Juegos del Cuarto Centenario de Cali 1937


NB: games of the 4th Centenary of Cali
Held at the Estadio de San Fernando, now the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero.

Representatives:
 Argentina : the club Independiente Rivadavia of Mendoza
 Colombia  : a national selection
 Cuba      : the champion club Deportivo Centro Gallego, reinforced
 Ecuador   : a selection from Ambato
 Mexico    : a selection from Jalisco state
 Panama    : a national selection (prior to the formation of the national federation)

Peru withdrew.

Known results:
20- 7-37 Colombia  3-1 Mexico
21- 7-37 Cuba      9-3 Ecuador
22- 7-37 Argentina 5-1 Panama
23- 7-37 Cuba      3-0 Mexico
           [Note: Cuban player Sergio Alonso was injured fatally in this match]
24- 7-37 Colombia  1-3 Argentina
25- 7-37 Ecuador   4-0 Panama
27- 7-37 Argentina 3-1 Mexico
28- 7-37 Colombia  5-0 Ecuador
29- 7-37 Mexico    2-2 Panama
31- 7-37 Cuba      2-0 Argentina
 1- 8-37 Colombia  1-3 Cuba

Missing results:
         Cuba       -  Panama
         Argentina  -  Ecuador
         Colombia   -  Panama
         Mexico     -  Ecuador

Table (incomplete)
 1.Cuba       4  4  0  0  17- 4  8
 2.Argentina  4  3  0  1  11- 5  6
 3.Colombia   4  2  0  2  10- 7  4
  .Ecuador    3  1  0  2   7-14  2
  .Panama     3  0  1  2   3-11  1
  .Mexico     4  0  1  3   4-11  1

NB: it is by no means confirmed that the games did comprise a round-robin group.  They
    could have been simply a series of exhibition games, although "El Tiempo" said that
    Cuba has won "the tournament" by beating Colombia.

Tour matches in Bogotá, at the Hipódromo (possibly incomplete):
 7- 8-37 Bogotá XI 0-7 Cuba
 8- 8-37 Bogotá XI 2-9 Cuba
15- 8-37 Argentina 0-4 Cuba
22- 8-37 Argentina 3-0 Cuba




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Sources included: El Tiempo, El Informador

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

Authors: Neil Morrison and Mark Cruickshank
Last updated: 16 Oct 2014

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