| CONCACAF Championship | |
| Founded: | 18 September 1961[1] |
| Organiser: | CONCACAF |
| Region: | North America, Central America and Caribbean |
| Number Of Teams: | 5 (1989) |
| Related Comps: | CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| Current Champions: | (1989) |
| Most Successful Team: | (3 titles each) |
| American: | yes |
The CONCACAF Championship was an association football tournament that took place between 1963 and 1989. The competition was referred to as CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones in Spanish.
The predecessor confederations organized their national team tournaments NAFC Championship and CCCF Championships until 1961 before the merged to form CONCACAF.
The first Championship took place in 1963 and was CONCACAF's first organized tournament for national teams. The competition retained its tournament format and was played on a biennial basis for a decade.
In 1973 the tournament became the qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and was played on a quadrennial basis. The CONCACAF trophy was given to the team that ranked highest in the qualifying group. In 1985 and 1989, there was no host nation for the competition.
The competition was discontinued in 1991 in favor of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
| Edition | Year | Hosts | Champion | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Number of teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1965 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1967 | ||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1973 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1977 | ||||||||
| 8 | 1981 | ||||||||
| 9 | 1985 |  Canada Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras United States | |||||||
| 10 | 1989 | Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Trinidad and Tobago United States |
A total of 15 teams participated in the championship:
| width=40 rowspan=2 | Year | Debuting teams | Successor teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | width=40 | width=40 | |||
| 1963 | ,,,,,,,, | 9 | 9 | ||
| 1965 | 1 | 10 | |||
| 1967 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 1969 | None | 0 | 11 | ||
| 1971 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 1973 | None | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1977 | , | 2 | 14 | ||
| 1981 | None | 0 | 14 | ||
| 1985 | 1 | 15 | |||
| 1989 | None | 0 | 15 | ||
In this ranking 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
| width=20 | Rank | width=150 | Team | width=30 | Part | width=30 | Pld | width=30 | W | width=30 | D | width=30 | L | width=30 | GF | width=30 | GA | width=30 | Dif | width=30 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 24 | +54 | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 50 | -14 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 51 | -18 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 55 | -28 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -18 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 26 | -22 | 1 |
Legend
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).
| Team (15) | class=unsortable | 1963 (9) | class=unsortable | 1965 (6) | class=unsortable | 1967 (6) | class=unsortable | 1969 (6) | class=unsortable | 1971 (6) | class=unsortable | 1973 (6) | class=unsortable | 1977 (6) | class=unsortable | 1981 (6) | class=unsortable | 1985 (9) | class=unsortable | 1989 (5) | Times entered | Times qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| × | × | × | × | × | • | 4th | 4th | 1st | • | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1st | 3rd | × | 1st | 3rd | • | • | • | 3rd | 1st | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
| × | × | • | × | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2nd | 4th | × | •× | × | • | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | GS | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
| GS | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | • | GS | GS | • | GS | 4th | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
| • | GS | GS | •× | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | GS | GS | × | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4th | • | 3rd | •× | GS | 4th | • | 1st | 2nd | • | 10 | 6 | |||||||||||
| GS | × | • | GS | • | × | × | × | × | • | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| GS | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | × | •× | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 3rd | GS | • | 3rd | × | GS | • | • | • | • | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| GS | • | GS | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| GS | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
| × | × | × | × | × | • | GS | • | GS | × | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| × | × | 4th | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | • | • | 3rd | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||
| × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | GS | 2nd | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team (15) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | Times entered | Times qualified |
| Year | Player | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Eduardo Hernández | 6 | |
| 1965 |  Ernesto Cisneros | 5 | |
| 1967 | Manuel Recinos | 4 | |
| 1969 | Victor Manuel Ruiz | 4 | |
| 1971 | Roberto Rodríguez | 4 | |
| 1973 | Steve David | 7 | |
| 1977 | Víctor Rangel | 6 | |
| 1981 | Hugo Sánchez | 3 | |
| 1985 | Roberto Figueroa | 5 | |
| 1989 | Raúl Chacón Julio Rodas Evaristo Coronado Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Leonidas Flores Leonson Lewis Kerry Jamerson Philibert Jones | 2 |
| scope=col | Sequence | scope=col | Player | scope=col | Time of goals | scope=col | For | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Against | scope=col | Tournament | scope=col | Round | scope=col | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | scope=row | Juan Gonzalez | ', 22', 72' | 4–1 | |||||||||||||
| . | scope=row | ', 71', 85' | 5–0 | ||||||||||||||
| . | scope=row | ', 53', 85' | 4–0 | ||||||||||||||
| . | scope=row | Víctor Ruiz | ', ?', ?' | 5–0 | |||||||||||||
| . | scope=row | ', ?', ?',?' | 6–1 | ||||||||||||||
| . | scope=row | ', 45', 46', 82' | 8–0 | ||||||||||||||
| . | scope=row | ', 51', 62' | 4–0 | ||||||||||||||
| . | scope=row | ', 70', 82' | 4–1 |
| Year | Manager | Nation | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Mario Cordero | |||
| 1965 | Ignacio Trelles | |||
| 1967 | ||||
| 1969 |  Eduardo Viso Abella | |||
| 1971 | Javier de la Torre | |||
| 1973 | ||||
| 1977 | José Antonio Roca | |||
| 1981 | José de la Paz Herrera | |||
| 1985 | Tony Waiters | |||
| 1989 | Marvin Rodríguez |
See also: CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cup venues.
| Time(s) | Nation | Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Honduras | 1967, 1981 | |
| 1 | 1969 | ||
| 1 | 1963 | ||
| 1 | 1965 | ||
| 1 | 1977 | ||
| 1 | 1971 |
| Year | Host nation(s) | Finish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | bgcolor=Silver | Runners-up | ||
| 1965 | bgcolor=Silver | Runners-up | ||
| 1967 | Third place | |||
| 1969 | bgcolor=Gold | Champions | ||
| 1971 | Fifth place | |||
| 1973 | bgcolor=Gold | Champions | ||
| 1977 | bgcolor=Gold | Champions | ||
| 1981 | bgcolor=Gold | Champions |
| Year | Defending champions | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Third place | ||
| 1967 | bgcolor=Silver | Runners-up | |
| 1969 | bgcolor=Silver | Runners-up | |
| 1971 | Third place | ||
| 1973 | Third place | ||
| 1977 | bgcolor=Silver | Runners-up | |
| 1981 | Third place | ||
| 1985 | bgcolor=Silver | Runners-up | |
| 1989 | Did not qualify |
| Year | Host(s) | Champions | Winning coach | Top scorer(s) (goals) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | | (1) | Alfredo Piedra | Eduardo Hernández (6) | |
| 1965 | (1) | Ignacio Trelles | Ernesto Cisneros (5) | ||
| 1967 | (1) | Rubén Amorín | Luis Estrada (4) Manuel Recinos (4) | ||
| 1969 | (2) | Marvin Rodríguez | Nelson Melgar (3) Marco Fión (3) Víctor Ruiz (3) | ||
| 1971 | (2) | Javier de la Torre | Unknown | ||
| 1973 | (1) | Antoine Tassy | Steve David (7) | ||
| 1977 | | (3) | José Antonio Roca | Víctor Rangel (6) | |
| 1981 | (1) | Chelato Uclés | Hugo Sánchez (3) | ||
| 1985 | No Host | (1) | Tony Waiters | Roberto Figueroa (5) | |
| 1989 | No Host | (3) | Marvin Rodríguez | Eight players (2) |