Tournament details | |
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Host country | El Salvador |
City | San Salvador |
Dates | 24 March – 3 April |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Mexico (1st title) |
Runners-up | Costa Rica |
Third place | El Salvador |
Fourth place | Cuba |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 82 (5.47 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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The football tournament at the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in San Salvador from 24 March to 3 April. The tournament was the second association football tournament held at the Central American and Caribbean Games, with the first tournament being held in 1930 in Havana. All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca.
Six national football teams participated in the tournament: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Mexico were the gold medalists, winning its first gold medal for association football at the Central American and Caribbean Games. Costa Rica were the silver medalists while El Salvador, the hosts, were the bronze medalists. Cuba, the gold medalists in 1930, came in fourth place, while Honduras and Guatemala came in fifth and sixth place, respectively. A total of 82 goals were scored during 15 matches played; Costa Rica's Emmanuel Amador and Mexico's Hilario López were the top scorers, scoring 10 goals each.
Six countries participated in the tournament. The participants were: [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's football | Mexico (MEX) | Costa Rica (CRC) | El Salvador (SLV) |
All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca in San Salvador. [2]
San Salvador | |
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Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca | |
Capacity: 35,000 | |
Each squad consisted of between 16 and 23 players. Each squad had two goalkeepers, except for Costa Rica which had three. The Mexican Football Federation sent Club Necaxa to represent Mexico at the tournament as the club was considered to be the best in the Mexican First Division at the time. Out of the 17 players on Mexico's squad, 13 were from Club Necaxa while the other 4 were from 4 other clubs. [2]
The following individuals were selected to be referees and assistant referees for the tournament: [2]
A 2 point system used during the tournament.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Mexico (C) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | +24 | 10 |
2 | Costa Rica | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 8 |
3 | El Salvador (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 4 |
4 | Cuba | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 |
5 | Honduras | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 3 |
6 | Guatemala | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 |
El Salvador | 4–1 | Cuba |
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Costa Rica | 4–3 | Guatemala |
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El Salvador | 1–8 | Mexico |
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Cuba | 2–1 | Guatemala |
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Mexico | 5–1 | Guatemala |
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Mexico | 6–1 | Cuba |
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Costa Rica | 6–1 | El Salvador |
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Costa Rica | 2–1 | Cuba |
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Mexico | 8–2 | Honduras |
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Mexico | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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Costa Rica | 6–0 | Honduras |
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El Salvador | 6–1 | Guatemala |
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1935 Central American and Caribbean Games |
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Mexico 1st title |
There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.
10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: [3]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Raúl Estrada | Antonio Azpiri | Guillermo Ortega Felipe Rosas | Emmanuel Amador Hilario López |
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