1965 CONCACAF Championship

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

1965 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1965
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
Dates28 March – 11 April
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)

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'
El Salvador
Nicaragua 2–0 Honduras
El Salvador
El Salvador 3–1 Honduras
Monge  33'
Méndez
Barraza  63'
El Salvador

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
Guatemala
Mexico 2–0 El Salvador
Guatemala
Netherlands Antilles 1–1 Haiti
Guatemala
Costa Rica 1–2 El Salvador
 44', 60' Rodríguez
Guatemala
Guatemala 3–0 Haiti
Guatemala
Mexico 5–0 Netherlands Antilles
Guatemala
Costa Rica 6–0 Netherlands Antilles
Guatemala
Guatemala 4–1 El Salvador
Méndez  58'
Guatemala
Mexico 3–0 Haiti
Guatemala
El Salvador 3–1 Haiti
Méndez  34'
Barraza  49'
González  79'
Guatemala
Guatemala 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
Guatemala
Mexico 1–1[nb 1] Costa Rica
Guatemala
Costa Rica 3–1 Haiti
Guatemala
El Salvador 1–1 Netherlands Antilles
Hernández  8'
Guatemala
Guatemala 1–2 Mexico
Jorge Roldán  7' Cisneros  24'
Fragoso  35'
Guatemala

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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  2. "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
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