The CCCF Championship was an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

(soccer) tournament made for teams in the area of

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

and the Caribbean between the years of 1941 and 1961. It was founded in 1938 and the precursor of the

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch language, Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CON ...

, that was formed when the

Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol The Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol ( en, Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean), also known by its initialism CCCF, was the governing body of association football in Central America and the Caribbean f ...

(CCCF) merged with the

North American Football Confederation The North American Football Confederation (NAFC) was founded in 1946 as the governing body of association football in Northern America, Mexico, and Cuba. The first president of the NAFC was Carlos Alonso who was elected on 19 December 1946 in Hav ...

(NAFC) in 1961. The North American Football Confederation also organized the

NAFC Championship The North American Nations Cup and NAFC Championship were association football tournaments for teams in the area of North America. In 1947 and 1949, the NAFC Championship was organized by the North American Football Confederation. Cuba, Mexico, a ...

in 1947 and 1949, which was revived in 1990 and 1991, after 41 years of absence, before the introduction of the

CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( es, Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french: Coupe D'or CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North Ameri ...

. The CCCF Championship was succeeded by the

CONCACAF Championship The CONCACAF Championship was an association football tournament that took place between 1963 and 1989. The competition is sometimes referred to as CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones. The first Championship took place in 1963 and was CONCACAF's firs ...

in 1963, following the merger.

Tournament results

List of the final four.

Titles by team

Competitive history

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *QF – Quarter Finals *GS – Group stage *q – Qualified * — Hosts

Winning managers

References

{{North American football tournaments International association football competitions in the Caribbean International association football competitions in Central America Defunct international association football competitions in North America Recurring sporting events established in 1941 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1961 1941 establishments in North America 1961 disestablishments in North America