1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 28 February 1965 - 22 May 1965 |
Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 68 (2.83 per match) |
Attendance | 370,238 (15,427 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Isidoro Díaz (5 goals) |
← 1962 1970 → |
CONCACAF Qualifiers |
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FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala.
Format
There would be two rounds of play:
- First Round: The remaining 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
First round
Group 1
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Mexico | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
2 | United States | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
3 | Honduras | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
United States | 2–2 | Mexico |
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Schmotolocha 49' Bicek 59' |
González 34' Reyes 65' |
Mexico | 2–0 | United States |
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Díaz 9' Navarro 57' |
Honduras | 0–1 | United States |
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Murphy 70' |
United States | 1–1 | Honduras |
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Murphy 80' | Taylor 85' |
Mexico advanced to the Final Round.
Group 2
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Jamaica | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
2 | Netherlands Antilles | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
3 | Cuba | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
Netherlands Antilles | 1–1 | Cuba |
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Sille 50' | Piedra 73' |
Jamaica | 2–0 | Netherlands Antilles |
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Dunkley 11', 64' |
Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.
Group 3
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Costa Rica | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
2 | Suriname | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 |
Costa Rica | 1–0 | Suriname |
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Rodríguez 55' |
Costa Rica | 4–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Hernández 28' (pen.), 50' Daniels 80' Marín 84' |
Suriname | 1–3 | Costa Rica |
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Krenten 71' | Marín 10', 70' Soto 27' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
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Hernández 29' |
Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Mexico | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 |
2 | Costa Rica | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
3 | Jamaica | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 |
Costa Rica | 0–0 | Mexico |
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Mexico | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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Cisneros 16' |
Jamaica | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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Art Welch 70' | Daniels 6' |
Mexico qualified.
Qualified teams
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
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Mexico | Final Round winners | 22 May 1965 | 5 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962) |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Fernando Jiménez
- Tarcisio Rodríguez Viquez
- Juan González Soto
- Nicolás Martínez
- Ángel Piedra
- Antonio dos Santos
- José Ricardo Taylor
- Syd Bartlett
- Oscar Black
- Patrick Blair
- Art Welch
- Asher Welch
- José Luis Aussin
- Ignacio Jáuregui
- Ramiro Navarro
- Kenneth Kluivert
- Alvin Corneal
- Jeff Gellineau
- Bobby Sookram
- Helmut Bicek
- Walt Schmotolocha