1963 CONCACAF Championship
| Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | El Salvador |
| Dates | 23 March – 7 April |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 76 (3.45 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (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
[edit | edit source]| Haiti | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands Antilles | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Netherlands Antilles qualifies to the tournament
Participating teams
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Costa Rica
El Salvador (Hosts)- File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Honduras- File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
- Error creating thumbnail: Mexico
Netherlands Antilles (Qualifying winners)- File:Flag of Nicaragua (1908–1971).svg Nicaragua
- File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
Squads
[edit | edit source]Venues
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]First round
[edit | edit source]Group A
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
| 2 | 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 |
| Honduras | 1–0 | File:Flag of Nicaragua (1908–1971).svg Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| Rodríguez Reyes File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' |
| El Salvador | 1–1 | File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama |
|---|---|---|
| Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' | Velasco File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' (o.g.) |
| El Salvador | 2–2 | |
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| Reynosa File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
Guerra File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Suazo File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' |
| Honduras | 2–1 | File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| Barahona File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Guerra File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' |
López Contreras File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' |
| El Salvador | 1–1 | File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' | Peña File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' |
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 3 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2–1 | Error creating thumbnail: Mexico |
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| Delanoy File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' del Muro File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (o.g.) |
Ortiz Camargo File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' |
| Costa Rica | 1–0 | |
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| Cordero File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' (pen.) |
| Costa Rica | 0–0 | Error creating thumbnail: Mexico |
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| Netherlands Antilles | 2–1 | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica |
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| Briesen File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' D. Pablo File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' |
Dunkley File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' |
Final round
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Testing File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Sillie File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Brandborg File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', 89' |
Suazo File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' |
| El Salvador | 1–4 | |
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| Chacón File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' | González File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 22', 72' Pearson File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' |
| Costa Rica | 1–0 | |
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| Pearson File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' |
| El Salvador | 3–0 | |
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| Monge File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 34' |
| Costa Rica | 2–1 | |
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| Córdoba File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' |
Cruz File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' |
| El Salvador | 3–2 | |
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| Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 80' González File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' |
Testing File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' J.M. Pablo File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' |
| Champions |
|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: Costa Rica 1st title |
Statistics
[edit | edit source]Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]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
Mario Cordero
Enrique Córdoba
Rubén Jiménez
Luis Vázquez
Armando Chacón
Mauricio Ernesto González
César Reynosa
Alfredo Ruano- Guatemala Antony Ewing
- Guatemala Haroldo Juárez
- Guatemala Francisco López Contreras
- Guatemala Hugo Peña
- Guatemala Jorge Roldán
Felipe Barahona
Dolores Cruz
Nilmo Edwards
René Rodríguez Reyes- Jamaica Locelles Dinckley
- Error creating thumbnail: Fernando Cuenca
- Error creating thumbnail: Armando Garrido
- Error creating thumbnail: Albino Morales
- Error creating thumbnail: Vicente Pereda
- Netherlands Antilles Toribio Briesen
- Netherlands Antilles Ronald Delanoy
- Netherlands Antilles Daniel Pablo
- Netherlands Antilles Juan Maximiliano Pablo
- Netherlands Antilles George Sillie
- Nicaragua Armando Mendieta
- Nicaragua Dámaso Silva
- Panama Adolfo Díaz Gáez
- Panama Luis Góyez
- Panama Luis Carlos Ponce
- Panama Carlos Valderrama
- Panama Everardo Vega
1 own goal
Benjamín Velasco (against Panama)- Error creating thumbnail: Jesús del Muro (against Netherlands Antilles)
Team of the Tournament
[edit | edit source]Source:[2]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
Netherlands Antilles Juan Pablo |
Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg |
Mexico Guillermo Ortiz |
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- CONCACAF Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by El Salvador
- 1963 in CONCACAF football
- 1962–63 in Panamanian football
- 1962–63 in Honduran football
- 1962–63 in Guatemalan football
- 1962–63 in Salvadoran football
- 1962–63 in Nicaraguan football
- 1962–63 in Costa Rican football
- 1962–63 in Jamaican football
- 1962–63 in Mexican football
- Sports competitions in San Salvador
- 20th century in San Salvador
- Santa Ana Department
- March 1963 sports events in North America
- April 1963 sports events in North America