1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

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1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Dates6 October 1968 – 8 October 1969
Teams12
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored97 (3.03 per match)
Attendance386,978 (12,093 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of El Salvador.svg Juan Ramón Martínez (7 goals)
← 1966

The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Twelve teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the final tournament.

Contents

Format

The qualification structure was as follows:

Entrants

Twelve national teams entered into CONCACAF qualification. Another team, Cuba, had their entry rejected. [1]

First round

Group 1

RankTeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 64301116+5
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5421183+5
3Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 14013212−10
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–0Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Vigh Soccerball shade.svg3' (pen.)
Zanatta Soccerball shade.svg10'
Papadakis Soccerball shade.svg25', 75'
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 3,432
Referee: Segura (Mexico)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States
McPate Soccerball shade.svg40', 68'
Patterson Soccerball shade.svg79'
Vigh Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Roy Soccerball shade.svg38'
Stritzl Soccerball shade.svg89'
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 5,959
Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg0–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Hamilton, Bermuda
Attendance: 5,324
Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Albrecht Soccerball shade.svg50'
Atlanta, United States
Attendance: 2,727
Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6–2Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Millar Soccerball shade.svg22', 63', 82'
Baker Soccerball shade.svg25', 56'
Roy Soccerball shade.svg60' [2] 		Trott Soccerball shade.svg34'
Best Soccerball shade.svg51'
Kansas City, United States
Attendance: 2,265
Referee: Fingal (Netherlands Antilles)
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg0–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Smith Soccerball shade.svg8' (o.g.)
Roy Soccerball shade.svg41'
Hamilton, Bermuda
Attendance: 2,942
Referee: Felipe (Mexico)

United States advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 2

RankTeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti 5421195+4
2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4412153+2
3Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 34112410−6
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg4–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Stokes Soccerball shade.svg30'
Murren Soccerball shade.svg66' (o.g.)
De la Bastide Soccerball shade.svg78' (o.g.)
Melgar Soccerball shade.svg88'
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Attendance: 26,845
Referee: Araya Muñoz (Costa Rica)
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg0–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Guatemala City, Guatemala [note 1]
Attendance: 16,215
Referee: Osorio Castillo (Mexico)
Haiti  Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg4–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Saint-Vil Soccerball shade.svg39', 52'
Obas Soccerball shade.svg57'
François Soccerball shade.svg86'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 6,368
Referee: Gamboa (Costa Rica)
Haiti  Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg2–4Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Guillaume Soccerball shade.svg23'
Vorbe Soccerball shade.svg52'		 Archibald Soccerball shade.svg3', 73', 85'
Cummings Soccerball shade.svg42'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti [note 1]
Attendance: 2,233
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
Haiti  Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg2–0Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Désir Soccerball shade.svg15'
Barthélemy Soccerball shade.svg45'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 7,755
Referee: Molina (Costa Rica)
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg1–1Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti
González Soccerball shade.svg21' Obas Soccerball shade.svg64'
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Attendance: 53,728
Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)

Haiti advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 3

RankTeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 7431072+5
2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 5421173+4
3Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 04004211−9
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg3–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Hernández Soccerball shade.svg78'
Vaughns Soccerball shade.svg88'
Sáenz Soccerball shade.svg89' [3]
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 14,940
Referee: De Oca (Guatemala)
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg3–1Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Chavarria Soccerball shade.svg17'
Vega Soccerball shade.svg34'
Núñez Soccerball shade.svg62' [4] 		Hamilton Soccerball shade.svg45'
San José, Costa Rica [note 1]
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg3–1Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Urquía Soccerball shade.svg18'
Rosales Soccerball shade.svg41'
Dick Soccerball shade.svg56'		 Welsh Soccerball shade.svg89'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 7,441
Referee: King (United States)
Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg2–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Mendoza Soccerball shade.svg42'
Mejía Soccerball shade.svg73'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras [note 1]
Attendance: 3,577
Referee: Lee (Canada)
Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg1–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Gómez Soccerball shade.svg32'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 8,724
Referee: Wuertz (United States)
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg1–1Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Chavarria Soccerball shade.svg44' Rosales Soccerball shade.svg25' (pen.)
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 21,636
Referee: Cumberbatch (Trinidad and Tobago)

Honduras advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 4

RankTeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 64301105+5
2Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg  Suriname 44202109+1
3Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles 2410339−6

Source: [5]

Suriname  Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg6–0Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles
Corte Soccerball shade.svg11', 59'
Schoonhoven Soccerball shade.svg23', 39'
Vanenburg Soccerball shade.svg67', 73'
Paramaribo, Suriname
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: King (United States)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg6–0Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg  Suriname
Estrada Soccerball shade.svg23', 84'
Azúcar Soccerball shade.svg56', 88'
Barraza Soccerball shade.svg87'
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg90'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
Netherlands Antilles  Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg2–0Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg  Suriname
Brokke Soccerball shade.svg60'
A. Martina Soccerball shade.svg74'
Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles
Attendance: 1,592
Referee: King (Canada)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg1–0Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles
Quintanilla Soccerball shade.svg28'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Attendance: 12,205
Referee: Di Salvatore (United States)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg2–1Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg58'
Barraza Soccerball shade.svg83'		 E. Martina Soccerball shade.svg51'
San Salvador, El Salvador [note 2]
Attendance: 13,059
Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
Suriname  Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg4–1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Lagadeau Soccerball shade.svg16', 21'
Oosthuizen Soccerball shade.svg43'
Schal Soccerball shade.svg74'		 González Soccerball shade.svg?'
Paramaribo, Suriname
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Downer (Trinidad and Tobago)

El Salvador advanced to the semifinal round.

Second round

Group 1

RankTeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti 4220030+3
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0200203−3
Haiti  Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg2–0Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Obas Soccerball shade.svg8'
Saint-Vil Soccerball shade.svg54'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 6,917
Referee: Segura (Mexico)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–1Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti
Saint-Vil Soccerball shade.svg43'
San Diego, United States
Attendance: 4,274
Referee: Dunstan (Bermuda)

Haiti advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

RankTeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1=Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2210131+2
1=Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 2210113−2

Source: [6] [7]

Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg1–0Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Wells Soccerball shade.svg89'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 17,827
Referee: Yamasaki (Mexico)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg3–0Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg27' (pen.), 41'
Acevedo Soccerball shade.svg29'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Attendance: 36,470
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)

Play-off

El Salvador and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg3–2 (a.e.t.)Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg8', 28'
Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg101'		 Gómez Soccerball shade.svg22', 52'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 15,326
Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico)

El Salvador advanced to the Final Round. Additionally, these matches featured prominently in the Football War.

Third round

RankTeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1=Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti 2210142+2
1=Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2210124−2

Source: [8]

Haiti  Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg1–2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Obas Soccerball shade.svg59' Acevedo Soccerball shade.svg43'
Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg62'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 10,415
Referee: Yamasaki (Mexico)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg0–3Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti
Désir Soccerball shade.svg20'
François Soccerball shade.svg40'
Barthélemy Soccerball shade.svg44'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Attendance: 36,403
Referee: Elizalde (Mexico)

Play-off

El Salvador and Haiti finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg1–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg104'
Kingston, Jamaica
Attendance: 6,742
Referee: Dunstan (Bermuda)

El Salvador qualified.

Qualified teams

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Host8 October 19646 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966)
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Third round winners8 October 19690 (debut)

Goalscorers

There were 97 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica played all of their matches away.
  2. ↑ Netherlands Antilles played its "home" game away in El Salvador.

References

  1. ↑ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Goal also credited to Cann own goal.
  3. ↑ Costa Rica goals also credited to Mullings (79' and 85') and Chavarría (89').
  4. ↑ Costa Rica goals also credited to Chavarría (3'), Núñez (9') and Elizondo (51').
  5. ↑ El Balon Cuscatleco - cm70
  6. ↑ Selección de fútbol de Honduras - La Guerra del Fútbol
  7. ↑ El Balon Cuscatleco - cm70 serie2
  8. ↑ El Balon Cuscatleco - cm70 serie3
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