Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football

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defunct organization football confederation sports governing body

The Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football (CCCF) was a former regional governing body for association football in Central America and the Caribbean that organized competitions and administered the sport before being replaced by CONCACAF.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol	2
Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1142398 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football
Context triple: [CCCF, fullName, Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football]

A. Caribbean Football Union
The Caribbean Football Union is the regional governing body responsible for organizing and overseeing association football among Caribbean nations within the CONCACAF framework.
B. Central American Football Union
The Central American Football Union is the regional governing body responsible for organizing and overseeing international football competitions and development among Central American national teams.
C. CONCACAF
CONCACAF is the continental football (soccer) confederation for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, organizing regional competitions and overseeing the sport in its member nations.
D. CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL is the South American football confederation that governs international soccer competitions and national teams across the continent.
E. CONCACAF League
The CONCACAF League was an annual regional club football competition organized by CONCACAF that served as a secondary tournament to the CONCACAF Champions League for teams from Central America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football
Target entity description: The Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football (CCCF) was a former regional governing body for association football in Central America and the Caribbean that organized competitions and administered the sport before being replaced by CONCACAF.

A. Caribbean Football Union
The Caribbean Football Union is the regional governing body responsible for organizing and overseeing association football among Caribbean nations within the CONCACAF framework.
B. Central American Football Union
The Central American Football Union is the regional governing body responsible for organizing and overseeing international football competitions and development among Central American national teams.
C. CONCACAF
CONCACAF is the continental football (soccer) confederation for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, organizing regional competitions and overseeing the sport in its member nations.
D. CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL is the South American football confederation that governs international soccer competitions and national teams across the continent.
E. CONCACAF League
The CONCACAF League was an annual regional club football competition organized by CONCACAF that served as a secondary tournament to the CONCACAF Champions League for teams from Central America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct organization ⓘ football confederation ⓘ sports governing body ⓘ
administered	association football in Central America ⓘ association football in the Caribbean ⓘ
affiliation	FIFA ⓘ
competitionTypeOrganized	international men’s football tournament ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Costa Rica ⓘ
dissolved	1961 ⓘ
followedBy	CONCACAF ⓘ
founded	1938 ⓘ
foundedBy	Caribbean football associations ⓘ linked to: Caribbean Football Union Central American football associations ⓘ
fullName	Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football ⓘ
governingBodyFor	national football associations in Central America ⓘ national football associations in the Caribbean ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San José, Costa Rica ⓘ linked to: San José
jurisdiction	Caribbean national teams ⓘ Central American national teams ⓘ
legalForm	sports federation ⓘ
memberOf	FIFA ⓘ
mergedInto	CONCACAF ⓘ
operatedInLanguage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
operationalPeriodEnd	1961 ⓘ
operationalPeriodStart	1938 ⓘ
organized	CCCF Championship ⓘ regional football competitions in Central America ⓘ regional football competitions in the Caribbean ⓘ
partOf	FIFA confederation system ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	merger to form CONCACAF ⓘ
regionServed	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ
replacedBy	CONCACAF ⓘ
replacedOrganization	none ⓘ
scope	regional ⓘ
shortName	CCCF ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	CONCACAF ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CCCF → fullName → Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football ⓘ

North American Football Confederation → mergedWith → Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol ⓘ

linked to: Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football

Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football → fullName → Confederation of Central American and Caribbean Football ⓘ

CCCF Championship → organisedBy → Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol ⓘ