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The 1977 CONCACAF Championship, the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Mexico from 8 to 23 October. Mexico, as the host nation, easily secured a third title and a place in Argentina ’78 since the tournament also served as qualification to the World Cup. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.

Qualification

Teams

Venues

Mexico City San Nicolás de los Garza
Estadio Azteca Estadio Universitario
Capacity: 105,000 Capacity: 41,615

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico (C) 5 5 0 0 20 5 +15 10 1978 FIFA World Cup
2  Haiti 5 3 1 1 6 6 0 7
3  El Salvador 5 2 1 2 8 9 −1 5
4  Canada 5 2 1 2 7 8 −1 5
5  Guatemala 5 1 1 3 8 10 −2 3
6  Suriname 5 0 0 5 6 17 −11 0
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Guatemala 3–2 Suriname
McDonald 15′, 38′
Alfaro 85′
Schal 2′
Rigters 55′
Attendance: 26,065
Referee: Wuertz (United States)

Canada 1–2 El Salvador
Budd 85′ Zapata 44′, 84′
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Pestarino (Argentina)

Mexico 4–1 Haiti
Sánchez 1′
Rangel 46′, 70′, 82′
Auguste 78′
Attendance: 108,000

Canada 2–1 Suriname
Parsons 32′
Bakić 74′
Olmberg 40’ (pen.)

Mexico 3–1 El Salvador
Cárdenas 36′
Rangel 59′, 90′
Huezo 75′
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Toros Kibritjian (United States)

Guatemala 1–2 Haiti
Mitrovich 58′ Domingue 20’ (pen.)
Bayonne 44′
Attendance: 13,465
Referee: Pestarino (Argentina)

Mexico 8–1 Suriname
Rangel 24′
Isiordia 37′, 49′
Sánchez 39′, 90′
Jiménez 73′, 84′
Chávez 80′
Schal 23’ (pen.)
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)

El Salvador 0–1 Haiti
Sanon 24′
Attendance: 53,978
Referee: Calderón Castro (Cuba)

Canada 2–1 Guatemala
Parsons 20′
B. Lenarduzzi 35′
Alfaro 62′
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)

Mexico 2–1 Guatemala
Vázquez 28’ (pen.)
Cárdenas 81′
Mitrovich 44′
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Pestarino (Argentina)

El Salvador 3–2 Suriname
González 42′
Rosas 77′, 87′
Emanuelson 58′
Olmberg 89’ (pen.)
Attendance: 34,476
Referee: Crokwell (Bermuda)

Canada 1–1 Haiti
Bakić 90′ Dorsainville 78′
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)

Mexico 3–1 Canada
Guzmán 31′, 40′
Sánchez 65′
Parsons 9′
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Moses (Netherlands Antilles)

Guatemala 2–2 El Salvador
Rivera 58′, 75′ Rosas 44′
Huezo 85′
Attendance: 21,483
Referee: De la Puente (Dominican Republic)

Haiti 1–0 Suriname
Domingue 7′
Attendance: 18,630
Referee: Oritz Pérez (Honduras)

Mexico qualified for the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

 1977 CONCACAF Championship winners 

Mexico

Third title

Goalscorers

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also