Tournament details | |
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Host country | Guatemala |
Dates | 26 February – 14 March |
Teams | 9 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 69 (3.14 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (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]
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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![]() | 3rd | Gold medal (1946) |
![]() | 5th | Silver medal (1930, 1935, 1938) |
![]() | 2nd | Bronze medal (1946) |
![]() | 4th | Bronze medal (1935) |
![]() | 4th | 6th (1930, 1935, 1946) |
![]() | 1st | |
![]() | 3rd | Bronze medal (1930) |
![]() | 3rd | Gold medal (1935, 1938) |
![]() | 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]
Guatemala City |
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Estadio Mateo Flores |
Capacity: 30,000 |
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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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 5 | Final round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 0 | |
– | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Retana ![]() | Report |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1-0 Abandoned at 1–0 in 87' after a pitch invasion | ![]() |
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Muñoz ![]() | Report |
Curaçao ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Heyliger ![]() | Report | Lucha ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0-1 Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Haiti 1-0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0-1 Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Nicaragua 1-0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Final round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Final round playoff |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
Guatemala and Mexico finished level on points, so a play-off had to be played to decide who would qualify to the final round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Gold medal |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Silver medal |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Bronze medal |
– | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Withdrew |
Guatemala ![]() | 2-0 | ![]() |
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Galan ![]() Aqueche ![]() | Report |
1950 Central American and Caribbean Games |
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![]() Curaçao 1st title |
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