Tourney Name: | Independence Centenary Games |
Year: | 1921 |
City: | Guatemala City |
Country: | Guatemala |
Dates: | 14–18 September 1921 |
Num Teams: | 4 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champion: | Costa Rica |
Count: | 1 |
Second: | Guatemala |
Third: | El Salvador |
Fourth: | Honduras |
Fourth-Flagvar: | 1898 |
Matches: | 3 |
Goals: | 22 |
The Independence Centenary Games of Central America (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Juegos del Centenario de la Independencia de Centroamérica) was a football tournament organized to celebrate 100 years of Central American Independence from Spain. The tournament was held between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. It was hosted by Guatemala and occurred between 14 and 18 September 1921 in Guatemala City.
Four of the original five members of the Federal Republic of Central America (1821–1841) participated in the tournament: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.[1] The tournament was the first time each nation played an international association football match.[2] [3] [4] [5]
The three games of the tournament were all held in the Campo de Marte in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[6]
The tournament was a single-elimination tournament. Matches were 80 minutes long.
Ranking | Team | |||||||||
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Champions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 4 | ||
Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 2 | ||
Third place | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | –7 | 0 | ||
Fourth place | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |