Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games
Founded | 1930 (men's) 2010 (women's) |
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Region | Central America Caribbean |
Number of teams | 8 (women's) 8 (men's) |
Current champions | Colombia (men's) Mexico (women's) |
Most successful team(s) | Mexico (men's) Mexico (women's) |
Football at the 2018 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.
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[]
Source: [1]
Men's tournament[]
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 medallists[]
Women's tournament[]
The women's tournament is for senior national teams, and was established at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Women's medallists[]
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
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Gold Medalists | Score | Silver Medalists | Bronze Medalists | Score | 4th place | ||
2010[1] Details |
Mayagüez |
Venezuela |
[A] | Trinidad and Tobago |
Guatemala |
[A] | Haiti |
2014[2] Details |
Veracruz |
Mexico |
2–0 | Colombia |
Costa Rica |
3–2 | Venezuela |
2018 Details |
Barranquilla |
Mexico |
3–1 | Costa Rica |
Venezuela |
1–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
Medal count[]
Men's[]
No. | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mexico | 8 | 6 | 1 |
2 | Cuba | 5 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Venezuela | 3 | 5 | 3 |
3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 3 | 1 |
6 | El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Costa Rica | 1 | 4 | 5 |
11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Honduras | 0 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Panama | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Bermuda | 0 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Footnotes[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 (Women) (Puerto Rico)". www.rsssf.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games
- Sports at the Central American and Caribbean Games
- International association football competitions in Central America
- International association football competitions in the Caribbean
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