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
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
from 1938 to 1961.
Héctor Beeche, the president of the
Costa Rican Football Federation was the organization's first president.
In 1961 it merged with the
North American Football Confederation (NAFC) to form
CONCACAF, the modern continental governing body for North America. It hosted the
CCCF Championship
The CCCF Championship was an association football (soccer) tournament made for teams in the area of Central America and the Caribbean between the years of 1941 and 1961. It was founded in 1938 and the precursor of the CONCACAF, that was formed wh ...
from 1941 to 1961.
Members
The membership of CCCF consisted of:
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NAFC member)
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Other teams that participated in the competition include:
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See also
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North American Football Union (NAFU)
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Central American Football Union
The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Pa ...
(UNCAF)
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Caribbean Football Union
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is the representative organization for football associations in the Caribbean. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 6 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. The Union was established in Januar ...
(CFU)
References
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Defunct association football governing bodies
Association football governing bodies in the Caribbean
Sports organizations established in 1938
1938 establishments in North America