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1963 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates23 March – 7 April
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up  El Salvador
Third place  Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place  Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored76 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s) El Salvador Eduardo Hernández
(8 goals)
1965

The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the first edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. Nine teams participated in the inaugural event.

The tournament was hosted by El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and Santa Ana. The nine teams were broken up into one group of five and one group of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by Costa Rica, who defeated the hosts El Salvador 1–4 in the deciding match of the four-team final group.

Qualifying tournament

Haiti 1–3  Netherlands Antilles
Jamaica

Netherlands Antilles 1–0  Haiti
Jamaica

Squads

Venues

San Salvador Santa Ana
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Estadio Santaneco
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 15,000

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Honduras 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2   El Salvador 4 1 3 0 10 5 +5 5
3   Panama 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 4
4   Guatemala 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 4
5   Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0
Source: [1]
Panama 2–2  Guatemala
Vega 73' ( pen.)
Díaz Gáez 82'
Roldán 48'
de León 59'




Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 5
2   Netherlands Antilles 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
3   Mexico 3 1 1 1 9 2 +7 3
4   Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: [1]

Mexico 8–0  Jamaica
Pereda 4'
Garrido 17'
Ortiz Camargo 27', 35' ( pen.)
Cuenca 49'
Díaz 77', 88'
Morales 80'

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
2   El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
3   Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 2
4   Honduras 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: [1]
El Salvador 1–4  Costa Rica
Chacón 49' González 17', 22', 72'
Pearson 76'

El Salvador 3–0  Honduras
Monge 10'
Hernández 13', 34'


 1963 CONCACAF
Championship winners 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Team of the Tournament

Source: [2]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Asdrúbal Meneses El Salvador Benjamín Velasco

Costa Rica Mario Cordero

Netherlands Antilles Juan Pablo

Honduras Federico Budde

El Salvador César Reynosa

Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg

El Salvador Mario Monge

Costa Rica Juan Gonzalez

El Salvador Eduardo Hernández

Mexico Guillermo Ortiz

References

  1. ^ a b c Ramos, José Ismael; Ellerbrock, Herbert Christian; Martell, Samuel; Calvo, Rodrigo; Coto, Gerardo; de Gracia, Adán; Mendoza, Eduardo; Paredes, Carlos; Mora Zeledón, Nectalí; Torres, Steven; Lugo, Erik Francisco (20 May 2021). "I Copa de Naciones CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "I COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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