1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Dates6 October 1968 – 8 October 1969
Teams12
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored97 (3.03 per match)
Attendance386,978 (12,093 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador Juan Ramón Martínez (7 goals)
← 1966
CONCACAF Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
CCCF–NAFC era

CONCACAF era

The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Twelve teams participated in the tournament to compete for one place in the final tournament.

Format

The qualification structure was as follows:

Entrants

Twelve national teams entered into CONCACAF qualification. Another team, Cuba, had their entry rejected.[1]

First round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  United States 6 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5
2  Canada 5 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5
3  Bermuda 1 4 0 1 3 2 12 −10
Canada 4–0 Bermuda
Vigh 3' (pen)
Zanatta 10'
Papadakis 25', 75'
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 3,432
Referee: Segura (Mexico)
Canada 4–2 United States
McPate 40', 68'
Patterson 79'
Vigh 89'		 Roy 38'
Stritzl 89'
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 5,959
Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)
Bermuda 0–0 Canada
Hamilton, Bermuda
Attendance: 5,324
Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
United States 1–0 Canada
Albrecht 50'
Atlanta, United States
Attendance: 2,727
Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
United States 6–2 Bermuda
Millar 22', 63', 82'
Baker 25', 56'
Roy 60'		 Trott 34'
Best 51'
Kansas City, United States
Attendance: 2,265
Referee: Fingal (Netherlands Antilles)
Bermuda 0–2 United States
Smith 8' (o.g.)
Roy 41'
Hamilton, Bermuda
Attendance: 2,942
Referee: Felipe (Mexico)

United States advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Haiti 5 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4
2  Guatemala 4 4 1 2 1 5 3 +2
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 4 1 1 2 4 10 −6
Guatemala 4–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Stokes 30'
Murren 66' (o.g.)
Bastide 78' (o.g.)
Melgar 88'
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Attendance: 26,845
Referee: Araya Muñoz (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Guatemala City, Guatemala[note 1]
Attendance: 16,215
Referee: Osorio Castillo (Mexico)
Haiti 4–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Saint-Vil 39', 52'
Obas 57'
François 86'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 6,368
Referee: Gamboa (Costa Rica)
Haiti 2–4 Trinidad and Tobago
Guillaume 23'
Vorbe 52'		 Archibald 3', 73', 85'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti[note 1]
Attendance: 2,233
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
Haiti 2–0 Guatemala
Claude Desir 15'
Barthelemy 45'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 7,755
Referee: Molina (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 1–1 Haiti
González 21' Obas 64'
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Attendance: 53,728
Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)

Haiti advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Honduras 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5
2  Costa Rica 5 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4
3  Jamaica 0 4 0 0 4 2 11 −9
Costa Rica 3–0 Jamaica
Hernández 78'
Vaughns 88'
Sáenz 89'
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 14,940
Referee: De Oca (Guatemala)
Costa Rica 3–1 Jamaica
Chavarria 17'
Vega 34'
Núñez 62'		 Dunkley 30'
San José, Costa Rica[note 1]
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
Honduras 3–1 Jamaica
Urquia 18'
Rosales 41'
Dick 56'		 Welsh 89'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 7,441
Referee: King (United States)
Honduras 2–0 Jamaica
Mendoza 42'
Mejia 73'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras[note 1]
Attendance: 3,577
Referee: Lee (Canada)
Honduras 1–0 Costa Rica
Gómez 32'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 8,724
Referee: Wuertz (United States)
Costa Rica 1–1 Honduras
Chavarria 40' Rosales 25' (pen)
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 21,636
Referee: Cumberbatch (Trinidad and Tobago)

Honduras advanced to the semifinal round.

Group 4

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  El Salvador 6 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5
2  Suriname 4 4 2 0 2 10 9 +1
3  Netherlands Antilles 2 4 1 0 3 3 9 −6
Suriname 6–0 Netherlands Antilles
Corte 11', 59'
Schoonhoven 23', 39'
Vanenburg 67', 73'
Paramaribo, Suriname
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: King (United States)
El Salvador 6–0 Suriname
Estrada 23', 84'
Azucar 56', 88'
Barraza 87'
Martínez 90'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
Netherlands Antilles 2–0 Suriname
Brokke 60'
A. Martina 74'
Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles
Attendance: 1,592
Referee: King (Canada)
El Salvador 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Quintanilla 28'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Attendance: 12,205
Referee: Di Salvatore (United States)
El Salvador 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Martínez 58'
Barraza 83'		 E. Martina
San Salvador, El Salvador[note 2]
Attendance: 13,059
Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)
Suriname 4–1 El Salvador
Lagadeau 16', 21'
Oosthuizen 43'
Schal 74'		 González ?'
Paramaribo, Suriname
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Downer (Trinidad and Tobago)

El Salvador advanced to the semifinal round.

Second round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Haiti 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
2  United States 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3
Haiti 2–0 United States
Obas 8'
Saint-Vil 54'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 6,917
Referee: Segura (Mexico)
United States 0–1 Haiti
Saint-Vil 43'
San Diego, United States
Attendance: 4,274
Referee: Dunstan (Bermuda)

Haiti advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1=  El Salvador 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
1=  Honduras 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2
Honduras 1–0 El Salvador
Wells 89'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 17,827
Referee: Yamasaki (Mexico)
El Salvador 3–0 Honduras
Martínez 27' (pen), 41'
Acevedo 29'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Attendance: 36,470
Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)

Play-off

El Salvador and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

El Salvador 3–2 (a.e.t.) Honduras
Martínez 8', 28'
Quintanilla 101'		 Cardona 19'
Gómez 50'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 15,326
Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico)

El Salvador advanced to the Final Round. Additionally, these matches featured prominently in the Football War.

Third round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1=  Haiti 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
1=  El Salvador 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2
Haiti 1–2 El Salvador
Obas 51' Acevedo 43'
Rodríguez 62'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 10,415
Referee: Yamasaki (Mexico)
El Salvador 0–3 Haiti
Désir 20'
François 40'
Barthélemy 44'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Attendance: 36,403
Referee: Elizalde (Mexico)

Play-off

El Salvador and Haiti finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

El Salvador 1–0 (a.e.t.) Haiti
Martínez 104'
Kingston, Jamaica
Attendance: 6,742
Referee: Dunstan (Bermuda)

El Salvador qualified.

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
 Mexico Host 8 October 1964 4 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966)
 El Salvador Third round winners 8 October 1969 0 (debut)

Goalscorers

There were 97 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica played all of their matches away.
  2. ^ Netherlands Antilles played its "home" game away in El Salvador.

References

  1. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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