1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Listed below are the dates and results for the tournament qualification. A total of 17 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Honduras withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 16 teams were divided into 3 zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows:

  • North American Zone had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
  • Central American Zone had 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
  • Caribbean Zone had 9 teams, which would be divided into 2 groups of 4 or 5 teams. The teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.

CONCACAF North American Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 4 1 2 1 3 1 +2 4 1977 CONCACAF Championship
2=  Canada (O) 4 1 2 1 2 3 −1 4[a]
2=  United States 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 4[a]
Source:[citation needed]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Equal points and equal goal differential. A play-off match was organized as a tiebreaker.
24 September 1976 Canada  1–1  United States Vancouver, Canada
Bolitho 77' Bandov 8' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 15,453[1]
Referee: Dorantes García (Mexico)
3 October 1976 United States  0–0  Mexico Los Angeles, United States
Stadium: Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 33,171[2]
Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)
10 October 1976 Canada  1–0  Mexico Vancouver, Canada
Parsons 32' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 17,939[3]
Referee: Toros Kibritjian (United States)
15 October 1976 Mexico  3–0  United States Puebla, Mexico
Solís 28'
Álvarez 40'
Dávila 83' (pen.)		 Stadium: Cuauhtémoc
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)
20 October 1976 United States  2–0  Canada Seattle, United States
Rys 55'
Veee 81'		 Stadium: Kingdome
Attendance: 17,675[4]
Referee: Rubio Vásquez (Mexico)
27 October 1976 Mexico  0–0  Canada Toluca, Mexico
Stadium: Nemesio Díez
Referee: Landauer (United States)

Canada and United States finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

22 December 1976 Canada  3–0  United States Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Budd 21'
Lenarduzzi 80'
Bolitho 87'		 Attendance: 5,000 (estimated)[5]
Referee: Velasquez Ramírez (Colombia)

Mexico and Canada advanced to the tournament.

CONCACAF Central American Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala 6 3 2 1 15 6 +9 8 1977 CONCACAF Championship
2  El Salvador 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 7
3  Costa Rica 6 1 4 1 8 6 +2 6
4  Panama 6 1 1 4 7 21 −14 3
Source:[citation needed]
4 April 1976 Panama  3–2  Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
Tapia 48'
Ponce 50'
Sánchez 75'		 Jiménez 34'
Barrantes 85'		 Referee: Cedillos (Honduras)
2 May 1976 Panama  1–1  El Salvador Panama City, Panama
Vázquez 50' (pen.) Ramírez 16' Referee: Rojas Luis (Costa Rica)
11 July 1976 Costa Rica  3–0  Panama San José, Costa Rica
Alvarado 11', 22'
Jiménez 44'		 Referee: Sazo Alvarez (Nicaragua)
1 August 1976 El Salvador  4–1  Panama San Salvador, El Salvador
Ramírez 7', 14', 78'
Aquino 69'		 Hernández 88' Referee: Rubio Vásquez (Mexico)
17 September 1976 Panama  2–4  Guatemala Panama City, Panama
Wellmann 9' (o.g.)
Montillo 25'		 Pennant 51'
Sánchez 56', 63'
Anderson 88'		 Referee: Álvarez Morales (Costa Rica)
26 September 1976 Guatemala  7–0  Panama Guatemala City, Guatemala
Sánchez 14', 68'
Pennant 17', 40'
McDonald 53', 62'
Sandoval 70'		 Referee: Avendano Ruiz (El Salvador)
1 December 1976 El Salvador  1–1  Costa Rica San Salvador, El Salvador
Cabrera 27' Jiménez 78' Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
5 December 1976 Costa Rica  0–0  Guatemala San José, Costa Rica
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
8 December 1976 Guatemala  3–1  El Salvador Guatemala City, Guatemala
McNish 19'
Monterroso 30'
Sánchez 80'		 Valencia 14' (pen.) Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
12 December 1976 Guatemala  1–1  Costa Rica Guatemala City, Guatemala
Sandoval 77' Salgado 89' Referee: Andino Pinel (Honduras)
15 December 1976 Costa Rica  1–1  El Salvador San José, Costa Rica
Figueroa 40' Ramírez 75' Referee: Mollinedo (Guatemala)
19 December 1976 El Salvador  2–0  Guatemala San Salvador, El Salvador
Cabrera
Valencia 		Referee: Segura (Mexico)

Guatemala and El Salvador advanced to the tournament.

CONCACAF Caribbean Zone

Brackets

Preliminary RoundFirst RoundSecond Round
 Guyana20n2
 Suriname03n3
 Suriname (a.e.t.)1233*
Group A
 Trinidad and Tobago1223
 Barbados2012
 Trinidad and Tobago1132*
 Jamaica10n1
 Cuba32n5
 Cuba1102
Group B
 Haiti1122*
 Netherlands Antilles10n1
 Haiti27n9
 Dominican Republic00n0
 Haiti33n6

Group A

First round

4 July 1976 Guyana  2–0  Suriname Georgetown, Guyana
Butts 9'
Niles 72'		 Referee: Gay (Trinidad and Tobago)
29 August 1976 Suriname  3–0
(3–2 agg.)		  Guyana Paramaribo, Suriname
Playfaire 4'
George 35', 53'		 Referee: Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago)

Suriname advanced to the Second Round.

15 August 1976 Barbados  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago Bridgetown, Barbados
Clarke 47', 54' (pen.) David 83' Referee: Steeman (Suriname)
31 August 1976 Trinidad and Tobago  1–0
(2–2 agg.)		  Barbados Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Douglas 36' Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)

The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

14 September 1976  Barbados 1–3 Trinidad and Tobago  Bridgetown, Barbados
Clarke 26' Llewellyn 3'
Carpette 74'
Clarke 85' (o.g.)		 Referee: Calderón Castro (Cuba)

Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

Second round

14 November 1976 Suriname  1–1  Trinidad and Tobago Paramaribo, Suriname
George 2' David 9' Referee: Chandler (Barbados)
28 November 1976 Trinidad and Tobago  2–2
(3–3 agg.)		  Suriname Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Figaro 29' (pen.)
Llewellyn 64'		 Olmberg 44'
Entingh 83'		 Referee: Llobregat Vicedo (Venezuela)

The aggregate score was tied 3–3, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the tournament.

18 December 1976 Suriname  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Trinidad and Tobago Cayenne, French Guiana
George 60', 80'
Olmberg 107' (pen.)		 David 19', 70' Referee: Llobregat Vicedo (Venezuela)

Suriname advanced to the tournament, via the play-off.

Group B

Preliminary round

2 April 1976 Dominican Republic  0–3  Haiti Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Auguste 12'
Bayonne 29'
Baptiste 32'		 Referee: Wuertz (United States)
17 April 1976 Haiti  3–0
(6–0 agg.)		  Dominican Republic Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Bayonne 32', 63'
Domingue 44'		 Referee: Villarejo Ramírez (Puerto Rico)

Haiti advanced to the First Round.

First round

30 July 1976 Netherlands Antilles  1–2  Haiti Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
Ruiz 84' Sanon 27', 39' Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)
14 August 1976 Haiti  7–0
(9–1 agg.)		  Netherlands Antilles Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Domingue 5', 41'
Sanon 27', 79'
Labissiere 30'
Brevil 50'
Bayonne 56'		 Referee: Montane Bosch (Puerto Rico)

Haiti advanced to the Second Round.

15 August 1976 Jamaica  1–3  Cuba Kingston, Jamaica
Brown 65' Rivero 29'
Lara 50'
Fariñas 75'		 Referee: De la Puente (Dominican Republic)
29 August 1976 Cuba  2–0
(5–1 agg.)		  Jamaica Havana, Cuba
Fariñas 42'
Pérez 77'		 Referee: Pastor (Dominican Republic)

Cuba advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

28 November 1976 Cuba  1–1  Haiti Havana, Cuba
Núñez 19' Sanon 54' Referee: Stewart (Jamaica)
11 December 1976 Haiti  1–1
(2–2 agg.)		  Cuba Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Sanon 81' Roldán 79' Referee: Montane Bosch (Puerto Rico)

The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

29 December 1976 Haiti  2–0  Cuba Panama City, Panama
Domingue 63'
Désir 83' (pen.)		 Referee: Dorantes Garcia (Mexico)

Haiti advanced to the tournament, via the play-off.

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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