1981 CONCACAF Championship
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| Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1981 (Spanish) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Honduras |
| Dates | 1–22 November |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Honduras (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador |
| Third place |  Mexico |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 28 (1.87 per match) |
| Attendance | 470,484 (31,366 per match) |
| Top scorer | Hugo Sánchez (3 goals) |
← 1977 1985 → | |
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The 1981 CONCACAF Championship, the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Honduras from 1 to 22 November. All games were played in the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. This tournament was won by the host, Honduras, who earned their first title and secured for the first time a place in the FIFA World Cup, as the tournament also served as qualification to Spain 1982. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated two places (out of 24) in the final tournament. This edition was marked by an upset as Mexico, traditional CONCACAF heavyweights and needing a win to go through, were eliminated by Honduras. The 0–0 tie between Mexico and Honduras qualified El Salvador to participate in the World Cup as the CONCACAF runners-up. El Salvador also became the first Central American team to qualify for more than one World Cup. This would be the last tournament which would feature a host nation for the final round.
Venue
[edit | edit source]| Tegucigalpa |
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| Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| Capacity: 35,000 |
| File:Estadio Carías.jpg |
Qualified teams
[edit | edit source]Teams
[edit | edit source]| Team | Method of qualification |
Total times qualified |
Last time qualified |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | North American Zone winners | 2 | 1977 | Fourth place (1977) |
| File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | Caribbean Zone Group A winners | 2 | 1971 | Fourth place (1971) |
| File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador | Central American Zone runners-up | 4 | 1977 | Runners-up (1963) |
| File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti | Caribbean Zone Group B winners | 6 | 1977 | Winners (1973) |
| Honduras (host) |
Central American Zone winners | 5 | 1973 | Runners-up (1967) |
| Mexico (title holders) |
North American Zone runners-up | 8 | 1977 | Winners (1965, 1971, 1977) |
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Standings
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 8 | 1982 FIFA World Cup |
| 2 | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mexico
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 |
Source: RSSSF
Matches
[edit | edit source]| Mexico | 4–0 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' H. Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 50' Manzo File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' |
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 40,720
Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
| Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Stojanovic File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 31,570
Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)
| Honduras | 4–0 | File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| Buezo File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Urquia File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Laing File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Figueroa File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' |
| Haiti File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Romulas File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' | Stojanovic File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' |
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 33,237
Referee: Gracias Regalado (Guatemala)
| Honduras | 2–0 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| Buezo File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Costly File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' |
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 33,876
Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
| El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba |
|---|---|---|
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 22,774
Referee: Socha (United States)
| Mexico | 1–1 | File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| H. Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' | Cadet File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' |
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 22,774
Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)
| Honduras | 2–1 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Caballero File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Figueroa File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' |
Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' |
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 38,953
Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
| Haiti File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| Mathieu File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' (o.g.) Núñez File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
| Mexico | 1–1 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' | Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' |
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 22,395
Referee: Socha (United States)
| Honduras | 0–0 | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 39,882
Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
| Haiti File:Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Huezo File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (pen.) |
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 16,826
Referee: Downer (Trinidad and Tobago)
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 16,458
Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)
| Honduras | 0–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Socha (United States)
Qualified teams to the 1982 FIFA World Cup
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| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Consecutive finals appearances |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras |
Winners | 16 November 1981 | 1st | — | 1 | — |
| File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador | Runners-up | 22 November 1981 | 2nd | 1970 | 1 | First round (1970) |
Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
- Haiti Frantz Mathieu (playing against Cuba)
Team of the Tournament
[edit | edit source]Source:[1]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador Luis Guevara Mora | Canada Ian Bridge El Salvador Francisco Osorto Efraín Gutiérrez Jaime Villegas
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El Salvador Norberto Huezo Ramón Maradiaga
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Cuba Ramón Núñez Carlos Caballero José Figueroa Hugo Sánchez
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Notes
[edit | edit source]To date, this is the last time that Mexico failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup. (Mexico did not appear in the 1990 FIFA World Cup as they were banned in light of a scandal in which they used overage players in a youth tournament.)
References
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