1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala. There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: The remaining 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First Round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Mexico	7	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
2	United States	4	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1
3	Honduras	1	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5

28 February 1965	Honduras	0 – 1	Mexico	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
			Diaz	Attendance: 7,514 Referee: Corado (Guatemala)

4 March 1965	Mexico	3 – 0	Honduras	Mexico City, Mexico
	Aussin González Reyes			Attendance: 50,894 Referee: Méndez (Guatemala)

7 March 1965	United States	2 – 2	Mexico	Los Angeles, United States
	W. Shmotolocha 49' H. Bicek 59'		J. González 34' S. Reyes 65' (pen.)	Attendance: 19,337 Referee: Raymod Morgan (Canada)

12 March 1965	Mexico	2 – 0	United States	Mexico City, Mexico
	I. Diaz 9' R. Navarro 57'			Attendance: 64,285 Referee: Gutierrez (Nicaragua)

17 March 1965	Honduras	0 – 1	United States	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
			E. Murphy	Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Moreno (Nicaragua)

21 March 1965	Honduras	1 – 1	United States	Tegucigalpa, Honduras^[1]
	R. Taylor 85'		E. Murphy	Attendance: 2,331 Referee: Vargas (Costa Rica)

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Jamaica	5	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
2	Netherlands Antilles	4	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1
3	Cuba	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2

16 January 1965	Jamaica	2 – 0	Cuba	Kingston, Jamaica
				Referee: Boniua (Costa Rica)

20 January 1965	Cuba	1 – 1	Netherlands Antilles	Kingston, Jamaica^[2]
				Referee: Gómez (Honduras)

23 January 1965	Jamaica	2 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Kingston, Jamaica
				Referee: Gómez (Honduras)

30 January 1965	Cuba	0 – 1	Netherlands Antilles	Havana, Cuba
				Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)

3 February 1965	Jamaica	0 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Havana, Cuba^[2]
				Referee: Felipe Buergo (Mexico)

7 February 1965	Cuba	2 – 1	Jamaica	Havana, Cuba
	Dos Santos Nicholas		Dunkley	Referee: Garcia (Mexico)

Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Costa Rica	8	4	4	0	9	1	+8
2	Dutch Guyana	2	4	1	3	8	9	−1
3	Trinidad and Tobago	2	4	1	3	5	12	−7

7 February 1965	Trinidad and Tobago	4 – 1	Dutch Guyana	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
				Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)

12 February 1965	Costa Rica	1 – 0	Dutch Guyana	San José, Costa Rica
				Referee: McKeand (Jamaica)

21 February 1965	Costa Rica	4 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago	San José, Costa Rica
	Hernández Daniels Marin			Referee: Valenzuela (Mexico)

28 February 1965	Dutch Guyana	1 – 3	Costa Rica	Paramaribo, Suriname
			Daniels Marin	Referee: Ortega (Venezuela )

7 March 1965	Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 1	Costa Rica	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
				Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)

14 March 1965	Dutch Guyana	6 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	Paramaribo, Suriname
				Referee: Osorio Katzenstein (Venezuela)

Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.

Final Round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Mexico	7	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
2	Costa Rica	4	4	1	2	1	8	2	+6
3	Jamaica	1	4	0	1	3	3	19	−16

25 April 1965	Costa Rica	0 – 0	Mexico	San José, Costa Rica
				Referee: Morgan (Canada)

3 May 1965	Jamaica	2 – 3	Mexico	Kingston, Jamaica
	Welsh		Cisneros Jauregui Padilla	Referee: Montes de Oca (Guatemala)

7 May 1965	Mexico	8 – 0	Jamaica	Mexico City, Mexico
	Diaz Cisneros Fragoso Padilla			Referee: Moreno ()

11 May 1965	Costa Rica	7 – 0	Jamaica	San José, Costa Rica
	Daniels Quiros Hernández Jimenez Peńa			Referee: Giebner (United States)

16 May 1965	Mexico	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Mexico City, Mexico
	Cisneros			Referee: Morgan ()

22 May 1965	Jamaica	1 – 1	Costa Rica	Kingston, Jamaica
	Welsh		Quiros	Referee: Carcamo (Honduras)

Mexico qualified.

References

↑ This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.
1 2 Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.

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