The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the top continental football tournament organized by CONCACAF for senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. It had 9 participating teams.

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, Netherlands Antilles and Honduras in the four-team final group.

Qualifying round

Haiti1–3Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles1–0Haiti

Netherlands Antilles qualifies to the tournament

Participating teams

Squads

Venues

San SalvadorSan SalvadorSanta AnaSanta Ana
Estadio Nacional Flor BlancaEstadio Santaneco
Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 15,000

Final round

First round

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Honduras431063+37
2El Salvador4130105+55
3Panama412184+44
4Guatemala412176+14
5Nicaragua4004215−130
Panama2–2Guatemala
Vega 73' (pen.) Díaz Gáez 82'Roldán 48' de León 59'
El Salvador6–1Nicaragua
Hernández 4' Monge 21', 63' Ruiz 75', 87' Ruano 81'Mendieta 89'
Honduras1–0Nicaragua
Rodríguez Reyes 31'
El Salvador1–1Panama
Hernández 87'Velasco 82' (o.g.)
Guatemala3–1Nicaragua
de León 14' (pen.) Ewing 71' Juárez 85'Silva 39'
El Salvador2–2Honduras
Reynosa 30' Hernández 65'Guerra 16' Suazo 27'
Panama5–0Nicaragua
Góyez 11' Valderrama 41' Santamaría 45', 58' Ponce 71'
Honduras2–1Guatemala
Barahona 28' Guerra 42'López Contreras 9'
Honduras1–0Panama
Edwards 46'
El Salvador1–1Guatemala
Hernández 24'Peña 28'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Costa Rica321070+75
2Netherlands Antilles320143+14
3Mexico311192+73
4Jamaica3003116−150
Costa Rica6–0Jamaica
Marín 29', 35' Gámez 37', 77' González 73' Vázquez 83'
Netherlands Antilles2–1Mexico
Delanoy 12' del Muro 80' (o.g.)Ortiz Camargo 24'
Mexico8–0Jamaica
Pereda 4' Garrido 17' Ortiz Camargo 27', 35' (pen.) Cuenca 49' Díaz 77', 88' Morales 80'
Costa Rica1–0Netherlands Antilles
Cordero 38' (pen.)
Costa Rica0–0Mexico
Netherlands Antilles2–1Jamaica
Briesen 8' D. Pablo 73'Dunkley 24'

Final round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Costa Rica330072+56
2El Salvador320176+14
3Netherlands Antilles310265+12
4Honduras300329−70
Netherlands Antilles4–1Honduras
Testing 2' Sillie 21' Brandborg 75', 89'Suazo 32'
El Salvador1–4Costa Rica
Chacón 49'González 17', 22', 72' Pearson 76'
Costa Rica1–0Netherlands Antilles
Pearson 54'
El Salvador3–0Honduras
Monge 10' Hernández 13', 34'
Costa Rica2–1Honduras
Córdoba 52' Jiménez 59'Cruz 49'
El Salvador3–2Netherlands 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

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Team of the Tournament

Source:

Ideal XI by RSSSF
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Costa Rica Asdrúbal MenesesEl Salvador Benjamín Velasco Costa Rica Mario Cordero Netherlands Antilles Juan Pablo Honduras Federico BuddeEl Salvador César Reynosa Netherlands Antilles Ruben Brandborg El Salvador Mario MongeCosta Rica Juan Gonzalez El Salvador Eduardo Hernández Mexico Guillermo Ortiz

External links

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