Football was contested for men only at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston, Jamaica.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Jamaica |
Dates | 13–24 August |
Teams | 6 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Netherlands Antilles (1st title) |
Runners-up | Mexico |
Third place | Venezuela |
Fourth place | Jamaica |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 63 (4.2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ruben Brandborg Javier Fragoso (6 goals) |
← 1959 1966 → |
The gold medal was won by Netherlands Antilles for the third time, who earned 10 points and finished the tournament unbeaten.[1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's football | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | Mexico (MEX) | Venezuela (VEN) |
Participating teams
editTeam | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Cuba | 4th | Gold medal (1930) |
Jamaica | 2nd | Group stage (1930) |
Mexico | 6th | Gold medal (1935, 1938, 1959) |
Netherlands Antilles | 4th | Gold medal (1950) |
Puerto Rico | 3rd | 5th (1959) |
Venezuela | 4th | Bronze medal (1959) |
Table
editA 2 point system used.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Netherlands Antilles (C) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 10 |
2 | Mexico | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 8 |
3 | Venezuela | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 |
4 | Jamaica | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 4 |
5 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 |
6 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0 |
Results
editJamaica | 6–1 | Puerto Rico |
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Largie 15' Chavannes 27', 34' Lewin 49' East 56' Bartlett 56' |
Report | Mercado 2 half' |
Mexico | 8–0 | Puerto Rico |
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Fragoso 10', 62' J. González 23' Estrada 50', 64', 82' (pen.) Yáñez 57' Díez 87' |
Report |
Puerto Rico | 0–4 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Report | Brandborg 25', 30', 80' Felix 35' |
Venezuela | 3–4 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Ravelo 57' Font 63', 71' (pen.) |
Report | Wernet 15' Schoop 21', 56' Brandborg 36' |
Cuba | 2–0 | Puerto Rico |
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Ricabal 15' Álvarez 22' |
Report |
1962 Central American and Caribbean Games |
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Netherlands Antilles 1st title |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editThere were 63 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- Ocando Wernet
- Sydney Bartlett
- José Luis Estrada
- Antonio Ravelo
2 goals
1 goal
Team of the Tournament
editSource:[2]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Federico Ochoa | Morty Meulens | José Luis Estrada | Alí Tovar |
References
edit- ^ a b "Central American and Caribbean Games 1962 (Kingston, Jamaica)". RSSSF.com. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games 1962 (Jamaica) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
External links
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