1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Dates	28 February 1965 - 22 May 1965
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	68 (2.83 per match)
Attendance	370,238 (15,427 per match)
Top scorer	Mexico Isidoro Díaz (5 goals)
	← 1962 1970 →

FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala.

Format

There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: The remaining 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico	7	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
2	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1
3	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras	1	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5

28 February 1965

Honduras File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg	0–1	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico
		Díaz File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Attendance: 7,514

Referee: Corado (Guatemala)

4 March 1965

Mexico File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg	3–0	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras
González File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Aussín File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Reyes File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 50,894

Referee: Méndez (Guatemala)

7 March 1965

United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	2–2	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico
Schmotolocha File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Bicek File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'		González File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Reyes File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Los Angeles, United States

Attendance: 19,337

Referee: Morgan (Canada)

12 March 1965

Mexico File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg	2–0	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Díaz File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Navarro File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'

Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 64,285

Referee: Gutierrez (Nicaragua)

17 March 1965

Honduras File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg	0–1	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
		Murphy File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Attendance: 1,268

Referee: Moreno (Nicaragua)

21 March 1965

United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras
Murphy File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Tegucigalpa, Honduras^[1]

Attendance: 2,331

Referee: Vargas (Costa Rica)

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica	5	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
2	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles	4	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1
3	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2

16 January 1965

Jamaica File:Flag of Jamaica.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Black File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Blair File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'

Kingston, Jamaica

Attendance: 10,100

Referee: Boniua (Costa Rica)

20 January 1965

Netherlands Antilles File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Sille File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'		Piedra File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Kingston, Jamaica^[2]

Attendance: 4,005

Referee: Gómez (Honduras)

23 January 1965

Jamaica File:Flag of Jamaica.svg	2–0	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles
Dunkley File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 64'

Kingston, Jamaica

Attendance: 12,264

Referee: Gómez (Honduras)

30 January 1965

Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg	0–1	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles
		Sille File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'

Havana, Cuba

Attendance: 3,040

Referee: Buergo (Mexico)

3 February 1965

Netherlands Antilles File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg	0–0	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica

Havana, Cuba^[2]

Attendance: 1,218

Referee: Buergo (Mexico)

7 February 1965

Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' (pen.) Martínez File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'		Dunkley File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'

Havana, Cuba

Attendance: 1,176

Referee: Garcia (Mexico)

Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	8	4	4	0	9	1	+8
2	File:Flag of Suriname (1959–1975).svg Suriname	2	4	1	3	8	9	−1
3	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago	2	4	1	3	5	12	−7

7 February 1965

Trinidad and Tobago File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg	4–1	File:Flag of Suriname (1959–1975).svg Suriname
Gellineau File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Corneal File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Aleong File:Soccerball shade.svg 38', 46'		Haltman File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 3,272

Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)

12 February 1965

Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Suriname (1959–1975).svg Suriname
Rodríguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 12,868

Referee: McKeand (Jamaica)

21 February 1965

Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	4–0	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.), 50' Daniels File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Marín File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'

San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 10,133

Referee: Valenzuela (Mexico)

28 February 1965

Suriname File:Flag of Suriname (1959–1975).svg	1–3	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Krenten File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'		Marín File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 70' Soto File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'

Paramaribo, Suriname

Attendance: 7,704

Referee: Ortega (Venezuela)

7 March 1965

Trinidad and Tobago File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
		Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 3,293

Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)

14 March 1965

Suriname File:Flag of Suriname (1959–1975).svg	6–1	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
Haltman File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 19' Waterval File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?' Kluivert File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Krenten File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'		Sookram File:Soccerball shade.svg

Paramaribo, Suriname

Attendance: 3,417

Referee: Osorio Katzenstein (Venezuela)

Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico	7	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
2	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	4	4	1	2	1	8	2	+6
3	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica	1	4	0	1	3	3	19	−16

25 April 1965

Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico

San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 20,654

Referee: Morgan (Canada)

3 May 1965

Jamaica File:Flag of Jamaica.svg	2–3	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico
Asher Welch File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Bartlett File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'		Padilla File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Cisneros File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Jáuregui File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'

Kingston, Jamaica

Attendance: 8,138

Referee: Montes de Oca (Guatemala)

7 May 1965

Mexico File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg	8–0	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Cisneros File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 89' Fragoso File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 70' Díaz File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', 41', 90' Padilla File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 52,017

Referee: Navarro (Nicaragua)

11 May 1965

Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	7–0	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Daniels File:Soccerball shade.svg 54', 85' Quirós File:Soccerball shade.svg 63', 77', 88' Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 4,003

Referee: Giebner (United States)

16 May 1965

Mexico File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg	1–0	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Cisneros File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'

Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 64,276

Referee: Morgan (Canada)

22 May 1965

Jamaica File:Flag of Jamaica.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Art Welch File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		Daniels File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'

Kingston, Jamaica

Attendance: 3,031

Referee: Carcamo (Honduras)

Mexico qualified.

Qualified teams

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	Final Round winners	22 May 1965	5 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962)

Goalscorers

5 goals

Mexico Isidoro Díaz

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.
^ ^a ^b Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.

[1] This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.

[ReferenceA-2] Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.

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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

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First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final round

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Format

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final round

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

References

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