Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Guatemala |
Dates | 26 February – 14 March |
Teams | 9 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Curaçao |
Runners-up | Guatemala |
Third place | Honduras |
Fourth place | El Salvador |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 69 (3.14 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mario Camposeco (5 goals) |
← 1946 1954 → |
Football was contested for men only at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
The gold medal was won by Curaçao who earned 4 points in the final round.[1]
Participating teams
[edit]Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Colombia | 3rd | Gold medal (1946) |
Costa Rica | 5th | Silver medal (1930, 1935, 1938) |
Curaçao | 2nd | Bronze medal (1946) |
El Salvador | 4th | Bronze medal (1935) |
Guatemala | 4th | 6th (1930, 1935, 1946) |
Haiti | 1st | |
Honduras | 3rd | Bronze medal (1930) |
Mexico | 3rd | Gold medal (1935, 1938) |
Nicaragua | 1st |
While only the federation of Curaçao (C.V.B.) were FIFA members at the time (the Dutch Antilles federation N.A.V.U. was not founded until 1958), the team entering here was a Dutch Antilles selection representing the N.A.O.C., the olympic committee of the territory.[1]
Venue
[edit]Guatemala City |
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Estadio Mateo Flores |
Capacity: 30,000 |
Controversy
[edit]Costa Rica withdrew from the Games after a pitch invasion by the spectators at the end of their match against Dutch Antilles, following a brawl between players caused by a collision between Costa Rica player Calleta Molina and Dutch Antilles keeper Ergilio Hato; when the pitch was cleared, Dutch Antilles again took the field but Costa Rica refused to continue.[1]
First round
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Curaçao | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 5 | Final round |
2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | Nicaragua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 0 | |
– | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Costa Rica | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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Retana 85' (pen.) | Report |
Costa Rica | 1-0 Abandoned at 1–0 in 87' after a pitch invasion | Curaçao |
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Muñoz 10' | Report |
Curaçao | 1–1 | El Salvador |
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Heyliger 55' | Report | Lucha 16' |
Costa Rica | 0-1 Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Haiti 1-0 | Haiti |
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Report |
Costa Rica | 0-1 Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Nicaragua 1-0 | Nicaragua |
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Report |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Final round |
2 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Final round playoff |
3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
Final round playoff
[edit]Guatemala and Mexico finished level on points, so a play-off had to be played to decide who would qualify to the final round
Guatemala | 3–3 The match lasted 175 minutes | Mexico |
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Camposeco 13', 16' J. Duran 111' |
Report | V. Ramírez 69' Jinich 71' Luna 102' |
Final round playoff replay
[edit]Final round playoff second replay
[edit]Final round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | Curaçao | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Gold medal |
2 | Guatemala | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Silver medal |
3 | Honduras | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Bronze medal |
– | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Withdrew |
Guatemala | 2-0 | El Salvador |
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Galan 78' Aqueche 86' |
Report |
1950 Central American and Caribbean Games |
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Curaçao 1st title |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 69 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.14 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Apolinario Pérez
- Guillermo Avendaño
- Héctor Arenilla
- José Manuel Retana
- Guillermo Muñoz
- Javier Herrera
- Carlos Osorio
- Julio Duran
- Antonio Galan
- Rubén Aqueche
- Adolfo Castro
- Emilio Calderini
- Pedro Velásquez
- Zacarías Arzú
- Salvador Farfán
- José María Cobián
- Carlos Ubieta
- Willys Heyliger
- Maximiliano Juliana
- Romoldo Mercera