| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| Estadio Mateo Flores |
| Capacity: 30,000 |
| |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Retana | Report |
| Costa Rica | 1-0 Abandoned at 1–0 in 87' after a pitch invasion | |
|---|---|---|
| Muñoz | Report |
| Curaçao | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Heyliger | Report | Lucha |
| Costa Rica | 0-1 Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Haiti 1-0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Costa Rica | 0-1 Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Nicaragua 1-0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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