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Football at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games

Football was contested for men only at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games in Caracas, Venezuela.

Football at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details
Host country Venezuela
Dates7–16 January
Teams5 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (3rd title)
Runners-up Netherlands Antilles
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored50 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Antilles Erno Jansen
(8 goals)
← 1954
1962 →

The gold medal was won by Mexico for the third time, who earned 8 points[1]

Participating teams edit

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Mexico 5th Gold medal (1935, 1938)
  Netherlands Antilles 3rd Gold medal (1950)
  Panama 4th Silver medal (1946)
  Puerto Rico 2nd 7th (1946)
  Venezuela 3rd 5th (1946)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football   Mexico (MEX)   Netherlands Antilles (AHO)   Venezuela (VEN)

Table edit

A 2 point system used.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Mexico (C) 4 4 0 0 10 3 +7 8
2   Netherlands Antilles 4 2 1 1 21 5 +16 5
3   Venezuela 4 1 2 1 12 7 +5 4
4   Panama 4 1 1 2 6 9 −3 3
5   Puerto Rico 4 0 0 4 1 26 −25 0
Source: [1]
(C) Champions

Results edit

Netherlands Antilles  15–0  Puerto Rico
Jansen   8', 48', 53', 65', 84'
Valerian   18'
Gumbs   21', 86'
Canword   29', 56', 88'
Dirksz   40'
Cameron   53'
Bibiana   70', 76'		 Report
Mexico  3–1  Panama
Contreras   29'
Arias   52', 64'		 Report Valderrama   86'
Netherlands Antilles  2–2  Venezuela
Jansen   4', 65' Report Tovar   42'
Rodríguez   47'
Puerto Rico  1–2  Panama
Piñeiro   21' Report Ponce   25', 55'
Mexico  3–1  Venezuela
Contreras   17'
Arias   26'
Noriega   67'		 Report Alterio   87'
Panama  1–3  Netherlands Antilles
Ponce   59' Report Bernardina   56'
Valerian   63'
Jansen   67'
Mexico  2–0  Puerto Rico
Noriega   22'
Díez   87'		 Report
Venezuela  2–2  Panama
Estrada   31'
Vidal   48'		 Report Valderrama   50'
Ponce   75'
Netherlands Antilles  1–2  Mexico
Bibiana   84' Report Arias   10', 79'
Venezuela  7–0  Puerto Rico
Casado   22'
Vidal   53', 66', 79'
Rodríguez   73'
Estrada   84'
Tovar   87'		 Report


 1959 Central American
and Caribbean Games 
 
Mexico
3rd title

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 50 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Central American and Caribbean Games 1959 (Caracas, Venezuela)". RSSSF.com. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

External links edit


 

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