1973 CONCACAF Championship

1973 CONCACAF Championship

CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Haiti
Dates	November 29 – December 18
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Haiti (1st title)
Runner-up	Trinidad and Tobago
Third place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Steve David

The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the 6th staging of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from November 29 to December 18. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup until the revilitazation of the tournament as the Gold Cup. Haiti became winners for the first (and so far, the only) time in the CONCACAF region and qualified for West Germany '74. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the World Cup.

Qualification

Results

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Haiti	8	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5
2	Trinidad and Tobago	6	5	3	0	2	11	4	+7
3	Mexico	6	5	2	2	1	10	5	+5
4	Honduras	5	5	1	3	1	6	6	0
5	Guatemala	3	5	0	3	2	4	6	−2
6	Netherlands Antilles	2	5	0	2	3	4	19	−15

29 November 1973	Honduras	2 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Davies (Canada)
	Guifarro Hernandez		David

30 Novemebr 1973	Mexico	0 – 0	Guatemala	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Highet (Canada)

1 December 1973	Haiti	3 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
	Sanon Vorbe

3 December 1973	Honduras	1 – 1	Mexico	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
	Guifarro		H. López

4 December 1973	Haiti	2 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Henriquez (El Salvador)
	Sanon R. St.-Vil		David

5 December 1973	Netherlands Antilles	2 – 2	Guatemala	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Kibritjian (United States)
	Koots Schoop		Morales

7 December 1973	Haiti	1 – 0	Honduras	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
	G. St.-Vil

8 December 1973	Mexico	8 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Calderón (Costa Rica)
	Mucmo H. López Lapuente Siles

10 December 1973	Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 0	Guatemala	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
	David  30'

12 December 1973	Honduras	2 – 2	Netherlands Antilles	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)
	Guifarro Soza		Clemencia St. Jago

13 December 1973	Haiti	2 – 1	Guatemala	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Davies (Canada)
	Sanon		Bolanos

14 December 1973	Trinidad and Tobago	4 – 0	Mexico	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
	Cummings  35', 39' David  52' Archibald  62'

15 December 1973	Honduras	1 – 1	Guatemala	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Schott (United States)
	Guifarro		Mendez

17 December 1973	Trinidad and Tobago	4 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Ramirez (Puerto Rico)
	David Morgan

18 December 1973	Haiti	0 – 1	Mexico	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Referee: Kibritjian (United States)
			Borja  29'

Haiti qualifies for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

1973 CONCACAF Championship Winners
Haiti First title

Topscorers

7 Goals

• Steve David

5 Goals

• Emmanuel Sanon

4 Goals

• Ruben Guifarro
• Octavio "Centavo" Muciño

See also

• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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