1989 CONCACAF Championship

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1989 CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Dates19 March – 19 November
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (3rd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Third placeFile:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored29 (1.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)Eight players
(2 goals each)
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1991 →
CONCACAF Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
CCCF–NAFC era

CONCACAF era

The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was the tenth and final edition of the CONCACAF Championship held under the format of serving as qualification to the 1990 FIFA World Cup and having no host nation for the final round. The tournament would be succeeded by the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991.

Costa Rica narrowly emerged as champions on goal difference to win their third title and participate in their first World Cup. The United States finished runners-up by virtue of one goal and qualified for their first World Cup in forty years. The U.S. gained their first World Cup qualification in 40 years by beating Trinidad and Tobago in their last game by 1–0, with a goal dubbed "The Shot Heard around the World".

A total of sixteen CONCACAF teams entered the competition. However, FIFA rejected the entry of Belize due to debts to FIFA.

Qualification

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Main article: 1989 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Five teams qualified from the two stage qualification process that ran from April to November 1988. Mexico were disqualified during this stage after having been found to have fielded over-aged players during the 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament. Their scheduled opponents Costa Rica therefore advanced to the Final Round unopposed.

Teams

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Final round

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CRC  USA  TRI  GUA  SLV
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 8 5 1 2 10 6 +4 11 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 4 3 1 6 3 +3 11 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 9 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 3 1–0 0–0 0–1 Canc.
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 2–4 0–1 0–0 Canc.
Source: RSSSF

Costa Rica won the 1989 CONCACAF Championship and, along with the United States, qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.


 1989 CONCACAF Championship winners 
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg
Costa Rica
Third title

Goalscorers

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2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ^ The El Salvador–Trinidad and Tobago match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
  2. ^ The El Salvador–United States match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
  3. ^ a b The matches between El Salvador and Guatemala, which were originally scheduled to be played in Guatemala, were scratched by mutual agreement as both teams could no longer qualify for the World Cup in any event.
  4. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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