1989 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Main article: 1989 CONCACAF Championship

A total of 16 CONCACAF teams entered the competition, but FIFA rejected the entry of Belize due to outstanding debt.

There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, United States and Mexico, the five best ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round.
Second Round: The 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the tournament.

Entrants

CONCACAF first round

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guyana	0–5	Trinidad and Tobago	0–4	0–1
Cuba	1–2	Guatemala	0–1	1–1
Jamaica	3–1	Puerto Rico	1–0	2–1
Antigua and Barbuda	1–4	Netherlands Antilles	0–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Costa Rica	3–1	Panama	1–1	2–0

Matches

17 April 1988

Guyana	0–4	Trinidad and Tobago
		Elliot-Allen 41' Faustin 71' Lake 77' Skeene 85'

Georgetown Cricket Club Ground "Bourda", Georgetown, GuyanaAttendance: 1,500Referee: Omar Monsón (Puerto Rico) 8 May 1988

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Guyana
Corneal 68'

Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad and TobagoAttendance: 1,744Referee: Success (Netherlands Antilles)

Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the Second Round, 5–0 on aggregate score.

30 April 1988

Cuba	0–1	Guatemala
		López 44'

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, CubaAttendance: 12,000Referee: Rodolfo Martínez (Honduras) 15 May 1988

Guatemala	1–1	Cuba
Pérez 68' (pen.)		González 40'

Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos, GuatemalaAttendance: 18,000Referee: Salas (United States)

Guatemala advanced to the Second Round, 2–1 on aggregate score.

12 May 1988

Jamaica	1–0	Puerto Rico
Brooks 10' (pen.)

Independence Park, Kingston, JamaicaAttendance: 36,000Referee: Melendez Gonzalez (Guatemala) 29 May 1988

Puerto Rico	1–2	Jamaica
de la Campa 52'		Anglin 32', 78'

Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan, Puerto RicoAttendance: 675Referee: Pearson (Bahamas)

Jamaica advanced to the Second Round, 3–1 on aggregate score.

19 June 1988

Antigua and Barbuda	0–1	Netherlands Antilles
		Rovina 54'

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaAttendance: 426Referee: José Hernandez (Costa Rica) 29 July 1988

Netherlands Antilles	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Antigua and Barbuda
Rovina 104', 118' Rosina 120'		Edwards 38'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands AntillesAttendance: 3,009Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)

Netherlands Antilles advanced to the Second Round, 4–1 on aggregate score.

17 July 1988

Costa Rica	1–1	Panama
Jara 26'		Mendieta 17'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa RicaAttendance: 14,694Referee: Rafael Rodríguez (El Salvador) 31 July 1988

Panama	0–2	Costa Rica
		Cayasso 1' Medford 71'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, PanamaAttendance: 26,657Referee: Charles Branche (Trinidad and Tobago)

Costa Rica advanced to the Second Round, 3–1 on aggregate score.

CONCACAF second round

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands Antilles	0–6	El Salvador	0–1	0–5
Jamaica	1–5	United States	0–0	1–5
Trinidad and Tobago	1–1 (a)	Honduras	0–0	1–1
Costa Rica	w/o	Mexico	n/a	n/a
Guatemala	3–3 (a)	Canada	1–0	2–3

Matches

1 October 1988

Netherlands Antilles	0–1	El Salvador
		García 53'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands AntillesAttendance: 3,311Referee: Charles Branche (Trinidad and Tobago) 16 October 1988

El Salvador	5–0	Netherlands Antilles
Coreas 5' Garcia 35' Francisca 62' (o.g.) L. Zapata 58', 68'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El SalvadorAttendance: 40,000Referee: Steve Bucknor (Jamaica)

El Salvador qualified, 6–0 on aggregate score.

24 July 1988

Jamaica	0–0	United States

Independence Park, Kingston, JamaicaAttendance: 15,000Referee: López (Honduras) 13 August 1988

United States	5–1	Jamaica
Bliss 18' H. Pérez 69' (pen.) Klopas 76', 85' Krumpe 78'		Sterling 54'

West Community Stadium, Fenton, United StatesAttendance: 6,100Referee: David Brummitt (Canada)

United States qualified, 5–1 on aggregate score.

30 October 1988

Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	Honduras

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoReferee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) 13 November 1988

Honduras	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Flores 20'		Charles 56'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, HondurasAttendance: 40,000Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)

The aggregate score was tied at 1–1, however Trinidad and Tobago qualified on away goals.

Costa Rica	w/o	Mexico

The tie was scratched and Costa Rica advanced to the final round as Mexico were disqualified after being suspended for fielding overaged players during the 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament.

9 October 1988

Guatemala	1–0	Canada
B. Pérez 20' (pen.)

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, GuatemalaAttendance: 17,065Referee: Bratsis (United States) 15 October 1988

Canada	3–2	Guatemala
Mitchell 63', 83' (pen.) Bridge 88'		Paniagua 7' Castañeda 37'

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, CanadaAttendance: 6,318Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

The aggregate score was tied at 3–3, however Guatemala qualified on away goals.

Goalscorers

3 goals

Reymundo Rovina

2 goals

1 goal

References

v t e CONCACAF Championship
Editions	El Salvador 1963 Guatemala 1965 Honduras 1967 Costa Rica 1969 Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Haiti 1973 Mexico 1977 Honduras 1981 1985 (No fixed venue) 1989 (No fixed venue)
Qualification	1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989
Successor: CONCACAF Gold Cup (since 1991)

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