The North American Football Confederation (NAFC) was founded in 1946 as the governing body of
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 ...
in
Northern America
Northern America is the northernmost subregion of North America. The boundaries may be drawn slightly differently. In one definition, it lies directly north of Middle America (including the Caribbean and Central America).Gonzalez, Joseph. 20 ...
,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, and
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
. The first president of the NAFC was Carlos Alonso who was elected on 19 December 1946 in
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. .
In 1961 it merged with 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) to form
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 uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
.
Member nations
The following nations represented the NAFC:
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NAFC Championship
The NAFC organized four international tournaments known as 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 ...
. The winners were:
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1947 –
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1949 –
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1990
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1991
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See also
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Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol (CCCF)
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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 uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
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North American Football Union
The North American Football Union (NAFU; french: Union Nord-Américaine de Football; es, Unión Norteamericana de Fútbol) is a regional grouping under CONCACAF of national football organizations in the ''North American Zone''. The NAFU has no o ...
(NAFU)
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Central American Football Union (UNCAF)
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Caribbean Football Union (CFU)
References
External links
NAFC, CCCF and CONCACAF Championships
Defunct association football governing bodies
Association football governing bodies in North America
Sports organizations established in 1946
1946 establishments in North America
Organizations disestablished in 1961
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