Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games

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)
 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

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

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'
Honduras 1–2 Mexico
Godoy 88' Report Luna 24'
Jinich 44'
Colombia 4–2 Mexico
Pérez 24'
J. Ramírez 67', 86'
Arenilla 75'		 Report V. Ramírez 14'
Farfán 60'
Colombia 0–2 Honduras
Report Arzú 9'
Castro 71'
Guatemala 0–0 Mexico
Report
Guatemala 0–1 Honduras
Report ?

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'

Final round playoff replay

Guatemala 0–0 Mexico
Report

Final round playoff second replay

Guatemala 2–1 Mexico
Camposeco 14', 40' Report Cobián 68'

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'
Curaçao 1–3 El Salvador
Krips 82' Report Corado 21'
Lucha 75'
Guatemala 0–2 Curaçao
Report Juliana 2'
Mercera 70'
El Salvador 1–2 Honduras
Corado 38' Report Velásquez 6'
Godoy 39'
Guatemala 2-0 El Salvador
Galan 78'
Aqueche 86'		 Report
Guatemala Canceled Honduras
Report


 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

  • El Salvador Rafael Corado

2 goals

  • Colombia Juan Ramírez
  • El Salvador Gustavo Lucha
  • El Salvador Manuel Durán
  • Honduras Rodolfo Godoy
  • Mexico Salvador Luna
  • Mexico Moisés Jinich
  • Mexico Víctor Ramírez
  • Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Guillermo Krips
  • Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Pedro Coffie
  • Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Raymundo Kemp

1 goal

  • Colombia Apolinario Pérez
  • Colombia Guillermo Avendaño
  • Colombia Héctor Arenilla
  • Costa Rica José Manuel Retana
  • Costa Rica Guillermo Muñoz
  • El Salvador Javier Herrera
  • Guatemala Carlos Osorio
  • Guatemala Julio Duran
  • Guatemala Antonio Galan
  • Guatemala Rubén Aqueche
  • Honduras Adolfo Castro
  • Honduras Emilio Calderini
  • Honduras Pedro Velásquez
  • Honduras Zacarías Arzú
  • Mexico Salvador Farfán
  • Mexico José María Cobián
  • Nicaragua Carlos Ubieta
  • Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Willys Heyliger
  • Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Maximiliano Juliana
  • Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Romoldo Mercera

References

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