1981 CONCACAF Championship

1981 CONCACAF Championship

CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Honduras
Dates	1 November – 22 November
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (1st title)
Runners-up	El Salvador
Third place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	28 (1.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hugo Sánchez (3 goals)

The 1981 CONCACAF Championship, the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Honduras from 1 November to 22 November. All games were played in the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. This tournament was won by the host, Honduras, who earned their first title and secured for the first time a place in the FIFA World Cup, as the tournament also served as qualification to Spain 1982. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated two places (out of 24) in the final tournament. This edition was marked by an upset as Mexico, traditional CONCACAF heavyweights and needing a win to go through, were eliminated by Honduras. The 0–0 tie between Mexico and Honduras qualified El Salvador to participate in the World Cup as the CONCACAF runners-up. El Salvador also became the first Central American team to qualify for more than one World Cup. This would be the last tournament which would feature a host nation for the final round.

Venues

Tegucigalpa
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Capacity: 35,000

Qualification

Main article: 1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Final round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Honduras	8	5	3	2	0	8	1	+7
2	El Salvador	6	5	2	2	1	2	1	+1
3	Mexico	5	5	1	3	1	6	3	+3
4	Canada	5	5	1	3	1	6	6	0
5	Cuba	4	5	1	2	2	4	8	−4
6	Haiti	2	5	0	2	3	2	9	−7

Honduras and El Salvador qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Mexico v Cuba

1 November 1981	Mexico	4 – 0	Cuba	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Castro  18' H. Sánchez  43', 50' Manzo  53'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

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Canada v El Salvador

2 November 1981	Canada	1 – 0	El Salvador	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Stojanovic  90'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)

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Honduras v Haiti

3 November 1981	Honduras	4 – 0	Haiti	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Buezo  35' Urquia  40' Laing  64' Figueroa  75'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Aragao (Brazil)

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Haiti v Canada

6 November 1981	Haiti	1 – 1	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Romulus  34'		Stojanovic  50'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Gracias Regalado (Guatemala)

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Mexico v El Salvador

6 November 1981	Mexico	0 – 1	El Salvador	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
			Hernandez  81'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Aragao (Brazil)

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Honduras v Cuba

8 November 1981	Honduras	2 – 0	Cuba	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Buezo  36' Costly  69'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 33,876 Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)

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El Salvador v Cuba

11 November 1981	El Salvador	0 – 0	Cuba	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Socha (United States)

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Mexico v Haiti

11 November 1981	Mexico	1 – 1	Haiti	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	H. Sánchez  87'		Cadet  47'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)

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Honduras v Canada

12 November 1981	Honduras	2 – 1	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Caballero  12' Figueroa  40'		Bridge  19'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

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Haiti v Cuba

15 November 1981	Haiti	0 – 2	Cuba	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
			Mathieu  55' (o.g.) Núñez  90'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Bijlhout (Suriname)

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Mexico v Canada

15 November 1981	Mexico	1 – 1	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Castro  29'		Bridge  57'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Socha (United States)

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Honduras v El Salvador

16 November 1981	Honduras	0 – 0	El Salvador	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)

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Haiti v El Salvador

19 November 1981	Haiti	0 – 1	El Salvador	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
			Huezo	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Downer (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Cuba v Canada

21 November 1981	Cuba	2 – 2	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Nuñez  2' Rodriguez  74'		McLeod  48' Iarusci  84'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)

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Honduras v Mexico

22 November 1981	Honduras	0 – 0	Mexico	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Socha (United States)

1981 CONCACAF Championship Winners
Honduras First Title

Goalscorer

3 goals

• Hugo Sánchez

2 goals

• Ian Bridge
• Mike Stojanović
• Núñez
• David Buezo
• José Roberto Figueroa

1 goal

• Bob Iarusci
• Wes McLeod
• Rodriguez
• Ever Hernández
• Norberto Huezo
• Cadet
• Romulus
• Anthony Costly
• Carlos Orlando Caballero
• Eduardo Laing
• Urquia
• Manuel Manzo
• Ricardo Castro

Own goal

• Frantz Mathieu (playing against Cuba)

Notes

• To date, this was the last time that Mexico failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.

External links

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