1965 CONCACAF Championship

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1965 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1965
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
Dates28 March – 11 April
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Third placeFile:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Fourth placeFile:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)
1963
1967

The 1965 CONCACAF Championship, was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the tournament was held in Guatemala from 28 March to 11 April. It had 6 participating teams.

Qualifying round

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Caribbean Zone

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Jamaica, Trinidad, Dominican Republic withdrew from qualifying due to a schedule clash with qualification for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Hosts of the final tournament, Guatemala refused to grant the Cubans visas to visit the country.

Cuba complained to Helmut Käser, FIFA's General Secretary requesting for FIFA not to recognise CONCACAF. Käser stated that FIFA could not do so and referred the issue of Guatemalan visas for the Cubans to CONCACAF. As they were not able to enter the competition, Cuba withdrew.

Haiti and Netherlands Antilles automatically qualified for the final round.[1]

Central American Zone

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Panama withdrew prior to the qualifying tournament beginning.

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


North America Zone

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg w/o  United States w/o w/o

United States withdrew. Mexico automatically qualified.[1]

Participating teams

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Squads

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Venues

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Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000
File:Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala.JPG

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico (C) 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 7
3 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 5 2 2 1 11 4 +7 6
4 File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 5
5 File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles 5 0 2 3 4 16 −12 2
6 File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti 5 0 1 4 3 13 −10 1
Source: [2][3]
(C) Champions














Notes

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  1. ^ Match suspended at 70' due to fight between both teams, after extensive deliberations the organizing committee decided to end the match; result stood.[4][5][6]


 Champions 
Costa Rica
Mexico
1st title

Team of the Tournament

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Source:[7]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Emilio Sagot Guatemala Alberto López
Mexico Gustavo Peña
Mexico Jesús del Muro
Costa Rica Álvaro McDonald
El Salvador Alberto Villalta
Costa Rica Juan José Gámez
Mexico Ernesto Cisneros
Costa Rica Guido Peña
Mexico Javier Fragoso
Guatemala Hugo Peña

References

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ a b RSSSF - CONCACAF 1965 - Match details
  3. ^ a b El Balon Cuscatleco - El Salvador en NORCECA
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