1941 CCCF Championship

CCCF Championship 1941 CRC Costa Rica 8–18 May 5 Estadio Nacional, San José CRC 1 SLV Territory of Curaçao 10 70 CRC Fello MezaTerritory of Curaçao Hans Nahar(8 goals) 1943 The 1941 CCCF Championship was the inaugural international association football championship for members of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). Hosted by Costa Rica, the competition ran from 8–18 May 1941 and was contested by the national teams of Costa Rica, Curaçao, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama. In the final match of the round-robin tournament, hosts Costa Rica were crowned champions as they completed a clean sweep by defeating El Salvador 3–1. 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 18 April 2025 7 July 2025CONCACAF Gold Cup Competition http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition CONCACAF 18 April 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319163305/http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition 19 March 2012 dead Format The tournament was played as a single 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.Mendoza Eduardo Knight Ken Morrison Neil I C.C.C.F. (Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol) Championship 1941 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf41.html RSSSF 18 April 2026 19 November 2020 Participants CRC Territory of Curaçao SLV NCA 1908 PAN Squads 1941 CCCF Championship squads Referees Two referees were used during the tournament:Mendoza Eduardo Knight Ken Morrison Neil I C.C.C.F. Championship 1941 - Match Details https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf41det.html RSSSF 18 April 2026 19 November 2020 ESP 1938 Jacobo de Foinquinos CUB 1902 José Tapia Venue All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José. Costa Rica center 300 Costa Rica 9.9365 -84.107878 San José bottomSan JoséEstadio NacionalCapacity: 25,000150px Summary thumb|The President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, presents the champion's trophy to the goalkeeper and captain of the national team, Hugo Zúñiga, (at his side) and to the coach Alejandro Morera Soto (in white). The tournament began on 8 May 1941 when a Hans Nahar hat-trick looked to have sealed a win for Curaçao over Panama. However, a last-minute Antoine Neville penalty saw the match end 3–3. Two days later, a hat-trick from Jesús María Araya helped hosts Costa Rica to a 7–2 win against Nicaragua. The following day, El Salvador were held to a 2–2 by Curaçao who had been two goals down entering the last 20 minutes of the match. Costa Rica recorded their second win of the tournament, defeating Panama 7–0. Having played half their matches, Costa Rica sat top of the table with four points, two more than Curaçao and three ahead of El Salvador and Panama. On 13 May, Costa Rica extended their lead at the top of the table after a Fello Meza hat-trick helped them to a 6–2 win over Curaçao. Antonio Toledo also scored a hat-trick as El Salvador recorded the biggest win of the tournament, defeating Nicaragua 8–0. Two days later, El Salvador maintained their challenge for the trophy as they narrowly defeated Panama 4–3. In their final game, Nahar scored four times as Curaçao equalled the biggest win of the competition, defeating Nicaragua 9–1, to assure themselves of third place. With one round of matches left to play, Costa Rica held a one-point lead over El Salvador with the two due to play in the final match. Luis Carlos Rangel scored a hat-trick for Panama as they rounded off the competition with a 5–2 win against Nicaragua. In the final match, Jesús María Araya scored a brace as Costa Rica completed a clean sweep, winning all four of their matches, by defeating El Salvador 3–1. Table main WDL QR 2 CRC CRC C SLV SLV TOC Territory of Curaçao PAN PAN NCA NCA 1908 4 0 0 23 5 2 1 1 15 8 1 2 1 16 12 1 1 2 11 16 0 0 4 5 29 complete Results 8 May 1941 Territory of Curaçao 3–3 PAN Nahar 15 50 ? Rangel 3 43 Neville 90 pen. Estadio Nacional, San José Jacobo Foinquinos (Honduras) 10 May 1941 NCA 1908 2–7 CRC D. Morales 38 P. Robleto 46 Rocha 7 o.g. Mantainés 12 o.g. Araya 18 22 29 Rodríguez 37 Arnáez Estadio Nacional, San José José Tapia (Cuba) 11 May 1941 SLV 2–2 Territory of Curaçao Gutiérrez 2 Contreras 43 Nahar 70 Panneflek 72 Estadio Nacional, San José José Tapia (Cuba) 11 May 1941 PAN 0–7 CRC A. Varela 20 Meza 38 ? ? ? Rodriguez ? Bonilla ? Estadio Nacional, San José Jacobo Foinquinos (Honduras) 13 May 1941 CRC 6–2 Territory of Curaçao A. Varela 5 Meza 30 60 ? Araya 64 89 Pardo 10 Bernabela ? Estadio Nacional, San José José Tapia (Cuba) 13 May 1941 NCA 1908 0–8 SLV Toledo 6 8 24 Donado 15 Rosales 43 ? R. Méndez 53 ? Estadio Nacional, San José Jacobo Foinquinos (Honduras) 15 May 1941 SLV 4–3 PAN Gutiérrez 19 30 Rosales 60 85 Anderson 10 Rangel 40 Castro 89 Estadio Nacional, San José José Tapia (Cuba) 15 May 1941 Territory of Curaçao 9–1 NCA 1908 Pardo 5 8 Nahar ? ? 65 ? F. Jansen ? ? 88 D. Morales 18 Estadio Nacional, San José Jacobo Foiquinos (Honduras) 18 May 1941 PAN 5–2 NCA 1908 A. Morales ? Rangel 35 ? ? Anderson D. Morales 7 García ? Estadio Nacional, San José Jacobo Foiquinos (Honduras) 18 May 1941 CRC 3–1 SLV Araya 31 80 Meza 33 Mendez 37 Estadio Nacional, San José José Tapia (Cuba) Goalscorers 10 70 CRC Fello Meza Territory of Curaçao Hans Nahar CRC Jesús María Araya PAN Luis Carlos Rangel SLV Jorge Mendez Territory of Curaçao Federico Jansen Territory of Curaçao Guillermo Pardo SLV René Gutiérrez SLV Antonio Toledo NCA 1908 Dolores Morales CRC Walker Rodriguez CRC Aníbal Varela SLV Aquilino Rosales PAN James Santiago Anderson CRC Alfonso Arnaez CRC Santiago Bonilla Territory of Curaçao Reinaldo Bernabela Territory of Curaçao Humberto Panneflek SLV Alejandro Contreras SLV Gustavo Donado NCA 1908 Ramón García NCA 1908 Pedro Robleto PAN Virgilio Castro PAN Antonio Morales PAN Antoine Neville NCA 1908 Abraham Rocha (against Costa Rica) NCA 1908 Humberto Martinez (against Costa Rica) References 1941 CCCF Championship Category:CCCF Championship Championship Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Costa Rica Category:1941 in Costa Rica Category:May 1941 sports events in Costa Rica Category:Football competitions in San José, Costa Rica Category:20th century in San José, Costa Rica