Football at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games

1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Football Tournament

Fútbol en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 1978
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
City	Medellín
Dates	8–21 July 1978
Teams	10 (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)	Ralph Bean Roberto Pereira (7 goals)
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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

Group A

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

Group B

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

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

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

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.

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third-place match

Final

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

Goalscorers

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

• Central American and Caribbean Games football medalists^[usurped]

Notes