Football at the 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.
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 |
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
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:
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 |
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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
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)