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1973 CONCACAF Championship
Coupe des nations de la CONCACAF 1973
Tournament details
Host country	Haiti
Dates	29 November – 18 December
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Haiti (1st title)
Runners-up	Trinidad and Tobago
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	43 (2.87 per match)
Attendance	223,442 (14,896 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Steve David (7 goals)
← 1971 1977 →

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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.

Qualification

Main article: 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Teams

Venues

Port-au-Prince class=notpageimage\| Location of the host city of the 1973 CONCACAF Championship.	Port-au-Prince
	Stade Sylvio Cator
	Capacity: 15,000

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti (C)	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	8	1974 FIFA World Cup
2	Trinidad and Tobago	5	3	0	2	11	4	+7	6
3	Mexico	5	2	2	1	10	5	+5	6
4	Honduras	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	5
5	Guatemala	5	0	3	2	4	6	−2	3
6	Netherlands Antilles	5	0	2	3	4	19	−15	2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions 29 November 1973

Honduras	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Guifarro 33' Hernández 51'		David 61'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 12,816Referee: Davies (Canada)

30 November 1973

Mexico	0–0	Guatemala

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 12,816Referee: Highet (Canada)

1 December 1973

Haiti	3–0	Netherlands Antilles
Sanon 25', 61' Désir 29'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 12,816Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

3 December 1973

Honduras	1–1	Mexico
Guifarro 54'		H. López 73'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 12,816Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

4 December 1973

Haiti	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Sanon 9' R. Saint-Vil 88'		David 14'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 12,816Referee: Henriquez (El Salvador)

5 December 1973

Netherlands Antilles	2–2	Guatemala
Toppenberg 18' Schoop 75'		Roldán 6' Morales 63'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 14,257Referee: Kibritjian (United States)

7 December 1973

Haiti	1–0	Honduras
G. Saint-Vil 59'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 14,257Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

8 December 1973

Mexico	8–0	Netherlands Antilles
H. López 10', 76' Muciño 32', 45', 46', 82' Pulido 35' Lapuente 78'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 14,257Referee: Luis Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)

10 December 1973

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Guatemala
David 30'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 15,361Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

12 December 1973

Honduras	2–2	Netherlands Antilles
Soza 33' Guifarro 50'		Clemencia 62' St. Jago 73'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 15,361Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)

13 December 1973

Haiti	2–1	Guatemala
Sanon 28', 72'		Monterroso 4'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 15,361Referee: Davies (Canada)

14 December 1973

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Mexico
Cummings 35', 39' David 52' Archibald 62'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 15,361Referee: Winsemann (Canada)

15 December 1973

Honduras	1–1	Guatemala
Bran 15'		Banegas 83'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 15,435Referee: Schott (United States)

17 December 1973

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Netherlands Antilles
David 16', 51', 62' Brunken 33' (o.g.)

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 17,358Referee: Ramirez (Puerto Rico)

18 December 1973

Haiti	0–1	Mexico
		Borja 30'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceAttendance: 22,354Referee: Kibritjian (United States)

Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

1973 CONCACAF Championship Winners
Haiti First title

Goalscorers

7 goals

Steve David

5 goals

Emmanuel Sanon

4 goals

Octavio Muciño

3 goals

2 goals

Everald Cummings

1 goal

1 own goal

Siegfried Brunken (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)

References

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.
Reyes Padilla, Macario. "Mexico – International Results Details 1970–1979". RSSSF, 18 September 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

v t e CONCACAF Championship
Editions	El Salvador 1963 Guatemala 1965 Honduras 1967 Costa Rica 1969 Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Haiti 1973 Mexico 1977 Honduras 1981 1985 (No fixed venue) 1989 (No fixed venue)
Qualification	1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989
Successor: CONCACAF Gold Cup (since 1991)

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