CCCF Championship
Organizing bodyCCCF
Founded1941 (1941)
Abolished1961 (1961)
Region
Number of teams9 (1961)
Related competitionsCONCACAF Championship
Last champion(s) Costa Rica
Most successful club(s) Costa Rica (7 titles)

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.

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

El Salvador

Honduras
1948 Guatemala
Costa Rica

Guatemala

Panama

Curaçao
1951 Panama
Panama

Costa Rica

Nicaragua
(none) [nb 1]
1953 Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Honduras

Guatemala

Curaçao
1955Honduras 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 Costa Rica
1941
El Salvador
1943
Costa Rica
1946
Guatemala
1948
Panama
1951
Costa Rica
1953
Honduras
1955
Netherlands Antilles
1957
Cuba
1960
Costa Rica
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 Costa Rica Alejandro Morera Soto  Costa Rica
1943 El Salvador Américo González  El Salvador
1946 Nicaragua Hernán Bolaños  Costa Rica
1948 Nicaragua Hernán Bolaños  Costa Rica
1951 Chile Óscar Rendoll Gómez  Panama
1953 Brazil Otto Bumbel  Costa Rica
1955 Costa Rica Alfredo Piedra  Costa Rica
1957 Greece Dan Georgiadis  Haiti
1960 Uruguay Ruben Amorín  Costa Rica
1961 Spain Eduardo Toba Muino  Costa Rica

References

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