CONCACAF Nations Cup 1977

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CONCACAF Nations Cup 1977
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of nations (from 17 applicants)
CONCACAFmaster MexicoMexico Mexico (3rd title)
venue MexicoMexico Mexico
Opening game October 8, 1977
Endgame October 18, 1977
Games 15th
Gates 55  (⌀: 3.67 per game)
Top scorer MexicoMexico Víctor Rangel (6 goals)

The 1977 CONCACAF Nations Cup was the seventh game of the continental football championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and took place in Mexico from October 8 to 23 . The game was played in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City and in the Estadio Tecnológico in Monterrey . As in the past, the six participants played the tournament winner in a simple league round, everyone against everyone.

For the second time, the tournament was also considered a qualification for the World Cup .

Host Mexico won the title for the third time after 1965 and 1971 and thus qualified for the Football World Cup in Argentina in 1978 , as CONCACAF only got a starting place of 16 places for the World Cup.

qualification

A total of seventeen CONCACAF member countries registered for the competition. Honduras withdrew before qualifying began. The remaining sixteen teams have been divided into three zones based on the geographic location of their nations:

North American Zone

This zone had three teams playing against each other in the round two. The group first and second qualified for the tournament.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico Mexico  4th  1  2  1 003: 100  +2 04th
 2. CanadaCanada Canada  4th  1  2  1 002: 300  −1 04th
3. United StatesUnited States United States  4th  1  2  1 003: 400  −1 04th
September 24, 1976 in Vancouver
Canada - United States 1: 1
October 3, 1976 in Los Angeles
United States - Mexico 0-0
October 10, 1976 in Vancouver
Canada - Mexico 1-0
October 15, 1976 in Puebla
Mexico - United States 3-0
October 20, 1976 in Seattle
United States - Canada 2-0
October 27, 1976 in Toluca
Mexico - Canada 0-0

Canada and the USA completed the qualification phase with the same number of points and goal numbers. An elimination game had to be played on neutral ground to decide which team qualified.

December 22, 1976 in Port-au-Prince
CanadaCanada Canada - United StatesUnited States United States 3-0

Central American Zone

This zone had four teams that played against each other in the round two. Here, too, the first and second group qualified for the tournament.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala  6th  3  2  1 015: 600  +9 08th
 2. El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador  6th  2  3  1 010: 700  +3 07th
 3. Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica  6th  1  4th  1 008: 600  +2 06th
 4th PanamaPanama Panama  6th  1  1  4th 007:210 −14 03
April 4, 1976 in Panama City
Panama - Costa Rica 3: 2
May 2, 1976 in Panama City
Panama - El Salvador 1: 1
July 11, 1976 in San José
Costa Rica - Panama 3-0
August 1, 1976 in San Salvador
El Salvador - Panama 4: 1
September 17, 1976 in Panama City
Panama - Guatemala 2: 4
September 26, 1976 in Guatemala City
Guatemala - Panama 7-0
December 1, 1976 in San Salvador
El Salvador - Costa Rica 1: 1
December 5, 1976 in San José
Costa Rica - Guatemala 0-0
December 8, 1976 in Guatemala City
Guatemala - El Salvador 3: 1
December 12, 1976 in Guatemala City
Guatemala - Costa Rica 1: 1
December 15, 1976 in San José
Costa Rica - El Salvador 1: 1
December 19, 1976 in San Salvador
El Salvador - Guatemala 2-0

Caribbean zone

This zone had nine teams, which were divided into two groups of four and five teams. They played in the knockout system with a return leg. Both group winners qualified for the tournament.

Group A

1 round

July 4, 1976 in Georgetown
Guyana - Suriname 2-0
August 29, 1976 in Paramaribo
Suriname - Guyana 3-0
total
GuyanaGuyana Guyana - SurinameSuriname Suriname 2: 3
August 15, 1976 in Bridgetown
Barbados - Trinidad and Tobago 2: 1
August 31, 1976 in Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago - Barbados 1-0
total
BarbadosBarbados Barbados - Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2: 2
September 14, 1976 in Bridgetown
BarbadosBarbados Barbados - Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1: 3

2nd round

November 14, 1976 in Paramaribo
Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago 1: 1
November 18, 1976 in Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago - Suriname 2: 2
November 14, 1976 in Paramaribo
SurinameSuriname Suriname - Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 3: 3
December 18, 1976 in Cayenne (French Guiana)
SurinameSuriname Suriname - Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 3: 2

Group B

Preliminary round

April 2, 1976 in Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic - Haiti 0: 3
April 17, 1976 in Port-au-Prince
Haiti - Dominican Republic 3-0
total
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic - Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti 0: 6

1 round

July 30, 1976 in Oranjestad
Netherlands Antilles - Haiti 1: 2
August 14, 1976 in Port-au-Prince
Haiti - Netherlands Antilles 7-0
total
Netherlands Antilles 1959Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles - Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti 1: 9
August 15, 1976 in Kingston
Jamaica - Cuba 1: 2
August 29, 1976 in Port-au-Prince
Cuba - Jamaica 7-0
total
JamaicaJamaica Jamaica - CubaCuba Cuba 1: 9

2nd round

November 28, 1976 in Havana
Cuba - Haiti 1: 1
December 11, 1976 in Port-au-Prince
Haiti - Cuba 1: 1
November 28, 1976 in Havana
CubaCuba Cuba - Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti 2: 2
December 29, 1976 in Panama City
Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti - CubaCuba Cuba 2-0

The tournament

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico Mexico  5  5  0  0 020: 500 +15 10
 2. Haiti 1964Haiti Haiti  5  3  1  1 006: 600  ± 0 07th
 3. El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador  5  2  1  2 008: 900  −1 05
 4th CanadaCanada Canada  5  2  1  2 007: 800  −1 05
 5. GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala  5  1  1  3 008:100  −2 03
 6th SurinameSuriname Suriname  5  0  0  5 006:170 −11 00
October 8 in Monterrey
Guatemala - Suriname 3: 2
El Salvador - Canada 2: 1
October 9 in Mexico City
Mexico - Haiti 4: 1
October 12 in Mexico City
Mexico - El Salvador 3: 1
Canada - Suriname 2: 1
October 12 in Monterrey
Haiti - Guatemala 2: 1
October 15 in Monterrey
Mexico - Suriname 8: 1
October 16 in Mexico City
Haiti - El Salvador 1-0
Canada - Guatemala 2: 1
October 19 in Mexico City
Mexico - Guatemala 2: 1
October 20 in Monterrey
El Salvador - Suriname 3: 2
Canada - Haiti 1: 1
October 22nd in Monterrey
Mexico - Canada 3: 1
October 23 in Mexico City
Haiti - Suriname 1-0
Guatemala - El Salvador 2: 2

Best goal scorers

rank player Gates
1 MexicoMexico Víctor Rangel 6th
2 MexicoMexico Hugo Sánchez 3

Web links