1963 CONCACAF Championship

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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 
Eduardo Hernández
(8 goals)
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The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the top continental football tournament organized by CONCACAF for senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. It had 9 participating teams.

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 round

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

Netherlands Antilles qualifies to the tournament

Participating teams

Squads

Main article: 1963 CONCACAF Championship squads

Venues

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

Final round

First round

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'
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador
)
El Salvador 6–1 Nicaragua
Hernández 4'
Monge 21', 63'
Ruiz 75', 87'
Ruano
81'		 Mendieta 89'
Honduras 1–0 Nicaragua
Rodríguez Reyes 31'
El Salvador 1–1 Panama
Hernández
87'		 Velasco 82' (o.g.)
Guatemala 3–1 Nicaragua
de León 14' (pen.)
Ewing 71'
Juárez 85'		 Silva 39'
El Salvador 2–2 Honduras
Hernández
65'		 Guerra 16'
Suazo 27'
Panama 5–0 Nicaragua
Góyez 11'
Valderrama 41'
Santamaría 45', 58'
Ponce 71'
Honduras 2–1 Guatemala
Barahona 28'
Guerra 42'
López Contreras
9'
Honduras 1–0 Panama
Edwards 46'
El Salvador 1–1 Guatemala
Hernández
24'		 Peña 28'

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'
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Mexico
Delanoy 12'
del Muro 80' (o.g.)
Ortiz Camargo
24'
Mexico 8–0 Jamaica
Ortiz Camargo 27', 35' (pen.)
Cuenca 49'
Díaz 77', 88'
Morales
80'
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Cordero 38' (pen.)
Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Jamaica
Briesen 8'
D. Pablo 73'		 Dinckley 24'

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'
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador
Attendance: 35,000
)
El Salvador 1–4 Costa Rica
Chacón 49' González 17', 22', 72'
Pearson 76'
Costa Rica 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Pearson 54'
El Salvador 3–0 Honduras
Hernández
13', 34'
Costa Rica 2–1 Honduras
Córdoba 52'
Jiménez 59'		 Cruz 49'
El Salvador 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
González
60'		 Testing 7'
J.M. Pablo 78'


 Champions 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1st title

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

8 goals

  • Eduardo Hernández

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Team of the Tournament

Source:[2]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Asdrúbal Meneses El Salvador Benjamín Velasco

Costa Rica Mario Cordero

Netherlands Antilles Juan Pablo

Honduras Federico Budde

El Salvador César Reynosa

Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg

El Salvador Mario Monge

Costa Rica Juan Gonzalez

El Salvador Eduardo Hernández

Guillermo Ortiz

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ "I COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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