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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
2= | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
2= | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
24 September 1976 | Canada | 1 – 1 | Empire Stadium, Vancouver, Canada | |
Bolitho |
Bandov |
Referee: Dorantes García (Mexico) |
3 October 1976 | United States | 0 – 0 | Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, United States | |
Referee: Maglio (Canada) |
10 October 1976 | Canada | 1 – 0 | Empire Stadium, Vancouver, Canada | |
Parsons |
Referee: Kibritjian (United States) |
15 October 1976 | Mexico | 3 – 0 | Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico | |
Solís Álvarez Dávila |
Referee: Winsemann (Canada) |
20 October 1976 | United States | 2 – 0 | Kingdome, Seattle, United States | |
Rys Veee |
Referee: Rubio Vasquez (Mexico) |
27 October 1976 | Mexico | 0 – 0 | Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico | |
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 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
Budd Lenarduzzi Bolitho |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 8 | |
2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |
4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 3 |
4 April 1976 | Panama | 3 – 2 | Panama City, Panama | |
Tapia Ponce Sánchez |
Jiménez Barrantes |
Referee: Cedillos (Honduras) |
2 May 1976 | Panama | 1 – 1 | Panama City, Panama | |
Vázquez |
Ramírez |
Referee: Rojas Luis (Costa Rica) |
11 July 1976 | Costa Rica | 3 – 0 | San José, Costa Rica | |
Alvarado Jiménez |
Referee: Sazo Alvarez (Nicaragua) |
1 August 1976 | El Salvador | 4 – 1 | San Salvador, El Salvador | |
Ramírez Aquino |
Hernández |
Referee: Rubio Vasquez (Mexico) |
17 September 1976 | Panama | 2 – 4 | Panama City, Panama | |
Wellmann Montillo |
Pennant Sánchez Anderson |
Referee: Alvarez Morales (Costa Rica) |
26 September 1976 | Guatemala | 7 – 0 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | |
Sánchez Pennant McDonald Sandoval |
Referee: Avendano Ruiz (El Salvador) |
1 December 1976 | El Salvador | 1 – 1 | San Salvador, El Salvador | |
Cabrera |
Jiménez |
Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala) |
5 December 1976 | Costa Rica | 0 – 0 | San José, Costa Rica | |
Referee: Archundia (Mexico) |
8 December 1976 | Guatemala | 3 – 1 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | |
MacNish Monterosso Sánchez |
Valencia |
Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica) |
12 December 1976 | Guatemala | 1 – 1 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | |
Sandoval |
Salgado |
Referee: Andino Pinel (Honduras) |
15 December 1976 | Costa Rica | 1 – 1 | San José, Costa Rica | |
Figueroa |
Ramírez |
Referee: Mollinedo (Guatemala) |
19 December 1976 | El Salvador | 2 – 0 | San Salvador, El Salvador | |
Cabrera Valencia |
Referee: Segura (Mexico) |
Guatemala and El Salvador advanced to the tournament.
CONCACAF Caribbean Zone
Group A
First round
4 July 1976 | Guyana | 2 – 0 | Georgetown, Guyana | |
Butts Niles |
Referee: Gay (Trinidad and Tobago) |
29 August 1976 | Suriname | 3 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.) | Paramaribo, Suriname | |
Playfaire George |
Referee: Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Suriname advanced to the Second Round.
15 August 1976 | Barbados | 2 – 1 | Bridgetown, Barbados | |
Clarke |
David |
Referee: Steeman (Suriname) |
31 August 1976 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 – 0 (2 – 2 agg.) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | |
Douglas |
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 | 1 – 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | Bridgetown, Barbados | |
Clarke |
Llewellyn Carpette Clarke |
Referee: Calderón Castro (Cuba) |
Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.
Second round
14 November 1976 | Suriname | 1 – 1 | Paramaribo, Suriname | |
George |
David |
Referee: Chandler (Barbados) |
28 November 1976 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 – 2 (3 – 3 agg.) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | |
Figaro Llewellyn |
Olmberg Entingh |
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.) | Cayenne, French Guiana | |
George Olmberg |
David |
Referee: Llobregat Vicedo (Venezuela) |
Suriname advanced to the tournament, via the play-off.
Group B
Preliminary Round
2 April 1976 | Dominican Republic | 0 – 3 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
Bayonne Baptiste Auguste |
Referee: Wuertz (United States) |
17 April 1976 | Haiti | 3 – 0 (6 – 0 agg.) | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
Bayonne Domingue |
Referee: Villarejo Ramírez (Puerto Rico) |
Haiti advanced to the First Round.
First round
30 July 1976 | Netherlands Antilles | 1 – 2 | Aruba, Netherlands Antilles | |
Ruiz |
Sanon |
Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica) |
14 August 1976 | Haiti | 7 – 0 (9 – 1 agg.) | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
Domingue Sanon Labissiere Brevil Bayonne |
Referee: Montane Bosch (Puerto Rico) |
Haiti advanced to the Second Round.
15 August 1976 | Jamaica | 1 – 3 | Kingston, Jamaica | |
Brown |
Rivero Lara Fariñas |
Referee: De la Puente (Dominican Republic) |
29 August 1976 | Cuba | 2 – 0 (5 – 1 agg.) | Havana, Cuba | |
Fariñas Pérez |
Referee: Pastor (Dominican Republic) |
Cuba advanced to the Second Round.
Second round
11 December 1976 | Haiti | 1 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.) | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
Sanon |
Roldán |
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 | Panama City, Panama | |
Domingue Désir |
Referee: Dorantes Garcia (Mexico) |
Haiti advanced to the tournament, via the play-off.
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
Óscar Enrique Sánchez Emmanuel Sanon
- 5 goals
Luis Ramírez Zapata Roy George
- 4 goals
Pierre Bayonne Leintz Domingue Steve David
- 3 goals
Victor Clarke Javier Jiménez Selvin Pennant
- 2 goals
Bob Bolitho Johnny Alvarado Cascante Francisco Fariñas David Arnoldo Cabrera Victor Manuel Mejia Valencia Peter Sandoval Remie Olmberg Sammy Llewellyn
- 1 goal
Brian Budd Bob Lenarduzzi Buzz Parsons Mario Barrantes Javier Masis Figueroa William Fisher Salgado Dagoberto Lara Soriano Ramón Núñez Armas Agustín Pérez Castillo Miguel Rivero Bonilla Andrés Roldán Silvio Aquino Julio César Anderson Leonardo Carlos MacNish Pérez Félix Alfonso McDonald Benjamín Monterosso Vibert Butts Keith Niles Arsène Auguste Jean Marie Jean Baptiste Carlo Brevil Jean-Claude Désir Louidor Labissiere Carl Brown Pedro Damián Álvarez Hugo Dávila Francisco Solís Monico Eluterio Ruiz Hector Nestor Hernández Daniel Montillo Ruíz Federico Ponce Agustín Sánchez Luis Ernesto Tapia Virgílio Vázquez Rinaldo Entingh Henry Playfair Leon Carpette Anthony Douglas Selris Figaro Boris Bandov Miro Rys Juli Veee
- 1 own goal
Victor Clarke (playing against Trinidad and Tobago) Allan Wellmann (playing against Panama)