1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification

The 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification consisted of a single round of play. The 14 teams were divided into 6 groups of 2 or 3 teams (four groups with 2 teams and two groups with 3 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would then advance to the tournament.

Teams

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Canada
•  Costa Rica
•  El Salvador
•  Guatemala
•  Haiti
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Honduras
•  Puerto Rico
•  Suriname
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  United States

Withdraws

•  Jamaica

Results

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	4	4	0	0	8	3	+5	8
2	Canada	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	3
3	United States	4	0	1	3	6	10	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 August 1972

Canada	3–2	United States
Parsons 5' Twamley 41' Johnson 63'		Roy 65' Getzinger 88'

King George V, St. John's, Canada

Attendance: 7,600

Referee: Parsons (Bermuda)

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24 August 1972

Canada	0–1	Mexico
	(Report)	Borbolla 61'

Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)

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29 August 1972

United States	2–2	Canada
Roy 14' Geimer 25'		MacKay 9' Douglas 81'

Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, United States

Attendance: 3,273

Referee: Henriquez (El Salvador)

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3 September 1972

Mexico	3–1	United States
Victorino 14' Bustos 48' Borja 60'		Roy 78'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 29,891

Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)

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6 September 1972

Mexico	2–1	Canada
Victorino 2' Bustos 46'		Robinson 40'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)

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10 September 1972

United States	1–2	Mexico
Geimer 8'		Ceballos 11' Borbolla 48'

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States

Attendance: 9,620

Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

Mexico advance to the tournament.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guatemala	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4
2	El Salvador	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 December 1972

Guatemala	1–0	El Salvador
Melgar 89' (pen.)

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 39,008

Referee: Pageotte (Haiti)

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10 December 1972

El Salvador	0–1	Guatemala
		Melgar 65'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 24,828

Referee: Kibritpan (United States)

Guatemala advance to the tournament.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Honduras	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	3
2	Costa Rica	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 December 1972

Honduras	2–1	Costa Rica
Bran 32' Gómez 57'		Paniagua 40'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 16,727

Referee: Archundia (Mexico)

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10 December 1972

Costa Rica	3–3	Honduras
Elizondo 8' Sáenz 50' Cárcamo 60' (pen.)		Urquía 70' Gómez 85', 90'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San Juan, Costa Rica

Attendance: 14,274

Referee: Ramirez (Puerto Rico)

Honduras advance to the tournament.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Jamaica withdrew, so Netherlands Antilles advance to the tournament automatically.

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Haiti	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12	4
2	Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 April 1972

Haiti	7–0	Puerto Rico
Barthélemy 11' Désir 14' François 21' Sanon 30', 33', 67' Vorbe 73'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Attendance: 2,152

Referee: Archundia (Mexico)

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23 April 1972

Puerto Rico	0–5	Haiti
		Bayonne 22' Désir 39' Sanon 48', 73', 80'

Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Attendance: 1,592

Referee: Canessa (Guatemala)

Haiti advance to the tournament.

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Trinidad and Tobago	4	3	1	0	16	4	+12	7
2	Suriname	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	5
3	Antigua and Barbuda	4	0	0	4	3	22	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 November 1972

Trinidad and Tobago	11–1	Antigua and Barbuda
Llewellyn 19', 38', 44' David 42', 70', 79' Spann 49', 68' Brewster 59' Roberts 84', 89'		Morris 20'

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 6,510

Referee: Alvarez Alfaro (Nicaragua)

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19 November 1972

Antigua and Barbuda	1–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Edwards 80'		Llewellyn 10' David 30'

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Attendance: 2,750

Referee: Ortiz Perez (Honduras)

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28 November 1972

Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	Suriname
Brewster 63' Roberts 68'		Zebeda 87' (pen.)

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 7,964

Referee: Landauer (United States)

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30 November 1972

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Suriname
David 75'		Zebeda 35'

Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago^[1]

Attendance: 9,276

Referee: Landauer (United States)

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3 December 1972

Antigua and Barbuda	0–6	Suriname
		Doesburg Schal Miller

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Attendance: 2,027

Referee: Amarica (Canada)

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5 December 1972

Antigua and Barbuda	1–3	Suriname
Morris 33'		Zebeda 24', 68' Sordam 41'

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda^[2]

Attendance: 1,003

Referee: Amarica (Canada)

Trinidad and Tobago advance to the tournament.

Teams qualified to the 1973 CONCACAF Championship

•  Mexico (Group 1 Winners)
•  Guatemala (Group 2 Winners)
•  Honduras (Group 3 Winners)
•  Netherlands Antilles (Automanic)
•  Haiti (Group 5 winners)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (Group 6 winners)

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Emmanuel Sanon

5 goals

• Steve David

4 goals

• Arnold Robert Zebeda
• Sammy Llewellyn

3 goals

• Rigoberto Gómez
• Raymond Roberts
• Willy Roy

2 goals

• Patrick Morris
• Nelson Melgar
• Jean-Claude Désir
• Juan Manuel Borbolla
• Fernando Bustos
• Cesário Victorino
• Armand Doesburg
• Arnold Miller
• Edwin Schal
• Leopold Brewster
• Leroy Spann
• Gene Geimer

1 goal

• Vernon Edwards
• Jimmy Douglas
• Glen Johnson
• Ike MacKay
• Buzz Parsons
• Brian Robinson
• Bruce Twamley
• Nemesia Cárcamo
• Wálter Elizondo
• Asdrúbal Paniagua
• Roy Sáenz
• Claude Barthélemy
• Pierre Bayonne
• Guy François
• Philippe Vorbe
• Jorge Bran
• Jorge Urquía
• Enrique Borja
• Sergio Ceballos Aldape
• Eugene Sordam
• Rudy Getzinger

Sources

• Match scores at FIFA.com

References

1. All home matches of Dutch Guiana were played away instead.
2. All home matches of Dutch Guiana were played away instead.