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The 1965 CONCACAF Championship, the second edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Guatemala from 28 March to 11 April.

Qualifying tournament

Caribbean zone

Jamaica, Trinidad, Dominican Republic withdrew from qualifying due to a schedule clash with qualification for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Hosts of the final tournament, Guatemala refused to grant the Cubans visas to visit the country.

Cuba complained to Helmut Käser, FIFA's General Secretary requesting for FIFA not to recognise CONCACAF. Käser stated that FIFA could not do so and referred the issue of Guatemalan visas for the Cubans to CONCACAF. As they were not able to enter the competition, Cuba withdrew.

Haiti and Netherlands Antilles automatically qualified for the final round.[1]

Central American zone

Panama withdrew prior to the qualifying tournament beginning.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 4 Final round
2  Nicaragua 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
3  Honduras 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [2][3]


North zone

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico  w/o  United States w/o w/o

United States withdrew. Mexico automatically qualified.[1]

Squads

Venues

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000

Final tournament

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico (C) 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2  Guatemala 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 7
3  Costa Rica 5 2 2 1 11 4 +7 6
4  El Salvador 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 5
5  Netherlands Antilles 5 0 2 3 4 16 −12 2
6  Haiti 5 0 1 4 3 13 −10 1
Source: [2][3]
(C) Champions





Mexico 5–0 Netherlands Antilles
Fragoso 57', 85'
Cisneros 71', 86', 89'



Mexico 3–0 Haiti
Cisneros 30', 39'
Fragoso 41'






Notes

  1. ^ Match suspended at 70' due to fight between both teams, after extensive deliberations the organizing committee decided to end the match; result stood.[4][5][6]


 1965 CONCACAF Championship 

Mexico

First title

Team of the Tournament

Source:[7]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Costa Rica Emilio Sagot Guatemala Alberto López

Mexico Gustavo Peña

Mexico Jesús del Muro

Costa Rica Álvaro McDonald

El Salvador Alberto Villalta

Costa Rica Juan José Gámez

Mexico Ernesto Cisneros

Costa Rica Guido Peña

Mexico Javier Fragoso

Guatemala Hugo Peña

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