| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Guatemala |
| Dates | 26 February – 14 March |
| Teams | 9 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Curaçao |
| Runners-up |  Guatemala |
| Third place |  Honduras |
| Fourth place |  El Salvador |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 69 (3.14 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mario Camposeco (5 goals) |
← 1946 1954 → | |
Football was contested for men only at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean GamesinGuatemala City, Guatemala.
The gold medal was won by Curaçao who earned 4 points in the final round.[1]
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
 Colombia |
3rd | Gold medal (1946) |
 Costa Rica |
5th | Silver medal (1930, 1935, 1938) |
| El Salvador |
4th | Bronze medal (1935) |
| Guatemala |
4th | 6th (1930, 1935, 1946) |
 Haiti |
1st | |
| Honduras |
3rd | Bronze medal (1930) |
 Mexico |
3rd | Gold medal (1935, 1938) |
 Netherlands Antilles |
2nd | Bronze medal (1946) |
 Nicaragua |
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 |
|---|
| 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]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curaçao
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 5 | Final round |
| 2 | El Salvador
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
| 3 | Haiti
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Nicaragua
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 0 | |
| – | Costa Rica
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| Costa Rica | 1–0 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
Retana  85' (pen.) |
Report |
| Haiti | 4–2 | Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Costa Rica | 1-0 Abandoned at 1–0 in 87' after a pitch invasion | Curaçao |
|---|---|---|
| Muñoz 10' |
Report |
| El Salvador | 4–1 | Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| M. Durán 12', 53' Corado 46', 48' |
Report | Ubieta 24' |
| Curaçao | 1–1 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Heyliger 55' |
Report | Lucha 16' |
| Costa Rica | 0-1 Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Haiti 1-0 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Curaçao | 11–1 | Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| El Salvador | 1–0 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| Herrera ?' |
Report |
| Costa Rica | 0-1 Costa Rica withdrew, so match was awarded to Nicaragua 1-0 | Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Curaçao | 3–0 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| Kemp ?' Coffie ?', ?' |
Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Final round |
| 2 | Guatemala
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Final round playoff |
| 3 | Mexico
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Colombia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| Guatemala | 2–1 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Osorio 7' Camposeco 52' |
Report | Avendaño 27' |
| Honduras | 1–2 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Godoy 88' |
Report | Luna 24' Jinich 44' |
| Colombia | 4–2 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Pérez 24' J. Ramirez 67', 86'Arenilla 75' |
Report | V. Ramírez 14' Farfán 60' |
| Colombia | 0–2 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Arzú 9' Castro 71' |
| Guatemala | 0–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Guatemala | 0–1 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ? |
Guatemala and Mexico finished level on points, so a play-off had to be played to decide who would qualify to the final round
| Guatemala | 3–3 The match lasted 175 minutes | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Camposeco 13', 16' J. Duran 111' |
Report | V. Ramírez 69' Jinich 71'Luna 102' |
| Guatemala | 0–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Guatemala | 2–1 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Camposeco 14', 40' |
Report | Cobián 68' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curaçao
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Gold medal |
| 2 | Guatemala
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Silver medal |
| 3 | Honduras
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Bronze medal |
| – | El Salvador
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Withdrew |
| Curaçao | 2–1 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Kemp 17' Krips 60' |
Report | Calderini 64' |
| Curaçao | 1–3 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Krips 82' |
Report | Corado 21' Lucha 75' |
| Guatemala | 0–2 | Curaçao |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Juliana 2' Mercera 70' |
| El Salvador | 1–2 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Corado 38' |
Report | Velásquez 6' Godoy 39' |
| Guatemala | 2-0 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Galan 78' Aqueche 86' |
Report |
| Guatemala | Canceled | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games |
|---|
 Curaçao 1st title |
There were 69 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.14 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
Gustavo Lucha Manuel Durán Rodolfo Godoy Salvador Luna Moisés Jinich Víctor Ramírez Guillermo Krips Pedro Coffie Raymundo Kemp1 goal
Guillermo Avendaño Héctor Arenilla José Manuel Retana Guillermo Muñoz Javier Herrera Carlos Osorio Julio Duran Antonio Galan Rubén Aqueche Adolfo Castro Emilio Calderini Pedro Velásquez Zacarías Arzú Salvador Farfán José María Cobián Carlos Ubieta Willys Heyliger Maximiliano Juliana Romoldo Mercera
