1943 CCCF Championship

1943 Central American football championship November 2022 November 2022 CCCF Championship 1943 SLV El Salvador 5–19 December 4 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador Unknownnote Sources differ over whether or not the championship was awarded. 12 76 CRC Francisco Zeledón (9 goals) 1941 1946 The 1943 CCCF Championship was the second international association football championship for members of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). Hosted by El Salvador, the competition ran from 5–19 December 1943 and was contested by the national teams of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Although all the scheduled round-robin matches were played, sources differ on the outcome of the tournament. Hosts El Salvador and Guatemala finished level on nine points and were due to contest a championship play-off, but the match did not take place following violent protests. Contemporary sources in El Salvador claim the trophy was awarded to El Salvador as Guatemala were deemed to have forfeited the play-off whereas Costa Rican and Guatemalan sources say that the tournament was declared null and void. 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 19 April 2026 7 July 2025CONCACAF Gold Cup Competition http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition CONCACAF 19 April 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319163305/http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition 19 March 2012 dead Costa Rica were the defending champions having won the inaugural competition as hosts in 1941.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 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. Should two teams be tied on points for first place at the end of the tournament, a play-off would be organised to decide the winner.Mendoza Eduardo Knight Ken Morrison Neil Veroeveren Pieter II CCCF Championship 1943 (San Salvador, El Salvador, Dec 5-19) https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf43.html RSSSF 19 April 2026 19 November 2020 Participants CRC SLV GUA 1871 NCA 1908 Squads 1943 CCCF Championship squads Venue All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca in San Salvador. El Salvador center 300 El Salvador 13.698298 -89.215426 San Salvador bottomSan SalvadorEstadio Nacional Flor BlancaCapacity: 35,000200px|Estadio Flor Blanca Summary The competition began on 5 December 1943 when El Salvador and Guatemala drew 2–2 and a Francisco Zeledón hat-trick helped Costa Rica to a 7–0 win against Nicaragua. Two days later, Guatemala and El Salvador recorded their first wins of the competition as they defeated Costa Rica 3–2 and Nicaragua 8–1 respectively. On 9 December, Zeledón scored twice more to take his tally to six goals in three games but it wasn't enough to prevent El Salvador from defeating Costa Rica 4–2. Guatemala then defeated Nicaragua 6–2 to leave El Salvador and Guatemala tied at the top on five points at the half way stage. The top two would face off on December 12, when Pepino Toledo opened the scoring for Guatemala before goals from Luis Alonso Torres and Miguel Cruz saw El Salvador come from behind to win 2–1 and go two points clear at the top. Similarly, Costa Rica came from behind to beat Nicaragua 3–2. Four days later, Cruz scored four times and Miguel Rivas scored a hat-trick as El Salvador defeated Nicaragua 10–1. The result left the hosts within a point of winning the championship. Guatemala defeated Costa Rica 4–2 to take the championship fight until the last match. In the final round of matches on 19 December, Guatemala defeated Nicaragua 5–1 which left El Salvador needing just a point to claim the crown. However, despite leading twice, El Salvador lost 4–2 to Costa Rica. The result left both El Salvador and Guatemala level on nine points and meant a championship play-off would be scheduled for 21 December. After full time in the final matches, celebrations involving the Guatemalan and Costa Rican players triggered violent protests in the crowd which was mainly made up of local El Salvador supporters. The protests spilled over to outside the team hotels and left the Guatemalan squad fearing what could happen if a play-off were to go ahead. On the advice of Jorge Ubico, President of Guatemala, the team did not contest the play-off and left El Salvador as soon as possible. Sources differ on whether the championship was awarded or not. In Costa Rica and Guatemala, it was reported that the organising committee declared the championship null and void. The trophy was given to the Nicaraguan delegation for safekeeping. However, in El Salvador, it is claimed that the host nation was declared champion as Guatemala were deemed to have forfeited the play-off. Table main WDL Q 2 SLV SLV GUA GUA 1871 1 CRC CRC NCA NCA 1908 4 1 1 28 11 4 1 1 21 11 3 0 3 20 15 0 0 6 7 39 complete Results 5 December 1943 2–2 SLV Monterrosa 39 Torres 41 GUA 1871 Toledo 31 60 Mendoza Eduardo Knight Ken Morrison Neil Veroeveren Pieter II C.C.C.F. Championship 1943 - Match Details https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf43det.html RSSSF 19 April 2026 19 November 2020 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) 5 December 1943 7–0 CRC Ubeita 27 o.g. J. Rojas 32 Zeledón 34 62 76 Granados 40 J. L. Rojas 86 NCA 1908 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) 7 December 1943 2–3 CRC Morera 43 Zeledón 55 GUA 1871 J. Mendoza 17 Toledo 45 González 70 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) 7 December 1943 8–1 SLV Aceituno 5 62 70 Corado 15 Ruano 28 Deras 32 Rivas 49 65 NCA 1908 García 80 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) 9 December 1943 4–2 SLV Monterrosa 5 Linates 60 pen. Torres 72 Cruz 86 CRC Zeledón 38 84 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) 9 December 1943 6–2 GUA 1871 Unknown 6 NCA 1908 Unknown 2 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador 12 December 1943 2–1 SLV Torres 47 Cruz 50 GUA 1871 Toledo 32 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) 12 December 1943 3–2 CRC Riggioni 42 Á. Rojas 51 Zeledón 55 NCA 1908 Navarro 30 García 85 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) 16 December 1943 10–1 SLV Aceituno 4 Rivas 6 72 85 Cruz 12 28 68 71 Regalado 40 Corado 70 NCA 1908 García 1 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) 16 December 1943 4–2 GUA 1871 del Cid 48 65 Castro 67 Toledo 75 CRC Zeledón 43 pen. J. Rojas 88 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador 19 December 1943 5–1 GUA 1871 Toledo 18 22 Miranda 48 o.g. Camposeco 53 E. Mendoza 85 NCA 1908 Morales 65 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Alfonso Rivas (El Salvador) 19 December 1943 2–4 SLV Corado 10 Cruz 53 CRC Á. Rojas 26 Zeledón 66 Riggioni 72 Varela 84 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Carlos Esteva (Mexico) Championship play-off 21 December 1943 SLV Not played GUA Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca San Salvador Goalscorers 76 12 RSSSF CRC Francisco Zeledón SLV Miguel Cruz GUA 1871 Carlos Toledo GUA 1871 Unknown goalscorers SLV Miguel Rivas SLV José Luis Aceituno SLV Rafael Corado SLV Luis Alonso Torres NCA 1908 Ramón García CRC Mario Riggioni CRC Álvaro Rojas CRC Jorge Rojas SLV Ricardo Monterrosa GUA 1871 Valentín del Cid NCA 1908 Unknown goalscorers CRC José Alberto Granados CRC Alejandro Morera CRC José Luis Rojas CRC Aníbal Varela SLV Miguel Deras SLV Julián Linates SLV Luis Antonio Regalado SLV Luis Ruano GUA 1871 Mario Camposeco GUA 1871 José Castro GUA 1871 Muchuca González GUA 1871 Esteban Camposeco GUA 1871 Julio Mendoza NCA 1908 Guillermo Morales NCA 1908 Francisco Navarro NCA 1908 Benigno Miranda (against Guatemala) NCA 1908 Rafael Ubeita (against Costa Rica) Notes note References 1943 CCCF Championship Category:CCCF Championship Championship Category:International association football competitions hosted by El Salvador Category:1943 in El Salvador Category:December 1943 sports events in El Salvador Category:20th century in San Salvador Category:Sports competitions in San Salvador