Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2014 Copa Centroamericana will be the 13th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It is organized by the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol or UNCAF, and will take place in United States.In January 2013, UNCAF tentatively announced that the competition would be hosted in the United States, specifically California and Texas. Eduaro Li, the President of the Costa Rican FA and Vice-President of UNCAF said that the competition is to celebrate 25 years of UNCAF. The announcement became official in January 2014, and it was announced that the competition would take place in September 2014.Following the announcement, UNCAF President Rafael Tinocco said that September 2014 was chosen because "September is the month of independence" and that there are nine days in September on the FIFA International Match Calendar which would allow national associations to choose their first choice players. Tinocco also stated that the competition will be hosted outside of the Central American region, and hosted in United States due to the "money factor".The top four teams qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The fifth place team will play a playoff match against the fifth place team from the 2014 Caribbean Cup tournament to determine which other nation will qualify. This is the first time that the two overall fifth-placed teams compete to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, previously five teams from Central America and four from the Caribbean have qualified for the Confederation's competition.The winner of the tournament will qualify for the Copa América Centenario, a 16-team tournament of CONMEBOL and CONCACAF national teams to be held in the United States in 2016.. }
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- 2014_Copa_Centroamericana abstract "The 2014 Copa Centroamericana will be the 13th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It is organized by the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol or UNCAF, and will take place in United States.In January 2013, UNCAF tentatively announced that the competition would be hosted in the United States, specifically California and Texas. Eduaro Li, the President of the Costa Rican FA and Vice-President of UNCAF said that the competition is to celebrate 25 years of UNCAF. The announcement became official in January 2014, and it was announced that the competition would take place in September 2014.Following the announcement, UNCAF President Rafael Tinocco said that September 2014 was chosen because "September is the month of independence" and that there are nine days in September on the FIFA International Match Calendar which would allow national associations to choose their first choice players. Tinocco also stated that the competition will be hosted outside of the Central American region, and hosted in United States due to the "money factor".The top four teams qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The fifth place team will play a playoff match against the fifth place team from the 2014 Caribbean Cup tournament to determine which other nation will qualify. This is the first time that the two overall fifth-placed teams compete to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, previously five teams from Central America and four from the Caribbean have qualified for the Confederation's competition.The winner of the tournament will qualify for the Copa América Centenario, a 16-team tournament of CONMEBOL and CONCACAF national teams to be held in the United States in 2016.".