CONCACAF Championship

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.

Not to be confused with CONCACAF Champions Cup.
CONCACAF Championship
Organizing bodyCONCACAF
Founded18 September 1961[1]
Abolished1989 (1989)
RegionNorth America, Central America and Caribbean
Number of teams5 (1989)
Related competitionsCONCACAF Gold Cup
Last champion(s) Costa Rica (1989)
Most successful team(s) Costa Rica
 Mexico
(3 titles each)

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
51971 Trinidad and Tobago Mexico Haiti Costa Rica Cuba
6
61973 Haiti Haiti Trinidad and Tobago Mexico Honduras
6
71977 Mexico Mexico Haiti El Salvador Canada
6
81981 Honduras Honduras El Salvador Mexico Canada
6
91985(Various) [note 1] Canada Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador
9
101989(Various) [note 1] Costa Rica United States Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala
5
Notes
  1. 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  Mexico838221067824+5454
2  Costa Rica637201166427+3751
3  Guatemala8391512125840+1842
4  Honduras6351212114241+136
5  El Salvador6321110114340+332
6  Trinidad and Tobago632107153650-1427
7  Haiti734107173351-1827
8  Canada3188732418+623
9  United States212642106+416
10  Netherlands Antilles42155112755-2815
11  Cuba210244915-68
12  Panama1412184+44
13  Suriname29018826-181
14  Nicaragua29018527-221
15  Jamaica28017426-221

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) 1963El Salvador
(9)		 1965Guatemala
(6)		 1967Honduras
(6)		 1969Costa Rica
(6)		 1971Trinidad and Tobago
(6)		 1973Haiti
(6)		 1977Mexico
(6)		 1981Honduras
(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) 1963El Salvador
(9)		 1965Guatemala
(6)		 1967Honduras
(6)		 1969Costa Rica
(6)		 1971Trinidad and Tobago
(6)		 1973Haiti
(6)		 1977Mexico
(6)		 1981Honduras
(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 Salvador1963 Final round3 April 1963
2. Javier Fragoso 57', 71', 85' Mexico 5–0 Netherlands Antilles1965 Final tournament1 April 1965
3. Raúl Arellano Gallo 36', 53', 85' Mexico 4–0 Nicaragua1967 Final tournament6 March 1967
4. Víctor Ruiz ?', ?', ?' Costa Rica 5–0 Trinidad and Tobago1969 Final tournament4 December 1969
5. Emmanuel Sanon ?', ?', ?',?' Haiti 6–1 Trinidad and Tobago1971 Final tournament28 November 1971
6. Octavio Muciño 32', 45', 46', 82' Mexico 8–0 Netherlands Antilles1973 Final round8 December 1973
7. Steve David 15', 51', 62' Trinidad and Tobago 4–0 Netherlands Antilles1973 Final round17 December 1973
8. Hugo Sánchez 46', 70', 82' Mexico 4–1 Haiti1977 Final round9 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
See also: CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cup venues
Time(s) Nation Year(s)
2Honduras Honduras1967, 1981
1 Costa Rica1969
1 El Salvador1963
1 Guatemala1965
1 Mexico1977
1 Trinidad and Tobago1971

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. 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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