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Football at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games

Football was contested for men only at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama City, Panama. All matches took place at the newly constructed Estadio Rommel Fernández.

1970 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details
Host countryPanama
CityPanama City
Dates1-13 March
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (2nd title)
Runners-up Netherlands Antilles
Third place Colombia
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored86 (3.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cuba José Verdecia
(9 goals)
← 1966
1974 →

The gold medal was won by Cuba for the third time, who earned 6 points in the final stage.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football  Cuba (CUB)  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)  Colombia (COL)

Participants

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Results

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Group 1

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A 2 point system used.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Colombia 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9 6 Final stage
2   Cuba 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 4
3   Panama 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 2 Eliminated
4   Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 5 15 −10 0
Source: [1]
Panama  4–3  Nicaragua
G. Romero   13'
I. Torres   32'
Bounting   75', 78'		 Report F. Romero   31'
Cuadra   65', 77'
Cuba  1–2  Colombia
Hernández   2' Report Samboni   14'
Velasquez   44'
Panama  3–4  Cuba
Espinoza   43', 90'
Nimbley   80'		 Report Hernández   26'
Verdecia   38', 82', 87'
Colombia  7–2  Nicaragua
Velásquez   2'
Arboleda   7'
A. Torres   20', 57'
Garces   2half', 2half'
Buitrago   ?' (o.g.)		 Report F. Romero   39'
O. Torres   2half'
Panama  0–3  Colombia
Report A. Torres   42'
Velásquez   75'
Campaz   77'
Cuba  4–0  Nicaragua
Report Verdecia   10', 44', 87'
Fariñas   ?' (pen.)

Group 2

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A 2 point system used.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Netherlands Antilles 4 4 0 0 17 2 +15 8 Final stage
2   Venezuela 4 3 0 1 12 6 +6 6
3   Dominican Republic 4 1 1 2 8 8 0 3 Eliminated
4   Puerto Rico 4 1 0 3 3 9 −6 2
5   Bahamas 4 0 1 3 3 18 −15 1
Source: [1]
Netherlands Antilles  1–0  Dominican Republic
Martijn   59' (pen.) Report
Puerto Rico  3–0  Bahamas
Report
Bahamas  2–2  Dominican Republic
Love   85'
Nicholls   88'		 Report Rojas   28'
López   49'
Venezuela  1–0  Puerto Rico
Gómez   ?' Report
Netherlands Antilles  3–0  Puerto Rico
Bislip   5'
Victoria   74', 89'		 Report
Netherlands Antilles  8–1  Bahamas
Martina   8', 75'
Loefstok   38'
Martis   42', 43'
Richardson   63'
Flores   66'
Martijn   89'		 Report Haven   50'
Venezuela  5–1  Dominican Republic
García   31', 74'
Gómez   57'
Marcano   66', 86'		 Report Rojas   70' (pen.)
Venezuela  5–0  Bahamas
García   18', 40'
Marcano   34'
Gómez   68'
Pérez   80'		 Report
Puerto Rico  0–5  Dominican Republic
Report
Netherlands Antilles  5–1  Venezuela
Victoria   ?', ?'
Melfor   ?', ?'
Loefstok   ?'		 Report Marcano   ?'

Final stage

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A 2 point system used.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Cuba (C) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 6
2   Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
3   Colombia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
4   Venezuela 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 2
Source: [1]
(C) Champions
Colombia  0–2
Awarded		  Venezuela
Report

Colombia won 3-0, but the result was later awarded to Venezuela 2-0[1]

Cuba  2–0  Netherlands Antilles
Verdecia   3'
Fariñas   68'		 Report
Venezuela  0–3  Netherlands Antilles
Report Victoria   16', 42'
Flores   73'
Cuba  2–0
Awarded		  Colombia
Report

Colombia won 1-0, but the result was later awarded to Cuba 2-0 when Cuba protested against Colombian players Pedro Zape and Armando Torres for being professionals; in fact, it was discovered that Zape indeed was, and therefore, on 12 March the "Tribunal de Honor de los XI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe" decided to award the match to Cuba 2-0.[1]

Cuba  5–0  Venezuela
Masso   17', 20'
Verdecia   57', 80'
Fariñas   72'		 Report
Netherlands Antilles  0–2
Awarded to Colombia 2-0		  Colombia
Report

Apparently, due to a misunderstanding (hour change), the Antilleans did not show up to play in the morning, but instead in the afternoon of March 13. Colombia was present in the morning, but not in the afternoon as the game was originally scheduled. Curiously, the same referee who gave the victory to Colombia in the morning also gave a win to the Netherlands Antilles in the afternoon. Finally the "Tribunal de Honor" made a Solomonic decision, Colombia was awarded a 2-0 result in its match against the Netherlands Antilles and with these results, Cuba obtained the Gold medal, the Netherlands Antilles the Silver medal on goal difference and Colombia the Bronze medal.[1] There are versions that affirm that Colombia was expelled from the tournament after the Cuban protest, but they fall into contradictions because in the medal table Colombia was awarded the bronze medal. Everything indicates that Colombia was not expelled, they only lost the games in which they used professional players against Cuba and Venezuela respectively with the score of 2-0, but won the game against the Netherlands Antilles by forfeit with the score of 2-0.[1]


 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games 
 
Cuba
2nd title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 86 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.91 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Central American and Caribbean Games 1970 (Panama)". RSSSF.com. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
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