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was contested for men only at the

1950 Central American and Caribbean Games The 6th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, from February 28 to March 12, 1950. The games included 1,390 athletes from fourteen nations, competing in nineteen sports. Sports * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...

Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

. The gold medal was won by

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who earned 4 points in the final round.

Participating teams

While only the federation of Curaçao (C.V.B.) were

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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.

Venue

Controversy

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

withdrew from the Games after a pitch invasion by the spectators at the end of their match against

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, following a brawl between players caused by a collision between Costa Rica player Calleta Molina and Dutch Antilles keeper

Ergilio Hato Ergilio Pedro Hato (7 November 1926 – 18 December 2013), also known as Pantera Negra (Black Panther), was a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper from Curaçao in the former Netherlands Antilles. He was well known in the Caribbean and h ...

; when the pitch was cleared, Dutch Antilles again took the field but Costa Rica refused to continue.

First round

Group A

Group B

Final round playoff

Guatemala and Mexico finished level on points, so a play-off had to be played to decide who would qualify to the final round

Final round playoff replay

Final round playoff second replay

Final round

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

External links

* {{Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games 1950