CONCACAF Nations Cup 1969

CONCACAF Nations Cup 1969
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of nations	6  (of 12 applicants)
CONCACAFmaster	Costa Rica (2nd title)
venue	Costa Rica
Opening game	November 23, 1969
Endgame	7th December 1969
Games	15th
Gates	43  (⌀: 2.87 per game)
Top scorer	Víctor Ruiz Cesar Melgar Marcio Fión (3 goals each)

The 1969 CONCACAF Nations Cup was the fourth game of the continental football championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and took place in Costa Rica from November 23 to December 7 . It was played exclusively in the capital, San José, in the Estadio Nacional , which at the time held 25,000 spectators. The six participants played the tournament winner in a simple league round, everyone against everyone.

qualification

A total of ten nations took part in the qualification. Costa Rica as hosts and Guatemala as reigning champions automatically qualified. The ten teams were divided into five groups, with the winner each qualifying.

Group 1

April 20 in Port-au-Prince
Haiti	-	United States	2-0
May 11 in San Diego
United States	-	Haiti	0: 1
total
Haiti	-	United States	3-0

Group 2

October 21 in Mexico City
Mexico	-	Bermuda	3-0
November 2nd in Hamilton
Bermuda	-	Mexico	2: 1
total
Mexico	-	Bermuda	4: 2

Group 3

November 4th in Kingston
Jamaica	-	Panama	1: 1
November 5th in Kingston
Panama	-	Jamaica	1: 2
total
Jamaica	-	Panama	3: 2

Group 4

Honduras was disqualified due to the football war with El Salvador, so the Netherlands Antilles automatically qualified for the tournament.

Group 5

El Salvador was disqualified due to the football war with Honduras, so Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified for the tournament.

The tournament

Haiti missed the entry deadline for the finals and was dismissed.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	5	4th	1	0	013: 200	+11	09
2.	Guatemala	5	3	2	0	010: 200	+8	08th
3.	Netherlands Antilles	6th	3	1	2	009:120	−3	07th
4th	Mexico	5	1	2	2	004: 500	−1	04th
5.	Trinidad and Tobago	5	1	1	3	004:120	−8	03
6th	Jamaica	5	0	1	4th	003:100	−7	01

November 23
Costa Rica	-	Jamaica	3-0
November 27th
Guatemala	-	Trinidad and Tobago	2-0
Mexico	-	Jamaica	2-0
Costa Rica	-	Netherlands Antilles	2: 1
November 29th
Guatemala	-	Netherlands Antilles	6: 1
30th of November
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Jamaica	3: 2
Costa Rica	-	Mexico	2-0
2. December
Netherlands Antilles	-	Trinidad and Tobago	3: 1
Guatemala	-	Mexico	1-0
December 4th
Netherlands Antilles	-	Mexico	2: 2
Guatemala	-	Jamaica	0-0
Costa Rica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	5-0
6th of December
Netherlands Antilles	-	Jamaica	2: 1
December 7th
Mexico	-	Trinidad and Tobago	0-0
Costa Rica	-	Guatemala	1: 1

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the tournament. If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

rank	player	Gates
1	Victor Ruiz	3
	Nelson Melgar	3
	Marco Fión	3
4th	Álvaro Cascante	2
	Roy Sáenz	2
	Jaime Grant	2
	Shelf	2
	Loefstok	2
	Martijn	2
	Adelbert Toppenberg	2
	Ulrich Haynes	2

Web links

• Game details for the 1969 tournament on rsssf.com