1969 CONCACAF Championship
Appearance
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1969 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Costa Rica |
Dates | 23 November – 7 December |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Costa Rica (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Guatemala |
Third place | Netherlands Antilles |
Fourth place | Mexico |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Víctor Ruiz (4 goals) |
The 1969 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 November to 8 December. Six teams participated in the tournament.
The event was hosted by Costa Rica in the city of San José. Seven teams qualified, but Haiti's disqualification[1] left six teams to play in the round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by the host nation, for the second time after 1963, by tying defending champions Guatemala 1–1 in the deciding final match.
Qualifying tournament
[edit]1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification
Teams
[edit]- Costa Rica (Hosts)
- Guatemala (Defending Champions)
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Netherlands Antilles
- Trinidad and Tobago
Venue
[edit]San José |
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Estadio Nacional |
Capacity: 25,000 |
Final tournament
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Costa Rica | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 |
2 | Guatemala | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 8 |
3 | Netherlands Antilles | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 |
4 | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 |
6 | Jamaica | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Costa Rica | 3–0 | Jamaica |
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Cascante 1' Sáenz 62' Dawkins 67' (o.g.) |
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 7,389
Guatemala | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Gamboa 8' Fión 84' |
Costa Rica
Costa Rica | 2–1 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Grant 1' Cascante 75' |
Croes 30' |
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Guatemala | 6–1 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Melgar 4', 82' Salamanca 24', 46' Valdez 32' Meulens 54' (o.g.) |
Carlos Regales 22' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3–2 | Jamaica |
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Cummings 33' Douglas 40' Haynes 85' |
Scott 20' Hamilton 31' |
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Jorge Mendez Montes De Oca (Guatemala)
Costa Rica | 2–0 | Mexico |
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Grant 4' Sáenz 33' |
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Henry Landauer (United States)
Netherlands Antilles | 3–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Loefstok 11', 49' Martijn 65' |
Haynes 4' |
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
Guatemala | 1–0 | Mexico |
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Fión 46' |
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Theodorus Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
Netherlands Antilles | 2–2 | Mexico |
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Toppenberg 42', 65' | Crespo 69' Barba 71' |
Costa Rica | 5–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Ruiz 10', 55', 65', 70' Elizondo 85' (pen.) |
Report |
Netherlands Antilles | 2–1 | Jamaica |
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Carlos Regales (6) Martijn 48' |
Largie 50' |
Mexico | 0–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica | 1–1 | Guatemala |
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Wanchope 50' | Fión 7' |
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Theodorus Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
Awards
[edit] 1969 CONCACAF Championship winners |
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Costa Rica Second title |
Scorers
[edit]- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goals
- Edwin Dawkins (for Costa Rica)
Team of the Tournament
[edit]Source:[2]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Rodolfo Umaña | Erwin Melfor | Jaime Grant | Roy Sáenz |
References
[edit]- ^ IV. CONCACAF Nations Cup 1969
- ^ "IV Copa de Naciones CONCACAF (NORCECA) 1969 - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- [1]
- spanish Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- 1969 CONCACAF Championship
- CONCACAF Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by Costa Rica
- 1969 in CONCACAF football
- 1969–70 in Guatemalan football
- 1969–70 in Costa Rican football
- 1969–70 in Jamaican football
- 1969–70 in Mexican football
- Sports competitions in San José, Costa Rica
- 20th century in San José, Costa Rica
- November 1969 sports events in North America
- December 1969 sports events in North America