1961 CCCF Championship

1961 CCCF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates1–19 March
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 played in March 1961 in San José, Costa Rica. Costa Rica emerged as champion. It was the final edition of the tournament, as shortly afterward the CCCF was subsumed into CONCACAF.

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
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Cuba 1–2 Haiti
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Costa Rica 4–1 Cuba
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Guatemala 2–0 Panama
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Panama 1–3 Haiti
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Costa Rica 6–1 Panama
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Cuba 0–2 Guatemala
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Haiti 0–3 Costa Rica
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Panama 1–0 Cuba
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Haiti 3–1 Guatemala
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

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
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Netherlands Antilles 0–0 El Salvador
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Honduras 4–2 Netherlands Antilles
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
El Salvador 10–2 Nicaragua
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
El Salvador 1–0 Honduras
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Nicaragua 0–6 Honduras
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

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
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Haiti 0–2 El Salvador
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Costa Rica 4–0 El Salvador
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Honduras 2–0 Haiti
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Costa Rica 8–0 Haiti
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
El Salvador 5–1 Honduras
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

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

External links

  • CCCF Championship on RSSSF Archive

References

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