Football at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

The football tournament at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla from 9 to 21 December. Cuba and Mexico withdrew.

Football at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	9–21 December
Teams	7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (1st title)
Runners-up	Panama
Third place	Curaçao
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	120 (5.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Fernández Maximiliano Juliana (9 goals)
← 1938 1950 →

The gold medal was won by Colombia who earned 12 points.^[1]

Participants

•  Colombia (Hosts)
•  Costa Rica
•  Curaçao
•  Guatemala
•  Panama
•  Puerto Rico
•  Venezuela

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games – Squads

Table

2 points system used.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colombia (C)	6	6	0	0	20	7	+13	12
2	Panama	6	4	1	1	23	8	+15	9
3	Curaçao	6	3	2	1	25	10	+15	8
4	Costa Rica	6	3	0	3	25	12	+13	6
5	Venezuela	6	2	0	4	12	11	+1	4
6	Guatemala	6	1	1	4	12	20	−8	3
7	Puerto Rico	6	0	0	6	3	52	−49	0

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions

Results

9 December 1946 (1946-12-09)

Colombia	4–2	Curaçao
L. González 10' Granados 37', 82' Arango 73'	Report	F. Jansen 3' Juliana 50'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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9 December 1946 (1946-12-09)

Panama	4–2	Guatemala
Rangel 46' A. Martinez 47' Anderson 55' Valdés 61'	Report	Camposeco 29' Toledo 52' (pen.)

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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10 December 1946 (1946-12-10)

Costa Rica	12–0	Puerto Rico
Fernández ?', ?', ?', ?' Retana ?', ?', ?' Araya ?', ?', ?' Rojas ?' W. Rodriguez ?'	Report

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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12 December 1946 (1946-12-12)

Venezuela	0–2	Colombia
	Report	Berdugo 2' Arango 76'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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12 December 1946 (1946-12-12)

Curaçao	2–2	Guatemala
F. Jansen 20' M. Jansen 83'	Report	Toledo 40' Melgar 73'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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13 December 1946 (1946-12-13)

Panama	12–1	Puerto Rico
Anderson ?', ?', ?' C. Martinez ?', ?', ?' Rangel ?', ?' De León ?', ?' Morales ?', ?'	Report	Piñeiro ?'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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14 December 1946 (1946-12-14)

Costa Rica	4–2	Venezuela
W. Rodríguez 17' Moraux 33' Araya 48' Fernández 78'	Report	Blanco 59' Sucre 86'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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15 December 1946 (1946-12-15)

Colombia	4–2	Guatemala
Carrillo 3', 44', 80' Arango 30'	Report	Camposeco 10', 64'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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15 December 1946 (1946-12-15)

Curaçao	14–0	Puerto Rico
F. Jansen ?' Mathilde ?' M. Jansen ?' Juliana ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Julia ?' Kelkboom ?', ?' ? ?'	Report

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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16 December 1946 (1946-12-16)

Colombia	4–1	Puerto Rico
Berdugo 14', 63' Cardona 23' Ruiz 72' (pen.)	Report	Balado 19'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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16 December 1946 (1946-12-16)

Costa Rica	6–0	Guatemala
Fernández ?', ?', ?' Zeledón ?', ?' Vargas ?'	Report

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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16 December 1946 (1946-12-16)

Panama	2–1	Venezuela
Anderson 42' Ferreira 45'	Report	V. García 90+4'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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17 December 1946 (1946-12-17)

Panama	2–2	Curaçao
C. Martinez 48' Anderson 61'	Report	F. Jansen 51' Giribaldi 75'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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18 December 1946 (1946-12-18)

Venezuela	3–2	Guatemala
Sucre 10', 25', 28'	Report	Aqueche 39' Camposeco 68'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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18 December 1946 (1946-12-18)

Colombia	4–1	Costa Rica
Arango 15' R. García 32' Granados 42' L. González 70'	Report	Fernández 87'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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19 December 1946 (1946-12-19)

Curaçao	1–0	Venezuela
F. Jansen 9'	Report

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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19 December 1946 (1946-12-19)

Guatemala	4–1	Puerto Rico
Camposeco ?', ?' Durán ?' de León ?'	Report	Balado ?'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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20 December 1946 (1946-12-20)

Colombia	2–1	Panama
L. González 29' Arango 55'	Report	C. Martinez 17'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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20 December 1946 (1946-12-20)

Curaçao	4–2	Costa Rica
Mathilde ?', ?' Juliana ?' Haseth ?'	Report	Vargas ?' Retana ?'

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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20 December 1946 (1946-12-20)

Venezuela	6–0	Puerto Rico
C. Rodríguez 23' V. García 37', 60', 68' Aparicio 52', 62'	Report

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

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21 December 1946 (1946-12-21)

Panama	2–0	Costa Rica
C. Martinez 35' Anderson 42'	Report

Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla

Referee: Manuel Soto (Chile)

1946 Central American and Caribbean Games
Colombia 1st title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 120 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.71 goals per match.

9 goals

• Gonzalo Fernández
• Maximiliano Juliana

7 goals

• James Santiago Anderson

6 goals

• Mario Camposeco
• Carlos Martinez

5 goals

• Carlos Arango
• Federico Jansen

4 goals

• Jesús María Araya
• José Manuel Retana
• Andrés Sucre
• Víctor García

3 goals

• Fulgencio Berdugo
• Luis González Rubio
• Octavio Carrillo
• Rafael Granados
• Luis Carlos Rangel
• José Mathilde

2 goals

• Walker Rodriguez
• Manuel Vargas
• Miguel Ángel Zeledón
• Carlos Humberto Toledo
• Antonio Morales
• Gastón De León
• Frans Kelkboom
• Mario Jansen
• Rosendo Aparicio

1 goal

• Jaime Cardona
• Octavio Ruiz
• Rigoberto García
• José Luis Rojas
• Juan Balado
• Oscar Moraux
• Rafael Balado
• Rafael Piñeiro
• Antonio Martinez
• Juan Antonio Ferreira
• Luis Carlos Valdés
• Armando Durán
• Efraín de León
• Mario Melgar
• Rubén Aqueche
• Ailan Julia
• Charles Haseth
• Guillermo Giribaldi
• Carlos Rodríguez
• Ernesto Blanco