1955 CCCF Championship

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1955 CCCF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
CityTegucigalpa
Dates14–29 August
Teams7[1]
Venue1
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

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

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

Venue

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Tegucigalpa
Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino
Capacity: 34,000 Attendance

Participating teams

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Seven team participated on the tournament Cuba and Aruba debuted on the tournament.

Squads

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Final standings

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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 Netherlands Aruba 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 5
6 File:Flag of Guatemala (1871-1968).svg Guatemala 6 1 0 5 6 9 −3 2
7 File:Flag of Cuba (1902–1906).svg Cuba 6 1 0 5 3 17 −14 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Honduras 3–0File:Flag of Cuba (1902–1906).svg Cuba
Ramírez File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 47'
Guererro File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'


 1955 CCCF Championship 
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Costa Rica

5th title

Costa Rica qualifies to the 1956 Panamerican Championship on Mexico

References

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  1. ^ 7 teams participated but Guatemala withdrew from the tournament because of the match incidents of Costa Rica
  2. ^ Guatemala only played three matches before withdrawing the tournament
  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.