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1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

August 24, 2023

The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Twelve teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the final tournament.

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Dates6 October 1968 – 8 October 1969
Teams12
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored97 (3.03 per match)
Attendance386,978 (12,093 per match)
Top scorer(s) Juan Ramón Martínez (7 goals)
← 1966

Format

The qualification structure was as follows:

  • First round: The remaining 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the semifinal round.
  • Second round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
  • Third round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

Entrants

Twelve national teams entered into CONCACAF qualification. Another team, Cuba, had their entry rejected.[1]

First round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   United States 6 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5
2   Canada 5 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5
3   Bermuda 1 4 0 1 3 2 12 −10
Canada  4–0  Bermuda
Vigh   3' (pen)
Zanatta   10'
Papadakis   25', 75'
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 3,432
Referee: Segura (Mexico)
Canada  4–2  United States
McPate   40', 68'
Patterson   79'
Vigh   89'		 Roy   38'
Stritzl   89'
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 5,959
Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)
Bermuda  0–0  Canada
Attendance: 5,324
Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
United States  1–0  Canada
Albrecht   50'
Atlanta, United States
Attendance: 2,727
Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
United States  6–2  Bermuda
Millar   22', 63', 82'
Baker   25', 56'
Roy   60'		 Trott   34'
Best   51'
Kansas City, United States
Attendance: 2,265
Referee: Fingal (Netherlands Antilles)
Bermuda  0–2  United States
Smith   8' (o.g.)
Roy   41'
Attendance: 2,942
Referee: Felipe (Mexico)

United States advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   Haiti 5 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4
2   Guatemala 4 4 1 2 1 5 3 +2
3   Trinidad and Tobago 3 4 1 1 2 4 10 −6
Guatemala  4–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Stokes   30'
Murren   66' (o.g.)
Bastide   78' (o.g.)
Melgar   88'
Attendance: 26,845
Referee: Araya Muñoz (Costa Rica)
Attendance: 16,215
Referee: Osorio Castillo (Mexico)
Haiti  4–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Saint-Vil   39', 52'
Obas   57'
François   86'
Attendance: 6,368
Referee: Gamboa (Costa Rica)
Haiti  2–4  Trinidad and Tobago
Guillaume   23'
Vorbe   52'		 Archibald   3', 73', 85'
Attendance: 2,233
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
Haiti  2–0  Guatemala
Claude Desir   15'
Barthelemy   45'
Attendance: 7,755
Referee: Molina (Costa Rica)
Guatemala  1–1  Haiti
González   21' Obas   64'
Attendance: 53,728
Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)

Haiti advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   Honduras 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5
2   Costa Rica 5 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4
3   Jamaica 0 4 0 0 4 2 11 −9
Costa Rica  3–0  Jamaica
Hernández   78'
Vaughns   88'
Sáenz   89'
Attendance: 14,940
Referee: De Oca (Guatemala)
Costa Rica  3–1  Jamaica
Chavarria   17'
Vega   34'
Núñez   62'		 Dunkley   30'
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
Honduras  3–1  Jamaica
Urquia   18'
Rosales   41'
Dick   56'		 Welsh   89'
Attendance: 7,441
Referee: King (United States)
Honduras  2–0  Jamaica
Mendoza   42'
Mejia   73'
Attendance: 3,577
Referee: Lee (Canada)
Honduras  1–0  Costa Rica
Gómez   32'
Attendance: 8,724
Referee: Wuertz (United States)
Costa Rica  1–1  Honduras
Chavarria   40' Rosales   25' (pen)
Attendance: 21,636
Referee: Cumberbatch (Trinidad and Tobago)

Honduras advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 4

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   El Salvador 6 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5
2   Suriname 4 4 2 0 2 10 9 +1
3   Netherlands Antilles 2 4 1 0 3 3 9 −6
Suriname  6–0  Netherlands Antilles
Corte   11', 59'
Schoonhoven   23', 39'
Vanenburg   67', 73'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: King (United States)
El Salvador  6–0  Suriname
Estrada   23', 84'
Azucar   56', 88'
Barraza   87'
Martínez   90'
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
Netherlands Antilles  2–0  Suriname
Brokke   60'
A. Martina   74'
Attendance: 1,592
Referee: King (Canada)
Attendance: 12,205
Referee: Di Salvatore (United States)
El Salvador  2–1  Netherlands Antilles
Martínez   58'
Barraza   83'		 E. Martina  
Attendance: 13,059
Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
Suriname  4–1  El Salvador
Lagadeau   16', 21'
Oosthuizen   43'
Schal   74'		 González   ?'
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Downer (Trinidad and Tobago)

El Salvador advanced to the semifinal round.

Second round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   Haiti 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
2   United States 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3
Haiti  2–0  United States
Obas   8'
Saint-Vil   54'
Attendance: 6,917
Referee: Segura (Mexico)
United States  0–1  Haiti
Saint-Vil   43'
San Diego, United States
Attendance: 4,274
Referee: Dunstan (Bermuda)

Haiti advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1=   El Salvador 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
1=   Honduras 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2
Honduras  1–0  El Salvador
Wells   89'
Attendance: 17,827
Referee: Yamasaki (Mexico)
El Salvador  3–0  Honduras
Martínez   27' (pen), 41'
Acevedo   29'
Attendance: 36,470
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)

Play-off

El Salvador and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

El Salvador  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Honduras
Martínez   8', 28'
Quintanilla   101'		 Cardona   19'
Gómez   50'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 15,326
Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico)

El Salvador advanced to the Final Round. Additionally, these matches featured prominently in the Football War.

Third round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1=   Haiti 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
1=   El Salvador 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2
Haiti  1–2  El Salvador
Obas   51' Acevedo   43'
Rodríguez   62'
Attendance: 10,415
Referee: Yamasaki (Mexico)
El Salvador  0–3  Haiti
Désir   20'
François   40'
Barthélemy   44'
Attendance: 36,403
Referee: Elizalde (Mexico)

Play-off

El Salvador and Haiti finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

El Salvador  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Haiti
Martínez   104'
Attendance: 6,742
Referee: Dunstan (Bermuda)

El Salvador qualified.

Qualified teams

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
  Mexico Host 8 October 1964 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966)
  El Salvador Third round winners 8 October 1969 0 (debut)

Goalscorers

There were 97 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica played all of their matches away.
  2. ^ Netherlands Antilles played its "home" game away in El Salvador.

References

  1. ^ (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links

  • RSSSF – 1970 World Cup Qualification

August 24, 2023
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The North Central American and Caribbean section of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico for national teams which are members of the Confederation of North Central American and Caribbean Association Football CONCACAF Twelve teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the final tournament 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF Tournament detailsDates6 October 1968 8 October 1969Teams12Tournament statisticsMatches played32Goals scored97 3 03 per match Attendance386 978 12 093 per match Top scorer s Juan Ramon Martinez 7 goals 19661973 CONCACAF Championship Contents 1 Format 2 Entrants 3 First round 3 1 Group 1 3 2 Group 2 3 3 Group 3 3 4 Group 4 4 Second round 4 1 Group 1 4 2 Group 2 4 2 1 Play off 5 Third round 5 1 Play off 6 Qualified teams 7 Goalscorers 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksFormat EditThe qualification structure was as follows First round The remaining 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each The teams played against each other on a home and away basis The group winners would advance to the semifinal round Second round The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home and away basis The winners would advance to the Final Round Third round The 2 teams played against each other on a home and away basis The winner would qualify Entrants EditTwelve national teams entered into CONCACAF qualification Another team Cuba had their entry rejected 1 Bermuda Canada Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Netherlands Antilles Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United StatesFirst round EditGroup 1 Edit Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD1 United States 6 4 3 0 1 11 6 52 Canada 5 4 2 1 1 8 3 53 Bermuda 1 4 0 1 3 2 12 106 October 1968Canada 4 0 BermudaVigh 3 pen Zanatta 10 Papadakis 25 75 Toronto Ontario CanadaAttendance 3 432Referee Segura Mexico 13 October 1968Canada 4 2 United StatesMcPate 40 68 Patterson 79 Vigh 89 Roy 38 Stritzl 89 Toronto Ontario CanadaAttendance 5 959Referee Figaroa Netherlands Antilles 20 October 1968Bermuda 0 0 CanadaHamilton BermudaAttendance 5 324Referee Koetsier Netherlands Antilles 26 October 1968United States 1 0 CanadaAlbrecht 50 Atlanta United StatesAttendance 2 727Referee Soto Paris Costa Rica 2 November 1968United States 6 2 BermudaMillar 22 63 82 Baker 25 56 Roy 60 Trott 34 Best 51 Kansas City United StatesAttendance 2 265Referee Fingal Netherlands Antilles 11 November 1968Bermuda 0 2 United StatesSmith 8 o g Roy 41 Hamilton BermudaAttendance 2 942Referee Felipe Mexico United States advanced to the semifinal round Group 2 Edit Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD1 Haiti 5 4 2 1 1 9 5 42 Guatemala 4 4 1 2 1 5 3 23 Trinidad and Tobago 3 4 1 1 2 4 10 617 November 1968Guatemala 4 0 Trinidad and TobagoStokes 30 Murren 66 o g Bastide 78 o g Melgar 88 Guatemala City GuatemalaAttendance 26 845Referee Araya Munoz Costa Rica 20 November 1968Guatemala 0 0 Trinidad and TobagoGuatemala City Guatemala note 1 Attendance 16 215Referee Osorio Castillo Mexico 23 November 1968Haiti 4 0 Trinidad and TobagoSaint Vil 39 52 Obas 57 Francois 86 Port au Prince HaitiAttendance 6 368Referee Gamboa Costa Rica 25 November 1968Haiti 2 4 Trinidad and TobagoGuillaume 23 Vorbe 52 Archibald 3 73 85 Port au Prince Haiti note 1 Attendance 2 233Referee Archundia Mexico 8 December 1968Haiti 2 0 GuatemalaClaude Desir 15 Barthelemy 45 Port au Prince HaitiAttendance 7 755Referee Molina Costa Rica 23 February 1969Guatemala 1 1 HaitiGonzalez 21 Obas 64 Guatemala City GuatemalaAttendance 53 728Referee Chaplin Jamaica Haiti advanced to the semifinal round Group 3 Edit Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD1 Honduras 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 52 Costa Rica 5 4 2 1 1 7 3 43 Jamaica 0 4 0 0 4 2 11 927 November 1968Costa Rica 3 0 JamaicaHernandez 78 Vaughns 88 Saenz 89 San Jose Costa RicaAttendance 14 940Referee De Oca Guatemala 1 December 1968Costa Rica 3 1 JamaicaChavarria 17 Vega 34 Nunez 62 Dunkley 30 San Jose Costa Rica note 1 Attendance 11 273Referee Archundia Mexico 5 December 1968Honduras 3 1 JamaicaUrquia 18 Rosales 41 Dick 56 Welsh 89 Tegucigalpa HondurasAttendance 7 441Referee King United States 8 December 1968Honduras 2 0 JamaicaMendoza 42 Mejia 73 Tegucigalpa Honduras note 1 Attendance 3 577Referee Lee Canada 22 December 1968Honduras 1 0 Costa RicaGomez 32 Tegucigalpa HondurasAttendance 8 724Referee Wuertz United States 29 December 1968Costa Rica 1 1 HondurasChavarria 40 Rosales 25 pen San Jose Costa RicaAttendance 21 636Referee Cumberbatch Trinidad and Tobago Honduras advanced to the semifinal round Group 4 Edit Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD1 El Salvador 6 4 3 0 1 10 5 52 Suriname 4 4 2 0 2 10 9 13 Netherlands Antilles 2 4 1 0 3 3 9 624 November 1968Suriname 6 0 Netherlands AntillesCorte 11 59 Schoonhoven 23 39 Vanenburg 67 73 Paramaribo SurinameAttendance 8 000Referee King United States 1 December 1968El Salvador 6 0 SurinameEstrada 23 84 Azucar 56 88 Barraza 87 Martinez 90 San Salvador El SalvadorAttendance 10 037Referee De Gourville Trinidad and Tobago 5 December 1968Netherlands Antilles 2 0 SurinameBrokke 60 A Martina 74 Oranjestad Netherlands AntillesAttendance 1 592Referee King Canada 12 December 1968El Salvador 1 0 Netherlands AntillesQuintanilla 28 San Salvador El SalvadorAttendance 12 205Referee Di Salvatore United States 15 December 1968El Salvador 2 1 Netherlands AntillesMartinez 58 Barraza 83 E Martina San Salvador El Salvador note 2 Attendance 13 059Referee De Gourville Trinidad and Tobago 22 December 1968Suriname 4 1 El SalvadorLagadeau 16 21 Oosthuizen 43 Schal 74 Gonzalez Paramaribo SurinameAttendance 4 327Referee Downer Trinidad and Tobago El Salvador advanced to the semifinal round Second round EditGroup 1 Edit Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD1 Haiti 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 32 United States 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 320 April 1969Haiti 2 0 United StatesObas 8 Saint Vil 54 Port au Prince HaitiAttendance 6 917Referee Segura Mexico 11 May 1969United States 0 1 HaitiSaint Vil 43 San Diego United StatesAttendance 4 274Referee Dunstan Bermuda Haiti advanced to the Final Round Group 2 Edit Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD1 El Salvador 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 21 Honduras 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 28 June 1969Honduras 1 0 El SalvadorWells 89 Tegucigalpa HondurasAttendance 17 827Referee Yamasaki Mexico 15 June 1969El Salvador 3 0 HondurasMartinez 27 pen 41 Acevedo 29 San Salvador El SalvadorAttendance 36 470Referee Van Rosberg Netherlands Antilles Play off Edit El Salvador and Honduras finished level on points and a play off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round 27 June 1969El Salvador 3 2 a e t HondurasMartinez 8 28 Quintanilla 101 Cardona 19 Gomez 50 Mexico City MexicoAttendance 15 326Referee Abel Aguilar Elizalde Mexico El Salvador advanced to the Final Round Additionally these matches featured prominently in the Football War Third round EditRank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD1 Haiti 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 21 El Salvador 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 221 September 1969Haiti 1 2 El SalvadorObas 51 Acevedo 43 Rodriguez 62 Port au Prince HaitiAttendance 10 415Referee Yamasaki Mexico 28 September 1969El Salvador 0 3 HaitiDesir 20 Francois 40 Barthelemy 44 San Salvador El SalvadorAttendance 36 403Referee Elizalde Mexico Play off Edit El Salvador and Haiti finished level on points and a play off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify 8 October 1969El Salvador 1 0 a e t HaitiMartinez 104 Kingston JamaicaAttendance 6 742Referee Dunstan Bermuda El Salvador qualified Qualified teams EditThe following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup Mexico Host 8 October 1964 4 1930 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 El Salvador Third round winners 8 October 1969 0 debut Goalscorers EditThere were 97 goals scored in 32 matches for an average of 3 03 goals per match 7 goals Juan Ramon Martinez 4 goals Guy Saint Vil Warren Archibald 3 goals Guy Francois Joseph Obas Peter Millar Willy Roy 2 goals Ralph McPate Nick Papadakis Tibor Vigh Eduardo Chavarria Elmer Acevedo Victor Manuel Azucar Juan Francisco Barraza Joel Estrada Jose Quintanilla Hugues Guillaume Rigoberto Gomez Donaldo Rosales Paul Ruben Corte Jules Lagadeau Ruud Schoonhoven Roy Vanenburg Gerry Baker 1 goal Clyde Best Winston Trott Norman Patterson Sergio Zanatta Leonel Hernandez Edgar Nunez Roy Saenz Walford Vaughns Mario Vega Mauricio Ernesto Gonzalez Mauricio Alonso Rodriguez Edgar Gonzalez Nelson Melgar David Stokes Claude Barthelemy Jean Claude Desir Reynold Saint Surin Philippe Vorbe Jose Cardona Rafael Dick Reynaldo Mejia Marco Antonio Mendoza Jose Urquia Leonard Wells Lascelles Dunkley Evan Welsh Wouter Brokke Antonio Martina Elcio Martina Stuart Oosthuizen Edwin Schal Dietrich Albrecht Siegfried Stritzl 1 own goal Rudolph Smith against United States Tyrone de la Bastide against Guatemala Selwyn Murren against Guatemala Notes Edit a b c d Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica played all of their matches away Netherlands Antilles played its home game away in El Salvador References Edit History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition by year PDF FIFA 10 June 2010 Archived from the original PDF on 2 June 2010 Retrieved 6 June 2022 External links EditFIFA World Cup Official Site 1970 World Cup Qualification RSSSF 1970 World Cup Qualification Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF amp oldid 1171402726, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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