1963 CONCACAF Championship

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1963 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates23 March – 7 April
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored76 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador Eduardo Hernández
(8 goals)
1965 →

The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the first edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. Nine teams participated in the inaugural event.

The tournament was hosted by El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and Santa Ana. The nine teams were broken up into one group of five and one group of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by Costa Rica, who defeated the hosts El Salvador 1–4 in the deciding match of the four-team final group.

Qualifying tournament[]

Haiti 1–3 Netherlands Antilles
Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles 1–0 Haiti
Jamaica

Venues[]

San Salvador
Santa Ana
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Estadio Santaneco
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 15,000
ESTADIO Magico Gonzales.JPG Estadio Oscar Quiteño.jpg

Final tournament[]

First round[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Honduras 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2  El Salvador 4 1 3 0 10 5 +5 5
3  Panama 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 4
4  Guatemala 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 4
5  Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0
Source: [1]
Panama 2–2 Guatemala
73' (pen.)
82'		 Roldán 48'
59'
Referee: (Mexico)
El Salvador 6–1 Nicaragua
Hernández 4'
Monge 21', 63'
75', 87'
Ruano 81'		 89'
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Honduras 1–0 Nicaragua
31'
Referee: (El Salvador)
El Salvador 1–1 Panama
Hernández 87' 82' (o.g.)
Referee: (Colombia)
Guatemala 3–1 Nicaragua
14' (pen.)
71'
85'		 39'
Referee: (Mexico)
El Salvador 2–2 Honduras
30'
Hernández 65'		 16'
27'
Referee: (Colombia)
Panama 5–0 Nicaragua
11'
41'
45', 58'
71'
Referee: (Colombia)
Honduras 2–1 Guatemala
28'
42'		 López Contreras 9'
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Honduras 1–0 Panama
46'
Referee: (Costa Rica)
El Salvador 1–1 Guatemala
Hernández 24' Peña 28'
Referee: (Mexico)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 5
2  Netherlands Antilles 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Mexico 3 1 1 1 9 2 +7 3
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: [1]
Costa Rica 6–0 Jamaica
Marín 29', 35'
Gámez 37', 77'
73'
83'
Referee: (Guatemala)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Mexico
12'
del Muro 80' (o.g.)		 Ortiz Camargo 24'
Referee: (Panama)
Mexico 8–0 Jamaica
Pereda 4'
17'
Ortiz Camargo 27', 35' (pen.)
49'
Díaz 77', 88'
Morales 80'
Referee: (Nicaragua)
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Cordero 38' (pen.)
Referee: (Brazil)
Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico
Referee: (Honduras)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Jamaica
8'
73'		 24'
Referee: (Colombia)

Final round[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
2  El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
3  Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 2
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: [1]
Netherlands Antilles 4–1 Honduras
2'
21'
75', 89'		 32'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Guatemala)
El Salvador 1–4 Costa Rica
Chacón 49' 17', 22', 72'
76'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Colombia)
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
54'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Guatemala)
El Salvador 3–0 Honduras
Monge 10'
Hernández 13', 34'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Colombia)
Costa Rica 2–1 Honduras
52'
59'		 49'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Guatemala)
El Salvador 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
Hernández 14', 80'
González 60'		 7'
78'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Guatemala)


 1963 CONCACAF
Championship Winners 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
First title

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

There were 76 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

  • Costa Rica

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Ramos, José Ismael; Ellerbrock, Herbert Christian; Martell, Samuel; Calvo, Rodrigo; Coto, Gerardo; de Gracia, Adán; Mendoza, Eduardo; Paredes, Carlos; Mora Zeledón, Nectalí; Torres, Steven; Lugo, Erik Francisco (20 May 2021). "I Copa de Naciones CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

External links[]

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