The North American Nations Cup and NAFC Championship were

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 ...

tournaments for teams in the area of

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and th ...

. In 1947 and 1949, the NAFC Championship was organized by 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 ...

. Cuba, Mexico, and the United States participated in both editions of the tournament. NAFC merged with the 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 ( ; types ...

in 1961. After a 41-year absence, another North American championship was organized by the North American Football Union. The North American Nations Cup was contested in 1990 and 1991 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States before the introduction of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Results

Titles by team

Statistics

Hat-tricks

hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three w ...

is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

References

* Karel Stokkermans:
CCCF and Concacaf Championships
', Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2 September 2009. * http://www.world-results.net
http://us.geocities.com/clasglenning/GOLDCUP.html
Defunct international association football competitions in North America Recurring sporting events established in 1947 Recurring events disestablished in 1949 Recurring sporting events established in 1990 Recurring events disestablished in 1991 1947 establishments in North America 1949 disestablishments in North America 1990 establishments in North America 1991 disestablishments in North America {{NorthAm-footy-competition-stub

Results

Titles by team

Statistics

Hat-tricks

See also

References