1981 CONCACAF Championship
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = CONCACAF Championship
| year = 1981
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption = 1981 CONCACAF Championship official logo
| country = Honduras
| dates = 1–22 November
| num_teams = 6
| confederations = 1
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion = HON
| champion-flagvar = 1949
| count = 1
| second = SLV
| third = MEX
| fourth = CAN
| matches = 15
| goals = 28
| attendance = 470484
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|MEX}} Hugo Sánchez (3 goals)
| player =
| prevseason = 1977
| nextseason = 1985
}}
{{Qualification for men's championships (CONCACAF)|expanded=FIFA}}
The 1981 CONCACAF Championship, the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Honduras from 1 to 22 November. All games were played in the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. This tournament was won by the host, Honduras, who earned their first title and secured for the first time a place in the FIFA World Cup, as the tournament also served as qualification to Spain 1982. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated two places (out of 24) in the final tournament. This edition was marked by an upset as Mexico, traditional CONCACAF heavyweights and needing a win to go through, were eliminated by Honduras. The 0–0 tie between Mexico and Honduras qualified El Salvador to participate in the World Cup as the CONCACAF runners-up. El Salvador also became the first Central American team to qualify for more than one World Cup. This would be the last tournament which would feature a host nation for the final round.
Venues
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! rowspan="8" | {{Location map+|Honduras|float=center|width=300|caption=|places= {{Location map~|Honduras|lat=14.098403|long=-87.203978|label=Tegucigalpa|position=top}}}} |
| Tegucigalpa |
|---|
| Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| Capacity: 35,000 |
| 150px |
Qualification
{{main|1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification}}
= Teams =
- {{fb|Canada}}
- {{fb|Cuba}}
- {{fb|El Salvador}}
- {{fb|Haiti|1964}}
- {{fb|Honduras|1949}} (Hosts)
- {{fb|Mexico}}
Final round
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|winpoints=2
|ptsfirst=y
|team1=HON|name_HON={{fb|HON|1949}}
|team2=SLV|name_SLV={{fb|SLV}}
|team3=MEX|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}
|team4=CAN|name_CAN={{fb|CAN}}
|team5=CUB|name_CUB={{fb|CUB}}
|team6=HAI|name_HAI={{fb|HAI|1964}}
|win_HON=3|draw_HON=2|loss_HON=0|gf_HON=8|ga_HON=1
|win_SLV=2|draw_SLV=2|loss_SLV=1|gf_SLV=2|ga_SLV=1
|win_MEX=1|draw_MEX=3|loss_MEX=1|gf_MEX=6|ga_MEX=3
|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=3|loss_CAN=1|gf_CAN=6|ga_CAN=6
|win_CUB=1|draw_CUB=2|loss_CUB=2|gf_CUB=4|ga_CUB=8
|win_HAI=0|draw_HAI=2|loss_HAI=3|gf_HAI=2|ga_HAI=9
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca81.html RSSSF]
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Honduras and El Salvador qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
{{football box
|date = 1 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = Castro {{goal|18}}
H. Sánchez {{goal|43||50}}
Manzo {{goal|53}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 40,720
|referee = Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = Stojanovic {{goal|90}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 31,570
|referee = Pagano Trucios (Peru)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 3 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals1 = Buezo {{goal|35}}
Urquia {{goal|40}}
Laing {{goal|64}}
Figueroa {{goal|75}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 45,386
|referee = Aragao (Brazil)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 6 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1964}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = Romulas {{goal|34}}
|goals2 = Stojanovic {{goal|50}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 33,237
|referee = Gracias Regalado (Guatemala)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 6 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals2 = Hernández {{goal|81}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 33,237
|referee = Aragao (Brazil)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 8 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = Buezo {{goal|36}}
Costly {{goal|69}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 33,876
|referee = Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 11 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 22,774
|referee = Socha (United States)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 11 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals1 = H. Sánchez {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = Cadet {{goal|47}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 22,774
|referee = Pagano Trucios (Peru)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 12 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = Caballero {{goal|12}}
Figueroa {{goal|40}}
|goals2 = Bridge {{goal|19}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 38,953
|referee = Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1964}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals2 = Mathieu {{goal|55|o.g.}}
Núñez {{goal|90}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 22,396
|referee = Bijlhout (Suriname)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = Castro {{goal|29}}
|goals2 = Bridge {{goal|57}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 22,395
|referee = Socha (United States)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 39,882
|referee = Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 19 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1964}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals2 = Huezo {{goal|18|pen.}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 16,826
|referee = Downer (Trinidad and Tobago)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 21 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 2–2
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = Núñez {{goal|2}}
Rodríguez {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = McLeod {{goal|48}}
Iarusci {{goal|84}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 16,458
|referee = Pagano Trucios (Peru)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 22 November 1981
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|location = Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = Socha (United States)
}}
{{winners|fb|1981 CONCACAF Championship winners|Honduras|First|1949}}
Goalscorers
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Hugo Sánchez
{{colend}}
;2 goals
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- {{flagicon|CAN}} Ian Bridge
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Stojanović
- {{flagicon|CUB}} Ramón Núñez
- {{flagicon|HON|1949}} David Buezo
- {{flagicon|HON|1949}} José Roberto Figueroa
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Ricardo Castro
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Bob Iarusci
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Wes McLeod
- {{flagicon|CUB}} Jorge Luis Rodríguez
- {{flagicon|SLV}} Ever Hernández
- {{flagicon|SLV}} Norberto Huezo
- {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} Daniel Cadet
- {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} Gerald Romulas
- {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Anthony Costly
- {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Carlos Orlando Caballero
- {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Eduardo Laing
- {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Jorge Elvir Urquia
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Manuel Manzo
{{colend}}
;1 own goal
- {{flagicon|HAI|1964}} Frantz Mathieu (playing against Cuba)
Team of the Tournament
| class="wikitable"
|+Ideal XI by RSSSF !Goalkeeper !Defenders !Midfielders !Forwards |
| {{Flagicon|SLV}} Luis Guevara Mora
|{{Flagicon|CAN}} Ian Bridge {{Flagicon|SLV}} Francisco Osorto {{Flagicon|HON|variant=1949}} Efraín Gutiérrez {{Flagicon|HON|variant=1949}} Jaime Villegas |{{Flagicon|SLV|variant=1964}} Norberto Huezo {{Flagicon|HON|variant=1949}} Ramón Maradiaga |{{Flagicon|CUB}} Ramón Núñez {{Flagicon|HON|variant=1949}} Carlos Caballero {{Flagicon|HON|variant=1949}} José Figueroa {{Flagicon|MEX|variant=1964}} Hugo Sánchez |
Notes
To date, this is the last time that Mexico failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup. (Mexico did not appear in the 1990 FIFA World Cup as they were banned in light of a scandal in which they used overage players in a youth tournament.)
References
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External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca81.html]
{{CONCACAF Championship}}
{{1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Championship}}
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Category:1981–82 in Mexican football
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