The 1941 CCCF Championship was the first CCCF Championship, a tournament conducted between the years of 1941–1961. It was sanctioned by the Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol (Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean), the association football governing body for Central America and the nations in the Caribbean prior to 1961, when it was replaced by CONCACAF.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Costa Rica |
| Dates | 8–18 May |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Costa Rica |
| Runners-up |  El Salvador |
| Third place |  Curaçao |
| Fourth place |  Panama |
Following are the results of the Final Group of the first Championship, which was hosted by Costa Rica:
Final standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica (C)
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 8 |
| 2 | El Salvador
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 5 |
| 3 | Curaçao
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 | Panama
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 3 |
| 5 |  Nicaragua
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 0 |
Results edit
| Curaçao | 3–3 | Panama |
|---|---|---|
Nahar  15', 50', ?' |
Carlos Rangel 3', 43' Neville 90' (pen.) |
Referee: Jacobo Foinquinos (Honduras)
| Nicaragua | 2–7 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| D. Morales 38' P. Robleto 46' |
Rocha 7' (o.g.) Mantainés 12' (o.g.)Araya 18', 22', 29'Rodríguez 37'Arnáez |
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
| El Salvador | 2–2 | Curaçao |
|---|---|---|
| Gutiérrez 2' Contreras 43' |
Nahar 70' Panneflek |
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
| Costa Rica | 6–2 | Curaçao |
|---|---|---|
| Araya 8', ?' Meza A. Varela |
Pardo 12' Bernabela |
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
| Nicaragua | 0–8 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Toledo 6', 8', 24' Donado 15'Rosales 43', ?'R. Méndez 53', ?' |
Referee: Jacobo Foinquinos (Honduras)
| El Salvador | 4–3 | Panama |
|---|---|---|
| Gutiérrez 20', 24' Rosales 22', 77' |
Anderson 10' Luis Carlos Rangel 40' Virgilio Castro 89' |
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
| Curaçao | 9–1 | Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| Pardo Nahar ?', ?', ?', 65'F. Jansen ?', ?', 88' |
Dolores Morales 18' (pen.) |
Referee: Jacobo Foiquinos (Honduras)
| Panama | 5–2 | Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| Castro Rangel Anderson |
Dolores Morales 7' Ramón García ?' |
Referee: Jacobo Foiquinos (Honduras)
| Costa Rica | 3–1 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Araya 39', 80' Meza 33' |
Mendez 37' |
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
Goal scorers edit
8 goals
José Rafael Meza
Hans Nahar[1]
6 goals
- Jesús María Araya
4 goals
Aquilino Rosales
3 goals
- Federico Jansen
- Guillermo Pardo
- René Gutiérrez
- Antonio Toledo
2 goals
- Aníbal Varela
- Gustavo Donado
- René Méndez
Virgilio Castro- Luis Carlos Rangel
1 goal
- Alfonso Arnáez
- Reinaldo Bernabela
- Humberto Panneflek
- Alejandro Contreras
Dolores Morales- Pedro Robleto
- James Santiago Anderson
- Antoine Neville
Own Goals
- Mantainés (for Costa Rica)
- Abraham Rocha (for Costa Rica)