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1097:
1092:
1087:
1082:
1077:
1058:
1053:
1048:
1043:
1038:
1033:
1029:Fourth place
1028:
1009:
990:
985:
980:
975:
970:
965:
961:Fourth place
960:
927:
908:
903:
898:
893:
888:
883:
878:
754:
679:
674:
569:
560:Ergilio Hato
549:
545:Ergilio Hato
517:
505:
485:Sint Maarten
470:
454:
427:
411:
399:until 1958.
396:
386:
373:
369:
367:
346:
316:Barranquilla
297:
262:
222:
188:Ergilio Hato
135:
125:January 2022
122:
112:
105:
98:
91:
79:
55:
1398:First round
1353:First round
879:Third place
580:El Salvador
467:Early years
446:El Salvador
440:, Curaçao,
360:Netherlands
342:Netherlands
303:Puerto Rico
283:Biggest win
176:(1938–1958)
160:Association
1813:References
1769:Gold Medal
1711:Gold Medal
1166:Runners-up
1127:Runners-up
1078:Runners-up
438:Costa Rica
195:Top scorer
95:newspapers
541:Feyenoord
536:Feyenoord
442:Nicaragua
146:1924–1958
65:talk page
1859:Category
584:C.D. FAS
532:Colombia
524:Suriname
434:San José
320:Colombia
1843:8 April
1579:Result
1571:record
1441:Result
1433:record
1209:Result
1201:record
843:Result
835:record
621:Result
613:record
605:record
508:Curaçao
501:Curaçao
481:Bonaire
473:Curaçao
419:Jamaica
403:History
397:Curaçao
384:(CVB).
374:Curaçao
347:Curaçao
298:Curaçao
276:Denmark
263:Curaçao
258:Denmark
223:Curaçao
139:Curaçao
109:scholar
450:Panama
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1830:(PDF)
1808:Notes
1766:Total
1576:Year
1533:Total
1438:Year
1395:Total
1206:Year
1163:Total
840:Year
779:Total
618:Year
582:team
530:from
520:Aruba
477:Aruba
421:and
415:Haiti
301:14–0
236:Aruba
219:Aruba
181:Most
116:JSTOR
102:books
1845:2012
1755:1954
1706:1950
1657:1946
1643:1938
1629:1935
1610:1930
1582:Pld
1491:1955
1472:1951
1444:Pld
1384:1956
1348:1952
1334:1948
1320:1936
1306:1928
1287:1924
1273:1920
1259:1912
1240:1908
1212:Pld
1122:1957
1073:1955
1024:1953
1005:1951
956:1948
942:1946
923:1943
874:1941
750:1958
736:1954
722:1950
708:1938
694:1934
670:1930
642:Pld
624:Pld
534:and
493:Saba
491:and
448:and
387:The
368:The
345:8–1
261:3–2
221:0–4
190:(35)
183:caps
174:CCCF
88:news
1787:16
1597:GA
1594:GF
1554:13
1459:GA
1456:GF
1227:GA
1224:GF
1184:48
861:GA
858:GF
846:GP
657:GA
654:GF
639:GA
636:GF
558:.
201:(8)
71:by
1861::
1784:45
1772:12
1736:20
1692:10
1687:25
1591:L
1588:D
1585:W
1551:11
1527:13
1522:11
1453:L
1450:D
1447:W
1416:2
1371:2
1221:L
1218:D
1215:W
1181:65
1178:10
1172:11
1169:28
1103:11
1054:17
991:16
986:14
909:12
904:16
855:L
852:D
849:W
818:7
800:–
774:7
651:L
648:D
645:W
633:L
630:D
627:W
586:.
526:,
522:,
499:.
487:,
483:,
479:,
463:.
444:,
318:,
1847:.
1781:2
1778:3
1775:7
1741:6
1731:1
1726:1
1721:4
1716:6
1682:1
1677:2
1672:3
1667:6
1548:4
1545:0
1542:2
1539:6
1517:4
1512:0
1507:2
1502:6
1493:*
1413:1
1410:1
1407:0
1404:0
1401:1
1368:1
1365:1
1362:0
1359:0
1356:1
1350:*
1175:7
1157:4
1152:7
1147:1
1142:1
1137:2
1132:4
1108:7
1098:2
1093:0
1088:4
1083:6
1059:9
1049:2
1044:2
1039:2
1034:6
981:4
976:2
971:2
966:8
899:1
894:2
889:1
884:4
815:4
812:2
809:0
806:1
803:3
797:–
794:–
791:–
788:–
785:–
782:—
771:4
768:2
765:0
762:1
759:3
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