Country: | Guatemala |
Dates: | 26 February – 14 March |
Num Teams: | 9 |
Confederations: | 2 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Matches: | 22 |
Goals: | 69 |
Top Scorer: | Mario Camposeco (5 goals) |
Prevseason: | 1946 |
Nextseason: | 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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
align=center | 3rd | Gold medal (1946) | ||
align=center | 5th | Silver medal (1930, 1935, 1938) | ||
align=center | 2nd | Bronze medal (1946) | ||
align=center | 4th | Bronze medal (1935) | ||
align=center | 4th | 6th (1930, 1935, 1946) | ||
align=center | 1st | |||
align=center | 3rd | Bronze medal (1930) | ||
align=center | 3rd | Gold medal (1935, 1938) | ||
align=center | 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 | |
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]
Guatemala and Mexico finished level on points, so a play-off had to be played to decide who would qualify to the final round