Independence Centenary Games

1921 Torneo del Centenario

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	14 September – 18 September
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	22 or 20 (1 per match)

The Independence Centenary Games is a football tournament organized to celebrate 100 years of Central American Independence. The tournament was compromised where only Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador were able to participate. It was a single-elimination tournament, or round-robin format, with Guatemala playing Honduras and El Salvador playing Costa Rica. It took place in Guatemala from 14 September to 18 September 1921.

Because of the unotable attention to the tournament, the group stage final scores have been disputed for years. El Salvador was eliminated by Costa Rica; 7 – 0 or 3 – 0. Honduras was eliminated by Guatemala; 9 – 0 or 10 – 1.

In the final, Costa Rica defeated Guatemala in a certain score of 6 – 0. This organized tournament is seen to everyone as Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica's starting point in association football.

Games

Costa Rica  v  El Salvador

14 September 1921[1][2] Group Stage	Costa Rica	7 – 0	El Salvador	Campo de Marte, Guatemala City
	Joaquín Manuel Toquita Gutiérrez  ?' Claudio Cayito Arguedas  ?' Ricardo Poeta Bermúdez  ?' Rafael Ángel Macho Madrigal  ?' (?), ?' (?)

Guatemala  v  Honduras

14 September 1921[3][4] Group Stage	Guatemala	9 – 0	Honduras	Campo de Marte, Guatemala City
	Fernando Minondo  ?' (?), ?' Constantino Kiehnle  ?' (?) Wenceslao Aldaz  ?' (?) Mariano Enríquez Julio Dougherty

Costa Rica  v  Guatemala

18 September 1921[5] The Final	Costa Rica	6 – 0	Guatemala	Campo de Marte, Guatemala City
	Rafael Ángel Macho Madrigal  ?' (?) Claudio Cayito Arguedas  ?' (?) Jorge Luis Solera Roberto Figueredo			Attendance: 10,000

References

1. Romero, Marcos (28 August 2009). "Costa Rica - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
2. Courtney, Barrie (14 August 2008). "El Salvador - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
3. Courtney, Barrie (14 August 2008). "Guatemala - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
4. Courtney, Barrie (13 November 2006). "Honduras - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
5. Courtney, Barrie (14 August 2008). "Juegos del Centenario de la Independencia de Centroamérica (Guatemala) 1921". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2010.