Founded | 1930 (men's) 2010 (women's) |
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Region | Central America Caribbean |
Number of teams | 8 (women's) 8 (men's) |
Current champions | Mexico (men's) Mexico (women's) |
Most successful team(s) | Mexico (men's) (7) Mexico (women's) (3) |
Football at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games |
Association football is one of the sports played at the Central American and Caribbean Games , a quadrennial multi-sports event for countries in those regions. The Games can involve eligible national teams from two football confederations, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.
A men's tournament was first held in the second edition of the Games in 1930. [1]
The first women's event was held in 2010. In 2010, only a women's tournament was played, but both men's and women's events have been held in subsequent editions. The women's tournament is for senior national women's teams.
The following is a summary of the football championships at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
The men's tournament has changed several times regarding player eligibility.
In the first men's tournaments, full senior squads competed, but now the men's tournament is only for under-20 teams.
In full:
The women's tournament is for senior national teams, and was established at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Year | Hosts | Gold medal | Score and venue | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score and venue | Fourth place | Top scorer(s) |
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2010 | Mayagüez | Venezuela | [lower-alpha 1] | Trinidad and Tobago | Guatemala | [lower-alpha 1] | Haiti | Unknown |
2014 | Veracruz | Mexico | 2–0 | Colombia | Costa Rica | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Venezuela | Charlyn Corral (5) |
2018 | Barranquilla | Mexico | 3–1 | Costa Rica | Venezuela | 1–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | Charlyn Corral (3) Katie Johnson (3) Mónica Ocampo (3) |
2023 | Santa Tecla | Mexico | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Venezuela | El Salvador | 2–1 | Centro Caribe Sports | Deyna Castellanos (5) |
Team | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Total |
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Mexico | 7 (1935, 1938, 1959, 1966, 1990*, 2014*, 2023) | 6 (1954, 1962, 1982, 1993, 1998, 2002) | 1 (1986) | 14 |
Cuba | 5 (1930*, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986) | 3 (1966, 1982*, 2014) | 8 | |
Colombia | 3 (1946*, 2006*, 2018*) | 3 (1938, 1954, 1970) | 6 | |
Venezuela | 2 (1982, 1998*) | 5 (1978, 1990, 2006, 2014, 2018) | 2 (1959, 1962) | 9 |
El Salvador | 2 (1954, 2002*) | 1 (1935*) | 3 | |
Costa Rica | 1 (1993) | 4 (1930, 1935, 1938, 2023) | 4 (1990, 1998, 2002, 2006) | 9 |
Netherlands Antilles | 1 (1962) | 3 (1959, 1966, 1970) | 4 | |
Curaçao | 1 (1950) | 1 (1946) | 2 | |
Honduras | 1 (1986) | 4 (1930, 1950, 2018, 2023) | 5 | |
Panama | 1 (1946) | 1 | ||
Guatemala | 1 (1950*) | 1 | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1974) | 1 | ||
Bermuda | 2 (1974, 1978) | 2 | ||
Jamaica | 1 (1993) | 1 |
Team | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Total |
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Mexico | 3 (2014*, 2018, 2023) | 3 | ||
Venezuela | 1 (2010) | 1 (2023) | 1 (2018) | 3 |
Costa Rica | 1 (2018) | 1 (2014) | 2 | |
Colombia | 1 (2014) | 1 | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (2010) | 1 | ||
Guatemala | 1 (2010) | 1 | ||
El Salvador | 1 (2023*) | 1 |
This section possibly contains original research .(June 2022) |
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Tournament(s) |
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1 | Hernán Bolaños | Costa Rica | 15 | 1930(5) and 1938(10) |
2 | James Santiago Anderson | Panama | 12 | 1938(5) and 1946(7) |
3 | Rafael Madrigal | Costa Rica | 11 | 1930(11) |
Mario Camposeco | Guatemala | 1946(6) and 1950(5) | ||
5 | Emmanuel Amador | Costa Rica | 10 | 1935(10) |
Hilario López | Mexico | 1935(10) | ||
7 | Gonzalo Fernández | Costa Rica | 9 | 1946(9) |
Maximiliano Juliana | Curaçao | 1946(9) | ||
José Verdecia | Cuba | 1970(9) | ||
Ralph Bean | Bermuda | 1974(9) | ||
11 | Erno Jansen | Netherlands Antilles | 8 | 1959(8) |
12 | Miguel Cruz | El Salvador | 7 | 1935(6) and 1938(1) |
Felix Angelico Perez | Netherlands Antilles | 1962(1) and 1966(6) | ||
Francisco Piedra | Cuba | 1974(7) |
Since the first official tournament in 1930 until the edition in 1974, 40 hat-tricks have been scored in over 100 matches of the 11 editions of the tournament in-between that period. The first hat-trick was scored by Rafael Madrigal of Costa Rica, playing against Guatemala on 17 March 1930; and the last was by Martín Zúñiga of Mexico, playing against Jamaica on 22 November 2014. The record number of hat-tricks in a single Central American and Caribbean Games is ten, during the 1946 edition. The only player to have scored three hat-tricks is Costa Rica's Hernán Bolaños, one in the inaugural edition in 1930 and two in 1938, in which he was the top goal scorer with 10 goals. He is closely followed by Rafael Madrigal, Hilario López, Emmanuel Amador, Gonzalo Fernández, José Verdecia and Francisco Piedra with two hat-tricks each. The record for the most goals scored in a single Central American and Caribbean Game is 7, which has been achieved once: by Maximiliano Juliana when he scored 7 for Netherlands Antilles in a 14-0 win over Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico also holds the record for most hat-tricks conceded with 15, with the next closest being Honduras and Guatemala with 6. On the other hand, Costa Rica holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 11, with the next closest being Cuba with 7.
# | Player | G | Time of goals | For | Result | Against | Tournament | Date | report |
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1. | Daniel Bustillo | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | Honduras | 5–4 | Jamaica | 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games | 18 March 1930 | Report |
2. | Mario López | 3 | 7', 15', ?' | Cuba | 7–0 | Honduras | 20 March 1930 | ||
3. | Rafael Madrigal | 4 | 10', 16'(pen.)), 43', 78' | Costa Rica | 8–1 | Guatemala | 17 March 1930 | ||
4. | Gustavo Marroquín | 3 | 2', 10', 62' | El Salvador | 8–2 | Guatemala | 19 March 1930 | ||
5. | Mario Calvo | 3 | 13', 35', 40' | 8–2 | |||||
6. | Hernán Bolaños | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | Costa Rica | 9–2 | El Salvador | 22 March 1930 | ||
7. | Enrique Ferrer | 3 | 46', 48', ?' | Cuba | 5-0 | Honduras | 23 March 1930 | ||
8. | Rafael Madrigal (2) | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | Costa Rica | 8-0 | 4 April 1930 | |||
9. | Hilario López | 3 | 73', 80', 86' | Mexico | 8–1 | El Salvador | 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games | 27 March 1935 | Report |
10. | Emmanuel Amador | 3 | 4', 14', 51' | Costa Rica | 6–1 | 30 March 1935 | |||
11. | Hilario López (2) | 3 | 8', 55', 80' | Mexico | 8–2 | Honduras | 1 April 1935 | ||
12. | Julio Lores | 3 | 26', 42', 73' | ||||||
13. | Emmanuel Amador (2) | 4 | 15', 25', ?', ?' | Costa Rica | 6–0 | 3 April 1935 | |||
14. | Hernán Bolaños (2) | 3 | 5', 55', 83' | Costa Rica | 7–0 | El Salvador | 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games | 12 February 1938 | Report |
15. | Hernán Bolaños (3) | 5 | 14', 15', 23', 43', 59' | 11–0 | Panama | 16 February 1938 | |||
16. | Gonzalo Fernández | 4 | ?', ?', ?', ?' | Costa Rica | 12–0 | Puerto Rico | 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games | 10 December 1946 | Report |
17. | José Manuel Retana | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | ||||||
18. | Jesús María Araya | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | ||||||
19. | James Santiago Anderson | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | Panama | 12–1 | 13 December 1946 | |||
20. | Carlos Martinez | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | ||||||
21. | Octavio Carrillo | 3 | 3', 44', 80' | Colombia | 12–1 | Guatemala | 15 December 1946 | ||
22. | Maximiliano Juliana | 7 | ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' | Netherlands Antilles | 14–0 | Puerto Rico | |||
23. | Gonzalo Fernández (2) | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | Costa Rica | 6–0 | Guatemala | 16 December 1946 | ||
24. | Andrés Sucre | 3 | 10', 25', 28' | Venezuela | 3–2 | 18 December 1946 | |||
25. | Víctor García | 3 | 37', 60', 68' | 6–0 | Puerto Rico | 20 December 1946 | |||
26. | Carlos Calderón de la Barca | 3 | 11', 64', 66' | Mexico | 4–0 | Panama | 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games | 10 March 1954 | Report |
27. | Erno Jansen | 5 | 8', 48', 53', 65', 84' | Netherlands Antilles | 15–0 | Puerto Rico | 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games | 7 January 1959 | Report |
28. | Wilhelm Canword | 3 | 29', 56', 88' | ||||||
29. | José Ángel Vidal | 3 | 53', 66', 79' | Venezuela | 7–0 | 16 January 1959 | |||
30. | José Luis Estrada | 3 | 50', 64', 82'(pen.)) | Mexico | 8–0 | 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games | 15 August 1962 | Report | |
31. | Ruben Brandborg | 3 | 25', 30', 80' | Netherlands Antilles | 4–0 | 17 August 1962 | |||
32. | Javier Fragoso | 3 | ?', ?', ?' | Mexico | 6–0 | Cuba | |||
33. | Peter Chavannes | 3 | 8', 13', ?' | Jamaica | 6–1 | 24 August 1962 | |||
34. | José Verdecia | 3 | 38', 82', 87' | Cuba | 4–3 | Panama | 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games | 4 March 1970 | Report |
35. | José Verdecia (2) | 3 | 10', 44', 87' | 4–0 | Nicaragua | 7 March 1970 | |||
36. | Francisco Piedra | 3 | 5', 48', 63' | 8–0 | Puerto Rico | 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games | 4 March 1970 | Report | |
37. | Andrés Roldán | 3 | 18', 29', 69' | ||||||
38. | Francisco Piedra (2) | 3 | 40', 43', 70' | 5–0 | Nicaragua | 8 March 1974 | |||
39. | Noel Llewelyn | 3 | 18', 40', 69' | Trinidad and Tobago | 4–0 | Puerto Rico | |||
40. | Ralph Bean | 3 | 17', 65', 88' | Bermuda | 3–0 | Bahamas | |||
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