1963 CONCACAF Championship

The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the first edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. Nine teams participated in the inaugural event.

1963 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates23 March – 7 April
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored76 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eduardo Hernández
(8 goals)

The tournament was hosted by El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and Santa Ana. The nine teams were broken up into one group of five and one group of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by Costa Rica, who defeated the hosts El Salvador 1–4 in the deciding match of the four-team final group.

Qualifying tournament
Haiti 1–3 Netherlands Antilles
Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles 1–0 Haiti
Jamaica

Venues
San Salvador
Santa Ana
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Estadio Santaneco
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 15,000

Final tournament

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Honduras 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2  El Salvador 4 1 3 0 10 5 +5 5
3  Panama 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 4
4  Guatemala 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 4
5  Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0
Source: [1]
Panama 2–2 Guatemala
Vega  73' (pen.)
Díaz Gáez  82'		 Roldán  48'
de León  59'
Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)
El Salvador 6–1 Nicaragua
Hernández  4'
Monge  21', 63'
Ruiz  75', 87'
Ruano  81'		 Mendieta  89'
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Honduras 1–0 Nicaragua
Rodríguez Reyes  31'
Referee: Ricardo Méndez (El Salvador)
El Salvador 1–1 Panama
Hernández  87' Velasco  82' (o.g.)
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Guatemala 3–1 Nicaragua
de León  14' (pen.)
Ewing  71'
Juárez  85'		 Silva  39'
Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)
El Salvador 2–2 Honduras
Reynosa  30'
Hernández  65'		 Guerra  16'
Suazo  27'
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Panama 5–0 Nicaragua
Góyez  11'
Valderrama  41'
Santamaría  45', 58'
Ponce  71'
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Honduras 2–1 Guatemala
Barahona  28'
Guerra  42'		 López Contreras  9'
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Honduras 1–0 Panama
Edwards  46'
Referee: Carlos Luis Monge (Costa Rica)
El Salvador 1–1 Guatemala
Hernández  24' Peña  28'
Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 5
2  Netherlands Antilles 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Mexico 3 1 1 1 9 2 +7 3
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: [1]
Costa Rica 6–0 Jamaica
Marín  29', 35'
Gámez  37', 77'
González  73'
Vázquez  83'
Referee: Jorge Méndez Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Mexico
Delanoy  12'
del Muro  80' (o.g.)		 Ortiz Camargo  24'
Referee: José Isabel Morán (Panama)
Mexico 8–0 Jamaica
Pereda  4'
Garrido  17'
Ortiz Camargo  27', 35' (pen.)
Cuenca  49'
Díaz  77', 88'
Morales  80'
Referee: José Urtecho Gutiérrez (Nicaragua)
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Cordero  38' (pen.)
Referee: Pedro da Cunha (Brazil)
Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico
Referee: Marco Tulio Cárcamo (Honduras)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Jamaica
Briesen  8'
D. Pablo  73'		 Dinckley  24'
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)

Final round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
2  El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
3  Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 2
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: [1]
Netherlands Antilles 4–1 Honduras
Testing  2'
Sillie  21'
Brandborg  75', 89'		 Suazo  32'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jorge Méndez Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
El Salvador 1–4 Costa Rica
Chacón  49' González  17', 22', 72'
Pearson  76'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Pearson  54'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jorge Méndez Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
El Salvador 3–0 Honduras
Monge  10'
Hernández  13', 34'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Saúl de la Rosa (Colombia)
Costa Rica 2–1 Honduras
Córdoba  52'
Jiménez  59'		 Cruz  49'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jorge Méndez Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
El Salvador 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
Hernández  14', 80'
González  60'		 Testing  7'
J.M. Pablo  78'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan José Corado (Guatemala)
 1963 CONCACAF
Championship Winners 

Costa Rica
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

  • Juan González

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
  1. Ramos, José Ismael; Ellerbrock, Herbert Christian; Martell, Samuel; Calvo, Rodrigo; Coto, Gerardo; de Gracia, Adán; Mendoza, Eduardo; Paredes, Carlos; Mora Zeledón, Nectalí; Torres, Steven; Lugo, Erik Francisco (20 May 2021). "I Copa de Naciones CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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