1965 CONCACAF Championship

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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International football competition

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.

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]
El Salvador 4–0 Nicaragua
González 49', 67', 84'
Barraza 63'
Nicaragua 2–0 Honduras
Jirón 36'
Barrios 87'
El Salvador 3–1 Honduras
Monge 33'
Méndez 48'
Liévano 90'		 Castillo 84'

North 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]

Venues

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000

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: [2][3]
(C) Champions
Guatemala 3–0 Haiti
Peña 12'
López 24'
Valdez 67'
Costa Rica 6–0 Netherlands Antilles
Hernández 16'
Peña 30', 42', 44', 67'
Quirós 51'
Mexico 5–0 Netherlands Antilles
Fragoso 57', 85'
Cisneros 71', 86', 89'
Guatemala 4–1 El Salvador
De Paz 16'
De León 31'
Valdez 40'
Clark 88'		 Méndez 58'
Mexico 3–0 Haiti
Cisneros 30', 39'
Fragoso 41'
Guatemala 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
Peña 10', 49'
Bertrand 65' (o.g.)		 Loran 26'
Sillie 47'
Mexico 1–1[nb 1] Costa Rica
Ruvalcaba 45' Zúñiga 9'
Netherlands Antilles 1–1 Haiti
Testing 62' Obas 84'

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 

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

  1. ^ a b "II. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1965". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ^ a b RSSSF - CONCACAF 1965 - Match details
  3. ^ a b El Balon Cuscatleco - El Salvador en NORCECA
  4. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  5. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  6. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  7. ^ "II COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1965 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.