Football at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details
Host country Jamaica
Dates13–24 August
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands Antilles (1st title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored63 (4.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg
Mexico Javier Fragoso
(6 goals)

Football was contested for men only at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston, Jamaica.

The gold medal was won by Netherlands Antilles for the third time, who earned 10 points and finished the tournament unbeaten.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)  Mexico (MEX)  Venezuela (VEN)

Participating teams

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
 Cuba4thGold medal (1930)
 Jamaica2ndGroup stage (1930)
 Mexico6thGold medal (1935, 1938, 1959)
 Netherlands Antilles4thGold medal (1950)
 Puerto Rico3rd5th (1959)
 Venezuela4thBronze medal (1959)


Table

A 2 point system used.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Netherlands Antilles (C) 5 5 0 0 16 5 +11 10
2  Mexico 5 4 0 1 17 4 +13 8
3  Venezuela 5 3 0 2 12 6 +6 6
4  Jamaica 5 2 0 3 13 8 +5 4
5  Cuba 5 1 0 4 4 16 −12 2
6  Puerto Rico 5 0 0 5 1 24 −23 0
Source: [1]
(C) Champions

Results

Cuba 1–2 Netherlands Antilles
Álvarez 50' Report Wernet 35'
Werleman 75'
Jamaica 6–1 Puerto Rico
Largie 15'
Chavannes 27', 34'
Lewin 49'
East 56'
Bartlett 56'		 Report Mercado 2 half'
Mexico 2–1 Venezuela
Patiño 10'
Fragoso 90+1'		 Report Á. García 83'
Jamaica 1–3 Netherlands Antilles
Schloss 40' Report Piggott 75'
Brandborg 76'
Schoop 85'
Mexico 8–0 Puerto Rico
Fragoso 10', 62'
J. González 23'
Estrada 50', 64', 82' (pen.)
Yáñez 57'
Díez 87'		 Report
Cuba 0–2 Venezuela
Report Á. Garcia 45', 64'
Jamaica 0–2 Venezuela
Report Lopez 14', 75'
Puerto Rico 0–4 Netherlands Antilles
Report Brandborg 25', 30', 80'
Felix 35'
Cuba 0–6 Mexico
Report Fragoso ?', ?', ?'
Romo ?'
Díez ?'
Padilla ?'
Venezuela 3–4 Netherlands Antilles
Ravelo 57'
Font 63', 71' (pen.)		 Report Wernet 15'
Schoop 21', 56'
Brandborg 36'
Cuba 2–0 Puerto Rico
Ricabal 15'
Álvarez 22'		 Report
Mexico 0–3 Netherlands Antilles
Report Schoop 42'
Wernet 50'
Brandborg 76'
Jamaica 6–1 Cuba
Chavannes 8', 13', ?'
Bartlett 52', 53'
East ?' (pen.)		 Report Piedra 47'
Venezuela 4–0 Puerto Rico
Ravelo ?', ?'
Á. Garcia ?'
Tovar ?'		 Report
 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games 

Netherlands Antilles
1st title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

  • Jamaica Peter Chavannes

4 goals

  • Netherlands Antilles Stanley Schoop
  • Venezuela Ángel García

3 goals

2 goals

  • Cuba Ramón Álvarez
  • Jamaica Kenneth East
  • Mexico Aarón Padilla
  • Mexico Jorge Díez
  • Venezuela Gustavo Lopez
  • Venezuela Nicolás Font

1 goal

  • Netherlands Antilles Damasio Werleman
  • Netherlands Antilles Rene Piggott
  • Netherlands Antilles Felix Angelico Perez
  • Cuba Enrique Ricabal
  • Cuba Ángel Piedra
  • Jamaica Henry Largie
  • Jamaica Elvin Schloss
  • Jamaica Peter Lewin
  • Mexico Ezequiel Yáñez
  • Mexico Juan González
  • Mexico Marco Antonio Patiño
  • Mexico Alfredo Romo
  • Puerto Rico Máximo Mercado
  • Venezuela Alí Tovar

Team of the Tournament

Source:[2]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Mexico Federico Ochoa Netherlands Antilles Morty Meulens

Netherlands Antilles Egon Schoop

Venezuela Jesús Coronado

 Mexico José Luis Estrada

Netherlands Antilles Stanley De Lannoy

 Venezuela Alí Tovar

Jamaica Peter Chavannes

Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg

Mexico Javier Fragoso

Venezuela Ángel García

References

  1. 1 2 "Central American and Caribbean Games 1962 (Kingston, Jamaica)". RSSSF.com. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Central American and Caribbean Games 1962 (Jamaica) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-19.


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