1963 CONCACAF Championship

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1963 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates23 March – 7 April
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Third placeFile:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored76 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador Eduardo Hernández
(8 goals)
1965

The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the top continental football tournament organized by CONCACAF for senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. It had 9 participating teams.

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 round

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Netherlands Antilles qualifies to the tournament

Participating teams

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Squads

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Venues

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San Salvador Santa Ana
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Estadio Santaneco
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 15,000
File:ESTADIO Magico Gonzales.JPG File:Estadio Oscar Quiteño.jpg

Final round

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First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2 File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 4 1 3 0 10 5 +5 5
3 File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 4
4 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 4
5 File:Flag of Nicaragua (1908–1971).svg Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0
Source: [1]




Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 5
2 File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
3 File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico 3 1 1 1 9 2 +7 3
4 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
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Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
2 File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
3 File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 2
4 File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
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 Champions 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1st title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

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Source:[2]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Asdrúbal Meneses El Salvador Benjamín Velasco
Costa Rica Mario Cordero
Netherlands Antilles Juan Pablo
Honduras Federico Budde
El Salvador César Reynosa
Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg
El Salvador Mario Monge
Costa Rica Juan Gonzalez
El Salvador Eduardo Hernández
Mexico Guillermo Ortiz

References

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