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A total of 12 CONCACAF teams entered the competition.   Costa Rica, as the hosts, and   Guatemala, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition. The 10 teams were divided into 5 groups of 2 in which one of them will advance to the final tournament.

Preliminary round

Series One

20 April 1969 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Haiti 2 - 0 United States 

11 May 1969 San Diego Stadium, San Diego, United States  United States 0 - 1 Haiti 

Haiti qualifies with aggregate score of 3-0.

Series Two

21 October 1969 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 3 - 0 Bermuda 

2 November 1969 Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda  Bermuda 2 - 1 Mexico 

Mexico qualifies with aggregate score of 4-2.

Series Three

11 April 1969 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 1 - 1 Panama 

11 May 1969 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Panama 1 - 2 Jamaica 

Jamaica qualifies with aggregate score of 3-2.

Series Four

  Honduras was disqualified due to Football War with El Salvador, so   Netherlands Antilles advanced to the tournament automatically.

Series Five

  El Salvador was disqualified due to Football War with Honduras, so   Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the tournament automatically.

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