1967 CONCACAF Championship

1967 CONCACAF Championship
NORCECA Championship
Tournament details
Host country Honduras
Dates 5 March – 19 March
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Guatemala (1st title)
Runners-up  Mexico
Third place  Honduras
Fourth place  Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 35 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Guatemala Manuel Recinos (4 goals)[1]

The 1967 CONCACAF Championship, also referred to as the NORCECA Championship, was the third edition of the football championship of the North, Central America, and Caribbean region. The final tournament took place from 5 to 19 March in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.[2]

Mexico qualified automatically as defending champions, while Honduras did it as the host nation. Guatemala won the title after finishing in first place of a round-robin tournament between the six teams participating in the final tournament. It is the only CONCACAF championship won to date by Guatemala, who was managed by Rubén Amorín.

Mexico, managed by Ignacio "Nacho" Trelles, finished second, while Honduras finished third.

Qualifying tournaments

Venues

Tegucigalpa
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Capacity: 35,000

Final tournament

Final standings

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Guatemala 95410716
2  Mexico 854011019
3  Honduras 65221422
4  Trinidad and Tobago 45203610-4
5  Haiti 2510459-4
6  Nicaragua 15014312-9

Matches

Guatemala  2–1  Haiti
Peña
Recinos
[3]
Mexico  4–0  Nicaragua
Arellano  36', 53', 85'
Lapuente  43'
Referee: Carlos Pontaza (Guatemala)
Trinidad and Tobago  3–2  Haiti
Corneal  17' 52'
Browne  4'		 Saint-Vil  33' (pen.)
Pierre  56'
Guatemala  1–0  Mexico
Recinos  83'
Referee: Walter van Rosberg(Netherlands Antilles)
Mexico  4–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Estrada  22', 63'
Canela  40'
Bustos  83'
Attendance: 17,813[4]
Referee: Carlos Pontaza (Guatemala)
Mexico  1–0  Haiti
Estrada  39'
Referee: Juan Dimas (Honduras)
Trinidad and Tobago  3–1  Nicaragua
Browne  30'
Berassa  40'  41'		 Cuadra
Referee: José I. Morán
Honduras  2–0  Haiti
Grey
Referee: Walter van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)
Guatemala  2–0  Nicaragua
Peña  30'
Recinos  33'
[6]
Mexico  1–0  Honduras
Prado  34'
Referee: Henry Landauer (USA)
1967 CONCACAF Championship winners

Guatemala
First title

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Emisoras Unidas de Guatemala
  2. ↑ RSSSF - III. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1967
  3. ↑ http://www.naturisima.com/drmanuel_recinos_historia
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  5. ↑ La Nacion - Mar 15, 1967 "Guatemala a un paso de ganar el NORCECA"
  6. ↑ Esta Semana en la Historia de CONCACAF: 13 al 19 de Marzo Archived 2012-06-11 at the Wayback Machine.>
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