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CONCACAF Championship
Organising body CONCACAF
Founded 18 September 1961
Abolished 1989
Region North America, Central America and Caribbean
Number of teams 5 (1989)
Related competitions CONCACAF Gold Cup
Tournament information
Current champions Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica (1989)
Most successful team(s) Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica
Flag of Mexico Mexico
(3 titles each)

The CONCACAF Championship was an association football tournament that took place between 1963 and 1989. The competition was referred to as CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones in Spanish.

The predecessors confederations organized their national team tournaments NAFC Championship and CCCF Championships until 1961 before the merged to form CONCACAF.

The first Championship took place in 1963 and was CONCACAF's first organized tournament for national teams. The competition retained its tournament format and was played on a biennial basis for a decade.

In 1973 the tournament became the qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and was played on a quadrennial basis. The CONCACAF trophy was given to the team that ranked highest in the qualifying group. In 1985 and 1989, there was no host nation for the competition.

The competition was discontinued in 1991 in favor of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Tournament results[]

Ed. Year Host country Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Num.

teams

1 1963 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of El Salvador El Salvador Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles Flag of Honduras Honduras
9
2 1965 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of El Salvador El Salvador
6
3 1967 Flag of Honduras Honduras Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Honduras Honduras Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
6
4 1969 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles Flag of Mexico Mexico
6
5 1971 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Haiti Haiti Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of Cuba Cuba
6
6 1973 Flag of Haiti Haiti Flag of Haiti Haiti Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Honduras Honduras
6
7 1977 Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Haiti Haiti Flag of El Salvador El Salvador Flag of Canada Canada
6
8 1981 Flag of Honduras Honduras Flag of Honduras Honduras Flag of El Salvador El Salvador Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Canada Canada
6
9 1985 (Various) Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Honduras Honduras Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of El Salvador El Salvador
9
10 1989 (Various) Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of the United States United States Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Guatemala Guatemala
5

Debut of teams[]

A total of 15 teams participated in the championship:

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. CT
1963 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica, Flag of El Salvador El Salvador, Flag of Guatemala Guatemala, Flag of Honduras Honduras, Flag of Jamaica Jamaica, Flag of Mexico Mexico, Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua, Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles, Panama Panama 9 9
1965 Flag of Haiti Haiti 1 10
1967 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1 11
1969 None 0 11
1971 Flag of Cuba Cuba 1 12
1973 None 0 12
1977 Flag of Canada Canada, Flag of Suriname Suriname 2 14
1981 None 0 14
1985 Flag of the United States United States 1 15
1989 None 0 15

Overall team records[]

In this ranking 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1 Flag of Mexico Mexico 8 38 22 10 6 78 24 +54 54
2 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 6 37 20 11 6 64 27 +37 51
3 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 8 39 15 12 12 58 40 +18 42
4 Flag of Honduras Honduras 6 35 12 12 11 42 41 +1 36
5 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 6 32 11 10 11 43 40 +3 32
6 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 6 32 10 7 15 36 50 -14 27
7 Flag of Haiti Haiti 7 34 10 7 17 33 51 -18 27
8 Flag of Canada Canada 3 18 8 7 3 24 18 +6 23
9 Flag of the United States United States 2 12 6 4 2 10 6 +4 16
10 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 4 21 5 5 11 27 55 -28 15
11 Flag of Cuba Cuba 2 10 2 4 4 9 15 -6 8
12 Panama Panama 1 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 4
13 Flag of Suriname Suriname 2 9 0 1 8 8 26 -18 1
14 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 2 9 0 1 8 5 27 -22 1
15 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 2 8 0 1 7 4 26 -22 1

Medal table[]

Template:Medals table

Comprehensive team results by tournament[]

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  •×  – Disqualified
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team (15) 1963Flag of El Salvador(9) 1965Flag of Guatemala(6) 1967Flag of Honduras(6) 1969Flag of Costa Rica(6) 1971Flag of Trinidad and Tobago(6) 1973Flag of Haiti (6) 1977Flag of Mexico(6) 1981Flag of Honduras(6) 1985(9) 1989(5) Times

entered

Times

qualified

Flag of Canada Canada × × × × × 4th 4th 1st 5 3
Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 1st 3rd × 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 9 6
Flag of Cuba Cuba × × × 4th × GS × 5 2
El Salvador El Salvador 2nd 4th × × × 3rd 2nd 4th GS 7 6
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala GS 2nd 1st 2nd GS GS GS 4th 10 8
Flag of Haiti Haiti GS GS •× 2nd 1st 2nd GS GS × 9 7
Flag of Honduras Honduras 4th 3rd GS 4th 1st 2nd 10 6
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica GS × GS × × × × 5 2
Flag of Mexico Mexico GS 1st 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 1st 3rd × × 8 8
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 3rd GS 3rd × GS 8 4
Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua GS GS × × × × × 5 2
Panama Panama GS × × × 7 1
Flag of Suriname Suriname × × × × × GS GS × 4 2
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago × × 4th GS GS 2nd GS 3rd 8 6
Flag of the United States United States × × × × GS 2nd 6 2
Team (15) 1963Flag of El Salvador(9) 1965Flag of Guatemala(6) 1967Flag of Honduras(6) 1969Flag of Costa Rica(6) 1971Flag of Trinidad and Tobago(6) 1973Flag of Haiti (6) 1977Flag of Mexico(6) 1981Flag of Honduras(6) 1985(9) 1989(5) Times

entered

Times

qualified

Top goalscorers[]

Year Player Goals
1963 Flag of El Salvador Eduardo Hernández 6
1965 Flag of Mexico Ernesto Cisneros 5
1967 Flag of Guatemala Manuel Recinos 4
1969 Flag of Costa Rica Victor Manuel Ruiz 4
1971 Flag of Mexico Roberto Rodríguez 4
1973 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Steve David 7
1977 Flag of Mexico Víctor Rangel 6
1981 Flag of Mexico Hugo Sánchez 3
1985 Flag of Honduras Roberto Figueroa 5
1989 Flag of Guatemala Raúl Chacón

Flag of Guatemala Julio Rodas Flag of Costa Rica Evaristo Coronado

Flag of Costa Rica Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Flag of Costa Rica Leonidas Flores

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Leonson Lewis Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Kerry Jamerson

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Philibert Jones

2

Hat-tricks[]

CONCACAF Championship hat-tricks
Sequence Player Time of goals For Result Against Tournament Round Date
&0000000000000001.0000001. Juan Gonzalez &0000000000000017.00000017', 22', 72' Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica &0000000000000003.300000 4–1 El Salvador El Salvador 1963 Final round 3 April 1963
&0000000000000002.0000002. Fragoso, JavierJavier Fragoso &0000000000000057.00000057', 71', 85' Flag of Mexico Mexico &0000000000000003.300000 5–0 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 1965 Final tournament 1 April 1965
&0000000000000003.0000003. Gallo, Raúl ArellanoRaúl Arellano Gallo &0000000000000036.00000036', 53', 85' Flag of Mexico Mexico &0000000000000003.300000 4–0 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 1967 Final tournament 6 March 1967
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&0000000000000006.0000006. Muciño, OctavioOctavio Muciño &0000000000000032.00000032', 45', 46', 82' Flag of Mexico Mexico &0000000000000003.300000 8–0 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 1973 Final round 8 December 1973
&0000000000000007.0000007. David, SteveSteve David &0000000000000015.00000015', 51', 62' Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago &0000000000000003.300000 4–0 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 1973 Final round 17 December 1973
&0000000000000008.0000008. Sánchez, HugoHugo Sánchez &0000000000000046.00000046', 70', 82' Flag of Mexico Mexico &0000000000000003.300000 4–1 Flag of Haiti Haiti 1977 Final round 9 September 1977

Winning managers[]

Year Manager Nation Source
1963 Flag of Costa Rica Mario Cordero Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica
1965 Flag of Mexico Ignacio Trelles Flag of Mexico Mexico
1967 Flag of Uruguay Rubén Amorín Flag of Guatemala Guatemala
1969 Flag of Spain Eduardo Viso Abella Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica
1971 Flag of Mexico Javier de la Torre Flag of Mexico Mexico
1973 Flag of Haiti Antoine Tassy Flag of Haiti Haiti
1977 Flag of Mexico José Antonio Roca Flag of Mexico Mexico
1981 Flag of Honduras José de la Paz Herrera Flag of Honduras Honduras
1985 Flag of England Tony Waiters Flag of Canada Canada
1989 Flag of Costa Rica Marvin Rodríguez Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica

Host nations and venues[]

Time(s) Nation Year(s)
2 Flag of Honduras Honduras 1967, 1981
1 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 1969
1 Template:SLV 1963
1 Template:GUA 1965
1 Flag of Mexico Mexico 1977
1 Template:TRI 1971

Results of host nations and defending champions[]

Host Nations[]

Year Host nation(s) Finish
1963 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador Runners-up
1965 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Runners-up
1967 Flag of Honduras Honduras Third place
1969 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Champions
1971 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Fifth place
1973 Flag of Haiti Haiti Champions
1977 Flag of Mexico Mexico Champions
1981 Flag of Honduras Honduras Champions

Defending champions[]

Year Defending champions Finish
1965 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Third place
1967 Flag of Mexico Mexico Runners-up
1969 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Runners-up
1971 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Third place
1973 Flag of Mexico Mexico Third place
1977 Flag of Haiti Haiti Runners-up
1981 Flag of Mexico Mexico Third place
1985 Flag of Honduras Honduras Runners-up
1989 Flag of Canada Canada Did not qualify

General statistics by tournament[]

Year Host(s) Champions Winning coach Top scorer(s) (goals)
1963 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica (1) Flag of Costa Rica Alfredo Piedra El Salvador Eduardo Hernández (6)
1965 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Flag of Mexico Mexico (1) Flag of Mexico Ignacio Trelles Mexico Ernesto Cisneros (5)
1967 Flag of Honduras Honduras Flag of Guatemala Guatemala (1) Flag of Uruguay Rubén Amorín Mexico Luis Estrada (4)

Guatemala Manuel Recinos (4)

1969 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica (2) Flag of Costa Rica Marvin Rodríguez Guatemala Nelson Melgar (3)

Guatemala Marco Fión (3) Costa Rica Víctor Ruiz (3)

1971 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Mexico Mexico (2) Flag of Mexico Javier de la Torre Unknown
1973 Flag of Haiti Haiti Flag of Haiti Haiti (1) Flag of Haiti Antoine Tassy Trinidad and Tobago Steve David (7)
1977 Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Mexico Mexico (3) Flag of Mexico José Antonio Roca Mexico Víctor Rangel (6)
1981 Flag of Honduras Honduras Flag of Honduras Honduras (1) Flag of Honduras Chelato Uclés Mexico Hugo Sánchez (3)
1985 No Host Flag of Canada Canada (1) Flag of England Tony Waiters Honduras Roberto Figueroa (5)
1989 No Host Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica (3) Flag of Costa Rica Marvin Rodríguez Eight players (2)

See also[]

External links[]

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