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Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

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Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details
Host countryPanama
Dates (1938-02-10) (1938-02-23)10–23 February 1938
(13 days)
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Colombia
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored68 (4.53 per match)
1935
1946

The football tournament at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Panama City from 10 to 23 February.

The gold medal was won by Mexico for the second time, who earned 9 points.[1]

Squads

Table

2 points system used.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico (C) 5 4 1 0 14 4 +10 9
2  Costa Rica 5 4 0 1 24 3 +21 8
3  Colombia 5 2 0 3 10 11 −1 4
4  El Salvador 5 2 0 3 7 19 −12 4
5  Panama 5 1 1 3 8 20 −12 3
6  Venezuela 5 1 0 4 5 11 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results

Mexico 3–1 Colombia
Argüelles 40'
de la Fuente 77' (pen.)
Casarín 81'
Report Mejía 4'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)[2]

Costa Rica 7–0 El Salvador
H. Bolaños ??', ??', ??'
Hütt ??'
Morera ??', ??'
Rojas ??'
Report

Panama 2–1 Venezuela
Anderson 55', 60' Report Febres 88'

Panama 2–4 Colombia
Tapia ??'
Anderson 89'
Report

Mexico 1–0 Venezuela
Pría 4' Report

Panama 0–11 Costa Rica
Report H. Bolaños ??', ??', ??', ??', ??'
Hütt ??'
Morera ??', ??', ??'
Piedra ??', ??'

El Salvador 3–2 Venezuela
Contreras ??'
Cruz ??'
F. Martínez ??'
Report Febres ??'
Marcano ??'

Colombia 1–2[n 1] Costa Rica
Mejía ??' Report H. Bolaños ??', ??'

Mexico 6–0 El Salvador
de la Fuente 18'
Argüelles 38'
Cortina 50', 55'
Casarín 61', 66'
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)

Panama 2–2 Mexico
Prado 61'
Anderson 65' (pen.)
Report de la Fuente 46'
Casarín 62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)

Venezuela 0–3 Costa Rica
Report H. Bolaños ??'
Ó. Bolaños ??'
Hütt ??'

Colombia 3–2 El Salvador
Report Cuéllar ??'
F. Martínez ??'

Mexico 2–1 Costa Rica
Casarín 5', 50' Report Morera 20'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)

Venezuela 2–1 Colombia
Ríos 43', 73' Report

Panama 1–2 El Salvador
Castro ??' (o.g.) Report Contreras ??'
F. Martínez ??'

Notes

  1. ^ Abandoned at 1-2 in 69' when Colombia walked off because of a penalty award against them; Alejandro Morera scored for Costa Rica against an empty goal but result counted as 1-2.

References

  1. ^ Ballesteros, Frank; Cameron, Myk; Courtney, Barrie; Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil (24 February 2004). "Central American Games 1938 (Panama)". RSSSF.com.
  2. ^ "Selección de Colombia". Futboletin.com (in Spanish).
  3. ^ a b Courtney, Barry (28 February 2013). "Panama - International Results". RSSSF.com.
  4. ^ "Selección de Venezuela". Futboletín.com (in Spanish).