1973 CONCACAF Championship

May 2013 CONCACAF Championship 1973 Coupe des nations de la CONCACAF 1973 1973 CONCACAF Championship official logo Haiti 29 November – 18 December 6 1 1 1 HAI 1964 1 TRI MEX HON 1949 15 43 223442 TRI Steve David (7 goals) 1971 1977 FIFA The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from 29 November to 18 December. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup. Haiti became winners for the first time in the CONCACAF region and qualified for West Germany '74. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the World Cup. Controversy In quite a controversial match, Haiti defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–1, with the referee disallowing four Trinidad and Tobago goals.Liburd Lasana 2021-03-23 Haitian robbery; David, ‘Gally’ and ‘Archie’ erupt in controversial ‘74 campaign https://wired868.com/2021/03/23/haitian-robbery-david-gally-and-archie-erupt-in-controversial-74-campaign/ 2025-12-07 Wired868 en-US As a result, referee Jose Roberto Henriquez and linesman James Higuet received lifetime bans from FIFA for their actions during the match.Newsday 2019-06-18 Trinidad and Tobago’s history at the Gold Cup https://newsday.co.tt/2019/06/18/trinidad-and-tobagos-history-at-the-gold-cup/ 2025-12-07 Trinidad and Tobago Newsday en-US There has been speculation that there might have been some collusion in favour of Haiti, due to the tournament taking place there during the military dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier in a pivotal tournament that would send the winner to the 1974 FIFA World Cup. However, at the time, this was just the team’s second match of a round-robin tournament, having already won its first at the score of 3–0 against the Netherlands Antilles with no such known controversy as well as the matches that followed. Qualification 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification Teams Guatemala Haiti 1964 (Hosts) Honduras 1949 Mexico (Defending Champions) Netherlands Antilles 1959 Trinidad and Tobago Squads 1973 CONCACAF Championship squads Venues Haiti center 300 Location of the host city of the 1973 CONCACAF Championship. Haiti 18.536058 -72.342442 Port-au-Prince bottom Port-au-Prince Stade Sylvio Cator Capacity: 15,000 175x175px Results main WDL complete Stokkermans, Karel & Jarreta, Sergio Henrique. "World Cup 1974 Qualifying". RSSSF, 22 October 1999. Retrieved 24 March 2013.FIFA.com. "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Results, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone". FIFA. Retrieved 24 March 2013. 2 HAI TRI MEX HON GUA ANT WC 4 0 1 8 3 C 3 0 2 11 4 2 2 1 10 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 3 2 4 6 0 2 3 4 19 HAI 1964 TRI MEX HON 1949 GUA ANT 1959 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; Q green1 1974 FIFA World Cup 29 November 1973 HON 1949 2–1 TRI Guifarro 33 Hernández 51 David 61 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 12,816 Davies (Canada) 30 November 1973 MEX 0–0 GUA Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 12,816 Highet (Canada) 1 December 1973 HAI 1964 3–0 ANT 1959 Sanon 25 61 Désir 29 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 12,816 Soto Paris (Costa Rica) 3 December 1973 HON 1949 1–1 MEX Guifarro 54 H. López 73 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 12,816 Winsemann (Canada) 4 December 1973 HAI 1964 2–1 TRI Sanon 9 R. Saint-Vil 88 David 14 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 12,816 Henriquez (El Salvador) 5 December 1973 ANT 1959 2–2 GUA Toppenberg 18 Schoop 75 Roldán 6 Morales 63 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 14,257 Kibritjian (United States) 7 December 1973 HAI 1964 1–0 HON 1949 G. Saint-Vil 59 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 14,257 Winsemann (Canada) 8 December 1973 MEX 8–0 ANT 1959 H. López 10 76 Muciño 32 45 46 82 Pulido 35 Lapuente 78 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 14,257 Luis Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)Reyes Padilla, Macario. "Mexico – International Results Details 1970–1979". RSSSF, 18 September 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2013. 10 December 1973 TRI 1–0 GUA David 30 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 15,361 Soto Paris (Costa Rica) 12 December 1973 HON 1949 2–2 ANT 1959 Soza 33 Guifarro 50 Clemencia 62 St. Jago 73 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 15,361 Chaplin (Jamaica) 13 December 1973 HAI 1964 2–1 GUA Sanon 28 72 Monterroso 4 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 15,361 Davies (Canada) 14 December 1973 TRI 4–0 MEX Cummings 35 39 David 52 Archibald 62 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 15,361 Winsemann (Canada) 15 December 1973 HON 1949 1–1 GUA Bran 15 Banegas 83 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 15,435 Schott (United States) 17 December 1973 TRI 4–0 ANT 1959 David 16 51 62 Brunken 33 o.g. Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 17,358 Ramirez (Puerto Rico) 18 December 1973 HAI 1964 0–1 MEX Borja 30 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince 22,354 Kibritjian (United States) Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. 1973 CONCACAF Championship Winners65px|HaitiHaitiFirst title Goalscorers 7 goals 20em yes TRI Steve David 5 goals 20em yes HAI 1964 Emmanuel Sanon 4 goals 20em yes MEX Octavio Muciño 3 goals 20em yes HON 1949 Rubén Guifarro MEX Horacio López Salgado 2 goals 20em yes TRI Everald Cummings 1 goal 20em yes GUA Juan Banegas GUA Benjamín Monterroso GUA René Morales GUA Jorge Roldán HAI 1964 Jean-Claude Désir HAI 1964 Guy Saint-Vil HAI 1964 Roger Saint-Vil HON 1949 Jorge Alberto Bran Guevara HON 1949 Óscar Rolando Hernández HON 1949 Roberto Soza MEX Enrique Borja MEX Manuel Lapuente MEX Héctor Pulido ANT 1959 Rignald Alfonso Clemencia ANT 1959 Adelbert Toppenberg ANT 1959 Siegfried Schoop ANT 1959 Erroll Maximino St. Jago TRI Warren Archibald 1 own goal 20em yes ANT 1959 Siegfried Brunken (playing against Trinidad and Tobago) See also 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) References November 2019 CONCACAF 1973 1973 Category:1973–74 in Honduran football Category:1973–74 in Guatemalan football Category:1973–74 in Costa Rican football Category:1973–74 in Mexican football 1973 Category:1973 in Haitian sport Category:November 1973 sports events in North America Category:20th century in Port-au-Prince Category:Organized events in Port-au-Prince Category:Sport in Port-au-Prince Category:December 1973 sports events in North America Category:Haiti at the 1974 FIFA World Cup