Host country Guatemala Champions Costa Rica (1st title) Third place El Salvador | Teams 4 Runners-up Guatemala | |
Dates 14 September – 18 September | ||
The Independence Centenary Games is a football tournament organized to celebrate 100 years of Central American Independence. The tournament was compromised where only Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador were able to participate. It was a single-elimination tournament, or round-robin format, with Guatemala playing Honduras and El Salvador playing Costa Rica. It took place in Guatemala from 14 September to 18 September 1921.
Because of the unotable attention to the tournament, the group stage final scores have been disputed for years. El Salvador was eliminated by Costa Rica; 7 – 0 or 3 – 0. Honduras was eliminated by Guatemala; 9 – 0 or 10 – 1.
In the final, Costa Rica defeated Guatemala in a certain score of 6 – 0. This organized tournament is seen to everyone as Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica's starting point in association football.