| Founded | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Abolished | 1961 |
| Region | Central America and Caribbean |
| Last champions |  Costa Rica |
| Most successful team(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 CCCF (Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol) merged with the NAFC (North American Football Confederation) 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]
| CCCF Championship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Final Group Rank | ||||
| Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | |||
| 1941 Details | Costa Rica | Costa Rica |  El Salvador |  Curaçao |  Panama | |
| 1943 Details | El Salvador | El Salvador |  Guatemala | Costa Rica | .svg.png){kind=small} Nicaragua | |
| 1946 Details | Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Guatemala |  Honduras | El Salvador | |
| 1948 Details | Guatemala | Costa Rica | Guatemala | Panama | Curaçao | |
| 1951 Details | Panama | Panama | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | — | |
| 1953 Details | Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Honduras | Guatemala | Curaçao | |
| 1955 Details | Honduras | Costa Rica | Curaçao | Honduras | El Salvador | |
| 1957 Details | .svg.png){kind=small} Netherlands Antilles | .svg.png){kind=small} Haiti | Curaçao[nb 1] | Honduras | Panama | |
| 1960 Details |  Cuba | Costa Rica | Netherlands Antilles | Honduras | .svg.png){kind=small} Suriname | |
| 1961 Details | Costa Rica | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Honduras | Haiti | |
- ^ 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.
Winners
| Wins | Nation | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Costa Rica | 1941, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1961 |
| 1 | El Salvador | 1943 |
| 1 | Panama | 1951 |
| 1 |  Haiti | 1957 |
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
CCCF Championshing winning head coaches
| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Otto Bumbel | Costa Rica |
| 1955 | Alfredo 'Chato' Stone | Costa Rica |
| 1957 | .svg.png){kind=small} Dan Georgiadis | Haiti |
| 1960 |  Ruben Amorín | Costa Rica |
| 1961 | .svg.png){kind=small} Eduardo Toba Muino | Costa Rica |
References
- ^ "CCCF and Concacaf Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2012.