CONCACAF Nations Cup 1973

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CONCACAF Nations Cup 1973
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of nations 6  (from 14 applicants)
CONCACAFmaster Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti (1st title)
venue Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti
Opening game November 29, 1973
Endgame 18th December 1973
Games 15th
Gates 43  (⌀: 2.87 per game)
Top scorer Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Steve David (7 goals)

The 1973 CONCACAF Nations Cup was the sixth game of the continental football championship for North, Central America and the Caribbean and took place in Haiti from November 29th to December 18th . The game was played exclusively in the capital Port-au-Prince at the Stade Sylvio Cator . As in the past, the six participants played the tournament winner in a simple league round, everyone against everyone.

For the first time, the tournament was also considered a qualification for the soccer world championship . Since the CONCACAF only got one starting place, only the tournament winner Haiti was qualified for the soccer world championship 1974 in Germany.

qualification

The 14 registered teams were divided into four groups of two teams and two groups of three teams each. The teams played against each other with a return game and the winner of each group qualified for the tournament.

Group 1

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico Mexico  4th  4th  0  0 008: 300  +5 08th
 2. CanadaCanada Canada  4th  1  1  2 006: 700  −1 03
 3. United StatesUnited States United States  4th  0  1  3 006:100  −4 01
August 20, 1972 in St. John's
Canada - United States 3: 2
August 24, 1972 in Toronto
Canada - Mexico 0: 1
August 29, 1972 in Baltimore
United States - Canada 2: 2
September 3, 1972 in Mexico City
Mexico - United States 3: 1
September 6, 1972 in Mexico City
Mexico - Canada 2: 1
September 10, 1972 in Los Angeles
United States - Mexico 1: 2

Group 2

December 3, 1972 in Guatemala City
Guatemala - El Salvador 1-0
December 10, 1972 in San Salvador
El Salvador - Guatemala 0: 1
total
GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala - El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador 2-0

Group 3

December 3, 1972 in Tegucigalpa
Honduras - Costa Rica 2: 1
December 10, 1972 in San José
Costa Rica - Honduras 3: 3
total
HondurasHonduras Honduras - Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 5: 4

Group 4

JamaicaJamaicaJamaica withdrew its application, so the Netherlands Antilles automatically qualified for the tournament. Netherlands Antilles 1959Netherlands Antilles

Group 5

April 15, 1972 in Port-au-Prince
Haiti - Puerto Rico 7-0
April 23, 1972 in San Juan
Puerto Rico - Haiti 0: 5
total
Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti - Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 12: 0

Group 6

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago  4th  3  1  0 016: 400 +12 07th
 2. Dutch Guiana 1959Dutch Guiana Dutch Guiana  4th  2  1  1 011: 400  +7 05
 3. Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda  4th  0  0  4th 003:220 −19 00

Both home games of Dutch Guiana were played as away games.

November 10, 1972 in Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago - Antigua and Barbuda 11: 1
November 19, 1972 in St. John's
Antigua and Barbuda - Trinidad and Tobago 1: 2
November 28, 1972 in Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago - Dutch Guyana 2: 1
November 30, 1972 in San Fernando
Dutch Guyana - Trinidad and Tobago 1: 1
December 3, 1972 in St. John's
Antigua and Barbuda - Dutch Guyana 0: 6
December 5, 1972 in St. John's
Dutch Guyana - Antigua and Barbuda 3: 1

The tournament

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti  5  4th  0  1 008: 300  +5 08th
 2. Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago  5  3  0  2 011: 400  +7 06th
 3. MexicoMexico Mexico  5  2  2  1 010: 500  +5 06th
 4th HondurasHonduras Honduras  5  1  3  1 006: 600  ± 0 05
 5. GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala  5  0  3  2 004: 600  −2 03
 6th Netherlands Antilles 1959Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles  5  0  2  3 004:190 −15 02
November 29th
Honduras - Trinidad and Tobago 2: 1
30th of November
Mexico - Guatemala 0-0
December 1
Haiti - Netherlands Antilles 3-0
3rd of December
Honduras - Mexico 1: 1
December 4th
Haiti - Trinidad and Tobago 2: 1
December 5th
Netherlands Antilles - Guatemala 2: 2
December 7th
Haiti - Honduras 1-0
December 8th
Mexico - Netherlands Antilles 8-0
10th of December
Trinidad and Tobago - Guatemala 1-0
12th of December
Honduras - Netherlands Antilles 2: 2
13th December
Haiti - Guatemala 2: 1
December 14th
Trinidad and Tobago - Mexico 4-0
15th December
Honduras - Guatemala 1: 1
December 17th
Trinidad and Tobago - Netherlands Antilles 4-0
December 18th
Haiti - Mexico 0: 1

Best goal scorers

rank player Gates
1 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Steve David 7th
2 Haiti 1964Haiti Emmanuel Sanon 5
3 HondurasHonduras Ruben Guifarro 4th
MexicoMexico Octavio Muciño 4th

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