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)
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The 1965 CONCACAF Championship, was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the tournament was held in Guatemala from 28 March to 11 April. It had 6 participating teams.

Qualifying round

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 before the qualifying tournament began.

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: [2][3]

North America Zone

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico  w/o  United States w/o w/o

United States withdrew. Mexico automatically qualified.[1]

Participating teams

Squads

Venues

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000

Final round

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: [2][3]
(C) Champions
Mexico 5–0 Netherlands Antilles
Fragoso 57', 85'
Cisneros 71', 86', 89'
Mexico 3–0 Haiti
Cisneros 30', 39'
Fragoso 41'

Notes

  1. Match suspended at 70' due to fight between both teams, after extensive deliberations the organizing committee decided to end the match; result stood.[4][5][6]
 1965 CONCACAF Championship winners 

Mexico
First title

Team of the Tournament

Source:[7]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Emilio Sagot Guatemala Alberto López
Mexico Gustavo Peña
Mexico Jesús del Muro
Costa Rica Álvaro McDonald		 El Salvador Alberto Villalta
Costa Rica Juan José Gámez
Mexico Ernesto Cisneros		 Costa Rica Guido Peña
Mexico Javier Fragoso
Guatemala Hugo Peña

References