Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games

Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details
Host country Guatemala
Dates 26 February – 14 March 1950
Teams 9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Netherlands Antilles
Runners-up  Guatemala
Third place  Honduras
Fourth place  El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 69 (3.14 per match)

Football was contested for men only at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football  Caribbean Netherlands (AHO)  Guatemala (GUA)  Honduras (HON)

Participating teams

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
 Colombia3rdGold medal (1946)
 Costa Rica5thSilver medal (1930, 1935, 1938)
 El Salvador4thBronze medal (1935)
 Guatemala4th6th (1930, 1935, 1946)
 Haiti1st
 Honduras3rdBronze medal (1930)
 Mexico3rdGold medal (1935, 1938)
 Netherlands Antilles2ndBronze medal (1946)
 Nicaragua1st

Venue

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 30,000

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
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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
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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
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References

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