1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification

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The 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification consisted of a single round of play. The 14 teams were divided into 6 groups of 2 or 3 teams (four groups with 2 teams and two groups with 3 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would then advance to the tournament.

Results[]

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico 4 4 0 0 8 3 +5 8
2  Canada 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 3
3  United States 4 0 1 3 6 10 −4 1
Source:[citation needed]
20 August 1972 Canada  3 – 2  United States King George V, St. John's, Canada
Parsons Goal 5'
Twamley Goal 41'
Johnson Goal 63'		 Roy Goal 65'
Getzinger Goal 88'		 Referee: Parsons (Bermuda)
24 August 1972 Canada  0 – 1  Mexico Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(Report) Goal 61' Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)
29 August 1972 United States  2 – 2  Canada Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, United States
Roy Goal 14'
Geimer Goal 25'		 MacKay Goal 9'
Douglas Goal 81'		 Referee: Henriquez (El Salvador)
3 September 1972 Mexico  3 – 1  United States Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
Victorino Goal 14'
Bustos Goal 48'
Borja Goal 60'		 Roy Goal 78' Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
6 September 1972 Mexico  2 – 1  Canada Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
Victorino Goal 2'
Bustos Goal 46'		 Robinson Goal 40' Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
10 September 1972 United States  1 – 2  Mexico Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States
Geimer Goal 8' Goal 11'
Goal 48'		 Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

Mexico advance to the tournament.

Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Guatemala 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4
2  El Salvador 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source:[citation needed]
3 December 1972 Guatemala  1 – 0  El Salvador Guatemala City, Guatemala
Melgar Goal 89' (pen) Referee: Pageotte (Haiti)
10 December 1972 El Salvador  0 – 1  Guatemala San Salvador, El Salvador
Melgar Goal 65' Referee: Kibritpan (United States)

Guatemala advance to the tournament.

Group 3[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Honduras 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 3
2  Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
Source:[citation needed]
3 December 1972 Honduras  2 – 1  Costa Rica Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Goal 32'
Goal 57'		 Paniagua Goal 40' Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
10 December 1972 Costa Rica  3 – 3  Honduras San Jose, Costa Rica
Elizondo Goal 8'
Sáenz Goal 50'
Goal 60' (pen)		 Goal 70'
Goal 85', 90'		 Referee: Ramirez (Puerto Rico)

Honduras advance to the tournament.

Group 4[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Netherlands Antilles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
–  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]

Jamaica withdrew, so Netherlands Antilles advance to the tournament automatically.

Group 5[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Haiti 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 4
2  Puerto Rico 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
Source:[citation needed]
15 April 1972 Haiti  7 – 0  Puerto Rico Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Barthélemy Goal 11'
Désir Goal 14'
François Goal 21'
Sanon Goal 30', 33', 67'
Vorbe Goal 73'		 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
23 April 1972 Puerto Rico  0 – 5  Haiti San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bayonne Goal 22'
Désir Goal 39'
Sanon Goal 48', 73', 80'		 Referee: Canessa (Guatemala)

Haiti advance to the tournament.

Group 6[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 1 0 16 4 +12 7
2  Suriname 4 2 1 1 11 4 +7 5
3  Antigua and Barbuda 4 0 0 4 3 22 −19 0
Source:[citation needed]
10 November 1972 Trinidad and Tobago  11 – 1  Antigua and Barbuda Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Llewellyn Goal 19', 38', 44'
David Goal 42', 70', 79'
Goal 49', 68'
Goal 59'
Goal 84', 89'		 Goal 20' Referee: Alvarez Alfaro (Nicaragua)
19 November 1972 Antigua and Barbuda  1 – 2  Trinidad and Tobago St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Edwards Goal 80' Llewellyn Goal 10'
David Goal 30'		 Referee: Ortiz Perez (Honduras)
28 November 1972 Trinidad and Tobago  2 – 1  Suriname Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Goal 63'
Goal 68'		 Goal 87' (pen) Referee: Landauer (United States)
30 November 1972 Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 1  Suriname San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
David Goal 75' Goal 35' Referee: Landauer (United States)
3 December 1972 Antigua and Barbuda  0 – 6  Suriname St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
GoalGoal
Schal GoalGoal
GoalGoal		 Referee: Amarica (Canada)
5 December 1972 Antigua and Barbuda  1 – 3  Suriname St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda[2]
Goal 33' Goal 24', 68'
Goal 41'		 Referee: Amarica (Canada)

Trinidad and Tobago advance to the tournament.

Goalscorers[]

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Sources[]

References[]

  1. ^ All home matches of Dutch Guiana were played away instead.
  2. ^ All home matches of Dutch Guiana were played away instead.
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