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1967 CONCACAF Championship qualification

The 1967 CONCACAF Championship qualification competition was the qualifying contest to decide the finalists for the 1967 CONCACAF Championship – the third international association football championship for members of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Qualifying ran from 11 January – 14 February 1967 and was contested by the national teams of eight CONCACAF member associations.

1967 CONCACAF Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates11 January – 14 February 1967
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored39 (3 per match)
← 1965
1969 →

Honduras, the hosts of the championship, and Mexico, the defending champions, qualified automatically and did not take part in the qualification competition. The qualifying competition was split into two sections – a Caribbean section and a Central American section. The winners and runners up of both sections (Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala and Nicaragua) qualified for the final tournament.

Background

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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) was founded as a merger of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) and North American Football Confederation (NAFC) in 1961.[1] The first CONCACAF Championship, in which all the competing nations qualified automatically, was held in 1963.[2] A qualifying competition was introduced from the second edition in 1965.[3]

Format

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Qualification for the 1967 CONCACAF Championship was split into a Caribbean section and a Central American section. In both sections, the competing teams would contest a single round-robin at a centralised venue where each team would play all of the others once. The winner and runner-up would qualify for the final tournament.[4]

Participants

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Caribbean section:

Central American section:

Venue

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All matches in the Caribbean section were held at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica and all matches in the Central American section were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[4]

Kingston Guatemala City
National Stadium Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 26,000
National Stadium Estadio Mateo Flores

Caribbean section

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The Caribbean section was sponsored by Desnoes & Geddes, the brewery of Red Stripe beer,[5] and doubled as the Red Stripe Caribbean Trophy.[4]

The group began on 11 January when Jamaica drew 1–1 with the Netherlands Antilles. The following day, Cuba and Haiti also drew 1–1. On 13 January, Trinidad and Tobago defeated the Netherlands Antilles 2–1 before Jamaica defeated Cuba by the same score line the following day. On 16 January, Haiti defeated Trinidad and Tobago. As a result, Haiti and Jamaica were tied at the top with three points at the halfway stage, one point ahead of Trinidad and Tobago.[4]

On 17 January, Cuba and the Netherlands Antilles drew 2–2 and, the following day, Jamaica drew 1–1 with Trinidad and Tobago. On 19 January, Haiti defeated the Netherlands Antilles 1–0 which left Haiti one point clear of Jamaica with the two due to play in their last match and two points ahead of Trinidad and Tobago. On January 20, in their last match, Trinidad and Tobago defeated Cuba 2–1 which put them in a position to qualify. The following day, Haiti defeated Jamaica 1–0 to win the group and qualify alongside Trinidad and Tobago.[4]

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Qualification for 1967 CONCACAF Championship
2  Trinidad and Tobago 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 5
3  Jamaica 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 4
4  Cuba 4 0 2 2 5 7 −2 2
5  Netherlands Antilles 4 0 2 2 4 6 −2 2
Source: [4]

Results

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Cuba 1–1 Haiti
Verdecia 30' [6] Saint-Vil 40' (pen.)
Jamaica 2–1 Cuba
Ar. Welch 20', 32' [6] Dos Santos 76'
Haiti 4–2 Trinidad and Tobago
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Jamaica 0–1 Haiti
[6] Saint-Vil 88'

Team of the Tournament

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An ideal XI for the Caribbean qualifying group was selected by The Gleaner.[6]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Netherlands Antilles Juby Richardson Haiti Wilfrid Soray
Netherlands Antilles Juan Pablo
Jamaica Frank Brown		 Trinidad and Tobago Sedley Joseph
Netherlands Antilles Edwin Dirksz
Haiti Joseph Obas		 Jamaica Art Welch
Cuba José Verdecia
Haiti Guy Saint-Vil
Trinidad and Tobago Warren Archibald

Central American section

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Before the tournament begun, El Salvador and Costa Rica withdrew following a disagreement with the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, the organiser of the tournament, surrounding discrepancies in the money to be distributed between competitors. CONCACAF subsequently fined the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol and the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol and sanctioned them with a one-year suspension.[4]

The section began on 9 February when Nicaragua defeated Panama 3–1. Three days later, Guatemala defeated Panama by the same score line which meant both Guatemala and Nicaragua had qualified for the final tournament. In the final match on 14 February, Guatemala defeated Nicaragua 3–1 to win the group.[4]

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 4 Qualification for 1967 CONCACAF Championship
2  Nicaragua 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 2
3  Panama 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: [4]

Results

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 Nicaragua3–1Panama 
 [6] Romero 80'
Guatemala 3–1 Nicaragua
 [6] Ochoa red-colored football 44' (o.g.)

References

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  1. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (7 July 2025). "CCCF and Concacaf Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Gandini, Luca; Lugo, Erik Francisco; Reyes, Macario (15 September 2021). "I. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP (NORCECA) 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Gandini, Luca; Lugo, Erik Francisco; Reyes, Macario (19 August 2021). "II. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1965". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lugo, Erik Francisco; Mendoza, Eduardo (7 October 2021). "III. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1967". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Haitian goalkeeper suspended". Kingston Gleaner. 23 January 1967. p. 28.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Lugo, Erik Francisco; Mendoza, Eduardo (8 January 2023). "III COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1967 (NORCECA) - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
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