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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Dates28 February 1965 - 22 May 1965
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored68 (2.83 per match)
Attendance370,238 (15,427 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Isidoro Díaz (5 goals)
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CONCACAF Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
CCCF–NAFC era

CONCACAF era

FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala.

Format

There would be two rounds of play:

First round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Mexico 7 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6
2  United States 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1
3  Honduras 1 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5
Honduras 0–1 Mexico
Díaz 62'
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Attendance: 7,514
Referee: Corado (Guatemala)
Mexico 3–0 Honduras
González 6'
Aussín 14'
Reyes 82'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 50,894
Referee: Méndez (Guatemala)
United States 2–2 Mexico
Schmotolocha 49'
Bicek 59'		 González 34'
Reyes 65'
Los Angeles, United States
Attendance: 19,337
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Mexico 2–0 United States
Díaz 9'
Navarro 57'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 64,285
Referee: Gutierrez (Nicaragua)
Honduras 0–1 United States
Murphy 70'
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Attendance: 1,268
Referee: Moreno (Nicaragua)
United States 1–1 Honduras
Murphy 80' Taylor 85'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras[1]
Attendance: 2,331
Referee: Vargas (Costa Rica)

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Jamaica 5 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3
2  Netherlands Antilles 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 −1
3  Cuba 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2
Jamaica 2–0 Cuba
Black 11'
Blair 51'
Kingston, Jamaica
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Boniua (Costa Rica)
Netherlands Antilles 1–1 Cuba
Sille 50' Piedra 73'
Kingston, Jamaica[2]
Attendance: 4,005
Referee: Gómez (Honduras)
Jamaica 2–0 Netherlands Antilles
Dunkley 11', 64'
Kingston, Jamaica
Attendance: 12,264
Referee: Gómez (Honduras)
Cuba 0–1 Netherlands Antilles
Sille 27'
Havana, Cuba
Attendance: 3,040
Referee: Buergo (Mexico)
Netherlands Antilles 0–0 Jamaica
Havana, Cuba[2]
Attendance: 1,218
Referee: Buergo (Mexico)
Cuba 2–1 Jamaica
Santos 1' (pen)
Martínez 6'		 Dunkley 14'
Havana, Cuba
Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Garcia (Mexico)

Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 8 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8
2  Suriname 2 4 1 0 3 8 9 −1
3  Trinidad and Tobago 2 4 1 0 3 5 12 −7
Trinidad and Tobago 4–1 Suriname
Gellineau 2'
Corneal 28'
Aleong 38', 46'		 Haltman 4'
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 3,272
Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
Costa Rica 1–0 Suriname
Rodríguez 55'
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 12,868
Referee: McKeand (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 4–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández 28' (pen.), 50'
Daniels 80'
Marín 84'
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,133
Referee: Valenzuela (Mexico)
Suriname 1–3 Costa Rica
Krenten 71' Marín 10', 70'
Soto 27'
Paramaribo, Suriname
Attendance: 7,704
Referee: Ortega (Venezuela)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 Costa Rica
Hernández 29'
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 3,293
Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)
Suriname 6–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Haltman 9', 19'
Waterval ?', ?'
Kluivert 31'
Krenten 44'		 Sookram
Paramaribo, Suriname
Attendance: 3,417
Referee: Osorio Katzenstein (Venezuela)

Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Mexico 7 4 3 1 0 12 2 +10
2  Costa Rica 4 4 1 2 1 8 2 +6
3  Jamaica 1 4 0 1 3 3 19 −16
Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 20,654
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Jamaica 2–3 Mexico
Asher Welch 11'
Bartlett 36'		 Padilla 13'
Cisneros 71'
Jáuregui 81'
Kingston, Jamaica
Attendance: 8,138
Referee: Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
Mexico 8–0 Jamaica
Cisneros 17', 89'
Fragoso 20', 70'
Díaz 32', 41', 90'
Padilla 67'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 52,017
Referee: Navarro (Nicaragua)
Costa Rica 7–0 Jamaica
Jiménez 40'
Daniels 54', 85'
Quirós 63', 77', 88'
Hernández 73'
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 4,003
Referee: Giebner (United States)
Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica
Cisneros 16'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 64,276
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Jamaica 1–1 Costa Rica
Art Welch 70' Daniels 6'
Kingston, Jamaica
Attendance: 3,031
Referee: Carcamo (Honduras)

Mexico qualified.

Qualified teams

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
 Mexico Final Round winners 22 May 1965 5 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962)

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.
  2. ^ a b Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.
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