Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games Host country Panama Dates 10–23 February Teams 6 (from 2 confederations) Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Champions Mexico (2nd title) Runners-up Costa Rica Third place Colombia Fourth place El Salvador Matches played 15 Goals scored 67 (4.47 per match) Top scorer(s) Hernán Bolaños
International football competition
The football tournament at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Panama City from 10 to 23 February.
The gold medal was won by Mexico for the second time, who earned 9 points.[ 1]
Participants
Squads
Table
2 points system used.
Results
Abandoned at 1–2 in 69' when Colombia walked off because of a penalty award against them; Alejandro Morera scored for Costa Rica against an empty goal, but result counted as 1–2.
1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
Mexico 2nd title
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 67 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.47 goals per match.
10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Team of the Tournament
Source:[ 4]
References
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