1948 CCCF Championship

CCCF Championship 1948 1948 CCCF Championship.jpg GUA Guatemala 29 February – 21 March 5 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City CRC 3 GUA 1871 PAN Territory of Curaçao 20 84 CRC Jaime Meza (11 Goals) 1946 1951 CRC Manuel Cantillo The 1948 CCCF Championship was the fourth international association football championship for members of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). Hosted by Guatemala, the competition ran from 29 February – 21 March 1948 and was contested by the national teams of Costa Rica, Curaçao, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama. Defending champions Costa Rica won the competition for the third time. In the final matches of the round-robin tournament, they were crowned champions despite losing 4–1 Curaçao as hosts Guatemala subsequently lost 5–4 to Panama. Background The Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) was founded in 1938. Along with the North American Football Confederation (NAFC), it was a precursor organisation to the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Within three years of its founding, the CCCF organised a contest for its member associations.Stokkermans Karel CCCF and Concacaf Championships https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf-concacaf.html RSSSF 23 April 2026 7 July 2025CONCACAF Gold Cup Competition http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition CONCACAF 23 April 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319163305/http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition 19 March 2012 dead Defending champions Costa Rica were the most successful team in the competition's history having won two of the three editions to date. Both previous times they had been crowned champion were as hosts in 1941 and 1946. Format The tournament was played as a double round-robin where each team would play all of the others twice. The winner would be decided by the total number of points obtained across all matches played.Mendoza Eduardo De Gracia Adán Vrolijk Francisco CCCF Championship 1948 (Cd. de Guatemala, Guatemala, Feb 29-Mar 21) https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf41.html RSSSF 23 April 2026 16 December 2020 Participants CRC Territory of Curaçao SLV GUA 1871 (Hosts) PAN Squads 1948 CCCF Championship squads Venue All matches were held at the Estadio Escolar in Guatemala City. Guatemala center 250 Guatemala 14.6417 -90.5133 Guatemala City bottomGuatemala CityEstadio EscolarCapacity: 25,000 Summary The competition began on 29 February when defending champions Costa Rica defeated El Salvador 3–1 in the opening match. Two days later, Jaime Meza scored five times as Costa Rica recorded back-to-back wins at the start of the tournament by defeating Panama 7–0. Hosts Guatemala opened the competition with a 3–0 win against El Salvador. On 4 March, Curaçao recorded a win in their first match by defeating Panama 3–1. Costa Rica and Guatemala drew 1–1. The following day, Guatemala again dropped points as they drew 2–2 with Curaçao. On 7 March, Costa Rica extended their unbeaten start to four games with a 2–1 win against Curaçao. Panama recorded their first win as they defeated El Salvador by the same scoreline. Two days later, El Salvador recorded their first win of the tournament by defeating Curaçao 1–0. Hosts Guatemala narrowly defeated Panama 4–3 to maintain their challenge at the top. At the halfway stage of the contest, Costa Rica were top of the standings with seven points from a possible eight, one point ahead of Guatemala. On March 11, El Salvador defeated Curaçao 2–0 and Costa Rica extended their lead at the top after defeating Panama 3–1. Two days later, Guatemala's title challenge faltered as they drew 1–1 with El Salvador, leaving them two points behind Costa Rica. The following day, Panama defeated Curaçao 5–2. On March 16, Guatemala pulled level on points with leaders Costa Rica by defeating them 3–2. Panama defeated El Salvador 2–0. Guatemala again faltered on 18 March as they drew 2–2 with Curaçao before, for the second time in the tournament, Meza scored five goals in a single game to help Costa Rica to a 6–0 win against El Salvador. The final matches were to be played a day apart on March 20 and 21. Costa Rica went into their game against Curaçao knowning that a win would secure the title a day before nearest rivals Guatemala played Panama. However, a Pedro Coffie brace saw Curaçao run out 4–1 winners against Costa Rica leaving the door open for Guatemala to snatch the title. It wasn't to be for Guatemala though as a late winner from Antonio Morales saw Panama edge out the hosts 5–4. Table main WDL Q 2 CRC CRC GUA GUA 1871 PAN PAN TOC Territory of Curaçao SLV SLV 5 1 2 25 11 3 4 1 20 16 4 0 4 19 24 2 2 4 14 16 2 1 5 6 17 complete Results 1948 2 29 y Costa Rica El Salvador 3–1 Mendoza Eduardo De Gracia Adán Vrolijk Francisco IV C.C.C.F. Championship 1948 - Match Details https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf48det.html RSSSF 23 April 2026 23 December 2020 Macho Equivel 36 Campos 65 Solano 75 Torres 44 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 2 y Panama Costa Rica 0–7 Meza 21 ? ? ? ? Quedada ? Solano 55 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 2 y Guatemala 1871 El Salvador 3–0 Galán 18 48 Aqueche 72 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 4 y Panama Territory of Curaçao 1–3 Tejada 47 pen. Heyliger 16 Janser 60 Coffie 71 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 4 y Guatemala 1871 Costa Rica 1–1 Aqueche 48 Macho Esquivel 65 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 5 y Guatemala 1871 Territory of Curaçao 2–2 Toledo 35 Aqueche 53 Jasen 46 47 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 7 y El Salvador Panama 1–2 Corado 89 Rangel 15 29 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 7 y Costa Rica Territory of Curaçao 2–1 Campos 53 Solano 85 Jasen 48 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 9 y Guatemala 1871 Panama 4–3 Aqueche 10 21 Camposeco 35 60 Rangel 5 56 Morales 43 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 9 y El Salvador Territory of Curaçao 1–0 Monterrosa 5 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 11 y Panama Costa Rica 1–3 Morales 54 Vargas 26 Meza 71 pen. Campos 89 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 11 y El Salvador Territory of Curaçao 2–0 Palacios 20 Ruano 84 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 13 y Guatemala 1871 El Salvador 1–1 Marroquín 80 Monterrosa 24 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 14 y Panama Territory of Curaçao 5–2 Rangel ? McLeary 20 76 Anderson ? Morales 72 Jansen 55 Coffie 85 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 16 y Panama El Salvador 2–0 Fraser 15 83 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 16 y Guatemala 1871 Costa Rica 3–2 Duran 14 Camposeco 69 Aqueche 77 Campos 40 Solado 47 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 18 y El Salvador Costa Rica 0–6 Meza 4 43 48 63 81 Negro Esquivel 18 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 18 y Guatemala 1871 Territory of Curaçao 2–2 Toledo 40 Camposeco 44 C. Isebia 5 Conquent 75 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 20 y Costa Rica Territory of Curaçao 1–4 Bossa 85 Heyliger 40 Coffie 42 80 Krips 85 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City 1948 3 21 y Guatemala 1871 Panama 4–5 Galán 5 Toledo 44 Camposeco 48 65 Rangel 10 Anderson 15 Morales 30 75 Pinnock 40 Estadio Escolar, Guatemala City References Category:CCCF Championship Category:1948 CCCF Championship CCCF Championship Category:International association football competitions hosted by Guatemala CCCF Championship CCCF Championship Category:Sports competitions in Guatemala City Category:20th century in Guatemala City