1969 CONCACAF Championship

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 Víctor Ruiz
(4 goals)
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International football competition

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 teams 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

1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Venue

San José
Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 25,000

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
Cascante 1'
Sáenz 62'
Dawkins 67' (o.g.)
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 7,389
Guatemala 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Gamboa 8'
Fión 84'
Costa Rica
Mexico 2–0 Jamaica
Mancilla 15'
Sabater 83'
Costa Rica
Costa Rica 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Grant 1'
Cascante 75'		 Croes 30'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Guatemala 6–1 Netherlands Antilles
Melgar 4', 82'
Salamanca 24', 46'
Valdez 32'
Meulens 54' (o.g.)		 Carlos Regales 22'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Theophilus Joseph (Trinidad and Tobago)
Trinidad and Tobago 3–2 Jamaica
Cummings 33'
Douglas 40'
Haynes 85'		 Scott 20'
Hamilton 31'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Jorge Mendez Montes De Oca (Guatemala)
Costa Rica 2–0 Mexico
Grant 4'
Sáenz 33'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Henry Landauer (United States)
Netherlands Antilles 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Loefstok 11', 49'
Martijn 65'		 Haynes 4'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 1–0 Mexico
Fión 46'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Theodorus Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
Netherlands Antilles 2–2 Mexico
Toppenberg 42', 65' Crespo 69'
Barba 71'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 0–0 Jamaica
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Diego Di Leo (Mexico)
Costa Rica 5–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Ruiz 10', 55', 65', 70'
Elizondo 85' (pen.)		 Report
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Kenneth Adolfus Chaplin (Jamaica)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Jamaica
Carlos Regales (6)
Martijn 48'		 Largie 50'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 170
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
Mexico 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica
Costa Rica 1–1 Guatemala
Wanchope 50' Fión 7'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Theodorus Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)

Awards

 1969 CONCACAF
Championship winners 

Costa Rica
Second title

Scorers

4 goals
  • Costa Rica Víctor Ruiz
3 goals
2 goals
  • Costa Rica Álvaro Cascante
  • Costa Rica Roy Sáenz
  • Costa Rica Jaime Grant
  • Netherlands Antilles Regales
  • Netherlands Antilles Melvin Loefstok
  • Netherlands Antilles Martijn
  • Netherlands Antilles Adelbert Toppenberg
  • Trinidad and Tobago Ulrich Haynes
1 goal
Own goals
  • Jamaica Edwin Dawkins (for Costa Rica)

Team of the Tournament

Source:[2]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Rodolfo Umaña Netherlands Antilles Erwin Melfor

Guatemala Horacio Hasse

Costa Rica Walter Elizondo

Costa Rica Jaime Grant

Netherlands Antilles Ronald Martis

Costa Rica Roy Sáenz

Guatemala Marco Fión

Costa Rica Víctor Ruiz

Netherlands Antilles Carlos Regales

Guatemala Nelson Melgar

References

  1. ^ IV. CONCACAF Nations Cup 1969
  2. ^ "IV Copa de Naciones CONCACAF (NORCECA) 1969 - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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