Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games

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Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
Dates26 February – 14 March
Teams9 (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 played22
Goals scored69 (3.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guatemala 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
 Colombia 3rd Gold medal (1946)
 Costa Rica 5th Silver medal (1930, 1935, 1938)
 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)
 Netherlands Antilles 2nd Bronze medal (1946)
 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
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
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
Source: [1]
Costa Rica 1–0 El Salvador
Retana 85' (pen.) Report
Costa Rica 1-0
Abandoned at 1–0 in 87' after a pitch invasion
 Curaçao
Muñoz 10' Report
Costa Rica 0-1
Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Haiti 1-0
 Haiti
Report
Costa Rica 0-1
Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Nicaragua 1-0
 Nicaragua
Report

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: [1]

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
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
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
Source: [1]


 1950 Central American
and Caribbean Games 

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Central American and Caribbean Games 1950 (Guatemala)". RSSSF.com. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

External links[edit]