1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Main article: 1981 CONCACAF Championship

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.

Entrants

North American Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Canada 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1 5
2  Mexico 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 4
3  United States 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 3
Source: http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1982/CONCACAF.HTM#M1
Canada 1–1 Mexico
Stojanović 43' Luna 89'
Attendance: 6,371
United States 0–0 Canada
Attendance: 7,864
Referee: Herrera García (El Salvador)
Canada 2–1 United States
Iarusci 21'
Šegota 42' (pen.)		 Villa 90'
Attendance: 13,598
Mexico 5–1 United States
Sánchez 24'
Camacho 31', 55'
Mendizabal 37'
González 40'		 Davis 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)
Mexico 1–1 Canada
Sánchez 75' (pen.) Gray 87'
Attendance: 108,000
Referee: Midence Torres (Honduras)
United States 2–1 Mexico
Moyers 31', 65' Sánchez 40'
Attendance: 2,126
Referee: Gracias Regalado (Guatemala)

Canada and Mexico advanced to the finals.

Central American Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Honduras 8 5 2 1 15 5 +10 12
2  El Salvador 8 5 2 1 12 5 +7 12
3  Guatemala 8 3 3 2 10 2 +8 9
4  Costa Rica 8 1 4 3 6 10 −4 6
5  Panama 8 0 1 7 3 24 −21 1
Source: [citation needed]
Panama 0–2 Guatemala
Gómez 27'
Mitrovich 49'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Robert Evans (United States)
Panama 0–2 Honduras
Bernárdez 14'
Costly 85'
Attendance: 8,975
Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)
Panama 1–1 Costa Rica
Montillo 37' Arroyo 73'
Attendance: 5,678
Referee: Goede (Suriname)
Panama 1–3 El Salvador
Paschal 19' Rivas 16'
Huezo 75'
González 82'
Attendance: 3,547
Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)
Costa Rica 2–3 Honduras
Javier Jiménez 78' (pen.)
Mills 81'		 Bulnes 29'
Bernárdez 42'
Bailey 67'
Attendance: 18,263
Referee: Soupliotis (Canada)
El Salvador 4–1 Panama
González 2', 61', 77'
Rivas 35'		 Montillo 27'
Attendance: 33,005
Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
Guatemala 0–0 Costa Rica
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Narvaez Escobar (Mexico)
Honduras 0–0 Guatemala
Attendance: 44,220
El Salvador 2–0
(w/o)		 Costa Rica
Costa Rica refused to travel to El Salvador for security reasons. FIFA awarded 2–0 win to El Salvador.[1]
Referee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico)
Costa Rica 2–0 Panama
Morera 14'
W. Jiménez 48' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,873
Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)
Guatemala 0–0 El Salvador
Attendance: 42,453
Guatemala 5–0 Panama
Mitrovich
Gómez
Pennant
Wellmann
Attendance: 32,216
Referee: Johnson (Canada)
Honduras 1–1 Costa Rica
Velásquez 77' Morera 33'
Attendance: 28,159
El Salvador 2–1 Honduras
González 9'
Guerrero 66'		 Figueroa 85'
Attendance: 40,851
Referee: Fusco (Canada)
Costa Rica 0–3 Guatemala
Pennant 27'
Sánchez 64' (pen.)
Gómez 88'
Attendance: 17,042
Referee: Matos (Canada)
Honduras 2–0 El Salvador
Bailey 23', 66'
Attendance: 38,979
Guatemala 0–1 Honduras
Bailey 71'
Attendance: 42,381
Referee: Kibritjian (United States)
Costa Rica 0–0 El Salvador
Attendance: 3,284
Referee: Rubio Vasquez (Mexico)
Honduras 5–0 Panama
Bernárdez 6', 21', 69'
Figueroa 32', 77'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mendoza Guillen (Mexico)
El Salvador 1–0 Guatemala
Huezo
Attendance: 22,813
Referee: D'Ippolito (United States)

Honduras and El Salvador advanced to the finals.

Caribbean Zone

Group A Preliminary Round

Guyana 5–2 Grenada
Braithwaite 33' (pen.)
Watson 50', 87'
Canterbury 56'
Forde 57'		 Julien 15'
Belfon 17'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Leonidas Rogel (El Salvador)
Grenada 2–3 Guyana
Cherubin 56'
Mitchell 87' (pen.)		 Watson 13', 38'
Canterbury 16'
Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Juan Ramón Mollinero (Guatemala)

Guyana won 8-4 on aggregate and advanced to Group A.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Cuba 4 3 1 0 7 0 +7 7
2  Suriname 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5
3  Guyana 4 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Cuba 3–0 Suriname
Delgado 69'
Pereira 71', 78'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)
Suriname 0–0 Cuba
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hubert Tromp (Netherlands Antilles)
Guyana 0–1 Suriname
Stjeward 22'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Reginald Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago)
Suriname 4–0 Guyana
Leisbergen 20', 40'
George 22'
Calor 80'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: L. De Boer (Netherlands Antilles)
Cuba 1–0 Guyana
Hernández 14'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Whilston Taylor (Jamaica)
Guyana 0–3 Cuba
Hernández 8'
Espinosa 17'
Roldán 18'
McKenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden, Guyana
Attendance: 7,664
Referee: R. Goede (Suriname)

Cuba advanced to the finals.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Haiti 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
2  Trinidad and Tobago 4 1 2 1 1 2 −1 4
3  Netherlands Antilles 4 0 3 1 1 2 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
Haiti 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Crispin 84'
Bobo 89'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Marcel Pérez (Mexico)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Haiti
Spann 55' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,535
Referee: Carlos Monge (Costa Rica)
Haiti 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Brevin 74'
Attendance: 8,606
Referee: Whilston Taylor (Jamaica)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–0 Netherlands Antilles
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frederick Hoyte (Barbados)
Netherlands Antilles 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 7,991
Referee: Glenn Kranenburg (Suriname)
Netherlands Antilles 1–1 Haiti
Kwidama 73' Crispin 3'
Attendance: 6,467
Referee: Domingo De la Mora (Mexico)

Haiti advanced to the finals.

Qualified Teams

  •  Canada (CONCACAF North American Zone Winners)
  •  Mexico (CONCACAF North American Zone Runners-up)
  •  Honduras (CONCACAF Central American Zone Winners)
  •  El Salvador (CONCACAF Central American Zone Runners-up)
  •  Cuba (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Group 1 Winners)
  •  Haiti (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Group 2 Winners)

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ Buzón de Rodrigo