Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
# Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games

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.

## Participating teams

| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| - | - | - |
| Colombia | 3rd | Gold medal (1946) |
| Costa Rica | 5th | Silver medal (1930, 1935, 1938) |
| El Salvador | 4th | Bronze medal (1935) |
| Guatemala | 4th | 6th (1930, 1935, 1946) |
| Haiti | 1st | |
| Honduras | 3rd | Bronze medal (1930) |
| Mexico | 3rd | Gold medal (1935, 1938) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2nd | Bronze medal (1946) |
| Nicaragua | 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.

## Venue

* Guatemala City
* Estadio Mateo Flores
* Capacity: 30,000

## Controversy

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.

## 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 | Final round |
| 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 |

### 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 | Final round playoff |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |

### Final round playoff

Guatemala and Mexico finished level on points, so a play-off had to be played to decide who would qualify to the final round

## 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 |

* 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
* Curaçao 1st title

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.14 goals per match.

5 goals

* Mario Camposeco

4 goals

* Rafael Corado

2 goals

* Juan Ramirez
* Gustavo Lucha
* Manuel Durán
* Rodolfo Godoy
* Salvador Luna
* Moisés Jinich
* Víctor Ramírez
* Guillermo Krips
* Pedro Coffie
* Raymundo Kemp

1 goal

* Apolinario Pérez
* Guillermo Avendaño
* Héctor Arenilla
* José Manuel Retana
* Guillermo Muñoz
* Javier Herrera
* Carlos Osorio
* Julio Duran
* Antonio Galan
* Rubén Aqueche
* Adolfo Castro
* Emilio Calderini
* Pedro Velásquez
* Zacarías Arzú
* Salvador Farfán
* José María Cobián
* Carlos Ubieta
* Willys Heyliger
* Maximiliano Juliana
* Romoldo Mercera
