The 1961 CCCF Championship was the tenth and last edition of the CCCF Championship, the tournament took place from March 5 to 19, 1961 in the Costa Rican capital (San José).

This was the last edition of the tournament because in September of the same year, the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol would merge with the NAFC to create the new Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football, Concacaf, which would later found the CONCACAF Championship that began in 1963. The champion was the host Costa Rica.

Venues

San José
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Capacity: 25 000 spectators
Estadio Nacional, venue

Participating Teams

Nine teams participated on the final tournament

Squads

First round

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Costa Rica4400174+138
2Haiti430186+26
3Guatemala42027704
4Panama4103311−82
5Cuba400429−70
Guatemala2–4Costa Rica
López Contreras 29' García 37'Ulloa 9' Monge 14' Rodríguez 43' Jiménez 76'
Cuba1–2Haiti
García 69'Délices 25' Delpeche 79'
Costa Rica4–1Cuba
Rojas 3', 10' Córdoba 39' Ulloa 52'García 75'
Guatemala2–0Panama
Peña 35' López Contreras 65'
Panama1–3Haiti
Lombardo 24'Pierre 26', 61', 82'
Costa Rica6–1Panama
Rojas 33' Gobán 48' Ulloa 66' (pen.) Samuel 81' (o.g.)Sánchez 35'
Cuba0–2Guatemala
Ewing 46' Peña 77'
Haiti0–3Costa Rica
Grant 15' Ulloa 18' Rojas 31'
Panama1–0Cuba
Rodríguez 77'
Haiti3–1Guatemala
Delices 5' Pierre 50', 83'García 6'

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1El Salvador3210112+95
2Honduras3201103+74
3Netherlands Antilles311145−13
4Nicaragua3003318−150
Netherlands Antilles2–1Nicaragua
Loran 18', 65'Morales 55'
Netherlands Antilles0–0El Salvador
Honduras4–2Netherlands Antilles
Pablo 3' (o.g.) Suazo 69' Flores 81' Leaky 87'Loran 11', 41'
El Salvador10–2Nicaragua
Ruano 5' (pen.) Barrazza 14', 15', 26', 80' Cubas 30' Monge 40', 52' E. Hernández 69', 74'Tamáriz 27' Davila 60'
El Salvador1–0Honduras
Barraza 3'
Nicaragua0–6Honduras
Enamorado 43', 60', 77' Leaky 49' Taylor 55' Flores 67'

Final round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Costa Rica3300150+156
2El Salvador320175+24
3Honduras310238−52
4Haiti3003012−120
Honduras0–3Costa Rica
Ulloa 55' Monge 66' Gobán 89'
Haiti0–2El Salvador
C. Hernández 2' Ruano 59'
Costa Rica4–0El Salvador
Rojas 6' Quesada 39' Ulloa 50' Gámez 52'
Honduras2–0Haiti
Suazo 2' Leaky 23'
Costa Rica8–0Haiti
Monge 10', 37', 58', 89' Ulloa 56' (pen.), 85' Pearson 20' Quesada 27'
El Salvador5–1Honduras
Merlos 30', 60' Ruanos 55' Monge 71', 85'Rodríguez 25'
1961 CCCF Championship
Costa Rica 7th title

Team of the Tournament

Source:

Ideal XI by RSSSF
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Honduras Jorge ZavalaCosta Rica Alvaro Chavez El Salvador Rodolfo Fuentes El Salvador César ReynosaHaiti Roland Crispin Guatemala Jorge RoldánHaiti Lucien Pierre Costa Rica Juan Ulloa Costa Rica Jorge Monge Costa Rica Rigoberto Rojas El Salvador Juan Francisco Barraza

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