# CONCACAF Championship

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Football tournament

Not to be confused with [CONCACAF Champions Cup](/source/CONCACAF_Champions_Cup).

Football tournament

CONCACAF Championship Organizer(s) CONCACAF Founded 1961; 65 years ago (1961)[1] Abolished 1989; 37 years ago (1989) Region North America Central America Caribbean Teams 5–9 Related competitions CONCACAF Gold Cup Last champion(s) Costa Rica (3rd title) Most championships Costa Rica Mexico (3 titles each)

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

Prior to the founding of CONCACAF in 1961, the predecessor confederations ([NAFC](/source/North_American_Football_Confederation) and [CCCF](/source/Confederaci%C3%B3n_Centroamericana_y_del_Caribe_de_F%C3%BAtbol)) organized their top senior national team tournaments, [NAFC Championship](/source/North_American_Football_Confederation#NAFC_Championship) for North America (1947 and 1949), and [CCCF Championship](/source/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](/source/FIFA_World_Cup_qualification) tournament for the [FIFA World Cup](/source/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](/source/Two_points_for_a_win), 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in [extra time](/source/Extra_time_(association_football)) are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by [penalty shoot-outs](/source/Penalty_shootout_(association_football)) 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](/source/Octavio_Muci%C3%B1o)** of [Mexico](/source/Mexico_national_football_team) is one of the two players to score four goals in CONCACAF Championship ([1973](/source/1973_CONCACAF_Championship))

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](/source/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](/source/CONCACAF_Gold_Cup)

- [CONCACAF Nations League](/source/CONCACAF_Nations_League)

- [CONCACAF Cup](/source/CONCACAF_Cup)

- [NAFC Championship](/source/North_American_Football_Confederation#NAFC_Championship)

- [CCCF Championship](/source/CCCF_Championship)

- [Official site](http://www.concacaf.com)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-concacaf-2012-04-06_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-concacaf-2012-04-06_1-1) Castro, Rodrigo A. Calvo (6 April 2012). ["Costa Rica wins 1963 NORCECA title"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120409212750/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CONCACAFRetroDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2726064%2C00.html). CONCACAF.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.concacaf.com/page/CONCACAFRetroDetail/0,,12813~2726064,00.html) on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

v t e CONCACAF Championship Editions El Salvador 1963 Guatemala 1965 Honduras 1967 Costa Rica 1969 Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Haiti 1973 Mexico 1977 Honduras 1981 1985 (No fixed venue) 1989 (No fixed venue) Qualification 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 Squads 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 Successor: CONCACAF Gold Cup (since 1991)

v t e CONCACAF Gold Cup Tournaments United States 1991 Mexico–United States 1993 United States 1996 United States 1998 United States 2000 United States 2002 Mexico–United States 2003 United States 2005 United States 2007 United States 2009 United States 2011 United States 2013 Canada–United States 2015 United States 2017 Costa Rica–Jamaica–United States 2019 United States 2021 Canada–United States 2023 Canada–United States 2025 Qualification 1998 2000 2002 2003 2015 2017 2019 2021 NL 2023 NL 2025 NL Finals 1991 1993 1996 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Squads 1991 1993 1996 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Overall records Hat-tricks Records and statistics Miscellaneous Awards Stadiums Balls Related competitions Caribbean Cup (1989–2017) Copa Centroamericana (1991–2017) CONCACAF Cup (2015) CONCACAF Nations League (2018–present) Predecessor: CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989)

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v t e CONCACAF Championship and CONCACAF Gold Cup winners CONCACAF Championship 1963: Costa Rica 1965: Mexico 1967: Guatemala 1969: Costa Rica 1971: Mexico 1973: Haiti 1977: Mexico 1981: Honduras 1985: Canada 1989: Costa Rica CONCACAF Gold Cup 1991: United States 1993: Mexico 1996: Mexico 1998: Mexico 2000: Canada 2002: United States 2003: Mexico 2005: United States 2007: United States 2009: Mexico 2011: Mexico 2013: United States 2015: Mexico 2017: United States 2019: Mexico 2021: United States 2023: Mexico 2025: Mexico

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