1973 CONCACAF Championship

The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from 29 November to 18 December. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup. Haiti became winners for the first time in the CONCACAF region and qualified for West Germany '74. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the World Cup.

1973 CONCACAF Championship

Coupe des nations de la CONCACAF 1973
Tournament details
Host country	Haiti
Dates	29 November – 18 December
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Haiti (1st title)
Runners-up	Trinidad and Tobago
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	43 (2.87 per match)
Attendance	223,442 (14,896 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Steve David (7 goals)
← 1971 1977 →

Qualification

Main article: 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Teams

•  Guatemala
•  Haiti (Hosts)
•  Honduras
•  Mexico (Defending Champions)
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Trinidad and Tobago

Venues

Port-au-Prince Location of the host city of the 1973 CONCACAF Championship.	Port-au-Prince
	Stade Sylvio Cator
	Capacity: 15,000

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti (C)	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	8	1974 FIFA World Cup
2	Trinidad and Tobago	5	3	0	2	11	4	+7	6
3	Mexico	5	2	2	1	10	5	+5	6
4	Honduras	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	5
5	Guatemala	5	0	3	2	4	6	−2	3
6	Netherlands Antilles	5	0	2	3	4	19	−15	2

Source: ^[1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions

29 November 1973

Honduras	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Guifarro 33' Hernández 51'		David 61'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 12,816

Referee: Davies (Canada)

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30 November 1973

Mexico	0–0	Guatemala

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 12,816

Referee: Highet (Canada)

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1 December 1973

Haiti	3–0	Netherlands Antilles
Sanon 25', 61' Désir 29'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 12,816

Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

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3 December 1973

Honduras	1–1	Mexico
Guifarro 54'		H. López 73'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 12,816

Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

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4 December 1973

Haiti	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Sanon 9' R. Saint-Vil 88'		David 14'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 12,816

Referee: Henriquez (El Salvador)

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5 December 1973

Netherlands Antilles	2–2	Guatemala
Toppenberg 18' Schoop 75'		Roldán 6' Morales 63'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 14,257

Referee: Kibritjian (United States)

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7 December 1973

Haiti	1–0	Honduras
G. Saint-Vil 59'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 14,257

Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

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8 December 1973

Mexico	8–0	Netherlands Antilles
H. López 10', 76' Muciño 32', 45', 46', 82' Pulido 35' Lapuente 78'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 14,257

Referee: Luis Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)^[3]

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10 December 1973

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Guatemala
David 30'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 15,361

Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

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12 December 1973

Honduras	2–2	Netherlands Antilles
Soza 33' Guifarro 50'		Clemencia 62' St. Jago 73'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 15,361

Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)

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13 December 1973

Haiti	2–1	Guatemala
Sanon 28', 72'		Monterroso 4'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 15,361

Referee: Davies (Canada)

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14 December 1973

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Mexico
Cummings 35', 39' David 52' Archibald 62'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 15,361

Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

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15 December 1973

Honduras	1–1	Guatemala
Bran 15'		Banegas 83'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 15,435

Referee: Schott (United States)

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17 December 1973

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Netherlands Antilles
David 16', 51', 62' Brunken 33' (o.g.)

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 17,358

Referee: Ramirez (Puerto Rico)

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18 December 1973

Haiti	0–1	Mexico
		Borja 30'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 22,354

Referee: Kibritjian (United States)

Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

1973 CONCACAF Championship Winners
Haiti First title

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Steve David

5 goals

• Emmanuel Sanon

4 goals

• Octavio Muciño

3 goals

• Rubén Guifarro
• Horacio López Salgado

2 goals

• Everald Cummings

1 goal

• Juan Banegas
• Benjamín Monterroso
• René Morales
• Jorge Roldán
• Jean-Claude Désir
• Guy Saint-Vil
• Roger Saint-Vil
• Jorge Alberto Bran Guevara
• Óscar Rolando Hernández
• Roberto Soza
• Enrique Borja
• Manuel Lapuente
• Héctor Pulido
• Rignald Alfonso Clemencia
• Adelbert Toppenberg
• Siegfried Schoop
• Erroll Maximino St. Jago
• Warren Archibald

1 own goal

• Siegfried Brunken (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)

See also

• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)