1951 CCCF Championship

CCCF Championship 1951 PAN Panama 25 February – 4 March 3 Estadio Olímpico de Panamá, Panama City PAN 1 CRC NCA 1908 6 30 PAN Rafael Arana (6 goals) 1948 1953 The 1951 CCCF Championship was the fifth international association football championship for members of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). Hosted by Panama, the competition ran from 25 February – 4 March 1951 and was contested by the national teams of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. Only three teams contested the tournament as a result of a Polio epidemic. The tournament was used one of the qualifying groups for the Panamerican Championship. Hosts Panama won the competition for the first time. In the final match of the round-robin tournament, they were crowned champions after defeating Nicaragua 6–2. As a result, Panama qualified for the 1952 Panamerican Championship. 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 Costa Rica were two-time defending champions after they successfully retained the trophy in 1948. They were the most successful team in the competition's history having won three of the four editions to date. For this edition, Costa Rica sent a B team to represent them.Mendoza Eduardo Veroeveren Pieter CCCF Championship 1951 (Panama City, Panama, Feb 25-Mar 4) https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf51.html RSSSF 24 April 2026 21 January 2021 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. As the competition was used as one of the qualifying groups for the 1952 Panamerican Championship in Chile, the team finishing first would qualify for the tournament. Participants CRC B NCA 1908 PAN (Hosts) Squads 1951 CCCF Championship squads Venue All matches were held at the Estadio Olímpico de Panamá in Panama City. Panama center 250 Panama 8.969722 -79.542222 Panama City bottomPanama CityEstadio Olímpico de PanamáCapacity: 7,500 Summary The competition began on 25 February when José Meza and Eladio Esquivel both scored four goals for two–time defending champions Costa Rica as they defeated Nicaragua 8–1. Two days later, hosts Panama began the competition with a 2–0 win against Costa Rica. On February 28, Panama defeated Nicaragua 4–0 to sit top of the table with four points, two ahead of Costa Rica, at the halfway stage. Two days later, Panama and Costa Rica drew 1–1. On March 3, Costa Rica won what was their final match in the competition as they defeated Nicaragua 4–1. With just one game left to play, Panama and Costa Rica were tied on five points. As a result, a point against Nicaragua would be enough for Panama to win the competition for the first time. In the final game on March 4, Rafael Arana scored a hat-trick for Panama as they won 6–2 to claim the title. Table main WDL Q 2 PAN PAN CRC CRC NCA NCA 1908 3 1 0 13 3 2 1 1 13 5 0 0 4 4 22 #ccffcc C complete Results 25 February 1951 CRC 8–1 Mendoza Eduardo V C.C.C.F. Championship 1951 - Match Details https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf51det.html RSSSF 24 April 2026 21 January 2021 NCA 1908 Meza 4 Esquivel 4 Navarro Estadio Olímpico Panama City, Panama Parchment (Panama) 27 February 1951 PAN 2–0 CRC Tejada 47 pen. L.C. Rangel 77 Estadio Olímpico Panama City, Panama Elias Coll (Colombia) 28 February 1951 NCA 1908 0–4 PAN H. Rangel Arana 2 Ponce Estadio Olímpico Panama City, Panama Elias Coll (Colombia) 2 March 1951 CRC 1–1 PAN Alvarado 85 Arana 75 Estadio Olímpico Panama City, Panama Elias Coll (Colombia) 3 March 1951 NCA 1908 1–4 CRC Unknown Unknown 4 Estadio Olímpico Panama City, Panama 4 March 1951 PAN 6–2 NCA 1908 Arana 3 Valdés de Bello 2 Argüello Cordero Estadio Olímpico Panama City, Panama Goalscorers 30 6 PAN Rafael Arana CRC Eladio Esquivel CRC José Meza CRC Unknown scorers PAN José Félix de Bello CRC Edgar Alvarado NCA Arontes Argüello NCA Horacio Cordero NCA Carlos Navarro NCA Unknown scorer PAN Luis Carlos Ponce PAN Horacio Rangel PAN Luis Carlos Rangel PAN Félix Tejada PAN Luis Carlos Valdés References Category:CCCF Championship Category:1951 CCCF Championship Category:International association football competitions hosted by Panama Cccf Championship CCCF CCCF Category:February 1951 sports events in North America Category:March 1951 sports events in North America Category:Sports competitions in Panama City Category:20th century in Panama City