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

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

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 30,000

Controversy

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

Group A

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
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Haiti 4–2 Nicaragua
Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Costa Rica 1-0
Abandoned at 1–0 in 87' after a pitch invasion		 Curaçao
Muñoz 10' Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
El Salvador 4–1 Nicaragua
M. Durán 12', 53'
Corado 46', 48'		 Report Ubieta 24'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Curaçao 1–1 El Salvador
Heyliger 55' Report Lucha 16'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Costa Rica 0-1
Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Haiti 1-0		 Haiti
Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Curaçao 11–1 Nicaragua
Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
El Salvador 1–0 Haiti
Herrera ?' Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Costa Rica 0-1
Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Nicaragua 1-0		 Nicaragua
Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Curaçao 3–0 Haiti
Kemp ?'
Coffie ?', ?'		 Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Group B

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]
Guatemala 2–1 Colombia
Osorio 7'
Camposeco 52'		 Report Avendaño 27'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Honduras 1–2 Mexico
Godoy 88' Report Luna 24'
Jinich 44'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Colombia 4–2 Mexico
Pérez 24'
J. Ramirez 67', 86'
Arenilla 75'		 Report V. Ramírez 14'
Farfán 60'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Colombia 0–2 Honduras
Report Arzú 9'
Castro 71'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala 0–0 Mexico
Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala 0–1 Honduras
Report ?
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Final round playoff

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'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Final round playoff replay

Guatemala 0–0 Mexico
Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Final round playoff second replay

Guatemala 2–1 Mexico
Camposeco 14', 40' Report Cobián 68'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Final round

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]
Curaçao 2–1 Honduras
Kemp 17'
Krips 60'		 Report Calderini 64'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Curaçao 1–3 El Salvador
Krips 82' Report Corado 21'
Lucha 75'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala 0–2 Curaçao
Report Juliana 2'
Mercera 70'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
El Salvador 1–2 Honduras
Corado 38' Report Velásquez 6'
Godoy 39'
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala 2-0 El Salvador
Galan 78'
Aqueche 86'		 Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala Canceled Honduras
Report
Estadio de la Revolución, Guatemala City, Guatemala


 1950 Central American
and Caribbean Games 

Curaçao
1st title

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

  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

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