLV 3, PAN 1.
2003  Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

 
Final standings: CRC 13, GUA 10, SLV 9, HON 4.
2005  Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

 
Final: CRC 1–1 (7–6 pen.) HON; Third place: GUA 3–0 PAN.
2007  El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 
Final: CRC 1–1 (4–1 pen.) PAN; Third place: SLV 0–1 GUA.
2009  Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 
Final: CRC 0–0 (3–5 pen.) PAN; Third place: HON 1–0 SLV.
Copa Centroamericana era
2011  Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

 
Final: CRC 1–2 HON; Third place: PAN 0–0 (5–4 pen.) SLV.
2013
2013 Copa Centroamericana
The 2013 Copa Centroamericana will be the twelfth edition of the competition formerly known as UNCAF Nations Cup. The tournament is organised for the CONCACAF-affiliated national teams of Central America....

TBD
Final:; Third place:

Performance by teams

Nation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Years champion
6 4 0 1 1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007
3 2 2 2 1993, 1995, 2011
1 4 3 0 2001
1 1 2 2 2009
0 0 4 6 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -

Historic

  • From 1991–2011
    | Team | | | | | | |
    1 48 29 11 8 92 30 +62
    2 47 27 9 11 95 40 +55
    3 43 20 11 12 53 39 +14
    4 50 17 11 22 51 63 –12
    5 39 13 9 17 36 44 –8
    6 31 4 3 24 22 92 –70
    7 20 0 4 16 15 55 –40

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