1965 CONCACAF Championship

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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)
← 1963
1967 →

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:[citation needed]
El Salvador 4–0 Nicaragua
González Goal 49', 67', 84'
Barraza Goal 63'
El Salvador
Nicaragua 2–0 Honduras
Cuadra Goal 29', 65'
El Salvador
El Salvador 3–1 Honduras
Monge Goal 33'
Méndez Goal 43'
Barraza Goal 63'		 Grey Goal 54'
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
Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala.JPG

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:[citation needed]
(C) Champion
Guatemala 0–0 Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico 2–0 El Salvador
Díaz Goal 22'
Valdivia Goal 55'
Guatemala
Netherlands Antilles 1–1 Haiti
Guatemala
Costa Rica 1–2 El Salvador
Goal 44', 60' Rodríguez
Guatemala
Guatemala 3–0 Haiti
Guatemala
Mexico 5–0 Netherlands Antilles
Fragoso Goal 57', 71', 85'
Cisneros Goal 86', 89'
Guatemala
Costa Rica 6–0 Netherlands Antilles
Guatemala
Guatemala 4–1 El Salvador
Méndez Goal 58'
Guatemala
Mexico 3–0 Haiti
Cisneros Goal 30', 39'
Fragoso Goal 41'
Guatemala
El Salvador 3–1 Haiti
Méndez Goal 34'
Barraza Goal 49'
González Goal 79'
Guatemala
Guatemala 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
Guatemala
Mexico 1–1[nb 1] Costa Rica
Ruvalcaba Goal 45' Goal 9'
Guatemala
Costa Rica 3–1 Haiti
Guatemala
El Salvador 1–1 Netherlands Antilles
Hernández Goal 8'
Guatemala
Guatemala 1–2 Mexico
Jorge Roldán Goal 7' Cisneros Goal 24'
Fragoso Goal 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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "II. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1965". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  3. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  4. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
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