1965 CONCACAF Championship

1965 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1965
Tournament details
Host country Guatemala
Dates 28 March – 11 April
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up  Guatemala
Third place  Costa Rica
Fourth place  El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 49 (3.27 per match)

The 1965 CONCACAF Championship, the second edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Guatemala from 28 March to 11 April.

Qualifying Tournament

Caribbean zone

Jamaica, Trinidad, Dominican Republic withdrew from qualifying due to a schedule clash with qualification for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Hosts of the final tournament, Guatemala refused to grant the Cubans visas to visit the country.

Cuba complained to Helmut Käser, FIFA's General Secretary requesting for FIFA not to recognise CONCACAF. Käser stated that FIFA could not do so and referred the issue of Guatemalan visas for the Cubans to CONCACAF. As they were not able to enter the competition, Cuba withdrew.

Haiti and Netherlands Antilles automatically qualified for the final round.[1]

Central American zone

Panama withdrew prior to the qualifying tournament beginning.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 4 Final round
2  Nicaragua 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
3  Honduras 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source:
El Salvador  4–0  Nicaragua
González  49', 67', 84'
Barraza  63'
Nicaragua  2–0  Honduras
El Salvador  3–1  Honduras
Monge  33'
Méndez
Barraza  63'

North zone

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico  w/o  United States w/o w/o

United States withdrew. Mexico automatically qualified.[1]

Venues

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000

Final tournament

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico (C) 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2  Guatemala 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 7
3  Costa Rica 5 2 2 1 11 4 +7 6
4  El Salvador 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 5
5  Netherlands Antilles 5 0 2 3 4 16 −12 2
6  Haiti 5 0 1 4 3 13 −10 1
Source:
(C) Champion.
Guatemala  0–0  Costa Rica
Mexico  2–0  El Salvador
Netherlands Antilles  1–1  Haiti
Costa Rica  1–2  El Salvador
 44', 60' Rodríguez
Guatemala  3–0  Haiti
Mexico  5–0  Netherlands Antilles
Costa Rica  6–0  Netherlands Antilles
Guatemala  4–1  El Salvador
Méndez  58'
Mexico  3–0  Haiti
El Salvador  3–1  Haiti
Méndez  34'
Barraza  49'
González  79'
Guatemala  3–2  Netherlands Antilles
Mexico  1–1[nb 1]  Costa Rica
Costa Rica  3–1  Haiti
El Salvador  1–1  Netherlands Antilles
Hernández  8'
Guatemala  1–2  Mexico
Jorge Roldán  7' Cisneros  24'
Fragoso  35'

Notes

  1. ↑ The match was abandoned after Mexican player Guillermo Sepúlveda refused to leave the field having been sent off in the 72nd minute. The match was ordered to be replayed by CONCACAF but Costa Rica threatened to withdraw from the competition. The next day CONCACAF reversed their decision allowing the 1–1 result to stand.[2][3][4]
 1965 CONCACAF Championship 

Mexico
First title

References

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