1957 CCCF Championship

1957 CCCF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands Antilles
Dates11–25 August
Teams5
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Haiti (1st title)
Runners-up Curaçao
Third place Honduras
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored31 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Haiti Phenol Charles (8 goals)
Best player(s)Cuba Francisco Torrent
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The 1957 CCCF Championship was the eighth edition of the CCCF Championship The tournament took place from August 11 to 25, 1957, was held in the Netherlands Antilles. Haiti won the tournament.[1]

Although the competition was hosted in the then newly constituted nation of Netherlands Antilles, the national team of the Netherlands Antilles never adopted the new nation's name until after the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, continuing to compete until then as Curaçao.[2]

Overview

In this edition Costa Rica did not participate for financial reasons, while Guatemala withdrew shortly before the tournament due to a national state of emergency following the assassination of its president Carlos Castillo Armas.

Venue

Willemstad
Ergilio Hato Stadium
Capacity: 15 000 Capacity


Subtitues

Teams

Five teams participated on the tournament, the champion Costa Rica did not participated, Haiti Debuted on the tournament

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Haiti 4 4 0 0 14 4 +10 8
2  Curaçao 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5
3  Honduras 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 5
4  Panama 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 2
5  Cuba 4 0 0 4 1 11 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Honduras 2–1 Panama
Zelaya 9', 42' Rodríguez 85'
Haiti 3–1 Curaçao
Fenol 27', 72'
Tassy 57'		 Gómez 85'
Panama 1–0 Cuba
Deanes 83'
Haiti 2–1 Honduras
Fenol 20'
Tassy 40'		 Suazo 29'
Curaçao 2–0 Cuba
Schoop 27'
R. De Lannoy 44'
Haiti 3–1 Panama
Fenol 23', 57'
Roc 83'		 Deanes 22'
Honduras 2–0[3] Cuba
Leaky 9'
Suazo 67'
Curaçao 3–0 Panama
Sambo 40'
Bibiana 55'
W. de Lannoy 72'
Haiti 6–1 Cuba
Fenol 1', 47', 72'
Tassy 24'
Bovil 67'
Delpeche 87'		 Carmona 80'
Curaçao 1–1 Honduras
Canword 16' Ramírez 69'


 1957 CCCF Championship 

Haiti
1st title

All-Star Team

Source:[4]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Celso Polinet Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Pedro Matrona

Cuba Francisco Torrent

Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies Wilfred De Lannoy

Honduras Fausto Shan

Haiti Gérard Elie

Panama Jorge Deanes

Haiti Antoine Tassy

Haiti Phenol Charles

Honduras Fernando Zelaya

Haiti Pierre Roc

References

  1. ^ "CCCF Championship 1957 (Willemstad, Curaçao, Aug 11-25)". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  3. ^ Match Stopped at 76 minutes due to fight between both teams
  4. ^ "CCCF Championship 1957 (Willemstad, Curaçao, Aug 11-25)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-10.