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CONCACAF Championship
Organizing body CONCACAF
Founded18 September 1961 [1]
Abolished1989; 35 years ago (1989)
RegionNorth America, Central America and Caribbean
Number of teams5 ( 1989)
Related competitions CONCACAF Gold Cup
Last champion(s)  Costa Rica (1989)
Most successful team(s)  Costa Rica
  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 predeccesors confederations orgenized 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   El Salvador   Costa Rica   El Salvador   Netherlands Antilles   Honduras
9
2 1965   Guatemala   Mexico   Guatemala   Costa Rica   El Salvador
6
3 1967   Honduras   Guatemala   Mexico   Honduras   Trinidad and Tobago
6
4 1969   Costa Rica   Costa Rica   Guatemala   Netherlands Antilles   Mexico
6
5 1971   Trinidad and Tobago   Mexico   Haiti   Costa Rica   Cuba
6
6 1973   Haiti   Haiti   Trinidad and Tobago   Mexico   Honduras
6
7 1977   Mexico   Mexico   Haiti   El Salvador   Canada
6
8 1981   Honduras   Honduras   El Salvador   Mexico   Canada
6
9 1985 (Various) [note 1]   Canada   Honduras   Costa Rica   El Salvador
9
10 1989 (Various) [note 1]   Costa Rica   United States   Trinidad and Tobago   Guatemala
5
Notes
  1. ^ a b No fixed venue

Debut of teams

A total of 15 teams participated in the championship:

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. CT
1963   Costa Rica,   El Salvador,   Guatemala,   Honduras,   Jamaica,   Mexico,   Nicaragua,   Netherlands Antilles,   Panama 9 9
1965   Haiti 1 10
1967   Trinidad and Tobago 1 11
1969 None 0 11
1971   Cuba 1 12
1973 None 0 12
1977   Canada,   Suriname 2 14
1981 None 0 14
1985   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   Mexico 8 38 22 10 6 78 24 +54 54
2   Costa Rica 6 37 20 11 6 64 27 +37 51
3   Guatemala 8 39 15 12 12 58 40 +18 42
4   Honduras 6 35 12 12 11 42 41 +1 36
5   El Salvador 6 32 11 10 11 43 40 +3 32
6   Trinidad and Tobago 6 32 10 7 15 36 50 -14 27
7   Haiti 7 34 10 7 17 33 51 -18 27
8   Canada 3 18 8 7 3 24 18 +6 23
9   United States 2 12 6 4 2 10 6 +4 16
10   Netherlands Antilles 4 21 5 5 11 27 55 -28 15
11   Cuba 2 10 2 4 4 9 15 -6 8
12   Panama 1 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 4
13   Suriname 2 9 0 1 8 8 26 -18 1
14   Nicaragua 2 9 0 1 8 5 27 -22 1
15   Jamaica 2 8 0 1 7 4 26 -22 1

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Mexico3126
2  Costa Rica3036
3  Guatemala1203
  Haiti1203
5  Honduras1113
6  Canada1001
7  El Salvador0213
8  Trinidad and Tobago0112
9  United States0101
10  Netherlands Antilles0022
Totals (10 entries)10101030

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


Top goalscorers

Octavio Muciño of Mexico is one of the two players to score four goals in CONCACAF Championship ( 1973)
Year Player Goals
1963 El Salvador Eduardo Hernández 6
1965 Mexico Ernesto Cisneros 5
1967 Guatemala Manuel Recinos 4
1969 Costa Rica Victor Manuel Ruiz 4
1971 Mexico Roberto Rodríguez 4
1973 Trinidad and Tobago Steve David 7
1977 Mexico Víctor Rangel 6
1981 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 3
1985 Honduras Roberto Figueroa 5
1989 Guatemala Raúl Chacón
Guatemala Julio Rodas
Costa Rica Evaristo Coronado
Costa Rica Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
Costa Rica Leonidas Flores
Trinidad and Tobago Leonson Lewis
Trinidad and Tobago Kerry Jamerson
Trinidad and Tobago Philibert Jones
2

Hat-tricks

CONCACAF Championship hat-tricks
Sequence Player Time of goals For Result Against Tournament Round Date
1. Juan Gonzalez 17', 22', 72'   Costa Rica 4–1   El Salvador 1963 Final round 3 April 1963
2. Javier Fragoso 57', 71', 85'   Mexico 5–0   Netherlands Antilles 1965 Final tournament 1 April 1965
3. Raúl Arellano Gallo 36', 53', 85'   Mexico 4–0   Nicaragua 1967 Final tournament 6 March 1967
4. Víctor Ruiz ?', ?', ?'   Costa Rica 5–0   Trinidad and Tobago 1969 Final tournament 4 December 1969
5. Emmanuel Sanon ?', ?', ?',?'   Haiti 6–1   Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Final tournament 28 November 1971
6. Octavio Muciño 32', 45', 46', 82'   Mexico 8–0   Netherlands Antilles 1973 Final round 8 December 1973
7. Steve David 15', 51', 62'   Trinidad and Tobago 4–0   Netherlands Antilles 1973 Final round 17 December 1973
8. Hugo Sánchez 46', 70', 82'   Mexico 4–1   Haiti 1977 Final round 9 September 1977

Winning managers

Year Manager Nation Source
1963 Costa Rica Mario Cordero   Costa Rica [1]
1965 Mexico Ignacio Trelles   Mexico
1967 Uruguay Rubén Amorín   Guatemala
1969 Spain Eduardo Viso Abella   Costa Rica
1971 Mexico Javier de la Torre   Mexico
1973 Haiti Antoine Tassy   Haiti
1977 Mexico José Antonio Roca   Mexico
1981 Honduras José de la Paz Herrera   Honduras
1985 England Tony Waiters   Canada
1989 Costa Rica Marvin Rodríguez   Costa Rica

Host nations and venues

Time(s) Nation Year(s)
2 Honduras Honduras 1967, 1981
1   Costa Rica 1969
1   El Salvador 1963
1   Guatemala 1965
1   Mexico 1977
1   Trinidad and Tobago 1971

Results of host nations and defending champions

General statistics by tournament

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

Guatemala Manuel Recinos (4)

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

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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Castro, Rodrigo A. Calvo (6 April 2012). "Costa Rica wins 1963 NORCECA title". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

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