Organizing body | CONCACAF |
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Founded | 18 September 1961 [1] |
Abolished | 1989 |
Region | North America, Central America and Caribbean |
Number of teams | 5 (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 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.
Ed. | Year | Host country | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Num. teams |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Guatemala | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Haiti | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
5 | Honduras | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | El Salvador | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Legend
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).
Team (15) | 1963 (9) | 1965 (6) | 1967 (6) | 1969 (6) | 1971 (6) | 1973 (6) | 1977 (6) | 1981 (6) | 1985 (9) | 1989 (5) | Times entered | Times qualified |
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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 (9) | 1965 (6) | 1967 (6) | 1969 (6) | 1971 (6) | 1973 (6) | 1977 (6) | 1981 (6) | 1985 (9) | 1989 (5) | Times entered | Times qualified |
Year | Player | Goals |
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1963 | Eduardo Hernández | 6 |
1965 | Ernesto Cisneros | 5 |
1967 | Manuel Recinos | 4 |
1969 | Victor Manuel Ruiz | 4 |
1971 | Roberto Rodríguez | 4 |
1973 | Steve David | 7 |
1977 | Víctor Rangel | 6 |
1981 | Hugo Sánchez | 3 |
1985 | Roberto Figueroa | 5 |
1989 | Raúl Chacón Julio Rodas Evaristo Coronado Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Leonidas Flores Leonson Lewis Kerry Jamerson Philibert Jones | 2 |
Sequence | Player | Time of goals | For | Result | Against | Tournament | Round | Date |
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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 |
Year | Manager | Nation | Source |
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1963 | Mario Cordero | Costa Rica | [1] |
1965 | Ignacio Trelles | Mexico | |
1967 | Rubén Amorín | Guatemala | |
1969 | Eduardo Viso Abella | Costa Rica | |
1971 | Javier de la Torre | Mexico | |
1973 | Antoine Tassy | Haiti | |
1977 | José Antonio Roca | Mexico | |
1981 | José de la Paz Herrera | Honduras | |
1985 | Tony Waiters | Canada | |
1989 | Marvin Rodríguez | Costa Rica |
Time(s) | Nation | Year(s) |
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2 | Honduras | 1967, 1981 |
1 | Costa Rica | 1969 |
1 | El Salvador | 1963 |
1 | Guatemala | 1965 |
1 | Mexico | 1977 |
1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1971 |
Host Nations
| Defending champions
|
Year | Host(s) | Champions | Winning coach | Top scorer(s) (goals) |
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1963 | El Salvador | Costa Rica (1) | Alfredo Piedra | Eduardo Hernández (6) |
1965 | Guatemala | Mexico (1) | Ignacio Trelles | Ernesto Cisneros (5) |
1967 | Honduras | Guatemala (1) | Rubén Amorín | Luis Estrada (4) Manuel Recinos (4) |
1969 | Costa Rica | Costa Rica (2) | Marvin Rodríguez | Nelson Melgar (3) Marco Fión (3) Víctor Ruiz (3) |
1971 | Trinidad and Tobago | Mexico (2) | Javier de la Torre | Unknown |
1973 | Haiti | Haiti (1) | Antoine Tassy | Steve David (7) |
1977 | Mexico | Mexico (3) | José Antonio Roca | Víctor Rangel (6) |
1981 | Honduras | Honduras (1) | Chelato Uclés | Hugo Sánchez (3) |
1985 | No Host | Canada (1) | Tony Waiters | Roberto Figueroa (5) |
1989 | No Host | Costa Rica (3) | Marvin Rodríguez | Eight players (2) |
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