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1963 CONCACAF Championship

Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Host country	El Salvador
Dates	23 March – 7 April
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up	El Salvador
Third place	Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place	Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	76 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eduardo Hernández (8 goals)
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The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the first edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. Nine teams participated in the inaugural event.

The tournament was hosted by El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and Santa Ana. The nine teams were broken up into one group of five and one group of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by Costa Rica, who defeated the hosts El Salvador 1–4 in the deciding match of the four-team final group.

Qualifying tournament

Haiti	1–3	Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles	1–0	Haiti

Netherlands Antilles qualifies to the tournament

Teams

•  Costa Rica
•  El Salvador (Hosts)
•  Guatemala
•  Honduras
•  Jamaica
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands Antilles (Qualifying Winner)
•  Nicaragua
•  Panama

Squads

Venues

San Salvador	San SalvadorSanta Ana	Santa Ana
Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca		Estadio Santaneco
Capacity: 35,000		Capacity: 15,000

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Honduras	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	7
2	El Salvador	4	1	3	0	10	5	+5	5
3	Panama	4	1	2	1	8	4	+4	4
4	Guatemala	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	4
5	Nicaragua	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0

Panama	2–2	Guatemala
Vega 73' (pen.) Díaz Gáez 82'		Roldán 48' de León 59'

El Salvador	6–1	Nicaragua
Hernández 4' Monge 21', 63' Ruiz 75', 87' Ruano 81'		Mendieta 89'

Honduras	1–0	Nicaragua
Rodríguez Reyes 31'

El Salvador	1–1	Panama
Hernández 87'		Velasco 82' (o.g.)

Guatemala	3–1	Nicaragua
de León 14' (pen.) Ewing 71' Juárez 85'		Silva 39'

El Salvador	2–2	Honduras
Reynosa 30' Hernández 65'		Guerra 16' Suazo 27'

Panama	5–0	Nicaragua
Góyez 11' Valderrama 41' Santamaría 45', 58' Ponce 71'

Honduras	2–1	Guatemala
Barahona 28' Guerra 42'		López Contreras 9'

Honduras	1–0	Panama
Edwards 46'

El Salvador	1–1	Guatemala
Hernández 24'		Peña 28'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	5
2	Netherlands Antilles	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	9	2	+7	3
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

Costa Rica	6–0	Jamaica
Marín 29', 35' Gámez 37', 77' González 73' Vázquez 83'

Netherlands Antilles	2–1	Mexico
Delanoy 12' del Muro 80' (o.g.)		Ortiz Camargo 24'

Mexico	8–0	Jamaica
Pereda 4' Garrido 17' Ortiz Camargo 27', 35' (pen.) Cuenca 49' Díaz 77', 88' Morales 80'

Costa Rica	1–0	Netherlands Antilles
Cordero 38' (pen.)

Costa Rica	0–0	Mexico

Netherlands Antilles	2–1	Jamaica
Briesen 8' D. Pablo 73'		Dinckley 24'

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6
2	El Salvador	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Netherlands Antilles	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	2
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Netherlands Antilles	4–1	Honduras
Testing 2' Sillie 21' Brandborg 75', 89'		Suazo 32'

El Salvador	1–4	Costa Rica
Chacón 49'		González 17', 22', 72' Pearson 76'

Costa Rica	1–0	Netherlands Antilles
Pearson 54'

El Salvador	3–0	Honduras
Monge 10' Hernández 13', 34'

Costa Rica	2–1	Honduras
Córdoba 52' Jiménez 59'		Cruz 49'

El Salvador	3–2	Netherlands Antilles
Hernández 14', 80' González 60'		Testing 7' J.M. Pablo 78'

1963 CONCACAF Championship winners
Costa Rica First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

8 goals

• Eduardo Hernández

4 goals

• Juan González

3 goals

• Mario Monge
• Guillermo Ortiz Camargo

2 goals

• Juan José Gámez
• Edgar Marín
• Walter Pearson
• Rodolfo Ruiz
• Eduardo de León
• Félix Guerra
• Carlos Suazo
• Isidoro Díaz
• Ruben Brandborg
• Eugene Testing
• Juan Santamaría

1 goal

• Mario Cordero
• Enrique Córdoba
• Rubén Jiménez
• Luis Vázquez
• Armando Chacón
• Mauricio Ernesto González
• César Reynosa
• Alfredo Ruano
• Antony Ewing
• Haroldo Juárez
• Francisco López Contreras
• Hugo Peña
• Jorge Roldán
• Felipe Barahona
• Dolores Cruz
• Nilmo Edwards
• René Rodríguez Reyes
• Locelles Dinckley
• Fernando Cuenca
• Armando Garrido
• Albino Morales
• Vicente Pereda
• Toribio Briesen
• Ronald Delanoy
• Daniel Pablo
• Juan Maximiliano Pablo
• George Sillie
• Armando Mendieta
• Dámaso Silva
• Adolfo Díaz Gáez
• Luis Góyez
• Luis Carlos Ponce
• Carlos Valderrama
• Everardo Vega

1 own goal

• Benjamín Velasco (against Panama)
• Jesús del Muro (against Netherlands Antilles)

Team of the Tournament

Source:

Ideal XI by RSSSF

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Asdrúbal Meneses	Benjamín Velasco Mario Cordero Juan Pablo Federico Budde	César Reynosa Ruben Brandborg Mario Monge	Juan Gonzalez Eduardo Hernández Guillermo Ortiz

References

1. ^ Ramos, José Ismael; Ellerbrock, Herbert Christian; Martell, Samuel; Calvo, Rodrigo; Coto, Gerardo; de Gracia, Adán; Mendoza, Eduardo; Paredes, Carlos; Mora Zeledón, Nectalí; Torres, Steven; Lugo, Erik Francisco (20 May 2021). "I Copa de Naciones CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
2. "I COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1963 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

External links

• 1963 CONCACAF Championship on RSSSF
• Article on CONCACAF website with information about the tournament (archived link)

• CONCACAF Championship
• International association football competitions hosted by El Salvador
• 1963 in CONCACAF football
• 1962–63 in Panamanian football
• 1962–63 in Honduran football
• 1962–63 in Guatemalan football
• 1962–63 in Salvadoran football
• 1962–63 in Nicaraguan football
• 1962–63 in Costa Rican football
• 1962–63 in Jamaican football
• 1962–63 in Mexican football
• Sports competitions in San Salvador
• 20th century in San Salvador
• Santa Ana Department
• March 1963 sports events in North America
• April 1963 sports events in North America