1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

December 2012 October 2021 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 16 January 1965 - 22 May 1965 9 1 24 68 370238 MEX 1934 Isidoro Díaz (5 goals) 1962 1970 FIFA FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala because their application was submitted after the deadline. Format There would be two rounds of play: First round: The remaining nine teams were divided into three groups of three teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the final round. Final round: The three teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner qualified. First round Group 1 Group 1 no no yes Jamaica v Cuba 16 January 1965 JAM 2–0 CUB Black 11 Blair 51 Kingston, Jamaica 10,100 Boniua (Costa Rica) Netherlands Antilles v Cuba 20 January 1965 ANT 1959 1–1 CUB Sille 50 Piedra 73 Kingston, JamaicaNetherlands Antilles' games were all played away. 4,005 Gómez (Honduras) Jamaica v Netherlands Antilles 23 January 1965 JAM 2–0 ANT 1959 Dunkley 11 64 Kingston, Jamaica 12,264 Gómez (Honduras) Cuba v Netherlands Antilles 30 January 1965 CUB 0–1 ANT 1959 Sille 27 Havana, Cuba 3,040 Buergo (Mexico) Netherlands Antilles v Jamaica 3 February 1965 ANT 1959 0–0 JAM Havana, Cuba 1,218 Buergo (Mexico) Cuba v Jamaica 7 February 1965 CUB 2–1 JAM Santos 1 pen Martínez 6 Dunkley 14 Havana, Cuba 1,176 Garcia (Mexico) Jamaica advanced to the final round. Group 2 Group 2 no no yes Trinidad and Tobago v Suriname 7 February 1965 TRI 4–1 NGY Gellineau 2 Corneal 28 Aleong 38 46 Haltman 4 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3,272 Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles) Costa Rica v Suriname 12 February 1965 CRC 1–0 NGY Rodríguez 55 San José, Costa Rica 12,868 McKeand (Jamaica) Costa Rica v Trinidad and Tobago 21 February 1965 CRC 4–0 TRI Hernández 28 pen. 50 Daniels 80 Marín 84 San José, Costa Rica 10,133 Valenzuela (Mexico) Suriname v Costa Rica 28 February 1965 NGY 1–3 CRC Krenten 71 Marín 10 70 Soto 27 Paramaribo, Suriname 7,704 Ortega (Venezuela) Trinidad and Tobago v Costa Rica 7 March 1965 TRI 0–1 CRC Hernández 29 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3,293 Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles) Suriname v Trinidad and Tobago 14 March 1965 NGY 6–1 TRI Haltman 9 19 Waterval ? ? Kluivert 31 Krenten 44 Sookram Paramaribo, Suriname 3,417 Osorio Katzenstein (Venezuela) Costa Rica advanced to the final round. Group 3 Group 3 no no yes Honduras v Mexico 28 February 1965 HON 1949 0–1 MEX 1934 Díaz 62 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 7,514 Corado (Guatemala) Mexico v Honduras 4 March 1965 MEX 1934 3–0 HON 1949 González 6 Aussín 14 Reyes 82 Mexico City, Mexico 50,894 Méndez (Guatemala) United States v Mexico 7 March 1965 USA 2–2 MEX 1934 Schmotolocha 49 Bicek 59 González 34 Reyes 65 Los Angeles, United States 19,337 Morgan (Canada) Mexico v United States 12 March 1965 MEX 1934 2–0 USA Díaz 9 Navarro 57 Mexico City, Mexico 64,285 Gutierrez (Nicaragua) Honduras v United States 17 March 1965 HON 1949 0–1 USA Murphy 70 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 1,268 Moreno (Nicaragua) United States v Honduras 21 March 1965 USA 1–1 HON 1949 Murphy 80 Taylor 85 Tegucigalpa, HondurasThis match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States. 2,331 Vargas (Costa Rica) Mexico advanced to the final round. Final round Final no no yes Costa Rica v Mexico 25 April 1965 CRC 0–0 MEX 1934 San José, Costa Rica 20,654 Morgan (Canada) Jamaica v Mexico 3 May 1965 JAM 2–3 MEX 1934 Asher Welch 11 Bartlett 36 Padilla 13 Cisneros 71 Jáuregui 81 Kingston, Jamaica 8,138 Montes de Oca (Guatemala) Mexico v Jamaica 7 May 1965 MEX 1934 8–0 JAM Cisneros 17 89 Fragoso 20 70 Díaz 32 41 90 Padilla 67 Mexico City, Mexico 52,017 Navarro (Nicaragua) Costa Rica v Jamaica 11 May 1965 CRC 7–0 JAM Jiménez 40 Daniels 54 85 Quirós 63 77 88 Hernández 73 San José, Costa Rica 4,003 Giebner (United States) Mexico v Costa Rica 16 May 1965 MEX 1934 1–0 CRC Cisneros 16 Mexico City, Mexico 64,276 Morgan (Canada) Jamaica v Costa Rica 22 May 1965 JAM 1–1 CRC Art Welch 70 Daniels 6 Kingston, Jamaica 3,031 Carcamo (Honduras) Mexico qualified. Qualified teams The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup MEX A1 Final round winners 22 May 1965 5 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962) Goalscorers 5 goals MEX 1934 Isidoro Díaz 4 goals CRC Errol Daniels CRC Leonel Hernández MEX 1934 Ernesto Cisneros 3 goals CRC Edgar Marín CRC William Quirós JAM Lascelles Dunkley NGY Siegfried Haltman 2 goals 20em MEX 1934 José Luis González Dávila MEX 1934 Javier Fragoso MEX 1934 Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez MEX 1934 Salvador Reyes Monteón ANT 1959 Virgilio Sille NGY Stanley Humbert Krenten NGY Edmund Waterval TRI Andy Aleong USA Ed Murphy 1 goal 20em CRC Fernando Jiménez CRC Tarcisio Rodríguez Viquez CRC Juan González Soto CUB Nicolás Martínez CUB Ángel Piedra CUB Antonio dos Santos HON 1949 José Ricardo Taylor JAM Syd Bartlett JAM Oscar Black JAM Patrick Blair JAM Art Welch JAM Asher Welch MEX 1934 José Luis Aussin MEX 1934 Ignacio Jáuregui MEX 1934 Ramiro Navarro NGY Kenneth Kluivert TRI Alvin Corneal TRI Jeff Gellineau TRI Bobby Sookram USA Helmut Bicek USA Walt Schmotolocha References CONCACAF Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) Category:1966 in CONCACAF football qualification Category:1965 in North American men's international football