1969 Concacaf Championship
The 1969 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).
The tournament was held between 23 November to 8 December. Six teams participated in the tournament.
| Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1969 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Costa Rica |
| Dates | 23 November – 7 December |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Costa Rica (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Guatemala |
| Third place |  Netherlands Antilles |
| Fourth place |  Mexico |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Víctor Ruiz (4 goals) |
The event was hosted by Costa Rica in the city of San José. Seven teams qualified, but Haiti's disqualification left six teams to play in the round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by the host nation, for the second time after 1963, by tying defending champions Guatemala 1–1 in the deciding final match.
Qualifying tournament
Venue
| San José |
|---|
| Estadio Nacional |
| Capacity: 25,000 |
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Final tournament
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 |
| 2 | Guatemala | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 8 |
| 3 | Netherlands Antilles | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 |
| 4 | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 |
| 6 |  Jamaica | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 3–0 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
Cascante  1'Sáenz 62'Dawkins 67' (o.g.) |
| Guatemala | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Gamboa 8' Fión 84' |
| Costa Rica | 2–1 | Netherlands Antilles |
|---|---|---|
| Grant 1' Cascante 75' | Croes 30' |
| Guatemala | 6–1 | Netherlands Antilles |
|---|---|---|
| Melgar 4', 82' Salamanca 24', 46'Valdez 32'Meulens 54' (o.g.) | Carlos Regales 22' |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3–2 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| Cummings 33' Douglas 40'Haynes 85' | Scott 20' Hamilton 31' |
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Grant 4' Sáenz 33' |
| Netherlands Antilles | 3–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Loefstok 11', 49' Martijn 65' | Haynes 4' |
| Guatemala | 1–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Fión 46' |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2–2 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Toppenberg 42', 65' | Crespo 69' Barba 71' |
| Costa Rica | 5–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Ruiz 10', 55', 65', 70' Elizondo 85' (pen.) | Report |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2–1 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Regales (6) Martijn 48' | Largie 50' |
| Mexico | 0–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| Wanchope 50' | Fión 7' |
Awards
| 1969 CONCACAF Championship winners |
|---|
 Costa Rica Second title |
Scorers
- 4 goals
Víctor Ruiz
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Álvaro Cascante
- Roy Sáenz
- Jaime Grant
Regales- Melvin Loefstok
- Martijn
- Adelbert Toppenberg
Ulrich Haynes
- 1 goal
- Carlos Santana
- Wálter Elizondo
- Vicente Wanchope
Tomás Gamboa- Daniel Salamanca
- Rolando Valdez
- Meulens
- Croens
Francisco Mancilla- Alfonso Sabater
- José Crespo
- Leopoldo Barba
- Everald Cummings
- Keith Douglas
Delroy Scott- Joshua Hamilton
- David Largie
- Own goals
- Edwin Dawkins (for Costa Rica)
Team of the Tournament
Source:
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo Umaña |  Erwin Melfor | Jaime Grant
| Roy Sáenz
|
References
External links
- [1]
- spanish Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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