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.

Palmares

Year Winners              Runners-Up           Third               Venue     
1926 Mexico (unofficial)                                           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 Curaçao 4            Guatemala 2 (4?)     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             Jamaica 5           Jamaica
1966 Mexico 10            Dutch Antilles 8     Cuba 4              Puerto Rico
1970 Cuba 4               Dutch Antilles 2     Venezuela 0         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               Cuba                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

NB: numbers following teams indicate final points totals

Number of Wins

 5 Cuba
 5 Mexico (and 1 unofficial)

 2 Colombia
   Dutch Antilles (includes Curaçao)
   El Salvador
   Venezuela

 1 Costa Rica

Medals

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

About this document

With thanks to Barrie Courtney, Mark Cruickshank, Erik Garin and Frédéric Pauron

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

Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 3 Apr 2008