1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Main article: 1981 CONCACAF Championship

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

•  Canada
•  Costa Rica
•  Cuba
•  El Salvador
•  Grenada
•  Guatemala
•  Guyana
•  Haiti
•  Honduras
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Panama
•  Suriname
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  United States

North American Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	5
2	Mexico	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	4
3	United States	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3

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

18 October 1980

Canada	1–1	Mexico
Stojanović 43'		Luna 89'

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 6,371

Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)

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25 October 1980

United States	0–0	Canada

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Attendance: 7,864

Referee: Herrera García (El Salvador)

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1 November 1980

Canada	2–1	United States
Iarusci 21' Šegota 42' (pen.)		Villa 90'

Empire Stadium, Vancouver

Attendance: 13,598

Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

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9 November 1980

Mexico	5–1	United States
Sánchez 24' Camacho 31', 55' Mendizabal 37' González 40'		Davis 76' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)

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16 November 1980

Mexico	1–1	Canada
Sánchez 75' (pen.)		Gray 87'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 108,000

Referee: Midence Torres (Honduras)

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23 November 1980

United States	2–1	Mexico
Moyers 31', 65'		Sánchez 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	Honduras	8	5	2	1	15	5	+10	12
2	El Salvador	8	5	2	1	12	5	+7	12
3	Guatemala	8	3	3	2	10	2	+8	9
4	Costa Rica	8	1	4	3	6	10	−4	6
5	Panama	8	0	1	7	3	24	−21	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 July 1980

Panama	0–2	Guatemala
		Gómez 27' Mitrovich 49'

Estadio de la Revolución, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Robert Evans (United States)

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30 July 1980

Panama	0–2	Honduras
		Bernárdez 14' Costly 85'

Estadio de la Revolución, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 8,975

Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)

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10 August 1980

Panama	1–1	Costa Rica
Montillo 37'		Arroyo 73'

Estadio de la Revolución, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 5,678

Referee: Goede (Suriname)

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24 August 1980

Panama	1–3	El Salvador
Paschal 19'		Rivas 16' Huezo 75' González 82'

Estadio de la Revolución, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 3,547

Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)

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1 October 1980

Costa Rica	2–3	Honduras
Javier Jiménez 78' (pen.) Mills 81'		Bulnes 29' Bernárdez 42' Bailey 67'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 18,263

Referee: Soupliotis (Canada)

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5 October 1980

El Salvador	4–1	Panama
González 2', 61', 77' Rivas 35'		Montillo 27'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 33,005

Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

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12 October 1980

Guatemala	0–0	Costa Rica

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Narvaez Escobar (Mexico)

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26 October 1980

Honduras	0–0	Guatemala

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 44,220

Referee: Dorantes García (Mexico)

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26 October 1980

El Salvador	2–0 (w/o)	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)

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5 November 1980

Costa Rica	2–0	Panama
Morera 14' W. Jiménez 48' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 7,873

Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)

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9 November 1980

Guatemala	0–0	El Salvador

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 42,453

Referee: David Socha (United States)

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16 November 1980

Guatemala	5–0	Panama
Sánchez 11' Gómez 26', 69' Mitrovich 55' Wellmann 85'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 32,216

Referee: Johnson (Canada)

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16 November 1980

Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica
Velásquez 77'		Morera 33'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 28,159

Referee: David Socha (United States)

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23 November 1980

El Salvador	2–1	Honduras
González 9' Guerrero 66'		Figueroa 85'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 40,851

Referee: Fusco (Canada)

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26 November 1980

Costa Rica	0–3	Guatemala
		Pennant 27' Sánchez 64' (pen.) Gómez 88'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 17,042

Referee: Matos (Canada)

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30 November 1980

Honduras	2–0	El Salvador
Bailey 23', 66'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 38,979

Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)

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7 December 1980

Guatemala	0–1	Honduras
		Bailey 71'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 42,381

Referee: Kibritjian (United States)

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10 December 1980

Costa Rica	0–0	El Salvador

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 3,284

Referee: Rubio Vasquez (Mexico)

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14 December 1980

Honduras	5–0	Panama
Bernárdez 6', 21', 69' Figueroa 32', 77'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mendoza Guillen (Mexico)

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21 December 1980

El Salvador	1–0	Guatemala
Huezo 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	5–2	Grenada
Braithwaite 33' (pen.) Watson 50', 87' Canterbury 56' Forde 57'		Julien 15' Belfon 17'

Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: José Leonidas Rogel (El Salvador)

13 April 1980

Grenada	2–3	Guyana
Cherubin 56' Mitchell 87' (pen.)		Watson 13', 38' Canterbury 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	Cuba	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	7
2	Suriname	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
3	Guyana	4	0	0	4	0	9	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 August 1980

Cuba	3–0	Suriname
Delgado 69' Pereira 71', 78'

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

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7 September 1980

Suriname	0–0	Cuba

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)

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28 September 1980

Guyana	0–1	Suriname
		Stjeward 22'

Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Reginald Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago)

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12 October 1980

Suriname	4–0	Guyana
Leisbergen 20', 40' George 22' Calor 80'

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: L. De Boer (Netherlands Antilles)

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9 November 1980

Cuba	1–0	Guyana
Hernández 14'

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Whilston Taylor (Jamaica)

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30 November 1980

Guyana	0–3	Cuba
		Hernández 8' Espinosa 17' Roldán 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	Haiti	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5
2	Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1	4
3	Netherlands Antilles	4	0	3	1	1	2	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 August 1980

Haiti	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Crispin 84' Bobo 89'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Marcel Pérez (Mexico)

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17 August 1980

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Haiti
Spann 55' (pen.)

Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 5,535

Referee: Carlos Monge (Costa Rica)

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12 September 1980

Haiti	1–0	Netherlands Antilles
Brevin 74'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Attendance: 8,606

Referee: Whilston Taylor (Jamaica)

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9 November 1980

Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	Netherlands Antilles

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

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)

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29 November 1980

Netherlands Antilles	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

Attendance: 7,991

Referee: Glenn Kranenburg (Suriname)

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12 December 1980

Netherlands Antilles	1–1	Haiti
Kwidama 73'		Crispin 3'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

Attendance: 6,467

Referee: Domingo De la Mora (Mexico)

Haiti advanced to the finals.

Qualified Teams

•  Canada (CONCACAF North American Zone Winners)
•  Mexico (CONCACAF North American Zone Runners-up)
•  Honduras (CONCACAF Central American Zone Winners)
•  El Salvador (CONCACAF Central American Zone Runners-up)
•  Cuba (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Group 1 Winners)
•  Haiti (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Group 2 Winners)

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Jorge González
• Salvador Bernárdez

4 goals

• Julio Roberto Gómez Rendón
• Clyde Watson
• Roberto Bailey
• Hugo Sánchez

3 goals

• José Roberto Figueroa

2 goals

• Omar Morera Barrantes
• Luis Hernández
• Roberto Pereira
• Norberto Huezo
• José María Rivas
• José Emilio Mitrovich
• Óscar Enrique Sánchez
• Ashton Canterbury Taylor
• Serge Crispin
• Adrián Camacho
• Daniel Montillo Ruíz
• Johan Leisbergen
• Steve Moyers

1 goal

• Gerry Gray
• Robert Iarusci
• Branko Šegota
• Mike Stojanović
• Omar Arroyo
• Javier Jiménez
• William Jiménez Mora
• Rodolfo Mills
• Regino Delgado
• Roberto Espinosa
• Andrés Roldán
• Óscar Gustavo Guerrero
• Carlton Belfon
• Douglas Cherubin
• Jude Julien
• Jude Mitchell
• Allan Wellmann
• Selvin Pennant
• Gordon Braithwaite
• Clyde Ford
• Fritz Bobo
• Carlo Brevin
• Fernando Bulnes
• Allan Anthony Costly
• Moisés Tomás Velásquez Torres
• José Luis González China
• Guillermo Mendizabal
• Glenn Kwidama
• Ricardo Paschal Chambers
• Ricardo Calor
• Roy George
• Kenneth Stjeward
• Leroy Spann
• Rick Davis
• Greg Villa