1955 CCCF Championship


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The 1955 CCCF Championship was the seventh edition of the CCCF Championship, the tournament took place from August 14 to 28, 1955.

1955 CCCF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
CityTegucigalpa
Dates14–29 August
Teams7[1]
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica
Runners-up Curaçao
Third place Honduras
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored51 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Rodolfo Harrera
El Salvador Mario Murillo
El Salvador Juan Francisco Barraza

1953

1957

All matches were held in the Honduran capital (Tegucigalpa) and the champion was once again Costa Rica, winning 4 of the last 5 editions. For this reason, Costa Rica qualified for the 1956 Panamerican Championship

Tegucigalpa
Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 34 000 Attandance
 

Seven team participated on the tourment Cuba and Aruba debuted on the tourment

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Costa Rica 6 6 0 0 19 4 +15 12
2   Curaçao 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 8
3   Honduras 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 7
4   El Salvador 6 3 0 3 8 13 −5 6
5   Aruba 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 5
6   Guatemala 6 1 0 5 6 9 −3 2
7   Cuba 6 1 0 5 3 17 −14 2
 1955 CCCF Championship 
 
Costa Rica

5th title

Costa Rica qualifies to the 1956 Panamerican Championship on Mexico

  1. ^ 7 Teams participated but Guatemala withdrew from the tourment because of the match incidents of Costa Rica
  2. ^ Guatemala only played three matches before withdrawing the Tourment
  3. ^ Match Annulled
  4. ^ Match Annulled
  5. ^ Match Annulled
  6. ^ Guatemala withdrew after the incidents in the match against Costa Rica; the organizing committee decided to award 2 points to the teams still having to play against Guatemala (Cuba, Honduras and Aruba) but following a protest of Curaçao and consultation of FIFA, it was decided on August 25 to annul all the results of Guatemala.