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1965 CONCACAF Championship

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1965 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1965
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
Dates28 March – 11 April
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsBERJAYA Mexico (1st title)
Runners-upBERJAYA Guatemala
Third placeBERJAYA Costa Rica
Fourth placeBERJAYA El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)
← 1963
1967 →

The 1965 CONCACAF Championship, was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the tournament was held in Guatemala from 28 March to 11 April. It had 6 participating teams.

Qualifying round

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Caribbean Zone

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Jamaica, Trinidad, Dominican Republic withdrew from qualifying due to a schedule clash with qualification for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Hosts of the final tournament, Guatemala refused to grant the Cubans visas to visit the country.

Cuba complained to Helmut Käser, FIFA's General Secretary requesting for FIFA not to recognise CONCACAF. Käser stated that FIFA could not do so and referred the issue of Guatemalan visas for the Cubans to CONCACAF. As they were not able to enter the competition, Cuba withdrew.

Haiti and Netherlands Antilles automatically qualified for the final round.[1]

Central American Zone

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Panama withdrew before the qualifying tournament began.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BERJAYA El Salvador 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 4 Final round
2 BERJAYA Nicaragua 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
3 BERJAYA Honduras 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [2][3]

North America Zone

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico BERJAYA w/o BERJAYA United States w/o w/o

United States withdrew. Mexico automatically qualified.[1]

Participating teams

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Squads

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Venues

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Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000
BERJAYA

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 BERJAYA Mexico (C) 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2 BERJAYA Guatemala 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 7
3 BERJAYA Costa Rica 5 2 2 1 11 4 +7 6
4 BERJAYA El Salvador 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 5
5 BERJAYA Netherlands Antilles 5 0 2 3 4 16 −12 2
6 BERJAYA Haiti 5 0 1 4 3 13 −10 1
Source: [2][3]
(C) Champions
Mexico BERJAYA5–0BERJAYA Netherlands Antilles
Fragoso BERJAYA 57', 85'
Cisneros BERJAYA 71', 86', 89'
Mexico BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA Haiti
Cisneros BERJAYA 30', 39'
Fragoso BERJAYA 41'

Notes

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  1. ↑ Match suspended at 70' due to fight between both teams, after extensive deliberations the organizing committee decided to end the match; result stood.[4][5][6]
 1965 CONCACAF Championship winners 
BERJAYA
Mexico
First title

Team of the Tournament

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Source:[7]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Emilio Sagot Guatemala Alberto López
Mexico Gustavo Peña
Mexico Jesús del Muro
Costa Rica Álvaro McDonald		 El Salvador Alberto Villalta
Costa Rica Juan José Gámez
Mexico Ernesto Cisneros		 Costa Rica Guido Peña
Mexico Javier Fragoso
Guatemala Hugo Peña

References

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  1. 1 2 "II. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1965". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. 1 2 RSSSF - CONCACAF 1965 - Match details
  3. 1 2 El Balon Cuscatleco - El Salvador en NORCECA
  4. ↑ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  5. ↑ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  6. ↑ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  7. ↑ "II COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1965 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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