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1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Main article: 1981 CONCACAF Championship

A total of 15 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. The 15 teams were divided into 3 zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows:

  • North American Zone had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
  • Central American Zone had 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
  • Caribbean Zone had 7 teams, which would be divided into 2 groups - Group A had 4 teams and Group B had 3 teams. 2 teams in Group A played in the preliminary round, against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner advancing to Group A proper. The 3 teams in each group would then play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.

North American Zone edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Canada 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1 5
2   Mexico 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 4
3   United States 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 3
Source: http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1982/CONCACAF.HTM#M1
Canada  1–1  Mexico
Stojanović   43' Luna   89'
Attendance: 6,371
United States  0–0  Canada
Attendance: 7,864
Referee: Herrera García (El Salvador)
Canada  2–1  United States
Iarusci   21'
Šegota   42' (pen.)		 Villa   90'
Attendance: 13,598
Mexico  5–1  United States
Sánchez   24'
Camacho   31', 55'
Mendizabal   37'
González   40'		 Davis   76' (pen.)
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)
Mexico  1–1  Canada
Sánchez   75' (pen.) Gray   87'
Attendance: 108,000
Referee: Midence Torres (Honduras)
United States  2–1  Mexico
Moyers   31', 65' Sánchez   40'
Attendance: 2,126
Referee: Gracias Regalado (Guatemala)

Canada and Mexico advanced to the finals.

Central American Zone edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Honduras 8 5 2 1 15 5 +10 12
2   El Salvador 8 5 2 1 12 5 +7 12
3   Guatemala 8 3 3 2 10 2 +8 9
4   Costa Rica 8 1 4 3 6 10 −4 6
5   Panama 8 0 1 7 3 24 −21 1
Source: [citation needed]
Panama  0–2  Guatemala
Gómez   27'
Mitrovich   49'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Robert Evans (United States)
Panama  0–2  Honduras
Bernárdez   14'
Costly   85'
Attendance: 8,975
Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)
Panama  1–1  Costa Rica
Montillo   37' Arroyo   73'
Attendance: 5,678
Referee: Goede (Suriname)
Panama  1–3  El Salvador
Paschal   19' Rivas   16'
Huezo   75'
González   82'
Attendance: 3,547
Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)
Costa Rica  2–3  Honduras
W. Jiménez   78' (pen.)
Mills   81'		 Bulnes   29'
Bernárdez   42'
Bailey   67'
Attendance: 18,263
Referee: Soupliotis (Canada)
El Salvador  4–1  Panama
González   2', 61', 77'
Rivas   35'		 Montillo   27'
Attendance: 33,005
Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
Guatemala  0–0  Costa Rica
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Narvaez Escobar (Mexico)
Honduras  0–0  Guatemala
Attendance: 44,220
El Salvador  2–0
(w/o)		  Costa Rica
Costa Rica refused to travel to El Salvador for security reasons. FIFA awarded 2–0 win to El Salvador. [1]
Referee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico)
Costa Rica  2–0  Panama
Morera   14'
W. Jiménez   48' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,873
Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)
Guatemala  0–0  El Salvador
Attendance: 42,453
Guatemala  5–0  Panama
Mitrovich    
Gómez  
Pennant  
Wellmann  
Attendance: 32,216
Referee: Johnson (Canada)
Honduras  1–1  Costa Rica
Velásquez   77' Morera   33'
Attendance: 28,159
El Salvador  2–1  Honduras
González   9'
Guerrero   66'		 Figueroa   85'
Attendance: 40,851
Referee: Fusco (Canada)
Costa Rica  0–3  Guatemala
Pennant   27'
Sánchez   64' (pen.)
Gómez   88'
Attendance: 17,042
Referee: Matos (Canada)
Honduras  2–0  El Salvador
Bailey   23', 66'
Attendance: 38,979
Guatemala  0–1  Honduras
Bailey   71'
Attendance: 42,381
Referee: Kibritjian (United States)
Costa Rica  0–0  El Salvador
Attendance: 3,284
Referee: Rubio Vasquez (Mexico)
Honduras  5–0  Panama
Bernárdez   6', 21', 69'
Figueroa   32', 77'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mendoza Guillen (Mexico)
El Salvador  1–0  Guatemala
Huezo  
Attendance: 22,813
Referee: D'Ippolito (United States)

Honduras and El Salvador advanced to the finals.

Caribbean Zone edit

Group A Preliminary Round edit

Guyana  5–2  Grenada
Braithwaite   33' (pen.)
Watson   50', 87'
Canterbury   56'
Forde   57'		 Julien   15'
Belfon   17'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Leonidas Rogel (El Salvador)
Grenada  2–3  Guyana
Cherubin   56'
Mitchell   87' (pen.)		 Watson   13', 38'
Canterbury   16'
Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Juan Ramón Mollinero (Guatemala)

Guyana won 8-4 on aggregate and advanced to Group A.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Cuba 4 3 1 0 7 0 +7 7
2   Suriname 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5
3   Guyana 4 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Cuba  3–0  Suriname
Delgado   69'
Pereira   71', 78'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)
Suriname  0–0  Cuba
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)
Guyana  0–1  Suriname
Stjeward   22'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Reginald Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago)
Suriname  4–0  Guyana
Leisbergen   20', 40'
George   22'
Calor   80'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: L. De Boer (Netherlands Antilles)
Cuba  1–0  Guyana
Hernández   14'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Whilston Taylor (Jamaica)
Guyana  0–3  Cuba
Hernández   8'
Espinosa   17'
Roldán   18'
McKenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden, Guyana
Attendance: 7,664
Referee: R. Goede (Suriname)

Cuba advanced to the finals.

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Haiti 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
2   Trinidad and Tobago 4 1 2 1 1 2 −1 4
3   Netherlands Antilles 4 0 3 1 1 2 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
Haiti  2–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Crispin  
Bobo  
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Marcel Pérez (Mexico)
Trinidad and Tobago  1–0  Haiti
Spann   55' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,535
Referee: Carlos Monge (Costa Rica)
Haiti  1–0  Netherlands Antilles
Brevin   74'
Attendance: 8,606
Referee: Whilston Taylor (Jamaica)
Trinidad and Tobago  0–0  Netherlands Antilles
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)
Netherlands Antilles  0–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 7,991
Referee: Glenn Kranenburg (Suriname)
Netherlands Antilles  1–1  Haiti
Kwidama   73' Crispin   3'
Attendance: 6,467
Referee: Domingo De la Mora (Mexico)

Haiti advanced to the finals.

Goalscorers edit

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ Buzón de Rodrigo
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