1951 CCCF Championship

The Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) was founded in 1938. Along with the North American Football Confederation (NAFC), it was a precursor organisation to the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Within three years of its founding, the CCCF organised a contest for its member associations. Costa Rica were two-time defending champions after they successfully retained the trophy in 1948. They were the most successful team in the competition's history having won three of the four editions to date. ==Format==

The tournament was played as a double round-robin where each team would play all of the others twice. The winner would be decided by the total number of points obtained across all matches played. As the competition was used as one of the qualifying groups for the 1952 Panamerican Championship in Chile, the team finishing first would qualify for the tournament. Participants • B • • (Hosts) ==Squads==

All matches were held at the Estadio Olímpico de Panamá in Panama City. ==Summary==

The competition began on 25 February when José Meza and Eladio Esquivel both scored four goals for two–time defending champions Costa Rica as they defeated Nicaragua 8–1. Two days later, hosts Panama began the competition with a 2–0 win against Costa Rica. On February 28, Panama defeated Nicaragua 4–0 to sit top of the table with four points, two ahead of Costa Rica, at the halfway stage. Two days later, Panama and Costa Rica drew 1–1. On March 3, Costa Rica won what was their final match in the competition as they defeated Nicaragua 4–1. With just one game left to play, Panama and Costa Rica were tied on five points. As a result, a point against Nicaragua would be enough for Panama to win the competition for the first time. In the final game on March 4, Rafael Arana scored a hat-trick for Panama as they won 6–2 to claim the title. ==Table==

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