1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 28 February 1965 - 22 May 1965 |
Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 68 (2.83 per match) |
Attendance | 370,238 (15,427 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
← 1962 1970 → |
International football competition
CONCACAF Qualifiers |
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CCCF–NAFC era
CONCACAF era
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FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala.
Format
There would be two rounds of play:
- First Round: The remaining 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
First round
Group 1
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
United States ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Schmotolocha ![]() Bicek ![]() | González ![]() Reyes ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Díaz ![]() Navarro ![]() |
Honduras ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Murphy ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Murphy ![]() | Taylor ![]() |
Mexico advanced to the Final Round.
Group 2
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
Netherlands Antilles ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Sille ![]() | Piedra ![]() |
Jamaica ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Dunkley ![]() |
Cuba ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Sille ![]() |
Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.
Group 3
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Gellineau ![]() Corneal ![]() Aleong ![]() | Haltman ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Rodríguez ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Hernández ![]() Daniels ![]() Marín ![]() |
Suriname ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Krenten ![]() | Marín ![]() Soto ![]() |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Hernández ![]() |
Suriname ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Haltman ![]() Waterval ![]() Kluivert ![]() Krenten ![]() | Sookram ![]() |
Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Costa Rica ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Jiménez ![]() Daniels ![]() Quirós ![]() Hernández ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cisneros ![]() |
Jamaica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Art Welch ![]() | Daniels ![]() |
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 |
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![]() | Final Round winners | 22 May 1965 | 5 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962) |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Edgar Marín
William Quirós
Lascelles Dunkley
Siegfried Haltman
- 2 goals
José Luis González Dávila
Javier Fragoso
Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez
Salvador Reyes Monteón
Virgilio Sille
Stanley Humbert Krenten
Edmund Waterval
Andy Aleong
Ed Murphy
- 1 goal
Fernando Jiménez
Tarcisio Rodríguez Viquez
Juan González Soto
Nicolás Martínez
Ángel Piedra
Antonio dos Santos
José Ricardo Taylor
Syd Bartlett
Oscar Black
Patrick Blair
Art Welch
Asher Welch
José Luis Aussin
Ignacio Jáuregui
Ramiro Navarro
Kenneth Kluivert
Alvin Corneal
Jeff Gellineau
Bobby Sookram
Helmut Bicek
Walt Schmotolocha
References
- ^ This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.
- ^ a b Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.