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1963 CONCACAF Championship

The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the first edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. Nine teams participated in the inaugural event.

1963 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates23 March – 7 April
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored76 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador Eduardo Hernández
(8 goals)
1965 →

The tournament was hosted by El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and Santa Ana. The nine teams were broken up into one group of five and one group of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by Costa Rica, who defeated the hosts El Salvador 1–4 in the deciding match of the four-team final group.

Qualifying tournament edit

Haiti  1–3  Netherlands Antilles
Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles  1–0  Haiti
Jamaica

Squads edit

Main article: 1963 CONCACAF Championship squads

Venues edit

San Salvador
Santa Ana
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Estadio Santaneco
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 15,000
   

Final tournament edit

First round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Honduras 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2   El Salvador 4 1 3 0 10 5 +5 5
3   Panama 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 4
4   Guatemala 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 4
5   Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0
Source: [1]
Panama  2–2  Guatemala
Vega   73' (pen.)
Díaz Gáez   82'		 Roldán   48'
de León   59'
El Salvador  6–1  Nicaragua
Hernández   4'
Monge   21', 63'
Ruiz   75', 87'
Ruano   81'		 Mendieta   89'
Honduras  1–0  Nicaragua
Rodríguez Reyes   31'
El Salvador  1–1  Panama
Hernández   87' Velasco   82' (o.g.)
Guatemala  3–1  Nicaragua
de León   14' (pen.)
Ewing   71'
Juárez   85'		 Silva   39'
El Salvador  2–2  Honduras
Reynosa   30'
Hernández   65'		 Guerra   16'
Suazo   27'
Panama  5–0  Nicaragua
Góyez   11'
Valderrama   41'
Santamaría   45', 58'
Ponce   71'
Honduras  2–1  Guatemala
Barahona   28'
Guerra   42'		 López Contreras   9'
Honduras  1–0  Panama
Edwards   46'
El Salvador  1–1  Guatemala
Hernández   24' Peña   28'

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 5
2   Netherlands Antilles 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
3   Mexico 3 1 1 1 9 2 +7 3
4   Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: [1]
Costa Rica  6–0  Jamaica
Marín   29', 35'
Gámez   37', 77'
González   73'
Vázquez   83'
Netherlands Antilles  2–1  Mexico
Delanoy   12'
del Muro   80' (o.g.)		 Ortiz Camargo   24'
Mexico  8–0  Jamaica
Pereda   4'
Garrido   17'
Ortiz Camargo   27', 35' (pen.)
Cuenca   49'
Díaz   77', 88'
Morales   80'
Costa Rica  1–0  Netherlands Antilles
Cordero   38' (pen.)
Costa Rica  0–0  Mexico
Netherlands Antilles  2–1  Jamaica
Briesen   8'
D. Pablo   73'		 Dinckley   24'

Final round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
2   El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
3   Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 2
4   Honduras 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: [1]
Netherlands Antilles  4–1  Honduras
Testing   2'
Sillie   21'
Brandborg   75', 89'		 Suazo   32'
Attendance: 35,000
El Salvador  1–4  Costa Rica
Chacón   49' González   17', 22', 72'
Pearson   76'
Attendance: 35,000
Costa Rica  1–0  Netherlands Antilles
Pearson   54'
Attendance: 35,000
El Salvador  3–0  Honduras
Monge   10'
Hernández   13', 34'
Attendance: 35,000
Costa Rica  2–1  Honduras
Córdoba   52'
Jiménez   59'		 Cruz   49'
Attendance: 35,000
El Salvador  3–2  Netherlands Antilles
Hernández   14', 80'
González   60'		 Testing   7'
J.M. Pablo   78'
Attendance: 35,000


 1963 CONCACAF
Championship winners 
 
Costa Rica
First title

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 76 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Team of the Tournament edit

Source:[2]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
  Asdrúbal Meneses   Benjamín Velasco

  Mario Cordero

  Juan Pablo

  Federico Budde

  César Reynosa

  Ruben Brandborg

  Mario Monge

  Juan Gonzalez

  Eduardo Hernández

  Guillermo Ortiz

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Ramos, José Ismael; Ellerbrock, Herbert Christian; Martell, Samuel; Calvo, Rodrigo; Coto, Gerardo; de Gracia, Adán; Mendoza, Eduardo; Paredes, Carlos; Mora Zeledón, Nectalí; Torres, Steven; Lugo, Erik Francisco (20 May 2021). "I Copa de Naciones CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "I COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

External links edit

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