Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games

Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games
Founded	1930 (men's); 2010 (women's)
Region	Central America; Caribbean
Number of teams	8 (women's); 8 (men's)
Current champions	Mexico (men's); Mexico (women's)
Most successful team(s)	Mexico (men's) (7); Mexico (women's) (3)
	Football at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Association football is one of the sports played at the Central American and Caribbean Games, a quadrennial multi-sports event for countries in those regions. The Games can involve eligible national teams from two football confederations, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.

A men's tournament was first held in the second edition of the Games in 1930.^[1]

The first women's event was held in 2010. In 2010, only a women's tournament was played, but both men's and women's events have been held in subsequent editions. The women's tournament is for senior national women's teams.

The following is a summary of the football championships at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Tournament history[edit]

Source: [1]

Men's tournament[edit]

The men's tournament has changed several times regarding player eligibility.

In the first men's tournaments, full senior squads competed, but now the men's tournament is only for under-20 teams.

In full:

1930–1946: Full senior squads
1950–1986: Amateur squads
1990: Under-23 squads
1993-now: Under-20 squads

Men's medalists[edit]

Year	Hosts	Gold medal	Score and venue	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Score and venue	Fourth place	Top scorer(s)
1930	Havana	Cuba	^[a]	Costa Rica	Honduras	^[a]	El Salvador	Rafael Madrigal (11)
1935	San Salvador	Mexico		Costa Rica	El Salvador		Cuba	Emmanuel Amador (10) Hilario López (10)
1938	Panama City	Mexico		Costa Rica	Colombia		El Salvador	Hernán Bolaños (10)
1946	Barranquilla	Colombia		Panama	Curaçao		Costa Rica	Gonzalo Fernández (9) Maximiliano Juliana (9)
1950	Guatemala City	Curaçao		Guatemala	Honduras		El Salvador	Mario Camposeco (5)
1954	Mexico City	El Salvador		Mexico	Colombia		Panama	Fernando Rengifo (4)
1959	Caracas	Mexico		Netherlands Antilles	Venezuela		Panama	Erno Jansen (8)
1962	Kingston	Netherlands Antilles		Mexico	Venezuela		Jamaica	Ruben Brandborg (6) Javier Fragoso (6)
1966	San Juan	Mexico		Netherlands Antilles	Cuba		El Salvador	Feliz Angelico Perez (6)
1970	Panama City	Cuba		Netherlands Antilles	Colombia		Venezuela	José Verdecia (9)
1974	Santo Domingo	Cuba	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0) (p)	Trinidad and Tobago	Bermuda	3–0	Mexico	Ralph Bean (9)
1978	Medellín	Cuba	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Venezuela	Bermuda	3–0	Mexico	Ralph Bean (7) Roberto Pereira (7)
1982	Havana	Venezuela	1–0	Mexico	Cuba	2–1	Bermuda	Unknown
1986	Santo Domingo	Cuba	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2) (p)	Honduras	Mexico	2–1	Dominican Republic	Unknown
1990	Mexico City	Mexico	3–0	Venezuela	Costa Rica	2–1	Cuba	Unknown
1993	Arroyo	Costa Rica	2–0	Mexico	Jamaica	3–1	Cuba	Unknown
1998	Maracaibo	Venezuela	3–1	Mexico	Costa Rica	6–1	Trinidad and Tobago	Unknown
2002	San Salvador	El Salvador	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3) (p)	Mexico	Costa Rica	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1) (p)	Haiti	Juan Carlos Cacho (3)
2006	Cartagena	Colombia	2–1	Venezuela	Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras	Kenny Cunningham (5) Juan Pablo Pino (5)
2010	Mayagüez	Tournament not held			Tournament not held
2014	Veracruz	Mexico	4–1	Venezuela	Cuba	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Honduras	Eddie Hernández (6)
2018	Barranquilla	Colombia	2–1	Venezuela	Honduras	3–0	Haiti	Julián Quiñones (4)
2023	Santa Tecla	Mexico	2–1	Costa Rica	Honduras	2–1	El Salvador	Ettson Ayón (3) Kenneth Vargas (3)

Women's tournament[edit]

The women's tournament is for senior national teams, and was established at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Women's medalists[edit]

Year	Hosts	Gold medal	Score and venue	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Score and venue	Fourth place	Top scorer(s)
2010	Mayagüez	Venezuela	^[a]	Trinidad and Tobago	Guatemala	^[a]	Haiti	Unknown
2014	Veracruz	Mexico	2–0	Colombia	Costa Rica	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Venezuela	Charlyn Corral (5)
2018	Barranquilla	Mexico	3–1	Costa Rica	Venezuela	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Charlyn Corral (3) Katie Johnson (3) Mónica Ocampo (3)
2023	Santa Tecla	Mexico	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Venezuela	El Salvador	2–1	Centro Caribe Sports	Deyna Castellanos (5)

Medal count[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Team	Gold medals	Silver medals	Bronze medals	Total
Mexico	7 (1935, 1938, 1959, 1966, 1990, 2014, 2023)	6 (1954, 1962, 1982, 1993, 1998, 2002)	1 (1986)	14
Cuba	5 (1930*, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986)		3 (1966, 1982*, 2014)	8
Colombia	3 (1946, 2006, 2018*)		3 (1938, 1954, 1970)	6
Venezuela	2 (1982, 1998*)	5 (1978, 1990, 2006, 2014, 2018)	2 (1959, 1962)	9
El Salvador	2 (1954, 2002*)		1 (1935*)	3
Costa Rica	1 (1993)	4 (1930, 1935, 1938, 2023)	4 (1990, 1998, 2002, 2006)	9
Netherlands Antilles	1 (1962)	3 (1959, 1966, 1970)		4
Curaçao	1 (1950)		1 (1946)	2
Honduras		1 (1986)	4 (1930, 1950, 2018, 2023)	5
Panama		1 (1946)		1
Guatemala		1 (1950*)		1
Trinidad and Tobago		1 (1974)		1
Bermuda			2 (1974, 1978)	2
Jamaica			1 (1993)	1

* – Hosts

Women's tournament[edit]

Team	Gold medals	Silver medals	Bronze medals	Total
Mexico	3 (2014*, 2018, 2023)			3
Venezuela	1 (2010)	1 (2023)	1 (2018)	3
Costa Rica		1 (2018)	1 (2014)	2
Colombia		1 (2014)		1
Trinidad and Tobago		1 (2010)		1
Guatemala			1 (2010)	1
El Salvador			1 (2023*)	1

* – Hosts

All-time top goalscorers (until 1974)[edit]

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Tournament(s)
1	Hernán Bolaños	Costa Rica	15	1930(5) and 1938(10)
2	James Santiago Anderson	Panama	12	1938(5) and 1946(7)
3	Rafael Madrigal	Costa Rica	11	1930(11)
3	Mario Camposeco	Guatemala	11	1946(6) and 1950(5)
5	Emmanuel Amador	Costa Rica	10	1935(10)
5	Hilario López	Mexico	10	1935(10)
7	Gonzalo Fernández	Costa Rica	9	1946(9)
	Maximiliano Juliana	Curaçao		1946(9)
	José Verdecia	Cuba		1970(9)
	Ralph Bean	Bermuda		1974(9)
11	Erno Jansen	Netherlands Antilles	8	1959(8)
12	Miguel Cruz	El Salvador	7	1935(6) and 1938(1)
	Felix Angelico Perez	Netherlands Antilles		1962(1) and 1966(6)
	Francisco Piedra	Cuba		1974(7)

Hat-tricks (until 1974)[edit]

Since the first official tournament in 1930 until the edition in 1974, 40 hat-tricks have been scored in over 100 matches of the 11 editions of the tournament in-between that period. The first hat-trick was scored by Rafael Madrigal of Costa Rica, playing against Guatemala on 17 March 1930; and the last was by Martín Zúñiga of Mexico, playing against Jamaica on 22 November 2014. The record number of hat-tricks in a single Central American and Caribbean Games is ten, during the 1946 edition. The only player to have scored three hat-tricks is Costa Rica's Hernán Bolaños, one in the inaugural edition in 1930 and two in 1938, in which he was the top goal scorer with 10 goals. He is closely followed by Rafael Madrigal, Hilario López, Emmanuel Amador, Gonzalo Fernández, José Verdecia and Francisco Piedra with two hat-tricks each. The record for the most goals scored in a single Central American and Caribbean Game is 7, which has been achieved once: by Maximiliano Juliana when he scored 7 for Netherlands Antilles in a 14-0 win over Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico also holds the record for most hat-tricks conceded with 15, with the next closest being Honduras and Guatemala with 6. On the other hand, Costa Rica holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 11, with the next closest being Cuba with 7.

List[edit]

Far Eastern Championship Games hat-tricks
#	Player	G	Time of goals	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Date	report
1.	Daniel Bustillo	3	?', ?', ?'	Honduras	5–4	Jamaica	1930 Central American and Caribbean Games	18 March 1930	Report
2.	Mario López	3	7', 15', ?'	Cuba	7–0	Honduras		20 March 1930
3.	Rafael Madrigal	4	10', 16'(pen.)), 43', 78'	Costa Rica	8–1	Guatemala		17 March 1930
4.	Gustavo Marroquín	3	2', 10', 62'	El Salvador	8–2	Guatemala		19 March 1930
5.	Mario Calvo	3	13', 35', 40'	El Salvador	8–2	Guatemala		19 March 1930
6.	Hernán Bolaños	3	?', ?', ?'	Costa Rica	9–2	El Salvador		22 March 1930
7.	Enrique Ferrer	3	46', 48', ?'	Cuba	5-0	Honduras		23 March 1930
8.	Rafael Madrigal (2)	3	?', ?', ?'	Costa Rica	8-0	Honduras		4 April 1930
9.	Hilario López	3	73', 80', 86'	Mexico	8–1	El Salvador	1935 Central American and Caribbean Games	27 March 1935	Report
10.	Emmanuel Amador	3	4', 14', 51'	Costa Rica	6–1	El Salvador		30 March 1935
11.	Hilario López (2)	3	8', 55', 80'	Mexico	8–2	Honduras		1 April 1935
12.	Julio Lores	3	26', 42', 73'	Mexico	8–2			1 April 1935
13.	Emmanuel Amador (2)	4	15', 25', ?', ?'	Costa Rica	6–0			3 April 1935
14.	Hernán Bolaños (2)	3	5', 55', 83'	Costa Rica	7–0	El Salvador	1938 Central American and Caribbean Games	12 February 1938	Report
15.	Hernán Bolaños (3)	5	14', 15', 23', 43', 59'	Costa Rica	11–0	Panama	1938 Central American and Caribbean Games	16 February 1938	Report
16.	Gonzalo Fernández	4	?', ?', ?', ?'	Costa Rica	12–0	Puerto Rico	1946 Central American and Caribbean Games	10 December 1946	Report
17.	José Manuel Retana	3	?', ?', ?'
18.	Jesús María Araya	3	?', ?', ?'
19.	James Santiago Anderson	3	?', ?', ?'	Panama	12–1			13 December 1946
20.	Carlos Martinez	3	?', ?', ?'	Panama	12–1			13 December 1946
21.	Octavio Carrillo	3	3', 44', 80'	Colombia	12–1	Guatemala		15 December 1946
22.	Maximiliano Juliana	7	?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'	Netherlands Antilles	14–0	Puerto Rico		15 December 1946
23.	Gonzalo Fernández (2)	3	?', ?', ?'	Costa Rica	6–0	Guatemala		16 December 1946
24.	Andrés Sucre	3	10', 25', 28'	Venezuela	3–2	Guatemala		18 December 1946
25.	Víctor García	3	37', 60', 68'	Venezuela	6–0	Puerto Rico		20 December 1946
26.	Carlos Calderón de la Barca	3	11', 64', 66'	Mexico	4–0	Panama	1954 Central American and Caribbean Games	10 March 1954	Report
27.	Erno Jansen	5	8', 48', 53', 65', 84'	Netherlands Antilles	15–0	Puerto Rico	1959 Central American and Caribbean Games	7 January 1959	Report
28.	Wilhelm Canword	3	29', 56', 88'	Netherlands Antilles	15–0			7 January 1959
29.	José Ángel Vidal	3	53', 66', 79'	Venezuela	7–0			16 January 1959
30.	José Luis Estrada	3	50', 64', 82'(pen.))	Mexico	8–0		1962 Central American and Caribbean Games	15 August 1962	Report
31.	Ruben Brandborg	3	25', 30', 80'	Netherlands Antilles	4–0			17 August 1962
32.	Javier Fragoso	3	?', ?', ?'	Mexico	6–0	Cuba		17 August 1962
33.	Peter Chavannes	3	8', 13', ?'	Jamaica	6–1	Cuba		24 August 1962
34.	José Verdecia	3	38', 82', 87'	Cuba	4–3	Panama	1970 Central American and Caribbean Games	4 March 1970	Report
35.	José Verdecia (2)	3	10', 44', 87'		4–0	Nicaragua	1970 Central American and Caribbean Games	7 March 1970	Report
36.	Francisco Piedra	3	5', 48', 63'		8–0	Puerto Rico	1974 Central American and Caribbean Games	4 March 1970	Report
37.	Andrés Roldán	3	18', 29', 69'		8–0	Puerto Rico		4 March 1970
38.	Francisco Piedra (2)	3	40', 43', 70'		5–0	Nicaragua		8 March 1974
39.	Noel Llewelyn	3	18', 40', 69'	Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Puerto Rico
40.	Ralph Bean	3	17', 65', 88'	Bermuda	3–0	Bahamas

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d A robin-round tournament; no gold or bronze medal matches were held.

References[edit]

^ "Central American and Caribbean Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

[RR-2] A robin-round tournament; no gold or bronze medal matches were held.

[RS-1] "Central American and Caribbean Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

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Founded	1930 (men's) 2010 (women's)
Region	Central America Caribbean
Number of teams	8 (women's) 8 (men's)
Current champions	Mexico (men's) Mexico (women's)
Most successful team(s)	Mexico (men's) (7) Mexico (women's) (3)
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Tournament history[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Men's medalists[edit]

Women's tournament[edit]

Women's medalists[edit]

Medal count[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Women's tournament[edit]

All-time top goalscorers (until 1974)[edit]

Hat-tricks (until 1974)[edit]

List[edit]

Notes[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]