1973 CONCACAF Championship

1973 CONCACAF Championship
Coupe des nations de la CONCACAF 1973
Tournament details
Host country Haiti
Dates 29 November – 18 December
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Haiti (1st title)
Runners-up  Trinidad and Tobago
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Trinidad and Tobago Steve David (7 goals)

The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from 29 November to 18 December. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup. Haiti became winners for the first time in the CONCACAF region and qualified for West Germany '74. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the World Cup.

Qualification

Venues

Port-au-Prince
Stade Sylvio Cator
Capacity: 15,000

Results

This tournament is the First one, for the "CONCACAF World Cup qualifying final round", played with six teams. It is usually nicknamed "el Hexagonal" since this time, and was later played with all teams meeting two times each others.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti (C) 5 4 0 1 8 3 +5 8 1974 FIFA World Cup
2  Trinidad and Tobago 5 3 0 2 11 4 +7 6
3  Mexico 5 2 2 1 10 5 +5 6
4  Honduras 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 5
5  Guatemala 5 0 3 2 4 6 −2 3
6  Netherlands Antilles 5 0 2 3 4 19 −15 2
Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champion.
Honduras  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Guifarro  33'
Hernández  51'		 David  61'
Referee: Davies (Canada)
Mexico  0–0  Guatemala
Referee: Highet (Canada)
Haiti  3–0  Netherlands Antilles
Sanon  25', 61'
Désir  29'
Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Honduras  1–1  Mexico
Guifarro  54' H. López  73'
Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
Haiti  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Sanon  9'
R. Saint-Vil  88'		 David  14'
Referee: Henriquez (El Salvador)
Netherlands Antilles  2–2  Guatemala
Toppenberg  18'
Schoop  75'		 Jorge Roldán  6'
Morales  63'
Referee: Kibritjian (United States)
Haiti  1–0  Honduras
G. Saint-Vil  59'
Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
Mexico  8 – 0  Netherlands Antilles
H. López  10', 76'
Muciño  32', 45', 46', 82'
Pulido  35'
Lapuente  78'
Trinidad and Tobago  1–0  Guatemala
David  30'
Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Honduras  2–2  Netherlands Antilles
Soza  33'
Guifarro  50'		 Clemencia  62'
St. Jago  73'
Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)
Haiti  2–1  Guatemala
Sanon  28', 72' Monterroso  4'
Referee: Davies (Canada)
Trinidad and Tobago  4–0  Mexico
Cummings  35', 39'
David  52'
Archibald  62'
Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
Honduras  1–1  Guatemala
Bran  15' Banegas  83'
Referee: Schott (United States)
Trinidad and Tobago  4–0  Netherlands Antilles
David  16', 51', 62'
Brunken  33' (o.g.)
Referee: Ramirez (Puerto Rico)
Haiti  0–1  Mexico
Borja  30'
Referee: Kibritjian (United States)

Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

1973 CONCACAF Championship Winners

Haiti
First title

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel & Jarreta, Sergio Henrique. "World Cup 1974 Qualifying". RSSSF, 22 October 1999. Retrieved on 24 March 2013.
  2. ↑ FIFA.com. "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany™ Preliminaries: Results, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone". FIFA. Retrieved on 24 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Reyes Padilla, Macario. "Mexico - International Results Details 1970-1979". RSSSF, 18 September 2008. Retrieved on 24 March 2013.
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