1971 CONCACAF Championship

1971 CONCACAF Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	20 November – 5 December
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up	Haiti
Third place	Costa Rica
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	37 (2.47 per match)
← 1969 1973 →

The 1971 CONCACAF Championship, the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 20 November to 5 December.

Qualifying tournament

Main article: 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Teams

• Costa Rica (Defending Champions)
• Cuba
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Trinidad and Tobago (Hosts)

Venues

Port of Spain		San Fernando
Queen's Park Oval	King George V Park	Skinner Park
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity:	Capacity:
File:Port of Spain.JPG		File:STAPP 045 San Fernando Skinner Park Velodrome.jpg
1971 CONCACAF Championship is located in Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Port of Spain San Fernando San Fernando Arima Arima		Arima
		Arima Velodrome
		Capacity:
		File:TnT Arima Velodrome 1.jpg

Final tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	5	4	1	0	6	1	+5	9
2	Haiti	5	2	3	0	9	1	+8	7
3	Costa Rica	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	5
4	Cuba	5	1	2	2	5	7	−2	4
5	Trinidad and Tobago	5	1	2	2	6	12	−6	4
6	Honduras	5	0	1	4	5	11	−6	1

Source:

20 November 1971

Costa Rica	3–0	Cuba
Roy Sáenz File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 44' Alfonso Estupiñán File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

Trinidad and Tobago

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21 November 1971

Mexico	0–0	Haiti

Trinidad and Tobago

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21 November 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Honduras
Douglas File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'		Matamoros File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' (pen.)

Trinidad and Tobago

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23 November 1971

Cuba	3–1	Honduras
Francisco Piedra File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Andrés Roldán File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' José Verdecia File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'		Jorge Brand File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'

Trinidad and Tobago

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24 November 1971

Haiti	0–0	Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago

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26 November 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	Mexico
		José Alfredo Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Roberto Rodríguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen.)

Trinidad and Tobago

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27 November 1971

Costa Rica	2–1	Honduras
Hernán Morales File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Roy Sáenz File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'		Oscar Hernandez File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Trinidad and Tobago

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28 November 1971

Mexico	1–0	Cuba
Roberto Rodríguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (pen.)

Trinidad and Tobago

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28 November 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	1–6	Haiti
Wilfred Cave File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'		Pierre Bayonne File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 81' Sanon File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Leintz Domingue File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Ramon Moraldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (o.g.) Claude Barthelemy File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'

Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 10,000

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30 November 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	2–2	Cuba
Cave File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Lennard File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		José Luis Elejalde File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Dagoberto Lara File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

Trinidad and Tobago

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1 December 1971

Haiti	3–1	Honduras
Pierre Bayonne File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Sanon File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Jean-Claude Desir File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'		Arnulfo Echeverría File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'

Trinidad and Tobago

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2 December 1971

Mexico	1–0	Costa Rica
Roberto Rodríguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Trinidad and Tobago

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4 December 1971

Mexico	2–1	Honduras
Octavio Muciño File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 83'		Rigoberto Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

Trinidad and Tobago

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4 December 1971

Haiti	0–0	Cuba

Trinidad and Tobago

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5 December 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	3–1	Costa Rica
Aubert Philips File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Steve DavidFile:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Anthony Douglas File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'		Emilio Valle File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'

Trinidad and Tobago

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Team of the Tournament

Source:

Ideal XI by RSSSF

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Rafael Puente	Genaro Bermúdez Miguel Rivero Walter Elizondo	Philippe Vorbe Juan Manuel Medina	Roberto Rodríguez Octavio Muciño Roy Sáenz Emmanuel Sanon Pierre Bayonne

Result

1971 CONCACAF Championship winners
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Second title

External links

• [1]
• [2] Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• [3] Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• [4] Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine