1957 CCCF Championship

The 1957 CCCF Championship was the eighth edition of the CCCF Championship The tournament took place from August 11 to 25, 1957, was held in the Netherlands Antilles. Haiti won the tournament.^[1]

1957 CCCF Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands Antilles
Dates	11–25 August
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	Haiti (1st title)
Runners-up	Curaçao
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	31 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Phenol Charles (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Francisco Torrent
← 1955 1960 →

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]

Overview

In this edition Costa Rica did not participate for financial reasons, while Guatemala withdrew shortly before the tournament due to a national state of emergency following the assassination of its president Carlos Castillo Armas.

Venue

Willemstad
Ergilio Hato Stadium
Capacity: 15 000 Capacity

Subtitues

• England Arthur Ellis
• Spain Juan Gardeazábal
• Italy Vincenzo Orlandini.

Teams

Five teams participated on the tournament, the champion Costa Rica did not participated, Haiti Debuted on the tournament

•  Cuba
•  Curaçao (Hosts)
•  Haiti (Debut)
•  Honduras
•  Panama

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

11 August 1957

Honduras	2–1	Panama
Zelaya 9', 42'		Rodríguez 85'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

13 August 1957

Haiti	3–1	Curaçao
Fenol 27', 72' Tassy 57'		Gómez 85'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

14 August 1957

Panama	1–0	Cuba
Deanes 83'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

16 August 1957

Haiti	2–1	Honduras
Fenol 20' Tassy 40'		Suazo 29'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

18 August 1957

Curaçao	2–0	Cuba
Schoop 27' R. De Lannoy 44'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

19 August 1957

Haiti	3–1	Panama
Fenol 23', 57' Roc 83'		Deanes 22'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

21 August 1957

Honduras	2–0[3]	Cuba
Leaky 9' Suazo 67'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

21 August 1957

Curaçao	3–0	Panama
Sambo 40' Bibiana 55' W. de Lannoy 72'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

23 August 1957

Haiti	6–1	Cuba
Fenol 1', 47', 72' Tassy 24' Bovil 67' Delpeche 87'		Carmona 80'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

25 August 1957

Curaçao	1–1	Honduras
Canword 16'		Ramírez 69'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

1957 CCCF Championship
Haiti 1st title

All-Star Team

Source:^[4]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Celso Polinet	Pedro Matrona Francisco Torrent Wilfred De Lannoy	Fausto Shan Gérard Elie	Jorge Deanes Antoine Tassy Phenol Charles Fernando Zelaya Pierre Roc