1971 CONCACAF Championship

The 1971 CONCACAF Championship, the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 20 November to 5 December.

1971 CONCACAF Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	20 November – 5 December
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up	Haiti
Third place	Costa Rica
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	37 (2.47 per match)
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Qualifying tournament

Main article: 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Teams

• Costa Rica (Defending Champions)
• Cuba
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Trinidad and Tobago (Hosts)

Venues

Port of Spain		San Fernando
Queen's Park Oval	King George V Park	Skinner Park
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity:	Capacity:
Port of Spain San Fernando Arima		Arima
		Arima Velodrome
		Capacity:

Final tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	5	4	1	0	6	1	+5	9
2	Haiti	5	2	3	0	9	1	+8	7
3	Costa Rica	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	5
4	Cuba	5	1	2	2	5	7	−2	4
5	Trinidad and Tobago	5	1	2	2	6	12	−6	4
6	Honduras	5	0	1	4	5	11	−6	1

Source:

20 November 1971

Costa Rica	3–0	Cuba
Roy Sáenz 42', 44' Alfonso Estupiñán 55'

Trinidad and Tobago

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21 November 1971

Mexico	0–0	Haiti

Trinidad and Tobago

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21 November 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Honduras
Douglas 25'		Matamoros 36' (pen.)

Trinidad and Tobago

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23 November 1971

Cuba	3–1	Honduras
Francisco Piedra 10' Andrés Roldán 26' José Verdecia 49'		Jorge Brand 59'

Trinidad and Tobago

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24 November 1971

Haiti	0–0	Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago

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26 November 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	Mexico
		José Alfredo Jiménez 46' Roberto Rodríguez 85' (pen.)

Trinidad and Tobago

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27 November 1971

Costa Rica	2–1	Honduras
Hernán Morales 10' Roy Sáenz 38'		Oscar Hernandez 45'

Trinidad and Tobago

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28 November 1971

Mexico	1–0	Cuba
Roberto Rodríguez 15' (pen.)

Trinidad and Tobago

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28 November 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	1–6	Haiti
Wilfred Cave 7'		Pierre Bayonne 40', 81' Sanon 43' Leintz Domingue 44' Ramon Moraldo 51' (o.g.) Claude Barthelemy 75'

Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 10,000

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30 November 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	2–2	Cuba
Cave 15' Lennard 70'		José Luis Elejalde 77' Dagoberto Lara 89'

Trinidad and Tobago

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1 December 1971

Haiti	3–1	Honduras
Pierre Bayonne 28' Sanon 41' Jean-Claude Desir 44'		Arnulfo Echeverría 1'

Trinidad and Tobago

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2 December 1971

Mexico	1–0	Costa Rica
Roberto Rodríguez 73'

Trinidad and Tobago

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4 December 1971

Mexico	2–1	Honduras
Octavio Muciño 42', 83'		Rigoberto Gómez 69'

Trinidad and Tobago

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4 December 1971

Haiti	0–0	Cuba

Trinidad and Tobago

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5 December 1971

Trinidad and Tobago	3–1	Costa Rica
Aubert Philips 30' Steve David 58' Anthony Douglas 69'		Emilio Valle 24'

Trinidad and Tobago

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Team of the Tournament

Source:

Ideal XI by RSSSF

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Rafael Puente	Genaro Bermúdez Miguel Rivero Walter Elizondo	Philippe Vorbe Juan Manuel Medina	Roberto Rodríguez Octavio Muciño Roy Sáenz Emmanuel Sanon Pierre Bayonne

Result

1971 CONCACAF Championship winners
Mexico Second title

References

• "Mexico, Haiti Play To Scoreless Draw | Trinidad & Tobago Football History". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

External links

• [1]
• [2] Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• [3] Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• [4] Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine