Central American and Caribbean Games 1978 (Medellín, Colombia)

 
Qualifying Tournament (Central American Games)

NB: Juegos Centroamericanos;
    all matches in San Salvador, El Salvador

25-11-77 Nicaragua    2-1 Guatemala
25-11-77 El Salvador  1-1 Panama
27-11-77 El Salvador  1-0 Guatemala
27-11-77 Panama       6-3 Nicaragua
28-11-77 El Salvador  6-0 Nicaragua
28-11-77 Panama       0-0 Guatemala
30-11-77 Nicaragua    1-0 Guatemala
30-11-77 El Salvador  1-0 Panama
 1-12-77 El Salvador  8-0 Nicaragua
 1-12-77 Panama       3-0 Guatemala
 3-12-77 Panama       2-0 Nicaragua
 3-12-77 El Salvador  0-1 Guatemala

 1.EL SALVADOR     6  4  1  1  17- 2   9  Gold Medal
 2.Panama          6  3  2  1  12- 5   8  Silver Medal
 3.Nicaragua       6  2  0  4   6-23   4  Bronze Medal
 4.Guatemala       6  1  1  4   2- 7   3

NB: El Salvador and Panama qualified for Central American and Caribbean Games


Final Tournament

Played Jul 8-21 in Medellín

Group A

 8- 7 Cuba            6-0 El Salvador
        [Jorge Masso 15, 37, Andrés Roldán 27, Roberto Pereira 41, 88, 
         Ramón Núñez 83]
      Dutch Antilles  1-3 Trinidad/Tobago
        [Mario Bislip; Richard Chinapoo (3)]
      Panama          1-1 Bermuda
        [Daniel Montilla; William Astwood] 

10- 7 El Salvador     1-6 Trinidad/Tobago
        [Carlos Villatoro 80; Morell Curtis 18, Ron Laforest 24, 
         Richard Chinapoo 32, Robert Joseph 37, 43, Gerald Greene 85]
      Panama          6-1 Dutch Antilles
        [Fernando Flores 17, Agustín Sánchez 61, 89, Néstor Hernández 75, 
         Daniel Montilla 77, 78; Mario Bislip 86]
      Cuba            4-0 Bermuda
        [Ramón Núñez 33, 89, Miguel Rivero 50pen, Roberto Pereira 59]

12- 7 El Salvador     0-5 Panama
        [Agustín Sánchez 14, Néstor Hernández 21, Daniel Montilla 49, 59, 
         Luis Valdez 75]
      Bermuda         4-0 Dutch Antilles
        [Ralph Bean (2), George Brangman, Frederick Lewis]
      Cuba            3-0 Trinidad/Tobago
        [Regino Delgado, Ramón Núñez, Miguel Fuentes]

14- 7 Trinidad/Tobago 3-1 Panama
        [Ron Laforest 12pen, Morell Curtis 34, Richard Chinapoo 42; 
         Néstor Hernández 2]
      Cuba            2-1 Dutch Antilles
        [Roberto Pereira 56, 67; Monico Ruiz 39]
      Bermuda         4-0 El Salvador
        [Ralph Bean (2), George Brangman (2)]

16- 7 Dutch Antilles  0-1 El Salvador
        [Alejandro Arrue 8]
      Trinidad/Tobago 2-3 Bermuda
        [Robert Joseph, Brian John; George Brangman, Ralph Bean (2)]
      Cuba            1-0 Panama
        [Jorge Masso 52]

Table

 1.CUBA            5  5  0  0  16- 1  10
 2.BERMUDA         5  3  1  1  12- 7   7
 3.Trinidad/Tobago 5  3  0  2  14- 9   6
 4.Panama          5  2  1  2  13- 6   5
 5.El Salvador     5  1  0  4   2-21   2
 6.Dutch Antilles  5  0  0  5   3-16   0

Group B

 9- 7 Dominican Rep.   1-1 Mexico
        [Ramón Martínez 61; Jorge Morales 30]
      Colombia         awd Venezuela         [1]

11- 7 Dominican Rep.   0-0 Puerto Rico
      Colombia         awd Mexico            [2]

13- 7 Mexico           9-0 Puerto Rico
        [Cristóbal Rico 24, 36, 62, Salvador Farfán 40, 44, Jorge Haro 45, 
         Carlos Bracamontes 69, 72, Armando Romero 82]
      Venezuela        5-1 Dominican Rep.
        [Alexis Peña 10, Rodolfo Carvajal 22, 34, 79, Ángel Castillo 36; 
         Antonio Perez 89]

15- 7 Mexico           0-0 Venezuela
      Colombia         awd Puerto Rico       [3]

17- 7 Puerto Rico      0-2 Venezuela
        [Rafael Cárdenas 8, Alexis Peña 14]
      Colombia         awd Dominican Rep.    [4]

Table

 1.VENEZUELA        4  3  1  0   7- 1  7
 2.MEXICO           4  2  2  0  10- 1  6
 3.Dominican Rep.   4  1  2  1   2- 6  4
 4.Puerto Rico      4  1  1  2   0-11  3
 5.Colombia         4  0  0  4   0- 0  0  (*)

Note: Colombia were disqualified on July 16, as 14 of their players
      were professionals.

      [1] originally Colombia 4-0 Venezuela.
      [2] originally Colombia 1-1 Mexico.
      [3] originally Colombia 5-1 Puerto Rico.
      [4] this match was not played.


Semifinals
19- 7 Venezuela        0-0 Bermuda          [aet, 5-3pen]
      Cuba             3-1 Mexico
        [Roberto Pereira 21, Ramón Núñez 43, Andrés Roldan 50; Jorge Morales 5]

Third Place Match
21- 7 Bermuda          3-0 Mexico
        [Ralph Bean 51, Melvin Bean 62, George Brangman 75]

Final
21- 7 Cuba             2-0 Venezuela        [aet]
       [Dagoberto Lara 113, Roberto Pereira 115]


Overview File

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