1969 CONCACAF Championship

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1969 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1969
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates23 November – 7 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica
(4 goals)
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1971 →

The 1969 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 November to 8 December. Six teams participated in the tournament.

The event was hosted by Costa Rica in the city of San José. Seven team qualified, but Haiti's disqualification[1] left six teams to play in the round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by the host nation, for the second time after 1963, by tying defending champions Guatemala 1–1 in the deciding final match.

Qualifying Tournament[]

Main article: 1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Venue[]

1969 CONCACAF Championship is located in Costa Rica
San José
San José
San José
Estadio Nacional (1926)
Capacity: 25,000
Antiguo Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica.jpg

Final tournament[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2  Guatemala 5 3 2 0 10 2 +8 8
3  Netherlands Antilles 5 2 1 2 9 12 −3 5
4  Mexico 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 4
5  Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8 3
6  Jamaica 5 0 1 4 3 10 −7 1
Source:[citation needed]
Costa Rica 3–0 Jamaica
Goal
Roy Sáenz Goal
Goal o.g.'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 7,389
Guatemala 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Goal
Marco Fión Goal
Costa Rica
Mexico 2–0 Jamaica
Goal
Goal
Costa Rica
Costa Rica 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Goal
Goal		 Croes
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Guatemala 6–1 Netherlands Antilles
Nelson Melgar Goal Goal
Goal Goal
Rolando Valdez Goal
Goal		 Goal
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: (Trinidad and Tobago)
Trinidad and Tobago 3–2 Jamaica
Everald Cummings Goal
Goal
Goal		 Delroy Scott Goal 20'
Goal 31'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Jorge Mendez Montes De Oca (Guatemala)
Costa Rica 2–0 Mexico
Goal 4'
Roy Sáenz Goal 33'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: (United States)
Netherlands Antilles 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Goal Goal
Goal		 Goal
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 1–0 Mexico
Marco Fión Goal 46'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Theodorus Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
Netherlands Antilles 2–2 Mexico
Goal Goal José Crespo Goal
Goal
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 0–0 Jamaica
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: (Mexico)
Costa Rica 5–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Goal Goal Goal Goal
Wálter Elizondo Goal[2]
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Kenneth Adolfus Chaplin (Jamaica)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Jamaica
Goal
Goal		 Goal
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 170
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Mexico 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica
Costa Rica 1–1 Guatemala
Goal Goal
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica

Awards[]

 1969 CONCACAF
Championship winners 

Costa Rica
Second title

Scorers[]

4 goals
  • Costa Rica
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
  • Jamaica (for Costa Rica)

References[]

  1. ^ IV. CONCACAF Nations Cup 1969
  2. ^ La Tricolor en los Norcecas 63 y 69 Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine – Nación (in Spanish)

External links[]

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