CONCACAF Championship

Not to be confused with CONCACAF Champions Cup.

The CONCACAF Championship, also known as CONCACAF Nations Championship, was an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament was held from 1963 to 1989; it was the direct predecessor of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

CONCACAF Championship

Organizing body	CONCACAF
Founded	1961; 64 years ago (1961)[1]
Abolished	1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Region	North America Central America Caribbean
Number of teams	5–9
Related competitions	CONCACAF Gold Cup
Last champion(s)	Costa Rica (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Costa Rica  Mexico (3 titles each)

Prior to the founding of CONCACAF in 1961, the predecessor confederations (NAFC and CCCF) organized their top senior national team tournaments, NAFC Championship for North America (1947 and 1949), and CCCF Championship for Central America and the Caribbean (1941–1961) before the merged to form CONCACAF.

The inaugural edition was held in 1963 and was CONCACAF's first tournament for national teams. The competition retained its tournament format and was played on a biennial basis for a decade.

In 1973 the tournament became the qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and was played on a quadrennial basis. The CONCACAF trophy was given to the team that ranked highest in the qualifying group. In 1985 and 1989, there was no host nation for the competition.

Results

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Teams
1	1963	El Salvador	Costa Rica	El Salvador	Netherlands Antilles	Honduras	9
2	1965	Guatemala	Mexico	Guatemala	Costa Rica	El Salvador	6
3	1967	Honduras	Guatemala	Mexico	Honduras	Trinidad and Tobago	6
4	1969	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Netherlands Antilles	Mexico	6
5	1971	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Haiti	Costa Rica	Cuba	6
6	1973	Haiti	Haiti	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Honduras	6
7	1977	Mexico	Mexico	Haiti	El Salvador	Canada	6
8	1981	Honduras	Honduras	El Salvador	Mexico	Canada	6
9	1985	North America	Canada	Honduras	Costa Rica	El Salvador	9
10	1989	North America	Costa Rica	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Guatemala	5

Performances

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Mexico	3 (1965, 1971, 1977)	1 (1967)	2 (1973, 1981)	1 (1969)	7
Costa Rica	3 (1963, 1969, 1989)	–	3 (1965, 1971, 1985)	–	6
Guatemala	1 (1967)	2 (1965, 1969)	–	1 (1989)	4
Haiti	1 (1973)	2 (1971, 1977)	–	–	3
Honduras	1 (1981)	1 (1985)	1 (1967)	2 (1963, 1973)	5
Canada	1 (1985)	–	–	2 (1977, 1981)	3
El Salvador	–	2 (1963, 1981)	1 (1977)	2 (1965, 1985)	5
Trinidad and Tobago	–	1 (1973)	1 (1989)	1 (1967)	3
United States	–	1 (1989)	–	–	1
Netherlands Antilles	–	–	2 (1963, 1969)	–	2
Cuba	–	–	–	1 (1971)	1

Notes

Italic — Hosts

Debut of teams

A total of 15 national teams participated in the competition:

Edition	Debuting teams	No.	Total
1963	Costa Rica,  El Salvador,  Guatemala,  Honduras,  Jamaica,  Mexico,  Nicaragua,  Netherlands Antilles,  Panama	9	9
1965	Haiti	1	10
1967	Trinidad and Tobago	1	11
1969	–	0	11
1971	Cuba	1	12
1973	–	0	12
1977	Canada,  Suriname	2	14
1981	–	0	14
1985	United States	1	15
1989	–	0	15

Records and statistics

Overall statistics by team

In this ranking 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Mexico	8	38	22	10	6	78	24	+54	54
2	Costa Rica	6	37	20	11	6	64	27	+37	51
3	Guatemala	8	39	15	12	12	58	40	+18	42
4	Honduras	6	35	12	12	11	42	41	+1	36
5	El Salvador	6	32	11	10	11	43	40	+3	32
6	Trinidad and Tobago	6	32	10	7	15	36	50	-14	27
7	Haiti	7	34	10	7	17	33	51	-18	27
8	Canada	3	18	8	7	3	24	18	+6	23
9	United States	2	12	6	4	2	10	6	+4	16
10	Netherlands Antilles	4	21	5	5	11	27	55	-28	15
11	Cuba	2	10	2	4	4	9	15	-6	8
12	Panama	1	4	1	2	1	8	4	+4	4
13	Suriname	2	9	0	1	8	8	26	-18	1
14	Nicaragua	2	9	0	1	8	5	27	-22	1
15	Jamaica	2	8	0	1	7	4	26	-22	1

Competitive records

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semifinals
• QF – Quarterfinals
• GS – Group stage
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  •×  – Disqualified
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team (15)	1963 (9)	1965 (6)	1967 (6)	1969 (6)	1971 (6)	1973 (6)	1977 (6)	1981 (6)	1985 (9)	1989 (5)	Times entered	Times qualified
Canada	×	×	×	×	×	•	4th	4th	1st	•	5	3
Costa Rica	1st	3rd	×	1st	3rd	•	•	•	3rd	1st	9	6
Cuba	×	×	•	×	4th	×	•	GS	×	•	5	2
El Salvador	2nd	4th	×	•×	×	•	3rd	2nd	4th	GS	7	6
Guatemala	GS	2nd	1st	2nd	•	GS	GS	•	GS	4th	10	8
Haiti	•	GS	GS	•×	2nd	1st	2nd	GS	GS	×	9	7
Honduras	4th	•	3rd	•×	GS	4th	•	1st	2nd	•	10	6
Jamaica	GS	×	•	GS	•	×	×	×	×	•	5	2
Mexico	GS	1st	2nd	4th	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	×	•×	8	8
Netherlands Antilles	3rd	GS	•	3rd	×	GS	•	•	•	•	8	4
Nicaragua	GS	•	GS	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	5	2
Panama	GS	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	7	1
Suriname	×	×	×	×	×	•	GS	•	GS	×	4	2
Trinidad and Tobago	×	×	4th	GS	GS	2nd	GS	•	•	3rd	8	6
United States	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	GS	2nd	6	2
Team (15)	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	5	Times entered	Times qualified

Top goalscorers

Octavio Muciño of Mexico is one of the two players to score four goals in CONCACAF Championship (1973)

Edition	Player	Goals
1963	Eduardo Hernández	6
1965	Ernesto Cisneros	5
1967	Manuel Recinos	4
1969	Victor Manuel Ruiz	4
1971	Roberto Rodríguez	4
1973	Steve David	7
1977	Víctor Rangel	6
1981	Hugo Sánchez	3
1985	Roberto Figueroa	5
1989	Raúl Chacón Julio Rodas Evaristo Coronado Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Leonidas Flores Leonson Lewis Kerry Jamerson Philibert Jones	2

Hat-tricks

CONCACAF Championship hat-tricks

Sequence	Player	Time of goals	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Round	Date
1.	Juan Gonzalez	17', 22', 72'	Costa Rica	4–1	El Salvador	1963	Final round	3 April 1963
2.	Javier Fragoso	57', 71', 85'	Mexico	5–0	Netherlands Antilles	1965	Final tournament	1 April 1965
3.	Raúl Arellano Gallo	36', 53', 85'	Mexico	4–0	Nicaragua	1967	Final tournament	6 March 1967
4.	Víctor Ruiz	?', ?', ?'	Costa Rica	5–0	Trinidad and Tobago	1969	Final tournament	4 December 1969
5.	Emmanuel Sanon	?', ?', ?',?'	Haiti	6–1	Trinidad and Tobago	1971	Final tournament	28 November 1971
6.	Octavio Muciño	32', 45', 46', 82'	Mexico	8–0	Netherlands Antilles	1973	Final round	8 December 1973
7.	Steve David	15', 51', 62'	Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Netherlands Antilles	1973	Final round	17 December 1973
8.	Hugo Sánchez	46', 70', 82'	Mexico	4–1	Haiti	1977	Final round	9 September 1977

Winning managers

Edition	Manager	Nation	Source
1963	Mario Cordero	Costa Rica	[1]
1965	Ignacio Trelles	Mexico
1967	Rubén Amorín	Guatemala
1969	Eduardo Viso Abella	Costa Rica
1971	Javier de la Torre	Mexico
1973	Antoine Tassy	Haiti
1977	José Antonio Roca	Mexico
1981	José de la Paz Herrera	Honduras
1985	Tony Waiters	Canada
1989	Marvin Rodríguez	Costa Rica

Hosts and defending champions

See also: CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cup venues

Hosts

Time(s)	Nation	Edition(s)
2	Honduras	1967, 1981
1	El Salvador	1963
1	Guatemala	1965
1	Costa Rica	1969
1	Trinidad and Tobago	1971
1	Haiti	1973
1	Mexico	1977

Host results

Edition Hosts Result 1963  El Salvador Runners-up 1965  Guatemala Runners-up 1967  Honduras Third place 1969  Costa Rica Champions 1971  Trinidad and Tobago Fifth place 1973  Haiti Champions 1977  Mexico Champions 1981  Honduras Champions

Defending champions Edition Defending champions Result 1965  Costa Rica Third place 1967  Mexico Runners-up 1969  Guatemala Runners-up 1971  Costa Rica Third place 1973  Mexico Third place 1977  Haiti Runners-up 1981  Mexico Third place 1985  Honduras Runners-up 1989  Canada Did not qualify

See also

• CONCACAF Gold Cup
• CONCACAF Nations League
• CONCACAF Cup
• NAFC Championship
• CCCF Championship
• Official site