Full Match Details All matches were played at the Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca in San Salvador. 5-12 El Salvador 2-2 Guatemala [Ricardo Monterrosa 39, Luis Alonso Torres 41; Carlos Toledo 31, 60] 5-12 Costa Rica 7-0 Nicaragua [Rafael Ubieta 27og, Jorge Rojas 32, Francisco Zeledon 34, 62, 76, José Alberto Granados 40, Jose Luis Rojas 86] 7-12 Costa Rica 2-3 Guatemala [Alejandro Morera 43, Francisco Zeledón 55; Julio Mendoza 17, Carlos Toledo 45, Muchuca Gonzalez 70] 7-12 El Salvador 8-1 Nicaragua [José Luis Aceituno 5, 62, 70, Rafael Corado 15, Luis Ruano 28, Miguel Deras 32, Miguel Rivas 49, 65; Ramón García 80] 9-12 El Salvador 4-2 Costa Rica [Ricardo Monterrosa 5, Julián Linares 60pen, Luis Alonso Torres 72, Miguel Cruz 86; Francisco Zeledón 38, 84] 9-12 Guatemala 6-2 Nicaragua 12-12 El Salvador 2-1 Guatemala [Luis Alonso Torres 47, Miguel Cruz 50; Carlos Toledo 32] 12-12 Costa Rica 3-2 Nicaragua [Mario Riggioni 42, Álvaro Rojas 51, Francisco Zeledón 55; Francisco Navarro 30, Ramón Garcia 85] 16-12 El Salvador 10-1 Nicaragua [José Luis Aceituno 4, Miguel Rivas 6, 72, 85, Miguel Cruz 12, 28, 68, 71, Luis Antonio Regalado 40, Rafael Corado 70; Ramón García 1] 16-12 Guatemala 4-2 Costa Rica [Valentín Del Cid 48, 65, José Castro 67, Carlos Toledo 75; Francisco Zeledón 43pen, Jorge Rojas 88] 19-12 Guatemala 5-1 Nicaragua [Carlos Toledo 18, 22, Benigno Miranda 48ag, Mario Camposeco 53, Esteban Mendoza 85; Guillermo Morales 65] 19-12 El Salvador 2-4 Costa Rica [Rafael Corado 10, Miguel Cruz 53; Álvaro Rojas 26, Francisco Zeledón 66, Mario Riggioni 72, Aníbal Varela 84] FINAL TABLE El Salvador 6 4 1 1 28 11 9 * Guatemala 6 4 1 1 21 11 9 * Costa Rica 6 3 0 3 20 15 6 Nicaragua 6 0 0 6 7 39 0 * El Salvador and Guatemala were due to playoff on 21-12-43 for the championship, but the playoff never took place. Going into the final round of matches, El Salvador needed only a draw against Costa Rica to become champions whereas Guatemala needed to win its own match vs Nicaragua and hope that Costa Rica could upset the hosts, in order to force a playoff. Guatemala won 5-1 and then Costa Rica won 4-2: both winning teams celebrated together on the pitch, enraging the already angry crowd and leading to violent protests within the stadium and outside the teams' hotel afterwards. In this atmosphere, the Guatemalan team feared for its safety should it take part in the playoff match. Team manager Capitán Gereda cabled home to explain the situation and ask his government (under President Ubico) for guidance. He was instructed not to play, and to return home immediately. At this point the precise version of events differs according to the perspective of each country. According to Guatemalan and Costa Rican sources, the organizing committee declared the championship null and void, and the trophy itself was given to the Nicaraguan delegation for safekeeping. However, Salvadorean sources say that Guatemala forfeited the playoff match, and therefore El Salvador was awarded the championship on goal average (or goal difference). Other sources indicate that the championship was shared.
Sources included: 'La Nación : Tiempos de Selección' (Costa Rica), 'Prensa Libre : 100 años de fútbol' (Guatemala), El Balón Cuscatleco (El Salvador), "Nuestro fútbol en su época de oro" (Guatemala, Miguel Ángel Cospín).
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