1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Dates28 February 1965 - 22 May 1965
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored68 (2.83 per match)
Attendance370,238 (15,427 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Isidoro Díaz (5 goals)

FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala.

Format

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 7431082+6
2  United States 4412145−1
3  Honduras 1401316−5
Honduras 0–1 Mexico
Díaz 62'
Attendance: 7,514
Referee: Corado (Guatemala)
Mexico 3–0 Honduras
González 6'
Aussín 14'
Reyes 82'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 50,894
Referee: Méndez (Guatemala)
United States 2–2 Mexico
Schmotolocha 49'
Bicek 59'		 González 34'
Reyes 65'
Los Angeles, United States
Attendance: 19,337
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Mexico 2–0 United States
Díaz 9'
Navarro 57'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 64,285
Referee: Gutierrez (Nicaragua)
Honduras 0–1 United States
Murphy 70'
Attendance: 1,268
Referee: Moreno (Nicaragua)
United States 1–1 Honduras
Murphy 80' Taylor 85'
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 5421152+3
2  Netherlands Antilles 4412123−1
3  Cuba 3411235−2
Jamaica 2–0 Cuba
Black 11'
Blair 51'
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Boniua (Costa Rica)
Netherlands Antilles 1–1 Cuba
Sille 50' Piedra 73'
Attendance: 4,005
Referee: Gómez (Honduras)
Jamaica 2–0 Netherlands Antilles
Dunkley 11', 64'
Attendance: 12,264
Referee: Gómez (Honduras)
Cuba 0–1 Netherlands Antilles
Sille 27'
Attendance: 3,040
Referee: Buergo (Mexico)
Netherlands Antilles 0–0 Jamaica
Attendance: 1,218
Referee: Buergo (Mexico)
Cuba 2–1 Jamaica
Santos 1' (pen)
Martínez 6'		 Dunkley 14'
Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Garcia (Mexico)

Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 8440091+8
2  Suriname 2410389−1
3  Trinidad and Tobago 24103512−7
Trinidad and Tobago 4–1 Suriname
Gellineau 2'
Corneal 28'
Aleong 38', 46'		 Haltman 4'
Attendance: 3,272
Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
Costa Rica 1–0 Suriname
Rodríguez 55'
Attendance: 12,868
Referee: McKeand (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 4–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández 28' (pen.), 50'
Daniels 80'
Marín 84'
Attendance: 10,133
Referee: Valenzuela (Mexico)
Suriname 1–3 Costa Rica
Krenten 71' Marín 10', 70'
Soto 27'
Attendance: 7,704
Referee: Ortega (Venezuela)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 Costa Rica
Hernández 29'
Attendance: 3,293
Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)
Suriname 6–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Haltman 9', 19'
Waterval ?', ?'
Kluivert 31'
Krenten 44'		 Sookram
Attendance: 3,417
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 74310122+10
2  Costa Rica 4412182+6
3  Jamaica 14013319−16
Costa Rica 0–0 Mexico
Attendance: 20,654
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Jamaica 2–3 Mexico
Asher Welch 11'
Bartlett 36'		 Padilla 13'
Cisneros 71'
Jáuregui 81'
Attendance: 8,138
Referee: Montes de Oca (Guatemala)
Mexico 8–0 Jamaica
Cisneros 17', 89'
Fragoso 20', 70'
Díaz 32', 41', 90'
Padilla 67'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 52,017
Referee: Navarro (Nicaragua)
Costa Rica 7–0 Jamaica
Jiménez 40'
Daniels 54', 85'
Quirós 63', 77', 88'
Hernández 73'
Attendance: 4,003
Referee: Giebner (United States)
Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica
Cisneros 16'
Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance: 64,276
Referee: Morgan (Canada)
Jamaica 1–1 Costa Rica
Art Welch 70' Daniels 6'
Attendance: 3,031
Referee: Carcamo (Honduras)

Mexico qualified.

Qualified teams

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
 MexicoFinal Round winners22 May 19655 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962)

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.
  2. 1 2 Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.
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