1963 CONCACAF Championship

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1963 CONCACAF Championship
CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Host country Flag of El Salvador El Salvador
Dates March 23April 7
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 76  (3.45 per match)

The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the first edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North and Central America (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between March 23 to April 7. Eight teams participated in the inaugural event.

The tournament was hosted by El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and Santa Ana. The eight teams were broken up into two groups 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.

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[edit] Venues

San Salvador Santa Ana
Estadio Cuscatlán Estadio Oscar Quiteño
Capacity: 39,000 Capacity: 15,000

[edit] Tournament

[edit] First Round

[edit] Group A

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Flag of Honduras Honduras 7 4 3 1 0 6 3 3
2 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 5 4 1 3 0 10 5 5
3 Flag of Panama Panama 4 4 1 2 1 8 4 4
4 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 4 4 1 2 1 7 6 1
5 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 0 4 0 0 4 2 15 -13

Results

March 23, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 1 - 1 Flag of Panama Panama

March 23, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of Honduras Honduras 2 - 1 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala

March 25, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 6 - 1 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua

March 25, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of Panama Panama 2 - 2 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala

March 27, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 3 - 1 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua

March 27, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of Honduras Honduras 1 - 0 Flag of Panama Panama

March 29, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 1 - 1 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala

March 29, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of Honduras Honduras 1 - 0 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua

March 31, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 2 - 2 Flag of Honduras Honduras

March 31, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of Panama Panama 5 - 0 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua

[edit] Group B

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 5 3 2 1 0 7 0 7
2 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 1
3 Flag of Mexico Mexico 3 3 1 1 1 9 2 7
4 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 0 3 0 0 3 1 16 -15

Results

March 24, 1963, Santa Ana, El Salvador - Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 6 - 0 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica

March 24, 1963, Santa Ana, El Salvador - Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 2 - 1 Flag of Mexico Mexico

March 28, 1963, Santa Ana, El Salvador - Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 1 - 0 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles

March 28, 1963, Santa Ana, El Salvador - Flag of Mexico Mexico 8 - 0 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica

March 30, 1963, Santa Ana, El Salvador - Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 0 - 0 Flag of Mexico Mexico

March 30, 1963, Santa Ana, El Salvador - Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 2 - 1 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica

[edit] Final Round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 5
2 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 4 3 2 0 1 7 6 1
3 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 2 3 1 0 2 6 5 1
4 Flag of Honduras Honduras 0 3 0 0 3 2 9 -7

April 3, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 1 - 0 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles

April 3, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 3 - 0 Flag of Honduras Honduras

April 5, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 2 - 1 Flag of Honduras Honduras

April 5, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 3 - 2 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles

April 7, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 1 - 4 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica

April 7, 1963, San Salvador, El Salvador - Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 4 - 1 Flag of Honduras Honduras


1963 CONCACAF
Championship Winners
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
First Title

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