The CONCACAF Championship, also known as CONCACAF Nations Championship, was an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament was held from 1963 to 1989; it was the direct predecessor of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Prior to the founding of CONCACAF in 1961, the predecessor confederations (NAFC and CCCF) organized their top senior national team tournaments, NAFC Championship for North America (1947 and 1949), and CCCF Championship for Central America and the Caribbean (1941–1961) before the merged to form CONCACAF.

The inaugural edition was held in 1963 and was CONCACAF's first tournament for national teams. The competition retained its tournament format and was played on a biennial basis for a decade.

In 1973 the tournament became the qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and was played on a quadrennial basis. The CONCACAF trophy was given to the team that ranked highest in the qualifying group. In 1985 and 1989, there was no host nation for the competition.

Results

Ed.YearHostsChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTeams11963 921965631967641969651971661973671977681981691985 North America9101989 North America5

Performances TeamChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTotal3(1965, 1971, 1977)1(1967)2(1973, 1981)1(1969)73(1963, 1969, 1989)–3(1965, 1971, 1985)–61(1967)2(1965, 1969)–1(1989)41(1973)2(1971, 1977)––31(1981)1(1985)1(1967)2(1963, 1973)51(1985)––2(1977, 1981)3–2(1963, 1981)1(1977)2(1965, 1985)5–1(1973)1(1989)1(1967)3–1(1989)––1––2(1963, 1969)–2–––1(1971)1 Notes Italic — Hosts

Debut of teams A total of 15 national teams participated in the competition:

EditionDebuting teamsNo.Total1963, , , , , , , , 991965110 19671111969–0111971112 1973–0121977, 2141981–01419851151989–015

Records and statistics Overall statistics by team In this ranking 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

RankTeamPartPldWDLGFGADifPts1 8 38 22 10 6 78 24 +54 542 6 37 20 11 6 64 27 +37 513 8 39 15 12 12 58 40 +18 42 4 6 35 12 12 11 42 41 +1 365 6 32 11 10 11 43 40 +3 326 6 32 10 7 15 36 50 -14 27 7 7 34 10 7 17 33 51 -18 278 3 18 8 7 3 24 18 +6 239 2 12 6 4 2 10 6 +4 1610 4 21 5 5 11 27 55 -28 1511 2 10 2 4 4 9 15 -6 812 1 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 413 2 9 0 1 8 8 26 -18 114 2 9 0 1 8 5 27 -22 115 2 8 0 1 7 4 26 -22 1

Competitive records Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Semifinals – Quarterfinals GS – Group stage Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament – Did not qualify – Disqualified – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team (15) 1963 (9) 1965 (6) 1967 (6) 1969 (6) 1971 (6) 1973 (6) 1977 (6) 1981 (6) 1985 (9) 1989 (5) Timesentered Timesqualified × × × × × •4th4th1st • 5 3 1st3rd ×1st3rd • • •3rd1st 9 6 × × • ×4th × • GS × • 5 2 2nd4th × •× × •3rd2nd GS GS 7 6 GS2nd1st2nd • GS GS • GS4th 10 8 • GS GS •× 2nd1st2nd GS GS × 9 7 4th •3rd •× GS4th •1st2nd • 10 6 GS × • GS • × × × × • 5 2 GS1st2nd4th1st3rd1st3rd × •× 8 8 3rd GS •3rd × GS • • • • 8 4 GS • GS × • • × × × × 5 2 GS × • • × × • • • • 7 1 × × × × × • GS • GS × 4 2 × × 4th GSGS2nd GS • GS3rd 8 6 × × × • × • • • GS2nd 6 2 Team (15) 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 5 Timesentered Timesqualified

Top goalscorers

EditionPlayerGoals1963 Eduardo Hernández61965 Ernesto Cisneros51967 Manuel Recinos41969 Victor Manuel Ruiz41971 Roberto Rodríguez41973 Steve David71977 Víctor Rangel61981 Hugo Sánchez31985 Roberto Figueroa51989 Raúl Chacón Julio Rodas Evaristo Coronado Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Leonidas Flores Leonson Lewis Kerry Jamerson Philibert Jones2

Hat-tricks +CONCACAF Championship hat-tricks Sequence Player Time of goals For Result Against Tournament Round Date . Juan Gonzalez ', 22', 72' 4–1 1963 Final round . ', 71', 85' 5–0 1965 Final tournament . ', 53', 85' 4–0 1967 Final tournament . Víctor Ruiz ', ?', ?' 5–0 1969 Final tournament . ', ?', ?',?' 6–1 1971 Final tournament . ', 45', 46', 82' 8–0 1973 Final round . ', 51', 62' 4–0 1973 Final round . ', 70', 82' 4–1 1977 Final round

Winning managers EditionManagerNationSource 1963 Mario Cordero 1965 Ignacio Trelles 1967 Rubén Amorín 1969 Eduardo Viso Abella 1971 Javier de la Torre 1973 Antoine Tassy 1977 José Antonio Roca 1981 1985 Tony Waiters 1989 Marvin Rodríguez

Hosts and defending champions

Hosts Time(s)NationEdition(s)2 Honduras1967, 1981119631196511969119711197311977

Host results

Edition HostsResult 1963 Runners-up 1965 Runners-up 1967 Third place 1969 Champions 1971 Fifth place 1973 Champions 1977 Champions 1981 Champions

Defending champions EditionDefending championsResult 1965 Third place 1967 Runners-up 1969 Runners-up 1971 Third place 1973 Third place 1977 Runners-up 1981 Third place 1985 Runners-up 1989 Did not qualify

See also CONCACAF Gold Cup CONCACAF Nations League CONCACAF Cup NAFC Championship CCCF Championship Official site

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