1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Regional association football event April 2026 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification 15 June – 6 October 1984 17 1 10 26 1981 1989 The 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification competition was the qualifying contest to decide the finalists for the 1985 CONCACAF Championship – the ninth international association football championship for members of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Qualifying ran from 15 June – 6 October 1984 and was contested by the national teams of 15 CONCACAF member associations. The competition doubled as the qualification competition for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Guatemala were given a bye to the final tournament and did not compete in the qualifying competition. Eight teams – El Salvador, United States, Honduras, Haiti, Suriname, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica – qualified for the final tournament. Background The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) was founded as a merger of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) and North American Football Confederation (NAFC) in 1961.Stokkermans Karel CCCF and Concacaf Championships https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf-concacaf.html RSSSF 26 April 2026 7 July 2025 The first CONCACAF Championship, in which all the competing nations qualified automatically, was held in 1963.Gandini Luca Lugo Erik Francisco Reyes Macario I. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP (NORCECA) 1963 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca63.html RSSSF 26 April 2026 15 September 2021 A qualifying competition was introduced from the second edition in 1965.Gandini Luca Lugo Erik Francisco Reyes Macario II. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1965 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca65.html RSSSF 26 April 2026 19 August 2021 From 1973, the competition doubled as the qualifying competition for the FIFA World Cup for teams in North, Central America and the Caribbean. Only the winner of each edition would qualify for the World Cup. Format One of the 17 teams was drawn to receive a bye to the final tournament. The remaining 16 teams were drawn into eight two-legged ties. The team scoring more goals on aggregate in each tie would qualify for the final tournament.Stokkermans Karel Jarreta Sergio Henrique World Cup 1986 Qualifying https://www.rsssf.org/tables/86q.html RSSSF 26 April 2026 3 January 2000 Participants 22em ATG BRB CAN CRC SLV GRN GUY HAI 1964 HON 1949 JAM ANT 1959 PAN PUR SUR TRI USA Summary Guatemala received a bye to the final tournament. Jamaica, Grenada and Barbados withdrew after the draw was made and Canada, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica were given walkovers to qualify for the final tournament. The qualification competition began on 15 June when Honduras defeated Panama 3–0 in the first leg. Nine days later, Honduras won 1–0 against Panama in the second leg to qualify for the final tournament 4–0 on aggregate. On 29 July, El Salvador won 5–0 against Puerto Rico in the first leg. Six days later, Haiti defeated Antigua and Barbuda 4–0 in the first leg. The following day, El Salvador defeated Puerto Rico 3–0 in the second leg to qualify for the final tournament 8–0 on aggregate. On 7 August, Haiti qualified for the final tournament despite a 2–1 loss in the second leg against Antigua and Barbuda, winning 5–2 on aggregate. Eight days later, Suriname won 1–0 against Guyana in the first leg. On 29 August, Guyana and Suriname drew 1–1 in the second leg as Suriname qualified for the final tournament 2–1 on aggregate. The final tie began onw month later as the United States and the Netherlands Antilles played out a goalless first leg. In the final match of the qualification competition on 6 October, the United States won 4–0 to qualify for the final tournament 4–0 on aggregate. main n Qualifying stage GUA Bye n/a null null SLV 8–0 PUR 5–0 3–0 ANT 0–4 USA 0–0 0–4 PAN 0–4 HON 1949 0–3 0–1 ATG 2–5 HAI 1964 0–4 2–1 SUR 2–1 GUY 1–0 1–1 JAM w/o CAN null null GRN w/o TRI null null BRB w/o CRC null null Jamaica withdrew and Canada received a walkover. Grenada withdrew and Trinidad and Tobago received a walkover. Barbados withdrew and Costa Rica received a walkover. Both matches played in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Matches 29 July 1984 SLV 5–0 PUR 1952 Hernández 6 19 Rivas 28 Alfaro 45 López Medrano 82 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala) 5 August 1984 PUR 1952 0–3 SLV Zapata 1 Rivas 12 Perla 80 Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan Osborne (Bermuda) El Salvador won 8–0 on aggregate. 29 September 1984 ANT 1959 0–0 USA Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Goede (Suriname) 6 October 1984 USA 4–0 ANT 1959 DiBernardo 50 Coker 58 67 Kapp 85 Busch Stadium, St. Louis Fusco (Canada) The United States won 4–0 on aggregate. 15 June 1984 PAN 0–3 HON 1949 Figueroa 50 78 Laing 71 Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador) 24 June 1984 HON 1949 1–0 PAN Figueroa 67 pen. Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa Gus Constantine (United States) Honduras won 4–0 on aggregate. 4 August 1984 ATG 0–4 HAI 1964 Auguste 20 31 87 Thomas 51 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haitinote Antigua and Barbuda played their home match in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Taylor (Jamaica) 7 August 1984 HAI 1964 1–2 ATG Vorbe 33 Gonzalves 17 Roberts 56 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Campbell (Jamaica) Haiti won 5–2 on aggregate. 15 August 1984 SUR 1–0 GUY Edwards 77 André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo Lee (Netherlands Antilles) 29 August 1984 GUY 1–1 SUR Archer 36 Klinker 58 Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown Sirjuesingh (Trinidad and Tobago) Suriname won 2–1 on aggregate. JAM Cancelled CAN CAN Cancelled JAM GRN Cancelled TRI TRI Cancelled GRN BRB Cancelled CRC CRC Cancelled BRB Goalscorers 10 26 HAI 1964 Maxime Auguste HON 1949 José Roberto Figueroa SLV Mauricio Alfaro SLV Ever Hernández SLV José María Rivas USA Ade Coker ATG Everton Gonzalves ATG Elvis Roberts SLV Dagoberto Lopez Medrano SLV Luis Ramírez Zapata GUY Terrence Archer HAI 1964 Keslin Thomas HAI 1964 Edward Vorbe HON 1949 Eduardo Laing SUR Jacob Edwards SUR Umberto Klinker USA Angelo DiBernardo USA Erhardt Kapp Notes note References Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification qualification qualification Category:1984 in North American men's international football Category:Canada at the 1986 FIFA World Cup Category:1984 in Canadian soccer