1963 CONCACAF Championship

1963 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Host country El Salvador
Dates 23 March – 7 April
Teams 9 (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
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 76 (3.45 per match)

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.

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

25 February 1963
Haiti  13  Netherlands Antilles

Venues

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

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Honduras 74310633
2  El Salvador 541301055
3  Panama 44121844
4  Guatemala 44121761
5  Nicaragua 04004215-13

Results

23 March 1963
El Salvador  11  Panama

23 March 1963
Honduras  21  Guatemala

25 March 1963
El Salvador  61  Nicaragua

25 March 1963
Panama  22  Guatemala

27 March 1963
Guatemala  31  Nicaragua

27 March 1963
Honduras  10  Panama

29 March 1963
El Salvador  11  Guatemala

29 March 1963
Honduras  10  Nicaragua

31 March 1963
El Salvador  22  Honduras

31 March 1963
Panama  50  Nicaragua

Group B

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 53210707
2  Netherlands Antilles 43201431
3  Mexico 33111927
4  Jamaica 03003116-15

Results




28 March 1963
Mexico  80  Jamaica



Final round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 63300725
2  El Salvador 43201761
3  Netherlands Antilles 23102651
4  Honduras 0300329-7

3 April 1963
El Salvador  30  Honduras

5 April 1963
Costa Rica  21  Honduras
Enrique "Pelirrojo" Córdoba
Rubén "Rata" Jiménez
Guerra




1963 CONCACAF
Championship Winners

Costa Rica
First Title

External links

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