1973 CONCACAF Championship
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| Coupe des nations de la CONCACAF 1973 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Haiti |
| Dates | 29 November – 18 December |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
| Attendance | 223,442 (14,896 per match) |
| Top scorer | |
← 1971 1977 → | |
| CONCACAF Qualifiers |
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The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from 29 November to 18 December. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup. Haiti became winners for the first time in the CONCACAF region and qualified for West Germany '74. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the World Cup.
Controversy
[edit]In quite a controversial match, Haiti defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–1, with the referee disallowing four Trinidad and Tobago goals.[1] As a result, referee Jose Roberto Henriquez and linesman James Higuet received lifetime bans from FIFA for their actions during the match.[2]
There has been speculation that there might have been some collusion in favour of Haiti, due to the tournament taking place there during the military dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier in a pivotal tournament that would send the winner to the 1974 FIFA World Cup. However, at the time, this was just the team’s second match of a round-robin tournament, having already won its first at the score of 3–0 against the Netherlands Antilles with no such known controversy as well as the matches that followed.
Qualification
[edit]Teams
[edit]
Guatemala
Haiti (Hosts)
Honduras
Mexico (Defending Champions)
Netherlands Antilles
Trinidad and Tobago
Squads
[edit]Venues
[edit]| Port-au-Prince | |
|---|---|
| Stade Sylvio Cator | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | |
Results
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | 1974 FIFA World Cup | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions
| Honduras | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Guifarro Hernández |
David |
| Haiti | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sanon Désir |
| Haiti | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sanon R. Saint-Vil |
David |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Toppenberg Schoop |
Roldán Morales |
| Haiti | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| G. Saint-Vil |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| David |
| Haiti | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sanon |
Monterroso |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cummings David Archibald |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| David Brunken |
Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
| 1973 CONCACAF Championship Winners |
|---|
Haiti First title |
Goalscorers
[edit]- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Juan Banegas
Benjamín Monterroso
René Morales
Jorge Roldán
Jean-Claude Désir
Guy Saint-Vil
Roger Saint-Vil
Jorge Alberto Bran Guevara
Óscar Rolando Hernández
Roberto Soza
Enrique Borja
Manuel Lapuente
Héctor Pulido
Rignald Alfonso Clemencia
Adelbert Toppenberg
Siegfried Schoop
Erroll Maximino St. Jago
Warren Archibald
- 1 own goal
Siegfried Brunken (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Liburd, Lasana (23 March 2021). "Haitian robbery; David, 'Gally' and 'Archie' erupt in controversial '74 campaign". Wired868. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ Newsday (18 June 2019). "Trinidad and Tobago's history at the Gold Cup". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ Stokkermans, Karel & Jarreta, Sergio Henrique. "World Cup 1974 Qualifying". RSSSF, 22 October 1999. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Results, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone". FIFA. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ Reyes Padilla, Macario. "Mexico – International Results Details 1970–1979". RSSSF, 18 September 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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