1967 CONCACAF Championship qualification
International football competition
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The 1967 CONCACAF Championship qualification competition was the qualifying contest to decide the finalists for the 1967 CONCACAF Championship – the third international association football championship for members of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Qualifying ran from 11 January – 14 February 1967 and was contested by the national teams of eight CONCACAF member associations.
Honduras, the hosts of the championship, and Mexico, the defending champions, qualified automatically and did not take part in the qualification competition. The qualifying competition was split into two sections – a Caribbean section and a Central American section. The winners and runners up of both sections (Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala and Nicaragua) qualified for the final tournament.
Background
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) was founded as a merger of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) and North American Football Confederation (NAFC) in 1961.[1] The first CONCACAF Championship, in which all the competing nations qualified automatically, was held in 1963.[2] A qualifying competition was introduced from the second edition in 1965.[3]
Format
Qualification for the 1967 CONCACAF Championship was split into a Caribbean section and a Central American section. In both sections, the competing teams would contest a single round-robin at a centralised venue where each team would play all of the others once. The winner and runner-up would qualify for the final tournament.[4]
Participants
Caribbean section:
Central American section:
Venue
All matches in the Caribbean section were held at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica and all matches in the Central American section were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[4]
| Kingston | Guatemala City |
|---|---|
| National Stadium | Estadio Mateo Flores |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 26,000 |
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Caribbean section
The Caribbean section was sponsored by Desnoes & Geddes, the brewery of Red Stripe beer,[5] and doubled as the Red Stripe Caribbean Trophy.[4]
The group began on 11 January when Jamaica drew 1–1 with the Netherlands Antilles. The following day, Cuba and Haiti also drew 1–1. On 13 January, Trinidad and Tobago defeated the Netherlands Antilles 2–1 before Jamaica defeated Cuba by the same score line the following day. On 16 January, Haiti defeated Trinidad and Tobago. As a result, Haiti and Jamaica were tied at the top with three points at the halfway stage, one point ahead of Trinidad and Tobago.[4]
On 17 January, Cuba and the Netherlands Antilles drew 2–2 and, the following day, Jamaica drew 1–1 with Trinidad and Tobago. On 19 January, Haiti defeated the Netherlands Antilles 1–0 which left Haiti one point clear of Jamaica with the two due to play in their last match and two points ahead of Trinidad and Tobago. On January 20, in their last match, Trinidad and Tobago defeated Cuba 2–1 which put them in a position to qualify. The following day, Haiti defeated Jamaica 1–0 to win the group and qualify alongside Trinidad and Tobago.[4]
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Haiti |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Qualification for 1967 CONCACAF Championship |
| 2 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Jamaica |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Cuba |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |
| 5 |  Netherlands Antilles |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
Results
| Jamaica | 1–1 | Netherlands Antilles |
|---|---|---|
Oxford  14' |
[6] | Dirksz 55' |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | Netherlands Antilles |
|---|---|---|
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[6] | Perez 87' (pen.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2–2 | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
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[6] |
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| Jamaica | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| As. Welch 85' |
[6] | Archibald 49' |
| Haiti | 1–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
|---|---|---|
| Métellus 87' |
[6] |
Team of the Tournament
An ideal XI for the Caribbean qualifying group was selected by The Gleaner.[6]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 Juby Richardson |
 Wilfrid Soray Juan Pablo Frank Brown |
Sedley Joseph Edwin Dirksz Joseph Obas |
Art Welch José Verdecia Guy Saint-Vil Warren Archibald |
Central American section
Before the tournament begun, El Salvador and Costa Rica withdrew following a disagreement with the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, the organiser of the tournament, surrounding discrepancies in the money to be distributed between competitors. CONCACAF subsequently fined the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol and the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol and sanctioned them with a one-year suspension.[4]
The section began on 9 February when Nicaragua defeated Panama 3–1. Three days later, Guatemala defeated Panama by the same score line which meant both Guatemala and Nicaragua had qualified for the final tournament. In the final match on 14 February, Guatemala defeated Nicaragua 3–1 to win the group.[4]
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Guatemala |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Qualification for 1967 CONCACAF Championship |
| 2 |  Nicaragua |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Panama |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
