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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | El Salvador |
| Dates | 5–19 December |
| Teams | 4 (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 played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 76 (6.33 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Francisco Zeledón (9 goals) |
Participating teams edit
| Team | Prev. app. | Manager[1] |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica
|
1941 | Alejandro Morera
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| El Salvador
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1941 | Américo González
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| Guatemala
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Debut | Manuel Felipe Carrera
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| Nicaragua
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1941 |  Eduardo Kosovics
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Venues edit
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 | |
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Final standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Salvador (C)
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 9 |
| 2 | Guatemala
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 9 |
| 3 | Costa Rica
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 6 |
| 4 | Nicaragua
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 39 | −32 | 0 |
Matches edit
| El Salvador | 2–2 | Guatemala |
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| Costa Rica | 7–0 | Nicaragua |
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| Costa Rica | 2–3 | Guatemala |
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| El Salvador | 8–1 | Nicaragua |
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| El Salvador | 4–2 | Costa Rica |
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| El Salvador | 2–1 | Guatemala |
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| Costa Rica | 3–2 | Nicaragua |
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| El Salvador | 10–1 | Nicaragua |
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| Guatemala | 4–2 | Costa Rica |
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Referee: None
| 1943 CCCF Championship |
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 El Salvador 1st title |
Goalscorers edit
There were 76 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 6.33 goals per match.
9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
Unknown goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Mario Riggioni- Álvaro Rojas
- Jorge Rojas
Ricardo Monterrosa- Valentín del Cid
Unknown goalscorers
1 goal
1 own goal
- Benigno Miranda (against Guatemala)
- Rafael Ubeita (against Costa Rica)
Source: RSSSF
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.