1957 CCCF Championship

1957 CCCF ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Netherlands Antilles
Dates| 11–25 August
Teams| 5
Final positions
Champions|  Haiti (1st title)
Runners-up|  Curaçao
Third place|  Honduras
Fourth place|  Panama
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)|  Phenol Charles (8 goals)
Best player(s)|  Francisco Torrent

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The 1957 CCCF Championship, the eighth edition of the CCCF Championship, 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]

## Teams

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* Cuba
* Curaçao
* Haiti (Debut)
* Honduras
* Panama

### No Participation

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Costa Rica did not participate for financial reasons

Guatemala Withdrew shortly before the tournament due to a state of national emergency following the assassination of its president Carlos Castillo Armas

El Salvador and  Nicaragua Did not enter to the tourment

## Final standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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

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11 August 1957

Honduras | 2–1|  Panama

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

13 August 1957

Haiti | 3–1|  Curaçao

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

14 August 1957

Panama | 1–0|  Cuba

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

16 August 1957

Haiti | 2–1|  Honduras

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

18 August 1957

Curaçao | 2–0|  Cuba

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

19 August 1957

Haiti | 3–1|  Panama

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

21 August 1957

Honduras | 2–0|  Cuba

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

21 August 1957

Curaçao | 3–0|  Panama

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

23 August 1957

Haiti | 6–1|  Cuba

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

25 August 1957

Curaçao | 1–1|  Honduras

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Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

1957 CCCF Championship

Haiti
1st title

## All-Star Team

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Source:[3]

Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Celso Polinet  |  Pedro Matrona

Francisco Torrent

Wilfred De Lannoy

|  Fausto Shan

Gérard Elie

|  Jorge Deanes

Antoine Tassy

Phenol Charles

Fernando Zelaya

Pierre Roc

## References

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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. ^ "CCCF Championship 1957 (Willemstad, Curaçao, Aug 11-25)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-10.

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