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The 1965 CONCACAF Championship, was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the tournament was held in Guatemala from 28 March to 11 April. It had 6 participating teams.

Qualifying round

Caribbean Zone

Jamaica, Trinidad, Dominican Republic withdrew from qualifying due to a schedule clash with qualification for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Hosts of the final tournament, Guatemala refused to grant the Cubans visas to visit the country.

Cuba complained to Helmut Käser, FIFA‘s General Secretary requesting for FIFA not to recognise CONCACAF. Käser stated that FIFA could not do so and referred the issue of Guatemalan visas for the Cubans to CONCACAF. As they were not able to enter the competition, Cuba withdrew.

Haiti and Netherlands Antilles automatically qualified for the final round.[1]

Central American Zone

Panama withdrew prior to the qualifying tournament beginning.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 4 Final round
2  Nicaragua 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
3  Honduras 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [2][3]
El Salvador 4–0 Nicaragua
González 49′, 67′, 84′
Barraza 63′


North America Zone

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico  w/o  United States w/o w/o

United States withdrew. Mexico automatically qualified.[1]

Participating teams

Squads

Venues

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico (C) 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2  Guatemala 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 7
3  Costa Rica 5 2 2 1 11 4 +7 6
4  El Salvador 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 5
5  Netherlands Antilles 5 0 2 3 4 16 −12 2
6  Haiti 5 0 1 4 3 13 −10 1
Source: [2][3]
(C) Champions

Guatemala 3–0 Haiti
Peña 12′
López 24′
Valdez 67′

Costa Rica 6–0 Netherlands Antilles
Hernández 16′
Peña 30′, 42′, 44′, 67′
Quirós 51′

Costa Rica 3–1 Haiti
Marín 8′
Hernández 26′, 85′
Saint-Vil 67′


Mexico 5–0 Netherlands Antilles
Fragoso 57′, 85′
Cisneros 71′, 86′, 89′


Guatemala 4–1 El Salvador
De Paz 16′
De León 31′
Valdez 40′
Clark 88′
Méndez 58′

Mexico 3–0 Haiti
Cisneros 30′, 39′
Fragoso 41′

Guatemala 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
Peña 10′, 49′
Bertrand red-colored football 65’ (o.g.)
Loran 26′
Sillie 47′




El Salvador 3–1 Haiti
Méndez 34′
Barraza 49′
González 79′
Saint-Vil 22′

Notes

  1. ^ Match suspended at 70′ due to fight between both teams, after extensive deliberations the organizing committee decided to end the match; result stood.[4][5][6]
 1965 CONCACAF Championship winners 

Mexico

First title

Team of the Tournament

Source:[7]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Emilio Sagot Guatemala Alberto López
Mexico Gustavo Peña
Mexico Jesús del Muro
Costa Rica Álvaro McDonald
El Salvador Alberto Villalta
Costa Rica Juan José Gámez
Mexico Ernesto Cisneros
Costa Rica Guido Peña
Mexico Javier Fragoso
Guatemala Hugo Peña

References