1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification

A total of 15 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. The 15 teams were divided into 3 zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows:

North American Zone had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
Central American Zone had 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
Caribbean Zone had 7 teams, which would be divided into 2 groups - Group A had 4 teams and Group B had 3 teams. 2 teams in Group A played in the preliminary round, against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner advancing to Group A proper. The 3 teams in each group would then play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.

Entrants

North American Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	5
2	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	4
3	Error creating thumbnail: United States	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3

Source: http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1982/CONCACAF.HTM#M1

18 October 1980

Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Stojanović File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'		Luna File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 6,371

Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)

25 October 1980

United States Error creating thumbnail:	0–0	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Attendance: 7,864

Referee: Herrera García (El Salvador)

1 November 1980

Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	2–1	Error creating thumbnail: United States
Iarusci File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Šegota File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (pen.)		Villa File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Empire Stadium, Vancouver

Attendance: 13,598

Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

9 November 1980

Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg	5–1	Error creating thumbnail: United States
Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Camacho File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 55' Mendizabal File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' González File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'		Davis File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)

16 November 1980

Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' (pen.)		Gray File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 108,000

Referee: Midence Torres (Honduras)

23 November 1980

United States Error creating thumbnail:	2–1	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Moyers File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 65'		Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Attendance: 2,126

Referee: Gracias Regalado (Guatemala)

Canada and Mexico advanced to the finals.

Central American Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras	8	5	2	1	15	5	+10	12
2	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	8	5	2	1	12	5	+7	12
3	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	8	3	3	2	10	2	+8	9
4	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	8	1	4	3	6	10	−4	6
5	File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama	8	0	1	7	3	24	−21	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 July 1980

Panama File:Flag of Panama.svg	0–2	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
		Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Mitrovich File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'

Estadio de la Revolución, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Robert Evans (United States)

30 July 1980

Panama File:Flag of Panama.svg	0–2	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras
		Bernárdez File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Costly File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Estadio de la Revolución, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 8,975

Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)

10 August 1980

Panama File:Flag of Panama.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Montillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'		Arroyo File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Estadio de la Revolución, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 5,678

Referee: Goede (Suriname)

24 August 1980

Panama File:Flag of Panama.svg	1–3	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Paschal File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'		Rivas File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Huezo File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' González File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Estadio de la Revolución, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 3,547

Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)

1 October 1980

Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	2–3	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras
Javier Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' (pen.) Mills File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		Bulnes File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Bernárdez File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Bailey File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 18,263

Referee: Soupliotis (Canada)

5 October 1980

El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg	4–1	File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
González File:Soccerball shade.svg 2', 61', 77' Rivas File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'		Montillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 33,005

Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

12 October 1980

Guatemala File:Flag of Guatemala.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Narvaez Escobar (Mexico)

26 October 1980

Honduras File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg	0–0	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 44,220

Referee: Dorantes García (Mexico)

26 October 1980

El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg	2–0 (w/o)	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
		Costa Rica refused to travel to El Salvador for security reasons. FIFA awarded 2–0 win to El Salvador.^[1]

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Referee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico)

5 November 1980

Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
Morera File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' W. Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 7,873

Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)

9 November 1980

Guatemala File:Flag of Guatemala.svg	0–0	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 42,453

Referee: David Socha (United States)

16 November 1980

Guatemala File:Flag of Guatemala.svg	5–0	File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svg 26', 69' Mitrovich File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Wellmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 32,216

Referee: Johnson (Canada)

16 November 1980

Honduras File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Velásquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'		Morera File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 28,159

Referee: David Socha (United States)

23 November 1980

El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras
González File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Guerrero File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'		Figueroa File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 40,851

Referee: Fusco (Canada)

26 November 1980

Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	0–3	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
		Pennant File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' (pen.) Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 17,042

Referee: Matos (Canada)

30 November 1980

Honduras File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg	2–0	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Bailey File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', 66'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 38,979

Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)

7 December 1980

Guatemala File:Flag of Guatemala.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras
		Bailey File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 42,381

Referee: Kibritjian (United States)

10 December 1980

Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg	0–0	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 3,284

Referee: Rubio Vasquez (Mexico)

14 December 1980

Honduras File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg	5–0	File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
Bernárdez File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 21', 69' Figueroa File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', 77'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mendoza Guillen (Mexico)

21 December 1980

El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Huezo File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 22,813

Referee: D'Ippolito (United States)

Honduras and El Salvador advanced to the finals.

Caribbean Zone

Group A Preliminary Round

30 March 1980

Guyana File:Flag of Guyana.svg	5–2	File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada
Braithwaite File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (pen.) Watson File:Soccerball shade.svg 50', 87' Canterbury File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Forde File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'		Julien File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Belfon File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'

Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: José Leonidas Rogel (El Salvador)

13 April 1980

Grenada File:Flag of Grenada.svg	2–3	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Cherubin File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Mitchell File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' (pen.)		Watson File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 38' Canterbury File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'

National Cricket Stadium, Saint George's, Grenada

Attendance: 1,298

Referee: Juan Ramón Mollinero (Guatemala)

Guyana won 8-4 on aggregate and advanced to Group A.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	7
2	File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
3	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana	4	0	0	4	0	9	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 August 1980

Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
Delgado File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Pereira File:Soccerball shade.svg 71', 78'

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

7 September 1980

Suriname File:Flag of Suriname.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)

28 September 1980

Guyana File:Flag of Guyana.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
		Stjeward File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'

Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Reginald Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago)

12 October 1980

Suriname File:Flag of Suriname.svg	4–0	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Leisbergen File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 40' George File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Calor File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: L. De Boer (Netherlands Antilles)

9 November 1980

Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Whilston Taylor (Jamaica)

30 November 1980

Guyana File:Flag of Guyana.svg	0–3	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
		Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Espinosa File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Roldán File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'

McKenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden, Guyana

Attendance: 7,664

Referee: R. Goede (Suriname)

Cuba advanced to the finals.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5
2	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1	4
3	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles	4	0	3	1	1	2	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 August 1980

Haiti File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg	2–0	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
Crispin File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Bobo File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Marcel Pérez (Mexico)

17 August 1980

Trinidad and Tobago File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti
Spann File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' (pen.)

Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 5,535

Referee: Carlos Monge (Costa Rica)

12 September 1980

Haiti File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg	1–0	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles
Brevin File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Attendance: 8,606

Referee: Whilston Taylor (Jamaica)

9 November 1980

Trinidad and Tobago File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg	0–0	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Netherlands Antilles

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)

29 November 1980

Netherlands Antilles File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg	0–0	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

Attendance: 7,991

Referee: Glenn Kranenburg (Suriname)

12 December 1980

Netherlands Antilles File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti
Kwidama File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		Crispin File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

Attendance: 6,467

Referee: Domingo De la Mora (Mexico)

Haiti advanced to the finals.

Qualified Teams

File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CONCACAF North American Zone Winners)
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (CONCACAF North American Zone Runners-up)
File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras (CONCACAF Central American Zone Winners)
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador (CONCACAF Central American Zone Runners-up)
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Group 1 Winners)
File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Group 2 Winners)

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Honduras José Roberto Figueroa

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ Buzón de Rodrigo

[1] Buzón de Rodrigo

[1]

v t e CONCACAF Championship
Editions	El Salvador 1963 Guatemala 1965 Honduras 1967 Costa Rica 1969 Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Haiti 1973 Mexico 1977 Honduras 1981 1985 (No fixed venue) 1989 (No fixed venue)
Qualification	1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989
Successor: CONCACAF Gold Cup (since 1991)

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1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Contents

Entrants

North American Zone

Central American Zone

Caribbean Zone

Group A Preliminary Round

Group A

Group B

Qualified Teams

Goalscorers

References

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1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Entrants

North American Zone

Central American Zone

Caribbean Zone

Group A Preliminary Round

Group A

Group B

Qualified Teams

Goalscorers

References

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