1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification
Football competition
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The 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification consisted of a single round of play. The 14 teams were divided into 6 groups of 2 or 3 teams (four groups with 2 teams and two groups with 3 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would then advance to the tournament.
Teams
Results
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 |
| 2 |  Canada |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
| 3 |  United States |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 1 |
| United States | 1–2 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
Geimer  8' |
Ceballos 11' Borbolla 48' |
Mexico advance to the tournament.
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Guatemala |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
| 2 |  El Salvador |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 1–0 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Melgar 89' (pen.) |
Attendance: 39,008
Referee: Pageotte (Haiti)
| El Salvador | 0–1 | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| Melgar 65' |
Attendance: 24,828
Referee: Kibritpan (United States)
Guatemala advance to the tournament.
Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Honduras |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Costa Rica |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 |
| Honduras | 2–1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Bran 32' Gómez 57' |
Paniagua 40' |
| Costa Rica | 3–3 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Elizondo 8' Sáenz 50'Cárcamo 60' (pen.) |
Urquía 70' Gómez 85', 90' |
Honduras advance to the tournament.
Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands Antilles |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – |  Jamaica |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamaica withdrew, so Netherlands Antilles advance to the tournament automatically.
Group 5
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Haiti |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 4 |
| 2 |  Puerto Rico |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
| Haiti | 7–0 | Puerto Rico |
|---|---|---|
| Barthélemy 11' Désir 14'François 21'Sanon 30', 33', 67'Vorbe 73' |
| Puerto Rico | 0–5 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| Bayonne 22' Désir 39'Sanon 48', 73', 80' |
Haiti advance to the tournament.
Group 6
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 7 |
| 2 |  Suriname |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 5 |
| 3 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11–1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
|---|---|---|
| Llewellyn 19', 38', 44' David 42', 70', 79'Spann 49', 68'Brewster 59'Roberts 84', 89' |
Morris 20' |
Attendance: 6,510
Referee: Alvarez Alfaro (Nicaragua)
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards 80' |
Llewellyn 10' David 30' |
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: Ortiz Perez (Honduras)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | Suriname |
|---|---|---|
| Brewster 63' Roberts 68' |
Zebeda 87' (pen.) |
Attendance: 7,964
Referee: Landauer (United States)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Suriname |
|---|---|---|
| David 75' |
Zebeda 35' |
Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
Attendance: 9,276
Referee: Landauer (United States)
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0–6 | Suriname |
|---|---|---|
| Doesburg Schal Miller |
Attendance: 2,027
Referee: Amarica (Canada)
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1–3 | Suriname |
|---|---|---|
| Morris 33' |
Zebeda 24', 68' Sordam 41' |
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Amarica (Canada)
Trinidad and Tobago advance to the tournament.
Teams qualified to the 1973 CONCACAF Championship
Mexico (Group 1 Winners)
Guatemala (Group 2 Winners)
Honduras (Group 3 Winners)
Netherlands Antilles (Automatic Group 4 Winners)
Haiti (Group 5 winners)
Trinidad and Tobago (Group 6 winners)
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
Arnold Robert Zebeda- Sammy Llewellyn
- 3 goals
- Rigoberto Gómez
- Raymond Roberts
Willy Roy
- 2 goals
Patrick Morris- Nelson Melgar
- Jean-Claude Désir
- Juan Manuel Borbolla
- Fernando Bustos
- Cesário Victorino
- Armand Doesburg
- Arnold Miller
- Edwin Schal
- Leopold Brewster
- Leroy Spann
- Gene Geimer
- 1 goal
- Vernon Edwards
Jimmy Douglas- Glen Johnson
- Ike MacKay
- Buzz Parsons
- Brian Robinson
- Bruce Twamley
Nemesia Cárcamo- Wálter Elizondo
- Asdrúbal Paniagua
- Roy Sáenz
- Claude Barthélemy
- Pierre Bayonne
- Guy François
- Philippe Vorbe
- Jorge Bran
- Jorge Urquía
- Enrique Borja
- Sergio Ceballos Aldape
- Eugene Sordam
- Rudy Getzinger