1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala. There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: The remaining 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round

Group 1

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

28 February 1965	Honduras	0 – 1	Mexico	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
			Díaz 62'	Attendance: 7,514 Referee: Corado (Guatemala)

4 March 1965	Mexico	3 – 0	Honduras	Mexico City, Mexico
	González 6' Aussin 14' Reyes 82'			Attendance: 50,894 Referee: Méndez (Guatemala)

7 March 1965	United States	2 – 2	Mexico	Los Angeles, United States
	Schmotolocha 49' Bicek 59'		González 34' Reyes 65'	Attendance: 19,337 Referee: Raymod Morgan (Canada)

12 March 1965	Mexico	2 – 0	United States	Mexico City, Mexico
	Díaz 9' Navarro 57'			Attendance: 64,285 Referee: Gutierrez (Nicaragua)

17 March 1965	Honduras	0 – 1	United States	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
			Murphy 70'	Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Moreno (Nicaragua)

21 March 1965	Honduras	1 – 1	United States	Tegucigalpa, Honduras[1]
	Taylor 85'		Murphy 80'	Attendance: 2,331 Referee: Vargas (Costa Rica)

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Jamaica	5	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
2	Netherlands Antilles	4	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1
3	Cuba	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2

16 January 1965	Jamaica	2 – 0	Cuba	Kingston, Jamaica
	Black 11' Blair 51'			Referee: Boniua (Costa Rica)

20 January 1965	Cuba	1 – 1	Netherlands Antilles	Kingston, Jamaica[2]
	Piedra 73'		Sille 50'	Referee: Gómez (Honduras)

23 January 1965	Jamaica	2 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Kingston, Jamaica
	Dunkley 11', 64'			Referee: Gómez (Honduras)

30 January 1965	Cuba	0 – 1	Netherlands Antilles	Havana, Cuba
			Sille 27'	Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)

3 February 1965	Jamaica	0 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Havana, Cuba[2]
				Referee: Felipe Buergo (Mexico)

7 February 1965	Cuba	2 – 1	Jamaica	Havana, Cuba
	Santos 1' (pen) Martínez 6'		Dunkley 14'	Referee: Garcia (Mexico)

Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Costa Rica	8	4	4	0	9	1	+8
2	Suriname	2	4	1	3	8	9	−1
3	Trinidad and Tobago	2	4	1	3	5	12	−7

7 February 1965	Trinidad and Tobago	4 – 1	Suriname	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
	Gellineau 2' Corneal 28' Aleong 38', 45'		Haltman 4'	Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)

12 February 1965	Costa Rica	1 – 0	Suriname	San José, Costa Rica
	Rodríguez 55'			Referee: McKeand (Jamaica)

21 February 1965	Costa Rica	4 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago	San José, Costa Rica
	Hernández 28' (pen.), 50' Daniels 80' Marín 84'			Referee: Valenzuela (Mexico)

28 February 1965	Suriname	1 – 3	Costa Rica	Paramaribo, Suriname
	Krenten 71'		Marín 10', 70' Soto 27'	Referee: Ortega (Venezuela)

7 March 1965	Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 1	Costa Rica	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
			Hernández 29'	Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)

14 March 1965	Suriname	6 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	Paramaribo, Suriname
	Haltman Waterval Kluivert Krenten		Sookram	Referee: Osorio Katzenstein (Venezuela)

Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Mexico	7	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
2	Costa Rica	4	4	1	2	1	8	2	+6
3	Jamaica	1	4	0	1	3	3	19	−16

25 April 1965	Costa Rica	0 – 0	Mexico	San José, Costa Rica
				Referee: Morgan (Canada)

3 May 1965	Jamaica	2 – 3	Mexico	Kingston, Jamaica
	Asher Welch 11' Bartlett 36'		Padilla 13' Cisneros 71' Jáuregui 81'	Referee: Montes de Oca (Guatemala)

7 May 1965	Mexico	8 – 0	Jamaica	Mexico City, Mexico
	Cisneros 17', 89' Fragoso 20', 70' Díaz 32', 41', 90' Padilla 67'			Referee: Moreno ()

11 May 1965	Costa Rica	7 – 0	Jamaica	San José, Costa Rica
	Jiménez 40' Daniels 54', 85' Quirós 63', 77', 88' Hernández 73'			Referee: Giebner (United States)

16 May 1965	Mexico	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Mexico City, Mexico
	Cisneros 16'			Referee: Morgan ()

22 May 1965	Jamaica	1 – 1	Costa Rica	Kingston, Jamaica
	Art Welch 70'		Daniels 6'	Referee: Carcamo (Honduras)

Mexico qualified.

Goalscorers

5 goals

Isidoro Díaz

4 goals

Errol Daniels

Leonel Hernández

Ernesto Cisneros

3 goals

Edgar Marín
William Quirós

Lascelles Dunkley

Siegfried Haltman

2 goals

Salvador Reyes Monteón
Virgilio Sille
Stanley Humbert Krenten

Edmund Waterval
Andy Aleong
Ed Murphy

1 goal

Fernando Jiménez
Tarcisio Rodríguez Viquez
Juan González Soto
Nicolás Martínez
Ángel Piedra
Antonio dos Santos
José Ricardo Taylor

Syd Bartlett
Oscar Black
Patrick Blair
Art Welch
Asher Welch
José Luis Aussin
Ignacio Jáuregui

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References

This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.
Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.

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[1] This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.

[ReferenceA-2] Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.

1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
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