1961 CCCF Championship

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.

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

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:
Guatemala 2–4 Costa Rica
Cuba 1–2 Haiti
Costa Rica 4–1 Cuba
Guatemala 2–0 Panama
Panama 1–3 Haiti
Costa Rica 6–1 Panama
Cuba 0–2 Guatemala
Haiti 0–3 Costa Rica
Panama 1–0 Cuba
Haiti 3–1 Guatemala

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:
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Nicaragua
Netherlands Antilles 0–0 El Salvador
Honduras 4–2 Netherlands Antilles
El Salvador 10–2 Nicaragua
El Salvador 1–0 Honduras
Nicaragua 0–6 Honduras

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:
Honduras 0–3 Costa Rica
Haiti 0–2 El Salvador
Costa Rica 4–0 El Salvador
Honduras 2–0 Haiti
Costa Rica 8–0 Haiti
El Salvador 5–1 Honduras

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

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