Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol
The Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (English: Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean), also known by its initialism CCCF, was the governing body of association football in Central America and the Caribbean from 1938 to 1961.
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Successor | CONCACAF |
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Formation | 1938[1] |
Dissolved | 1961 |
Type | Sports organization |
Membership | 11 members associations |
Héctor Beeche, the president of the Costa Rican Football Federation was the organization's first president.[2]
In 1961 it merged with the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) to form CONCACAF, the modern continental governing body for North America. It hosted the CCCF Championship from 1941 to 1961.
Members
editThe membership of CCCF consisted of:
- Costa Rica
- Cuba (Former NAFC member 1946-1955)
- Curaçao (Later Netherlands Antilles)
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Suriname (Participated on 1960 CCCF Championship)
Other teams that participated in the competition include:
- Aruba (Participated on 1955 CCCF Championship)
Competitions
editThe CCCF organized two international tourments and championships, the tourments were:
See also
edit- North American Football Union (NAFU)
- Central American Football Union (UNCAF)
- Caribbean Football Union (CFU)
References
edit- ^ "CONCACAF Gold Cup Competition". GoldCup.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Dietschy, Paul (6 June 2013). "Making football global? FIFA, Europe, and the non-European football world, 1912–1974". Journal of Global History. 8 (2): 289. doi:10.1017/S1740022813000223. S2CID 162747279.