1943 CCCF Championship

1943 Central American football championship

1943 CCCF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates5–19 December
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions El Salvador (1st title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place Nicaragua
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored76 (6.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Francisco Zeledón (9 goals)
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International football competition

The 1943 CCCF Championship was held in San Salvador, El Salvador from 5 to 19 December 1943. The tournament was the second edition of the CCCF Championship which was the championship tournament of the Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean (CCCF), the governing body of association football in Central America and the nations in the Caribbean prior to 1961, when it was replaced by CONCACAF.

Participating teams

Team Prev. app. Manager[1]
 Costa Rica 1941 Costa Rica Alejandro Morera
 El Salvador 1941 El Salvador Américo González
 Guatemala Debut Guatemala Manuel Felipe Carrera
 Nicaragua 1941 Hungary Eduardo Kosovics

Venues

The host of the tournament was El Salvador and all matches were played at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca in San Salvador.[2]

San Salvador
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca
Capacity: 35,000
Estadio Flor Blanca

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  El Salvador (C) 6 4 1 1 28 11 +17 9
2  Guatemala 6 4 1 1 21 11 +10 9
3  Costa Rica 6 3 0 3 20 15 +5 6
4  Nicaragua 6 0 0 6 7 39 −32 0
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Matches

El Salvador 2–2 Guatemala
  • Monterrosa 39'
  • Torres 41'
Costa Rica 7–0 Nicaragua
  • Ubeita 27' (o.g.)
  • J. Rojas 32'
  • Zeledón 34', 62', 76'
  • Granados 40'
  • J. L. Rojas 86'
Costa Rica 2–3 Guatemala
  • J. Mendoza 17'
  • Toledo 45'
  • González 70'
El Salvador 8–1 Nicaragua
  • Aceituno 5', 62', 70'
  • Corado 15'
  • Ruano 28'
  • Deras 32'
  • Rivas 49', 65'
  • García 80'
El Salvador 4–2 Costa Rica
  • Monterrosa 5'
  • Linates 60' (pen.)
  • Torres 72'
  • Cruz 86'
  • Zeledón 38', 84'
Guatemala 6–2 Nicaragua
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El Salvador 2–1 Guatemala
Costa Rica 3–2 Nicaragua
  • Riggioni 42'
  • Á. Rojas 51'
  • Zeledón 55'
  • Navarro 30'
  • García 85'
El Salvador 10–1 Nicaragua
  • Aceituno 4'
  • Rivas 6', 72', 85'
  • Cruz 12', 28', 68', 71'
  • Regalado 40'
  • Corado 70'
  • García 1'
Guatemala 4–2 Costa Rica
  • del Cid 48', 65'
  • Castro 67'
  • Toledo 75'
  • Zeledón 43' (pen.)
  • J. Rojas 88'
Guatemala 5–1Nicaragua 
  • Morales 65'
El Salvador 2–4 Costa Rica
  • Á. Rojas 26'
  • Zeledón 66'
  • Riggioni 72'
  • Varela 84'
1943 CCCF Championship
El Salvador
El Salvador
1st title

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 6.33 goals per match.

9 goals

  • Costa Rica Francisco Zeledón

7 goals

6 goals

  • Guatemala Unknown goalscorers

5 goals

  • El Salvador Miguel Rivas

4 goals

  • El Salvador José Luis Aceituno

3 goals

  • El Salvador Rafael Corado
  • El Salvador Luis Alonso Torres
  • Nicaragua Ramón García

2 goals

  • Costa Rica Mario Riggioni
  • Costa Rica Álvaro Rojas
  • Costa Rica Jorge Rojas
  • El Salvador Ricardo Monterrosa
  • Guatemala Valentín del Cid
  • Nicaragua Unknown goalscorers

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Nicaragua Benigno Miranda (against Guatemala)
  • Nicaragua Rafael Ubeita (against Costa Rica)

Source: RSSSF

References

  1. ^ Mendoza, Eduardo; Knight, Ken; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Pieter (19 November 2022). "II C.C.C.F. Championship 1943 – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ Mendoza, Eduardo; Knight, Ken; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Pieter (19 November 2020). "II CCCF Championship 1943 (San Salvador, El Salvador, 5–19 Dec)". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

External links

  • CCCF Championship on RSSSF Archive