Football at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games

Football was contested for men only at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Cuba (CUB)	Honduras (HON)	Mexico (MEX)

Football at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games

Fútbol en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 1986
Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Dates	June – 4 July 1986
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (5th title)
Runners-up	Honduras
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Dominican Republic
← 1982 1990 → All statistics correct as of 4 July 1986.

Participants

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Bahamas
•  Barbados
•  Cuba
•  Dominican Republic (Hosts)
•  Guatemala (Withdrew)
•  Honduras
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Nicaragua
•  Puerto Rico

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Antigua and Barbuda	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	Qualified to Quarterfinals
2	Dominican Republic	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Dominican Republic  v  Antigua and Barbuda

June 1986 Day 1	Dominican Republic	1–1	Antigua and Barbuda	Dominican Republic
AST

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	2	Qualified to Quarterfinals
2	Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0
3	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Cuba  v  Puerto Rico

June 1986 Day 1	Cuba	4–0	Puerto Rico	Dominican Republic
AST

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Qualified to Quarterfinals
2	Barbados	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Netherlands Antilles	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Netherlands Antilles  v  Honduras

25 June 1986	Netherlands Antilles	0–2	Honduras	Dominican Republic
AST

Netherlands Antilles  v  Barbados

26 June 1986	Netherlands Antilles	1–1	Barbados	Dominican Republic
AST

Barbados  v  Honduras

28 June 1986	Barbados	0–1	Honduras	Dominican Republic
AST

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified to Quarterfinals
2	Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Both Mexico and Bahamas advanced to the quarterfinals, results unknown.^[1]

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 June 1986
	Antigua and Barbuda(a.e.t.)	0
					2 July 1986
	Honduras	1
					Dominican Republic	0
	30 June 1986
					Honduras	2
	Dominican Republic	3
									4 July 1986
	Barbados	1
									Cuba (p)	3
	30 June 1986
									Honduras	2
	Bahamas	0
					2 July 1986
	Cuba	4
					Cuba	2
	30 June 1986
					Mexico	0			Third place
	Mexico	4
									4 July 1986
	Puerto Rico	0
									Dominican Republic	1
									Mexico	2

Antigua and Barbuda  v  Honduras

30 June 1986	Antigua and Barbuda	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Honduras	Dominican Republic
AST

Dominican Republic  v  Barbados

30 June 1986	Dominican Republic	3–1	Barbados	Dominican Republic
AST

Bahamas  v  Cuba

30 June 1986	Bahamas	0–4	Cuba	Dominican Republic
AST

Mexico  v  Puerto Rico

30 June 1986	Mexico	4–0	Puerto Rico	Dominican Republic
AST

Semifinals

Dominican Republic  v  Honduras

2 July 1986	Dominican Republic	0–2	Honduras	Dominican Republic
AST

Cuba  v  Mexico

2 July 1986	Cuba	2–0	Mexico	Dominican Republic
AST

Bronze medal match

Dominican Republic  v  Mexico

4 July 1986	Dominican Republic	1–2	Mexico	Dominican Republic
AST

Final

Cuba  v  Honduras

4 July 1986	Cuba	1–1 (4–2 p)	Honduras	Dominican Republic
AST