1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification
Appearance
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
[edit]- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Netherlands Antilles
- Panama
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
North American Zone
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Canada | 1–1 | Mexico |
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Stojanović 43' | Luna 89' |
United States | 0–0 | Canada |
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Mexico | 5–1 | United States |
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Sánchez 24' Camacho 31', 55' Mendizabal 37' González 40' |
Davis 76' (pen.) |
United States | 2–1 | Mexico |
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Moyers 31', 65' | Sánchez 40' |
Canada and Mexico advanced to the finals.
Central American Zone
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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]
Panama | 0–2 | Guatemala |
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Gómez 27' Mitrovich 49' |
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Robert Evans (United States)
Panama | 0–2 | Honduras |
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Bernárdez 14' Costly 85' |
Attendance: 8,975
Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)
Panama | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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Montillo 37' | Arroyo 73' |
Costa Rica | 2–3 | Honduras |
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Javier Jiménez 78' (pen.) Mills 81' |
Bulnes 29' Bernárdez 42' Bailey 67' |
El Salvador | 4–1 | Panama |
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González 2', 61', 77' Rivas 35' |
Montillo 27' |
Guatemala | 0–0 | Costa Rica |
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Honduras | 0–0 | Guatemala |
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Attendance: 44,220
Referee: Dorantes García (Mexico)
El Salvador | 2–0 (w/o) | Costa Rica |
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Costa Rica refused to travel to El Salvador for security reasons. FIFA awarded 2–0 win to El Salvador.[1] |
Referee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico)
Costa Rica | 2–0 | Panama |
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Morera 14' W. Jiménez 48' (pen.) |
Guatemala | 0–0 | El Salvador |
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Attendance: 42,453
Referee: David Socha (United States)
Honduras | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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Velásquez 77' | Morera 33' |
Attendance: 28,159
Referee: David Socha (United States)
El Salvador | 2–1 | Honduras |
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González 9' Guerrero 66' |
Figueroa 85' |
Honduras | 2–0 | El Salvador |
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Bailey 23', 66' |
Attendance: 38,979
Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)
Guatemala | 0–1 | Honduras |
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Bailey 71' |
Attendance: 42,381
Referee: Kibritjian (United States)
Honduras | 5–0 | Panama |
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Bernárdez 6', 21', 69' Figueroa 32', 77' |
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mendoza Guillen (Mexico)
Honduras and El Salvador advanced to the finals.
Caribbean Zone
[edit]Group A Preliminary Round
[edit]Guyana | 5–2 | Grenada |
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Braithwaite 33' (pen.) Watson 50', 87' Canterbury 56' Forde 57' |
Julien 15' Belfon 17' |
Grenada | 2–3 | Guyana |
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Cherubin 56' Mitchell 87' (pen.) |
Watson 13', 38' Canterbury 16' |
Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Juan Ramón Mollinero (Guatemala)
Guyana won 8-4 on aggregate and advanced to Group A.
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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]
Suriname | 0–0 | Cuba |
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Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)
Suriname | 4–0 | Guyana |
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Leisbergen 20', 40' George 22' Calor 80' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: L. De Boer (Netherlands Antilles)
Cuba advanced to the finals.
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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]
Haiti | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Crispin 84' Bobo 89' |
Report |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | Haiti |
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Spann 55' (pen.) |
Haiti | 1–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Brevin 74' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)
Netherlands Antilles | 0–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Attendance: 7,991
Referee: Glenn Kranenburg (Suriname)
Netherlands Antilles | 1–1 | Haiti |
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Kwidama 73' | Crispin 3' |
Attendance: 6,467
Referee: Domingo De la Mora (Mexico)
Haiti advanced to the finals.
Qualified Teams
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 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
- Óscar Enrique Sánchez
- Allan Wellmann
- 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