Football at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games

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1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Football Tournament
Fútbol en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 1978
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
CityMedellín
Dates8–21 July 1978
Teams10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (4th title)
Runners-up Venezuela
Third place Bermuda
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)
← 1974
1982 →

Football was contested for men only at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games in Medellín, Colombia.[1] Colombia was disqualified from the tournament.

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba 5 5 0 0 16 1 +15 10 Knockout stage
2  Bermuda 5 3 1 1 12 7 +5 7
3  Trinidad and Tobago 5 3 0 2 14 9 +5 6
4  Panama 5 2 1 2 13 6 +7 5
5  El Salvador 5 1 0 4 2 21 −19 2
6  Netherlands Antilles 5 0 0 5 3 16 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
Cuba 6–0 El Salvador
Masso 15', 37'
Roldán 27'
Pereira 41', 88'
Núñez 83'		 Report
Netherlands Antilles 1–3 Trinidad and Tobago
Bislip Report Chinapoo
Panama 1–1 Bermuda
Montilla Report Astwood
El Salvador 1–6 Trinidad and Tobago
Villatoro 80' Report Curtis 18'
Laforest 24'
Chinapoo 32'
Joseph 37', 43'
Greene 85'
Panama 6–1 Netherlands Antilles
Flores 17'
Sánchez 61', 89'
Hernández 75'
Montilla 77', 78'		 Report Bislip 86'
Cuba 4–0 Bermuda
Núñez 33', 89'
Rivero 50', pen.'
Pereira 59'		 Report
El Salvador 0–5 Panama
Report Sánchez 14'
Hernández 21'
Montilla 49', 59'
Valdez 75'
Bermuda 4–0 Netherlands Antilles
Bean
Brangman
Lewis 		Report
Cuba 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Delgado
Núñez
Fuentes 		Report
Trinidad and Tobago 3–1 Panama
Laforest 12' (pen.)
Curtis 34'
Chinapoo 42'		 Report Hernández 2'
Cuba 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Pereira 56', 67' Report Ruiz 39'
Bermuda 4–0 El Salvador
Bean
Brangman 		Report
Netherlands Antilles 0–1 El Salvador
Arrue 8' Report
Trinidad and Tobago 2–3 Bermuda
Joseph
John 		Report Brangman
Bean
Cuba 1–0 Panama
Masso 52' Report

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  Mexico 4 2 2 0 10 1 +9 6
3  Dominican Republic 4 1 2 1 2 6 −4 4
4  Puerto Rico 4 1 1 2 0 11 −11 3
5  Colombia 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Dominican Republic 1–1 Mexico
Martínez 61' Report Morales 30'
Colombia Awarded to
Venezuela		 Venezuela
Report

Colombia won 4–0, but the result was later awarded to Venezuela

Dominican Republic 0–0 Puerto Rico
Report
Colombia Awarded to
Mexico		 Mexico
Report

Colombia drew 1–1 with Mexico, but the result was later awarded to Mexico.

Mexico 9–0 Puerto Rico
Rico 24', 36', 62'
Farfán 40', 44'
Haro 45'
Bracamontes 69', 72'
Romero 82'		 Report
Venezuela 5–1 Dominican Republic
A. Peña 10'
Carvajal 22', 34', 79'
Á. Castillo 36'		 Report A. Perez 89'
Mexico 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Colombia Awarded to
Puerto Rico		 Puerto Rico
Report

Note: Colombia won 5–1, but the result was awarded to Puerto Rico on the following day, 16 July, when Colombia was disqualified due to 14 of their players being professionals.

Puerto Rico 0–2 Venezuela
Report Cárdenas 8'
A. Peña 14'
Colombia Awarded to
Dominican		 Dominican Republic
Report

Note: This match was not played because Colombia was disqualified.

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Semi-finals
Venezuela 0–0 (a.e.t.) Bermuda
Report
Penalties
5–3
Semi-finals
Cuba 3–1 Mexico
Pereira 21'
Núñez 43'
Roldán 50'		 Report Morales 5'

Third-place match[edit]

Third Place Play-off
Bermuda 3–0 Mexico
R. Bean 51'
M. Bean 62'
Brangman 75'		 Report

Final[edit]

Final
Cuba 2–0 (a.e.t.) Venezuela
Lara 113'
Pereira 115'		 Report


 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games 

Cuba
4th title
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football  Cuba (CUB)  Venezuela (VEN)  Bermuda (BER)
Roberto Pereira
Luis M. Sánchez
Andrés Roldán
Dagoberto Lara
Ramón Núñez
Luis Dreke
Miguel Rivero
Regino Delgado
Jorge Massó
Carlos Loredo
Hugo Madera
José F. Reinoso
René Bonora
Emilio Arzuaga
Guillermo Mestre
Amado Povea
Miguel Fuentes
Rolando Morales
Carlos Montenegro
Calixto Martínez 		Rodolfo Carvajal
César Semiday
José Contreras
Gustavo Roque
Gerardo Vielma
Juan Vidal
Alexis Peña
Asdrúbal Sánchez
Rafael Cadenas
Julio Hernández
José Fernández
Alexis Toro
Ángel Castillo
Pedro Febles
Luis Contreras
Omar Paredes
José Abad 		Ralph Bean
Harold Madeiros
Wendell Simmons
Gerard Lambert
Seymour Danvers
Joseph Trott
Albert Dowling
George Brangman
Frederick Lewis
William Astwood
Robert Calderón
Dereck Scott
Melvin Bean
Sheldon Bradshan
Frank Brewster
Wayne Richardson
Arnold West
Joseph Wilking
Erskine Smith

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 88 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.52 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games 1978 (Medellín)". 7 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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