1961 CCCF Championship

1961 CCCF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates1–19 March
Teams9
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Honduras
Fourth place Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored90 (4.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Juan Ulloa (10 goals)
Fair play award Nicaragua
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The 1961 CCCF Championship was the tenth and last edition of the CCCF Championship, the tournament took place from March 5 to 19, 1961 in the Costa Rican capital (San José).

This was the last edition of the tournament because in September of the same year, the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol would merge with the NAFC to create the new Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football, Concacaf, which would later found the CONCACAF Championship that began in 1963. The champion was the host Costa Rica.

Venues

San José
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Capacity: 25 000 spectators
Estadio Nacional, venue

Participating Teams

Nine teams participated on the final tournament

First round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 4 4 0 0 17 4 +13 8
2  Haiti 4 3 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Guatemala 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 4
4  Panama 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 2
5  Cuba 4 0 0 4 2 9 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guatemala 2–4 Costa Rica
López Contreras 29'
García 37'		 Ulloa 9'
Monge 14'
Rodríguez 43'
Jiménez 76'
Cuba 1–2 Haiti
García 69' Délices 25'
Delpeche 79'
Costa Rica 4–1 Cuba
Rojas 3', 10'
Córdoba 39'
Ulloa 52'		 García 75'
Guatemala 2–0 Panama
Peña 35'
López Contreras 65'
Panama 1–3 Haiti
Lombardo 24' Pierre 26', 61', 82'
Costa Rica 6–1 Panama
Rojas 33'
Gobán 48'
Ulloa 66' (pen.)
Samuel 81' (o.g.)		 Sánchez 35'
Cuba 0–2 Guatemala
Ewing 46'
Peña 77'
Haiti 0–3 Costa Rica
Grant 15'
Ulloa 18'
Rojas 31'
Panama 1–0 Cuba
Rodríguez 77'
Haiti 3–1 Guatemala
Delices 5'
Pierre 50', 83'		 García 6'

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  El Salvador 3 2 1 0 11 2 +9 5
2  Honduras 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 4
3  Netherlands Antilles 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3
4  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Nicaragua
Loran 18', 65' Morales 55'
Netherlands Antilles 0–0 El Salvador
Honduras 4–2 Netherlands Antilles
Pablo 3' (o.g.)
Suazo 69'
Flores 81'
Leaky 87'		 Loran 11', 41'
El Salvador 10–2 Nicaragua
Ruano 5' (pen.)
Barrazza 14', 15', 26', 80'
Cubas 30'
Monge 40', 52'
E. Hernández 69', 74'		 Tamáriz 27'
Davila 60'
El Salvador 1–0 Honduras
Barraza 3'
Nicaragua 0–6 Honduras
Enamorado 43', 60', 77'
Leaky 49'
Taylor 55'
Flores 67'

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 6
2  El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 4
3  Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 2
4  Haiti 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Honduras 0–3 Costa Rica
Ulloa 55'
Monge 66'
Gobán 89'
Haiti 0–2 El Salvador
C. Hernández 2'
Ruano 59'
Costa Rica 4–0 El Salvador
Rojas 6'
Quesada 39'
Ulloa 50'
Gámez 52'
Honduras 2–0 Haiti
Suazo 2'
Leaky 23'
Costa Rica 8–0 Haiti
Monge 10', 37', 58', 89'
Ulloa 56' (pen.), 85'
Pearson 20'
Quesada 27'
El Salvador 5–1 Honduras
Merlos 30', 60'
Ruanos 55'
Monge 71', 85'		 Rodríguez 25'


 1961 CCCF Championship 

Costa Rica
7th title

Team of the Tournament

Source:[1]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Honduras Jorge Zavala Costa Rica Alvaro Chavez

El Salvador Rodolfo Fuentes

El Salvador César Reynosa

Haiti Roland Crispin

Guatemala Jorge Roldán

Haiti Lucien Pierre

Costa Rica Juan Ulloa

Costa Rica Jorge Monge

Costa Rica Rigoberto Rojas

El Salvador Juan Francisco Barraza

References

  1. ^ "X CCCF Championship 1961 - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-11.