Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details
Host country Panama
Dates (1938-02-10) (1938-02-23)10 February – 23 February 1938
(13 days)
Teams 6 (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 played 15
Goals scored 68 (4.53 per match)

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

Results

10 February 1938 (1938-02-10)
Mexico  3–1  Colombia
Argüelles  40'
de la Fuente  77' (pen.)
Casarín  81' 		Report Mejía  4'
Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)[2]

12 February 1938 (1938-02-12)
Costa Rica  7–0  El Salvador
H. Bolaños  ??', ??', ??'
Hütt  ??'
Morera  ??', ??'
Rojas  ??' 		Report

12 February 1938 (1938-02-12)
Panama  2–1  Venezuela
Anderson  55', 60' Report Febres  88'

14 February 1938 (1938-02-14)
Panama  2–4  Colombia
Tapia  ??'
Anderson  89' 		Report

14 February 1938 (1938-02-14)
Mexico  1–0  Venezuela
Pría  4' Report

16 February 1938 (1938-02-16)
Panama  0–11  Costa Rica
Report H. Bolaños  ??', ??', ??', ??', ??'
Hütt  ??'
Morera  ??', ??', ??'
Piedra  ??', ??'

16 February 1938 (1938-02-16)
El Salvador  3–2  Venezuela
Contreras  ??'
Cruz  ??'
F. Martínez  ??' 		Report Febres  ??'
Marcano  ??'

18 February 1938 (1938-02-18)
Colombia  1–2[n 1]  Costa Rica
Mejía  ??' Report H. Bolaños  ??', ??'

18 February 1938 (1938-02-18)
Mexico  6–0  El Salvador
de la Fuente  18'
Argüelles  38'
Cortina  50', 55'
Casarín  61', 66' 		Report
Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)

20 February 1938 (1938-02-20)
Panama  2–2  Mexico
Prado  61'
Anderson  65' (pen.) 		Report de la Fuente  46'
Casarín  62'
Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)

20 February 1938 (1938-02-20)
Venezuela  0–3  Costa Rica
Report H. Bolaños  ??'
Ó. Bolaños  ??'
Hütt  ??'

21 February 1938 (1938-02-21)
Colombia  3–2  El Salvador
Report Cuéllar  ??'
F. Martínez  ??'

22 February 1938 (1938-02-22)
Mexico  2–1  Costa Rica
Casarín  5', 50' Report Morera  20'
Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)

23 February 1938 (1938-02-23)
Venezuela  2–1  Colombia
Ríos  43', 73' Report

23 February 1938 (1938-02-23)
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. 1 2 Courtney, Barry (28 February 2013). "Panama - International Results". RSSSF.com.
  4. ↑ "Selección de Venezuela". Futboletín.com (in Spanish).

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