Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournament for countries from Central American and the Caribbean. It comprises various sports; from 1926 to 1935 it was called Central American Sports Games and from 1938 onwards Central American and Caribbean Sports Games.

The tournament is held every four years. The football tournament was U-23 in 1990, U-20 in 1993 and 1998. The 1926 edition was apparently not official. The 2010 edition was cancelled by CONCACAF which considered the venues not up to scratch; however, a women's football tournament was held for the first time.

Palmares

Year Winners              Runners-Up           Third               Venue     
1926   not held [!]                                                Mexico 
1930 Cuba 9               Costa Rica 7         Honduras 5          Cuba
1935 Mexico 10            Costa Rica 8         El Salvador 4       El Salvador
1938 Mexico 9             Costa Rica 8         Colombia 4          Panama
1946 Colombia 12          Panama 9             Curaçao 8           Colombia
1950 Dutch Antilles 4 [*] Guatemala 2          Honduras 2          Guatemala
1954 El Salvador 7        Mexico 6             Colombia 5          Mexico
1959 Mexico 8             Dutch Antilles 5     Venezuela 4         Venezuela
1962 Dutch Antilles 10    Mexico 8             Venezuela 6         Jamaica
1966 Mexico 10            Dutch Antilles 8     Cuba 4              Puerto Rico
1970 Cuba 4               Dutch Antilles 2     Colombia            Panama
1974 Cuba        1-1 3-0p Trinidad/Tobago      Bermuda             Dominican Republic
1978 Cuba             2-0 Venezuela            Bermuda             Colombia
1982 Venezuela        1-0 Mexico               Cuba                Cuba
1986 Cuba        1-1 4-2p Honduras             Mexico              Dominican Republic
1990 Mexico           3-0 Venezuela            Costa Rica          Mexico
1993 Costa Rica       2-0 Mexico               Jamaica             Puerto Rico 
1998 Venezuela        3-1 Mexico               Costa Rica          Venezuela
2002 El Salvador 1-1 4-3p Mexico               Costa Rica          El Salvador
2006 Colombia         2-1 Venezuela            Costa Rica          Colombia
2010   cancelled                                                   Puerto Rico
2014 Mexico           4-1 Venezuela            Cuba                Mexico  
2018 Colombia         2-1 Venezuela            Honduras            Colombia 
2023 Mexico           2-1 Costa Rica           Honduras            El Salvador

NB: numbers following teams indicate final points totals

[!] a football tournament was planned but not held as no countries showed interest 
    in entering (the Games were only attended by athletes from hosts Mexico, Cuba
    and Guatemala)
[*] in 1950 the final match between Guatemala and Honduras appears not to have been
    played; it is not clear whether an official final ranking was ever established

Number of Wins

 7 Mexico

 5 Cuba

 3 Colombia

 2 Dutch Antilles
   El Salvador
   Venezuela

 1 Costa Rica

Medals

                   G  S  B
Mexico             7  6  1
Cuba               5     3
Colombia           3     3
Venezuela          2  5  2
Dutch Antilles     2  3  1 (includes Curaçao)
El Salvador        2     1
Costa Rica         1  4  4
Honduras              1  4
Guatemala             1
Panama                1
Trinidad/Tobago       1
Bermuda                  2
Jamaica                  1

About this document

With thanks to Barrie Courtney, Mark Cruickshank, Roberto Di Maggio, Erik Garin, Erik Francisco Lugo and Frédéric Pauron

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 14 Oct 2024