1977 CONCACAF Championship#Final round
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = CONCACAF Championship
| year = 1977
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption = 1977 CONCACAF Championship official logo
| country = Mexico
| dates = 8–23 October
| num_teams = 6
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| champion = MEX
| count = 3
| second = Haiti
| second-flagvar = 1964
| third = SLV
| fourth = CAN
| matches = 15
| goals = 55
| attendance = 790097
| top_scorer ={{flagicon|MEX}} Víctor Rangel (6 goals)
| prevseason = 1973
| nextseason = 1981
| player =
}}
{{Qualification for men's championships (CONCACAF)|expanded=FIFA}}
The 1977 CONCACAF Championship, the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Mexico from 8 to 23 October. Mexico, as the host nation, easily secured a third title and a place in Argentina '78 since the tournament also served as qualification to the World Cup. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.
Qualification
{{Main|1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification}}
Teams
- {{fb|Canada}}
- {{fb|El Salvador}}
- {{fb|Guatemala}}
- {{fb|Haiti|1964}}
- {{fb|Mexico}} (Hosts)
- {{fb|Suriname}}
Venues
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rowspan="4" | {{Location map+|Mexico|float=center|width=400|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Mexico|lat=19.303056|long=-99.150556|label=Mexico City|position=bottom}} {{Location map~|Mexico|lat=25.72257|long=-100.31197|label=San Nicolás de los Garza|position=bottom}}}} |
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Estadio Azteca |
Capacity: 105,000
| Capacity: 41,615 |
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Final round
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|team1=MEX|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}
|team2=HAI|name_HAI={{fb|HAI|1964}}
|team3=SLV|name_SLV={{fb|SLV}}
|team4=CAN|name_CAN={{fb|CAN}}
|team5=GUA|name_GUA={{fb|GUA}}
|team6=SUR|name_SUR={{fb|SUR}}
|win_MEX=5|draw_MEX=0|loss_MEX=0|gf_MEX=20|ga_MEX=5 |status_MEX=C
|win_HAI=3|draw_HAI=1|loss_HAI=1|gf_HAI=6|ga_HAI=6
|win_SLV=2|draw_SLV=1|loss_SLV=2|gf_SLV=8|ga_SLV=9
|win_CAN=2|draw_CAN=1|loss_CAN=2|gf_CAN=7|ga_CAN=8
|win_GUA=1|draw_GUA=1|loss_GUA=3|gf_GUA=8|ga_GUA=10
|win_SUR=0|draw_SUR=0|loss_SUR=5|gf_SUR=6|ga_SUR=17
|col_A=#cfc|text_A=1978 FIFA World Cup
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca77.html RSSSF]
}}
{{football box
|date = 8 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = McDonald {{goal|15||38}}
Alfaro {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = Schal {{goal|2}}
Rigters {{goal|55}}
|stadium = Estadio Universitario, Monterrey
|attendance = 26,065
|referee = Wuertz (United States)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 8 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = Budd {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = Zapata {{goal|44||84}}
|stadium = Estadio Universitario, Monterrey
|attendance = 42,000
|referee = Pestarino (Argentina)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 9 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals1 = Sánchez {{goal|1}}
Rangel {{goal|46||70||82}}
|goals2 = Auguste {{goal|78}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 108,000
|referee = Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 12 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = Parsons {{goal|32}}
Bakić {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = Olmberg {{goal|40|pen.}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 90,000
|referee = Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 12 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = Cárdenas {{goal|36}}
Rangel {{goal|59||90}}
|goals2 = Huezo {{goal|75}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 110,000
|referee = Toros Kibritjian (United States)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 12 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals1 = Mitrovich {{goal|58}}
|goals2 = Domingue {{goal|20|pen.}}
Bayonne {{goal|44}}
|stadium = Estadio Universitario, Monterrey
|attendance = 13,465
|referee = Pestarino (Argentina)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 15 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 8–1
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = Rangel {{goal|24}}
Isiordia {{goal|37||49}}
Sánchez {{goal|39||90}}
Jiménez {{goal|73||84}}
Chávez {{goal|80}}
|goals2 = Schal {{goal|23|pen.}}
|stadium = Estadio Universitario, Monterrey
|attendance = 52,000
|referee = Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals2 = Sanon {{goal|24}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 53,978
|referee = Calderón Castro (Cuba)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 16 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = Parsons {{goal|20}}
B. Lenarduzzi {{goal|35}}
|goals2 = Alfaro {{goal|62}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 19 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = Vázquez {{goal|28|pen.}}
Cárdenas {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = Mitrovich {{goal|44}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 110,000
|referee = Pestarino (Argentina)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = González {{goal|42}}
Rosas {{goal|77||87}}
|goals2 = Emanuelson {{goal|58}}
Olmberg {{goal|89|pen.}}
|stadium = Estadio Universitario, Monterrey
|attendance = 34,476
|referee = Crokwell (Bermuda)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 20 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals1 = Bakić {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = Dorsainville {{goal|78}}
|stadium = Estadio Universitario, Monterrey
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Valverde Salazar (Costa Rica)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 22 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = Guzmán {{goal|31||40}}
Sánchez {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = Parsons {{goal|9}}
|stadium = Estadio Universitario, Monterrey
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = Moses (Netherlands Antilles)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 23 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 2–2
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = Rivera {{goal|58||75}}
|goals2 = Rosas {{goal|44}}
Huezo {{goal|85}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 21,483
|referee = De la Puente (Dominican Republic)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 23 October 1977
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1964}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = Domingue {{goal|7}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 18,630
|referee = Oritz Pérez (Honduras)
}}
Mexico qualified for the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
{{winners|fb|1977 CONCACAF Championship winners|Mexico|Third}}
Goalscorers
;6 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Víctor Rangel
{{colend}}
;4 goals
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- {{flagicon|MEX}} Hugo Sánchez
{{colend}}
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Buzz Parsons
- {{flagicon|SLV}} Elmer Rosas
{{colend}}
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Bakić
- {{flagicon|SLV}} Luis Ramírez Zapata
- {{flagicon|SLV}} Norberto Huezo
- {{flagicon|GUA}} Felix McDonald
- {{flagicon|GUA}} Mario René Alfaro
- {{flagicon|GUA}} José Emilio Mitrovich
- {{flagicon|GUA}} Sergio Rivera
- {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} Leintz Domingue
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Alfred Jiménez
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Cárdenas
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Guzmán
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Raul Isiordia
- {{flagicon|SUR}} Edwin Schal
- {{flagicon|SUR}} Remie Olmberg
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Bob Lenarduzzi
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Brian Budd
- {{flagicon|SLV}} Mágico González
- {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} Arsène Auguste
- {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} Pierre Bayonne
- {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} Guy Dorsainville
- {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} Emmanuel Sanon
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Arturo Vázquez Ayala
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Chávez
- {{flagicon|SUR}} Delano Rigters
- {{flagicon|SUR}} Errol Emanuelson
{{colend}}
See also
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160629150737/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/argentina1978/matches/preliminaries/nccamerica/index.html 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)] at FIFA.com
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