# CCCF Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CCCF_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CCCF_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCCF_Championship > Source revision: 1349943974 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Not to be confused with [CCCF Youth Championship](/source/CCCF_Youth_Championship). Football tournament CCCF Championship Trophy awarded to the champions Organizer(s) CCCF Founded 1941; 85 years ago (1941) Abolished 1961; 65 years ago (1961) Region Central America Caribbean Teams 9 (1961) Qualifier for Panamerican Championship (1952–1960) Related competitions NAFC Championship CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup Last champion(s) Costa Rica (7th title) Most championships Costa Rica (7 titles) The **CCCF Championship** was an [association football](/source/Association_football) competition organized by [CCCF](/source/Confederaci%C3%B3n_Centroamericana_y_del_Caribe_de_F%C3%BAtbol) as its top regional tournament for men's senior national teams from [Central America](/source/Central_America) and the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean). ## History The regional competition was born in 1938, in [Panama City](/source/Panama_City), with the founding of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (English: Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation), but the outbreak of the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), a year later, prevented the first championship from taking place. The initiative, at first, did not have great acceptance in May 1941, during the opening tournament in the Costa Rican capital [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_(Costa_Rica)), as only five teams were registered. The champion was the host Costa Rica and in the individual field, the Costa Rican José Rafael "Fello" Meza and the Curaçao-born Hans Najar were the top scorers, with eight goals, and the Costa Rican Hugo Zúñiga was the goalkeeper who was beaten the least, having only conceded five goals in four games.[1] In the II Central American and Caribbean Football Championship, held in December 1943 at the [Estadio Jorge "El Mágico" González](/source/Estadio_Jorge_%22El_M%C3%A1gico%22_Gonz%C3%A1lez) in [San Salvador](/source/San_Salvador). The host El Salvador was shaping up to be the future champion, and to do so it only needed to beat Costa Rica. The tournament's Organizing Committee was so confident that it prepared a final ceremony with great pomp and display. Unfortunately for them, Costa Rica won 4–2, against a local team cheered on by 30,000 people. The Ticos thus aborted the Salvadoran celebration. The fans unleashed their anger against Costa Ricans and Guatemalans, who happily hugged each other in the middle of the field and were showered with insults. Members of the army intervened to guard the Costa Rican team to the Astoria Hotel, guaranteeing their safety. The site was soon surrounded by a crowd, which came defiant of their team's defeat. El Salvador and Guatemala tied for first place with nine points, and had to play a playoff to decide the title. But the Guatemalan delegation, after the bitter experience of Costa Rica in the last game, decided to withdraw from the competition, fearful of what would happen if they won, so the Salvadoran team was the champion for having a better goal difference than the Guatemalans.[2] The III Central American and Caribbean Football Championship, held again in San José, between February and March 1946, Guatemala was one point behind Costa Rica, which took over the title with eight points, compared to seven of its enemies. For the IV Central American and Caribbean Football Championship, Costa Rica once again took over the laurels. An incredible 5–4 in favor of the Canaleros, in their duel against Guatemala, automatically produced the championship for Costa Rica with 11 points. Jaime Meza, like his brother Fello did in 1941, obtained this time the title of top scorer of the championship, with 11 points; while Manuel Cantillo was declared the goalkeeper with the fewest defeats, with eight goals in five matches.[3] Only [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua), Panama and Costa Rica attended the 1951 Central American and Caribbean tournament, as Guatemala, El Salvador and the rest of the nations in the area declined to participate, concerned about the news of an outbreak of [polio](/source/Polio) in Panama. The first game was Costa Rica, which decided to bring a team of young people since it protected its figures from the disease, against the weak Nicaraguan team. It was the only game that the Ticos took seriously, as they won it with an unchallengeable 8–1. However, this victory, which fueled the belief that the tournament would be another trophy for the Ticos, was just an illusion. The Panamanians soon defeated them 0–2, in a very rough game. In the second round, Costa Rica lost the chance to retain the cup, as it tied 1–1 with Panama and beat the Panamanian team 7–2, results that gave the title to the host team and the runner-up spot to the Costa Rican team. Thanks to the title, the host qualified for the [1952 Panamerican Championship](/source/Panamerican_Championship).[4] Undefeated in six games, it was the highest scoring team, with 19 goals, and the team with the fewest goals scored, with two. These results gave Costa Rica - in March 1953 - its fourth Central American and Caribbean football title, with which it regained the crown lost two years earlier in Panama. Costa Rica thus managed, with a football related to quality and spectacle, to overcome all rivals and add the unattainable score of 12 points. The next tournament was held at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, from August 14 to 28, 1955, and was quite an event, since Guatemala withdrew after the incidents in the match against Costa Rica; the organizing committee first decided to award 2 points to all teams even though they had to play against Guatemala (Cuba, Honduras and Aruba) but following a protest from Curaçao and consultation with FIFA, it was decided on August 25 to annul all their results. In the end, Costa Rica was the champion, winning 4 of the last 5 editions. Therefore, it qualified for the [1956 Panamerican Championship](/source/1956_Panamerican_Championship). Havana (Cuba) took part in the IX Central American and Caribbean Football Championship between February and March 1960. Costa Rica regained the championship title that it had lost in 1957, due to its absence from the tournament in Willemstad, Curaçao, and which on that occasion was passed on to Haiti. The championship was played on that occasion in a single round, all against all, with the participation of Dutch Guiana, Honduras, the Netherlands Antilles, Costa Rica and the host country, Cuba, which was going through times of turmoil due to the recent revolutionary events of 1959, led by Fidel Castro. At the end of the contest, Costa Rica and the Netherlands Antilles had six points. It was therefore necessary to hold an attractive playoff game. The Ticos showed their hegemony and better football, and consequently, they defeated the team 4–0, thus the title once again remaining in Costa Rican territory. As an additional reward for this triumph, Costa Rica placed one of its forwards, Alberto Armijo, as the top scorer of the competition, with five goals. No one was spared from Costa Rica's artillery during the 10th Central American and Caribbean Football Championship, held in San José in March 1961. In seven matches in the first and second phases, they scored 32 goals against the enemy. The Costa Rican team's performance, which earned them the title of the last Central American and Caribbean Championship held, was led by Juan Ulloa, author of ten victories in the competition. An undefeated record that confirmed Costa Rica as the last champion of the regional competition. They won seven titles throughout their ten editions. An unforgettable era in which Costa Rican football was the strongest in the area. ## Results [5] Year Hosts Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place 1941 Costa Rica Costa Rica El Salvador Curaçao Panama 1943 El Salvador Unknown[nb 1] 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 –[nb 2] 1953 Costa Rica Costa Rica Honduras Guatemala Curaçao 1955 Honduras Costa Rica Curaçao Honduras El Salvador 1957 Netherlands Antilles Haiti Curaçao[nb 3] Honduras Panama 1960 Cuba Costa Rica Netherlands Antilles Honduras Suriname 1961 Costa Rica Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras Haiti **Notes** 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Sources differ over whether the championship was awarded or not. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Only three teams participated. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** The [Territory of Curaçao](/source/Territory_of_Cura%C3%A7ao) officially became the [Netherlands Antilles](/source/Netherlands_Antilles) on 15 December 1954 although the national football team played under the name of **Curaçao** until 1958. ## Performances Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total Costa Rica 7 (1941, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1961) 1 (1951) 1 (1943) – 9 Panama 1 (1951) – 1 (1948) 2 1941, 1957) 4 Haiti 1 (1957) – – 1 (1961) 2 Curaçao/ Netherlands Antilles – 3 (1955, 1957, 1960) 1 (1941) 2 (1948, 1953) 6 El Salvador – 2 (1941, 1961) 1 (1946) 1 (1955) 4 Guatemala – 2 (1946, 1948) 1 (1953) – 3 Honduras – 1 (1953) 4 (1955, 1957, 1960, 1961) 1 (1946) 6 Nicaragua – – 1 (1951) 1 (1943) 2 Suriname – – – 1 (1960) 1 **Notes** *Italic* — Hosts ## Competitive records 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[6] 7 5 5 GS 4 Curaçao/ Netherlands Antilles 3rd 4 4 2nd 2nd 2nd GS 7 El Salvador 2nd 3rd 5 5 4 2nd 7 Guatemala 2nd 2nd 3rd w/o[7] 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 – Quarterfinals - GS – Group stage - q – Qualified - — Hosts ## Records and statistics ### Winning managers Year Manager Nation 1941 Alejandro Morera Soto Costa Rica 1946 Hernán Bolaños Costa Rica 1948 Hernán Bolaños Costa Rica 1951 Óscar Rendoll Gómez Panama 1953 Otto Bumbel Costa Rica 1955 Alfredo Piedra Costa Rica 1957 Dan Georgiadis Haiti 1960 Ruben Amorín Costa Rica 1961 Eduardo Toba Muino Costa Rica ### Table Rankings Costa Rica was the leader in the ranking and had the most participations with nine. Rank Team Part Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Titles 1 Costa Rica 9 84 51 40 4 7 189 56 +133 7 2 El Salvador 7 40 33 18 4 11 94 64 +30 - 3 Guatemala 5 40 35 16 8 11 82 61 +30 - 4 Curaçao/ Netherlands Antilles 7 38 36 14 10 12 79 64 +15 - 5 Honduras 6 33 31 14 5 12 64 50 +14 - 6 Panama 7 26 35 11 4 20 60 94 -34 1 7 Haiti 2 14 11 7 0 4 22 22 0 1 8 Aruba 1 5 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 - 9 Cuba 4 4 18 2 0 16 11 49 -38 - 10 Nicaragua 6 4 28 2 0 26 28 157 -129 - 11 Suriname 1 3 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 - ### Top goalscorers Scoring 4 goals more it was considered the top scorer, Jimie Meza (Costa Rica) was the top scorer with 11 goals becoming the top CCCF scorer in the history Scorer Goals Jamie Meza 11 goals Carlos Humberto Toledo 10 goals Fello Meza Roldofo Ramínez Godoy Charles Fenol Hans Nahar 8 goals Rafael Arana 6 goals Alberto Ulloa 5 goals Rodolfo Harrera Mario Murillo Juan Francisco Barazza 4 goals ### Biggest wins Below are the biggest wins in the CCCF Championship with a difference of 7 or more goals: Team Store Team Edition Honduras 10–0 Nicaragua 1946 CCCF Championship El Salvador 10–1 Nicaragua 1946 CCCF Championship El Salvador 10–2 Nicaragua 1961 CCCF Championship Curaçao 9–1 Nicaragua 1941 CCCF Championship El Salvador 8–0 Nicaragua 1941 CCCF Championship Curaçao 8–0 Nicaragua 1953 CCCF Championship Costa Rica 8–0 Haiti 1961 CCCF Championship El Salvador 8–1 Nicaragua 1943 CCCF Championship Costa Rica 8–1 Nicaragua 1951 CCCF Championship Costa Rica 7–0 Panama 1941 CCCF Championship Costa Rica 7–0 Nicaragua 1943 CCCF Championship Costa Rica 7–0 Panama 1946 CCCF Championship Guatemala 7–0 Nicaragua 1946 CCCF Championship Costa Rica 7–0 Panama 1948 CCCF Championship ### Panamerican Championship The CCCF Championship was also a qualification path to the [Panamerican Championship](/source/Panamerican_Championship) until 1960, only two CCCF teams participated on the championship. Team 1952 (6) 1956 (6) 1960 (4) Panama 6th Costa Rica 3rd 4th ## See also - [CCCF](/source/Confederaci%C3%B3n_Centroamericana_y_del_Caribe_de_F%C3%BAtbol) - [NAFC Championship](/source/North_American_Football_Confederation#NAFC_Championship) - [Campeonato Centroamericano](/source/Campeonato_Centroamericano) - [CONCACAF](/source/CONCACAF) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Costa Rica won the first Central American and Caribbean Football Championship undefeated"](http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/seleccion/sele3/imba.html#:~:text=Costa%20Rica%20defeated%20the,five%20goals%20in%20four%20games.). *La Nación (Costa Rica)*. Retrieved January 6, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["A fateful ending but one that ended with El Salvador as champion"](http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/seleccion/sele3/previ.html). *La Nación (Costa Rica)*. Retrieved January 6, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Costa Rica won the 1946 and 1948 titles"](http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/seleccion/sele3/reyes.html). *La Nación (Costa Rica)*. Retrieved January 6, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Indiscipline led to Panama's crown in 1951"](http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/seleccion/sele3/escandalo.html). *La Nación (Costa Rica)*. Retrieved January 6, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["CCCF and Concacaf Championships"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf-concacaf.html). *[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)*. Retrieved 8 April 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [NAFC](/source/North_American_Football_Confederation) Member 1946-1955 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Guatemala only played 3 matches before withdrawing the tourment v t e CCCF Championship 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 v t e CONCACAF competitions National team tournaments CONCACAF era Current Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League W Championship U-20 U-17 U-15 Women's Olympic qualifying W Gold Cup W Nations League Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship W Futsal Championship Multi-sport events Pan-American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Defunct CONCACAF Championship CONCACAF Cup Olympic qualifying NAFU North American Nations Cup CFU CFU Championship Caribbean Cup UNCAF Copa Centroamericana Pre-CONCACAF Defunct NAFC NAFC Championship CCCF CCCF Championship CCCF Youth Championship Panamerican Championship Club tournaments Current Champions Cup W Champions Cup Futsal Club Championship Regional Central American Cup Caribbean Cup Caribbean Shield Leagues Cup UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship Defunct CONCACAF League Caribbean Club Championship Copa Interamericana Copa Interclubes UNCAF Cup Winners Cup Giants Cup North American SuperLiga --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [CCCF Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCCF_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCCF_Championship?action=history)). 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