1957 CCCF Championship

CCCF Championship 1957 ANT Netherlands Antilles 11–25 August 5 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad HAI 1859 1 Territory of Curaçao HON 1949 PAN 10 31 HAI 1859 Phenol Charles (8 goals) CUB 1902 Francisco Torrent 1955 1960 The 1957 CCCF Championship was the eighth international association football championship for members of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). Hosted by Curaçao in the newly formed Netherlands Antilles, the competition ran from 11–25 August 1957 and was contested by the national teams of Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Honduras and Panama. Debutants Haiti won the competition for the first time. In the final matches of the round-robin tournament, they were crowned champions after completing a clean and winning all of their matches by defeating Cuba 6–1. 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 24 April 2026 7 July 2025CONCACAF Gold Cup Competition http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition CONCACAF 24 April 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319163305/http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition 19 March 2012 dead Although the competition was hosted in the then newly constituted nation of the Netherlands Antilles, the national team of would not adopted the new nation's name for another year. It would continue to compete as Curaçao until after qualifying for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20100615220946/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf dead June 15, 2010 FIFA.com 8 April 2012 pdf Costa Rica were two-time defending champions after they successfully retained the trophy in 1955. They were the most successful team in the competition's history having won five of the seven editions to date. However, they would be unable to retain their title as they withdrew from the competition before it began for financial reasons.Knight Ken Lugo Erik Francisco Mendoza Eduardo Morrison Neil CCCF Championship 1957 (Willemstad, Curaçao, Aug 11-25) https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf57.html RSSSF 24 April 2026 15 April 2021 Shortly before the competition began, Guatemala also withdrew after a national state of emergency was declared following the assassination of President Carlos Castillo Armas. Format The tournament was played as a round-robin where each team would play all of the others once. The winner would be decided by the total number of points obtained across all matches played. Participants CUB 1902 Territory of Curaçao (hosts) HAI 1859 HON 1949 PAN Squads 1957 CCCF Championship squads Referees Three referees were used during the tournament:Lugo Erik Francisco Mendoza Eduardo VIII CCCF Championship 1957 - Match Details https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf57det.html RSSSF 24 April 2026 15 April 2021 ENG Arthur Ellis ESP 1945 Juan Gardeazábal ITA 1946 Vincenzo Orlandini Venue All matches were held at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Willemstad. Curaçao center 250 Curaçao 12.152778 -68.888056 Willemstad bottomWillemstadErgilio Hato StadiumCapacity: 15,000250x250px Summary The competition began on 11 August when a brace from Fernando Zelaya helped Honduras to a 2–1 win against Panama. Two days later, Curaçao defeated Haiti 3–1. On 14 August, Panama recorded their first win of the competition by defeating Cuba 1–0. Two days later, Haiti defeated Honduras 2–1 to go top of the table. On 18 August, Curaçao defeated Cuba 2–0. At the halfway stage, Haiti led the standings on four points, two clear of Curaçao, Honduras and Panama. The following day, a Phenol Charles brace helped Haiti to a 3–1 win against Panama. On 21 August, Honduras defeated Cuba 2–0 and Curaçao defeated Panama 3–0. In the final matches two days later, Phenol scored a hat-trick as Haiti defeated Cuba 6–1 to secure the title. Curaçao and Honduras drew 1–1. Table main WDL Q 2 yes HAI HAI 1859 TOC Territory of Curaçao HON HON 1949 PAN PAN CUB CUB 1902 4 0 0 14 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 1 0 3 3 8 0 0 4 1 11 complete Results 11 August 1957 Honduras 1949 Panama 2–1 Zelaya 9 42 Rodríguez 85 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 13 August 1957 Haiti 1859 Territory of Curaçao 3–1 Fenol 27 72 Tassy 57 Gómez 85 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 14 August 1957 Panama Cuba 1902 1–0 Deanes 83 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 16 August 1957 Haiti 1859 Honduras 1949 2–1 Fenol 20 Tassy 40 Suazo 29 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 18 August 1957 Territory of Curaçao Cuba 1902 2–0 Schoop 27 R. de Lannoy 44 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 19 August 1957 Haiti 1859 Panama 3–1 Fenol 23 57 Roc 83 Deanes 22 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 21 August 1957 Honduras 1949 Cuba 1902 2–0(abandoned) Leaky 9 Suazo 67 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 21 August 1957 Territory of Curaçao Panama 3–0 Sambo 40 Bibiana 55 W. de Lannoy 72 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 23 August 1957 Haiti 1859 Cuba 1902 6–1 Fenol 1 47 72 Tassy 24 Bovil 67 Delpeche 87 Carmona 80 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad 25 August 1957 Territory of Curaçao Honduras 1949 1–1 Canword 16 Ramírez 69 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad All-Star Team +Team of the tournamentGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsTerritory of Curacao Celso PolinetTerritory of Curacao Pedro Matrona CUB Francisco Torrent Territory of Curacao Wilfred De LannoyHON 1949 Fausto Shan HAI 1859 Gérard BlaisePAN Jorge Deanes HAI 1859 Antoine Tassy HAI 1859 Phenol Charles HON 1949 Fernando Zelaya HAI 1859 Pierre Roc References Category:CCCF Championship Category:1957 CCCF Championship Category:1957 in the Netherlands Antilles Category:International association football competitions hosted by the Netherlands Antilles Category:August 1957 sports events in North America