1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification

The 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification consisted of a single round of play. The 14 teams were divided into 6 groups of 2 or 3 teams (four groups with 2 teams and two groups with 3 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would then advance to the tournament.

Results

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico 4 4 0 0 8 3 +5 8
2  Canada 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 3
3  United States 4 0 1 3 6 10 −4 1
Source:
Canada 3–2 United States
Parsons 5'
Twamley 41'
Johnson 63'		 Roy 65'
Getzinger 88'
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Parsons (Bermuda)
Canada 0–1 Mexico
(Report) Borbolla 61'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)
United States 2–2 Canada
Roy 14'
Geimer 25'		 MacKay 9'
Douglas 81'
Attendance: 3,273
Referee: Henriquez (El Salvador)
Mexico 3–1 United States
Victorino 14'
Bustos 48'
Borja 60'		 Roy 78'
Attendance: 29,891
Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
Mexico 2–1 Canada
Victorino 2'
Bustos 46'		 Robinson 40'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
United States 1–2 Mexico
Geimer 8' Ceballos 11'
Borbolla 48'
Attendance: 9,620
Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

Mexico advance to the tournament.

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Guatemala 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4
2  El Salvador 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source:
Guatemala 1–0 El Salvador
Melgar 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 39,008
Referee: Pageotte (Haiti)
El Salvador 0–1 Guatemala
Melgar 65'
Attendance: 24,828
Referee: Kibritpan (United States)

Guatemala advance to the tournament.

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Honduras 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 3
2  Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
Source:
Honduras 2–1 Costa Rica
Bran 32'
Gómez 57'		 Paniagua 40'
Attendance: 16,727
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
Costa Rica 3–3 Honduras
Elizondo 8'
Sáenz 50'
Cárcamo 60' (pen.)		 Urquía 70'
Gómez 85', 90'
Attendance: 14,274
Referee: Ramirez (Puerto Rico)

Honduras advance to the tournament.

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Netherlands Antilles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
–  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:

Jamaica withdrew, so Netherlands Antilles advance to the tournament automatically.

Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Haiti 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 4
2  Puerto Rico 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
Source:
Haiti 7–0 Puerto Rico
Barthélemy 11'
Désir 14'
François 21'
Sanon 30', 33', 67'
Vorbe 73'
Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
Puerto Rico 0–5 Haiti
Bayonne 22'
Désir 39'
Sanon 48', 73', 80'
Attendance: 1,592
Referee: Canessa (Guatemala)

Haiti advance to the tournament.

Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 1 0 16 4 +12 7
2  Suriname 4 2 1 1 11 4 +7 5
3  Antigua and Barbuda 4 0 0 4 3 22 −19 0
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago 11–1 Antigua and Barbuda
Llewellyn 19', 38', 44'
David 42', 70', 79'
Spann 49', 68'
Brewster 59'
Roberts 84', 89'		 Morris 20'
Attendance: 6,510
Referee: Alvarez Alfaro (Nicaragua)
Antigua and Barbuda 1–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Edwards 80' Llewellyn 10'
David 30'
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: Ortiz Perez (Honduras)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Suriname
Brewster 63'
Roberts 68'		 Zebeda 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,964
Referee: Landauer (United States)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Suriname
David 75' Zebeda 35'
Attendance: 9,276
Referee: Landauer (United States)
Antigua and Barbuda 0–6 Suriname
Doesburg
Schal
Miller
Attendance: 2,027
Referee: Amarica (Canada)
Antigua and Barbuda 1–3 Suriname
Morris 33' Zebeda 24', 68'
Sordam 41'
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Amarica (Canada)

Trinidad and Tobago advance to the tournament.

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Sources

References
  1. All home matches of Dutch Guiana were played away instead.
  2. All home matches of Dutch Guiana were played away instead.
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