1951 CCCF Championship

1951 CCCF Championship
Tournament details
Host country Panama
Dates25 February – 4 March
Teams3
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Panama (1st title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Nicaragua
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored30 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rafael Arana (6 goals)
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1953 →

The 1951 CCCF Championship was the fifth edition of the CCCF Championship, the tournament began on February 25 and ended on March 4, 1951.

This was the edition with the fewest participants due to the polio epidemic. All the matches were in Panama City and the champion was the host Panama, and qualified to the 1952 Panamerican Championship on Chile.

Venue

Panama City
Estadio Olímpico de Panamá
Capacity: 7 500 Attendance

Referees

  • Ellias Coll
  • Parchment

Squads

Main article: 1951 CCCF Championship squads

Participating teams

Three teams participated in the tournament; most teams did not enter because of Polio Epidemic.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Panama 4 3 1 0 13 3 +10 7
2  Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 13 5 +8 5
3  Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 4 22 −18 0
Source:
Costa Rica 8–1 Nicaragua
Meza 7', ?', ?', ?'
Esquivel ?', ?', ?', ?'		 Navarro ?'
Referee: Parchment (Panama)
Panama 2–0 Costa Rica
Tejada 47' (pen.)
L.C. Rangel 77'
Referee: Elias Coll (Colombia)
Nicaragua 0–4 Panama
H. Rangel ?'
Arana ?', ?'
Ponce ?'
Referee: Elias Coll (Colombia)
Costa Rica 1–1 Panama
Alvarado 85' Arana 75'
Referee: Elias Coll (Colombia)
Nicaragua 1–4 Costa Rica
? ?' ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'
? ?'
Referee: Unknown
Panama 6–2 Nicaragua
Arana 12', ?', ?'
Valdés 24'
de Bello ?', ?'		 Argüello ?'
Cordero ?'
Referee: Unknown


 1951 CCCF Championship 

Panama
1st title

Panama Qualifies to the 1952 Panamerican Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Rafael Arana

5 goals

  • Unknown scorers

4 goals

2 goals

  • José Félix de Bello

1 goal

  • Edgar Alvarado
  • Arontes Argüello
  • Horacio Cordero
  • Carlos Navarro
  • Luis Carlos Ponce
  • Horacio Rangel
  • Luis Carlos Rangel
  • Félix Tejada
  • Luis Carlos Valdés
  1. ^ Costa Rica went with a substitute team
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