The UNCAF U-16 Tournament is an
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
competition contested by the under-16 national teams of the members of the Central American Football Union (
UNCAF
The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football (soccer), football teams of Central America: Belize national football team, Belize, Costa Rica na ...
), the sport's Central American governing body. The tournament is played every two years since
2006
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Events
January
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and serves as a preparation competition for the
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
The CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification is an international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Results
In 2009 the tournam ...
s. Panama is the current champion.
Results
References
External links
UNCAF Official website
U-16
Under-16 association football competitions
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