1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification

A total of 15 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. The 15 teams were divided into 3 zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows:

• North American Zone had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
• Central American Zone had 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
• Caribbean Zone had 7 teams, which would be divided into 2 groups - Group A had 4 teams and Group B had 3 teams. 2 teams in Group A played in the Preliminary Round, against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner advancing to Group A proper. The 3 teams in each group would then play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.

Contents 1 CONCACAF North American Zone 2 CONCACAF Central American Zone 3 CONCACAF Caribbean Zone 3.1 Group A Preliminary Round 3.2 Group A 3.3 Group B

CONCACAF North American Zone

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Canada	5	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1
2	Mexico	4	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3
3	United States	3	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4

18 October 1980	Canada	1 – 1	Mexico	Toronto, Canada
	Stojanovic		Luna	Referee: Siles Carderón (Costa Rica)

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25 October 1980	United States	0 – 0	Canada	Fort Lauderdale, United States
				Referee: Herrera García (El Salvador)

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1 November 1980	Canada	2 – 1	United States	Vancouver, Canada
	Larusci Segota		Villa	Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

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9 November 1980	Mexico	5 – 1	United States	Mexico City, Mexico
	Camacho González Mendizabal H. Sánchez		Davis	Referee: Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)

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16 November 1980	Mexico	1 – 1	Canada	Mexico City, Mexico
	Sánchez  30' (pen.)		Gray  59'	Referee: Midence Torres (Honduras)

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23 November 1980	United States	2 – 1	Mexico	Fort Lauderdale, United States
	Moyers		H. Sánchez	Referee: Gracias Regalado (Guatemala)

Canada and Mexico advanced to the tournament.

CONCACAF Central American Zone

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Honduras	12	8	5	2	1	15	5	+10
2	El Salvador	12	8	5	2	1	12	5	+7
3	Guatemala	9	8	3	3	2	10	2	+8
4	Costa Rica	6	8	1	4	3	6	10	−4
5	Panama	1	8	0	1	7	3	24	−21

2 July 1980	Panama	0 – 2	Guatemala	Panama City, Panama
			Gómez Mitrovich	Referee: Evans (United States)

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30 July 1980	Panama	0 – 2	Honduras	Panama City, Panama
			Bailey Bernárdez	Referee: Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)

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10 August 1980	Panama	1 – 1	Costa Rica	Panama City, Panama
	Montilla		Arrayo	Referee: Goede (Suriname)

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24 August 1980	Panama	1 – 3	El Salvador	Panama City, Panama
	Paschal		M. González Huezo Rivas	Referee: Hoyte (Barbados)

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1 October 1980	Costa Rica	2 – 3	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
	W. Jiménez		Bailey Bernárdez Mills	Referee: Soupliotis (Canada)

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5 October 1980	El Salvador	4 – 1	Panama	San Salvador, El Salvador
	M. González Rivas		Monlilla	Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

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12 October 1980	Guatemala	0 – 0	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
				Referee: Narvaez Escobar (Mexico)

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26 October 1980	Honduras	0 – 0	Guatemala	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Referee: Dorantes García (Mexico)

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26 October 1980	El Salvador	2 – 0 (w/o)	Costa Rica	San Salvador, El Salvador
			Forfeited

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5 November 1980	Costa Rica	2 – 0	Panama	San José, Costa Rica
	Fernández W. Jiménez			Referee: Maglio (Canada)

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9 November 1980	Guatemala	0 – 0	El Salvador	Guatemala City, Guatemala
				Referee: Socha (United States)

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16 November 1980	Guatemala	5 – 0	Panama	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Mitrovich Gómez Pennant Wellman			Referee: Johnson (Canada)

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16 November 1980	Honduras	1 – 1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Velasquez		Morera	Referee: Socha (United States)

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23 November 1980	El Salvador	2 – 1	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
	M. González Gurrero		Figueroa	Referee: Fusco (Canada)

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26 November 1980	Costa Rica	0 – 3	Guatemala	San José, Costa Rica
			Gómez Pennant Sánchez	Referee: Matos (Canada)

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30 November 1980	Honduras	2 – 0	El Salvador	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Bailey			Referee: Evangelista (Canada)

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7 December 1980	Guatemala	0 – 1	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Bailey	Referee: Kibritjian (United States)

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10 December 1980	Costa Rica	0 – 0	El Salvador	San José, Costa Rica
				Referee: Rubio Vasquez (Mexico)

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14 December 1980	Honduras	5 – 0	Panama	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Bernárdez Figueroa			Referee: Mendoza Guillen (Mexico)

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21 December 1980	El Salvador	1 – 0	Guatemala	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Huezo			Referee: D'Ippolito (United States)

Honduras and El Salvador advanced to the tournament.

CONCACAF Caribbean Zone

Group A Preliminary Round

30 March 1980	Guyana	5 – 2	Grenada	Georgetown, Guyana
				Referee: Rogel Rivera (El Salvador)

13 April 1980	Grenada	2 – 3 (4 – 8 agg.)	Guyana	Saint George's, Grenada
				Referee: Mollinedo (Guatemala)

Guyana advanced to Group A.

Group A

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Cuba	7	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7
2	Suriname	5	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2
3	Guyana	0	4	0	0	4	0	9	−9

17 August 1980	Cuba	3 – 0	Suriname	Havana, Cuba
	Reginoso Delgado Roberto Pereira			Referee: Marquez Ramirez (Mexico)

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7 September 1980	Suriname	0 – 0	Cuba	Paramaribo, Suriname
				Referee: Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)

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28 September 1980	Guyana	0 – 1	Suriname	Georgetown, Guyana
			Kenneth Stjeward	Referee: Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago)

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12 October 1980	Suriname	4 – 0	Guyana	Paramaribo, Suriname
	Johan Leisbergen Roy George Ricardo Calor			Referee: De Boer (Netherlands Antilles)

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9 November 1980	Cuba	1 – 0	Guyana	Havana, Cuba
				Referee: Taylor (Jamaica)

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30 November 1980	Guyana	0 – 3	Cuba	Linden, Guyana
				Referee: Goede (Suriname)

Cuba advanced to the tournament.

Group B

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Haiti	5	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
2	Trinidad and Tobago	4	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1
3	Netherlands Antilles	3	4	0	3	1	1	2	−1

1 August 1980	Haiti	2 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
				Referee: Perez Guevara (Mexico)

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17 August 1980	Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 0	Haiti	San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
				Referee: Monge Solano (Costa Rica)

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12 September 1980	Haiti	1 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
				Referee: Taylor (Jamaica)

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9 November 1980	Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
				Referee: Hoyte (Barbados)

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29 November 1980	Netherlands Antilles	0 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
				Referee: Kranenburg (Suriname)

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12 December 1980	Netherlands Antilles	1 – 1	Haiti	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
				Referee: De la Mora Silva (Mexico)

Haiti advanced to the tournament.

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