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Football at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	9–21 December
Teams	7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (1st title)
Runners-up	Panama
Third place	Curaçao
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	120 (5.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Fernández Maximiliano Juliana (9 goals)
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The football tournament at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla from 9 to 21 December. Cuba and Mexico withdrew.

The gold medal was won by Colombia who earned 12 points.

Participants

•  Colombia (Hosts)
•  Costa Rica
•  Curaçao
•  Guatemala
•  Panama
•  Puerto Rico
•  Venezuela

Squads

Table

2 points system used.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colombia (C)	6	6	0	0	20	7	+13	12
2	Panama	6	4	1	1	23	8	+15	9
3	Curaçao	6	3	2	1	25	10	+15	8
4	Costa Rica	6	3	0	3	25	12	+13	6
5	Venezuela	6	2	0	4	12	11	+1	4
6	Guatemala	6	1	1	4	12	20	−8	3
7	Puerto Rico	6	0	0	6	3	52	−49	0

Results

Colombia	4–2	Curaçao
L. González 10' Granados 37', 82' Arango 73'	Report	F. Jansen 3' Juliana 50'

Panama	4–2	Guatemala
Rangel 46' A. Martinez 47' Anderson 55' Valdés 61'	Report	Camposeco 29' Toledo 52' (pen.)

Costa Rica	12–0	Puerto Rico
Fernández ?', ?', ?', ?' Retana ?', ?', ?' Araya ?', ?', ?' Rojas ?' W. Rodriguez ?'	Report

Venezuela	0–2	Colombia
	Report	Berdugo 2' Arango 76'

Curaçao	2–2	Guatemala
F. Jansen 20' M. Jansen 83'	Report	Toledo 40' Melgar 73'

Panama	12–1	Puerto Rico
Anderson ?', ?', ?' C. Martinez ?', ?', ?' Rangel ?', ?' De León ?', ?' Morales ?', ?'	Report	Piñeiro ?'

Costa Rica	4–2	Venezuela
W. Rodríguez 17' Moraux 33' Araya 48' Fernández 78'	Report	Blanco 59' Sucre 86'

Colombia	4–2	Guatemala
Carrillo 3', 44', 80' Arango 30'	Report	Camposeco 10', 64'

Curaçao	14–0	Puerto Rico
F. Jansen ?' Mathilde ?' M. Jansen ?' Juliana ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Julia ?' Kelkboom ?', ?' ? ?'	Report

Colombia	4–1	Puerto Rico
Berdugo 14', 63' Cardona 23' Ruiz 72' (pen.)	Report	Balado 19'

Costa Rica	6–0	Guatemala
Fernández ?', ?', ?' Zeledón ?', ?' Vargas ?'	Report

Panama	2–1	Venezuela
Anderson 42' Ferreira 45'	Report	V. García 90+4'

Panama	2–2	Curaçao
C. Martinez 48' Anderson 61'	Report	F. Jansen 51' Giribaldi 75'

Venezuela	3–2	Guatemala
Sucre 10', 25', 28'	Report	Aqueche 39' Camposeco 68'

Colombia	4–1	Costa Rica
Arango 15' R. García 32' Granados 42' L. González 70'	Report	Fernández 87'

Curaçao	1–0	Venezuela
F. Jansen 9'	Report

Guatemala	4–1	Puerto Rico
Camposeco ?', ?' Durán ?' de León ?'	Report	Balado ?'

Colombia	2–1	Panama
L. González 29' Arango 55'	Report	C. Martinez 17'

Curaçao	4–2	Costa Rica
Mathilde ?', ?' Juliana ?' Haseth ?'	Report	Vargas ?' Retana ?'

Venezuela	6–0	Puerto Rico
C. Rodríguez 23' V. García 37', 60', 68' Aparicio 52', 62'	Report

Panama	2–0	Costa Rica
C. Martinez 35' Anderson 42'	Report

1946 Central American and Caribbean Games
Colombia 1st title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 120 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.71 goals per match.

9 goals

• Gonzalo Fernández
• Maximiliano Juliana

7 goals

• James Santiago Anderson

6 goals

• Mario Camposeco
• Carlos Martinez

5 goals

• Carlos Arango
• Federico Jansen

4 goals

• Jesús María Araya
• José Manuel Retana
• Andrés Sucre
• Víctor García

3 goals

• Fulgencio Berdugo
• Luis González Rubio
• Octavio Carrillo
• Rafael Granados
• Luis Carlos Rangel
• José Mathilde

2 goals

• Walker Rodriguez
• Manuel Vargas
• Miguel Ángel Zeledón
• Carlos Humberto Toledo
• Antonio Morales
• Gastón De León
• Frans Kelkboom
• Mario Jansen
• Rosendo Aparicio

1 goal

• Jaime Cardona
• Octavio Ruiz
• Rigoberto García
• José Luis Rojas
• Juan Balado
• Oscar Moraux
• Rafael Balado
• Rafael Piñeiro
• Antonio Martinez
• Juan Antonio Ferreira
• Luis Carlos Valdés
• Armando Durán
• Efraín de León
• Mario Melgar
• Rubén Aqueche
• Ailan Julia
• Charles Haseth
• Guillermo Giribaldi
• Carlos Rodríguez
• Ernesto Blanco

References

1. ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games 1946 (Barranquilla, Colombia)". RSSSF.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

External links

• Central American and Caribbean Games football medalists

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