Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol explained

Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol
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Formation:	^[1]
Successor:	CONCACAF
Type:	Sports organization
Membership:	11 members associations

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.

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

The membership of CCCF consisted of:

• • (Former NAFC member 1946-1955)
• (Later)
  • • • • • • (Participated on 1960 CCCF Championship)

Other teams that participated in the competition include:

• Aruba (Participated on 1955 CCCF Championship)

Competitions

The CCCF organized two international tourments and championships, the tourments were:

• CCCF Championship
• CCCF Youth Championship

See also

• North American Football Union (NAFU)
• Central American Football Union (UNCAF)
• Caribbean Football Union (CFU)

Notes and References

1. Web site: CONCACAF Gold Cup Competition. GoldCup.org. 8 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319163305/http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/Competition. 19 March 2012. dead.
2. Dietschy. Paul. Making football global? FIFA, Europe, and the non-European football world, 1912–1974. Journal of Global History. 6 June 2013. 8. 2. 289. 10.1017/S1740022813000223. 162747279 .