CCCF Championship

The CCCF Championship was an association football (soccer) tournament made for teams in the area of Central America and the Caribbean between the years of 1941 and 1961. It was founded in 1938 and the precursor of the CONCACAF, that was formed when the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) merged with the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) in 1961.

Not to be confused with CCCF Youth Championship.
CCCF Championship
Organising bodyCCCF
Founded1941 (1941)
Abolished1961 (1961)
RegionCentral America and Caribbean
Number of teams9 (1961)
Related competitionsChampions Cup
Last champions Costa Rica
Most successful club(s) Costa Rica (7 titles)

The North American Football Confederation also organized the NAFC Championship in 1947 and 1949, which was revived in 1990 and 1991, after 41 years of absence, before the introduction of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The CCCF Championship was succeeded by the CONCACAF Championship in 1963, following the merger.

Tournament results

List of the final four.[1]

Year Host country Final Group Rank
Champion Runner-up Third place 4th Place
1941 Costa Rica Costa Rica El Salvador Curaçao Panama
1943 El Salvador El Salvador Guatemala Costa Rica Nicaragua
1946 Costa Rica Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras El Salvador
1948 Guatemala Costa Rica Guatemala Panama Curaçao
1951 Panama Panama Costa Rica Nicaragua(none) [nb 1]
1953 Costa Rica Costa Rica Honduras Guatemala Curaçao
1955 Honduras Costa Rica Curaçao Honduras El Salvador
1957 Netherlands Antilles Haiti Curaçao[nb 2] Honduras Panama
1960 Cuba Costa Rica Netherlands Antilles Honduras Suriname
1961 Costa Rica Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras Haiti
  1. Only three teams competed.
  2. The Territory of Curaçao officially became the Netherlands Antilles on 15 December 1954 although the national football team played under the name of Curaçao until 1958.

Titles by team
WinsNationYear(s)
7 Costa Rica1941, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1961
1 El Salvador1943
1 Panama1951
1 Haiti1957

Competitive history
Team
1941
1943
1946
1948
1951
1953
1955
1957
1960
1961		 Years
 Aruba 5 1
 Costa Rica 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 9
 Cuba 7 5 5 GS 4
 Curaçao 3rd 4 4 2nd 2nd 5
 Netherlands Antilles 2nd GS 2
 El Salvador 2nd 1st 3rd 5 5 4 2nd 7
 Guatemala 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 6 GS 6
 Haiti 1st 4 2
 Honduras 4 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 6
 Nicaragua 5 4 6 3rd 6 GS 6
 Panama 4 5 3rd 1st 7 4 GS 7
 Suriname 4 1
Total 5 4 6 5 3 7 7 5 5 9
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter Finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts

Winning managers
Year Manager Nation
1941 Alejandro Morera Soto  Costa Rica
1943 Amaricano Gonzalez  El Salvador
1946  Costa Rica
1948 Hernán Bolaños  Costa Rica
1951 Óscar Rendoll Gómez  Panama
1953 Otto Bumbel  Costa Rica
1955 Alfredo 'Chato' Piedra  Costa Rica
1957 Dan Georgiadis  Haiti
1960 Ruben Amorín  Costa Rica
1961 Eduardo Toba Muino  Costa Rica

References
  1. "CCCF and Concacaf Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
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