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

1965 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1965
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
Dates28 March – 11 April
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)
1963
1967

Qualifying tournament

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Caribbean zone

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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

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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]
El Salvador  4–0  Nicaragua
González   49', 67', 84'
Barraza   63'

Nicaragua  2–0  Honduras
Jirón   36'
Barrios   87'

El Salvador  3–1  Honduras
Monge   33'
Méndez   48'
Liévano   90'
Castillo   84'

North zone

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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]

Teams

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Squads

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Venues

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Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores
Capacity: 35,000
 

Final tournament

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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  2–0  El Salvador
Díaz   22'
Valdivia   55'

Guatemala  3–0  Haiti
Peña   12'
López   24'
Valdez   67'

Costa Rica  6–0  Netherlands Antilles
Hernández   16'
Peña   30', 42', 44', 67'
Quirós   51'

Costa Rica  3–1  Haiti
Marín   8'
Hernández   26', 85'
Saint-Vil   67'


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


Guatemala  4–1  El Salvador
De Paz   16'
De León   31'
Valdez   40'
Clark   88'
Méndez   58'

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

Guatemala  3–2  Netherlands Antilles
Peña   10', 49'
Bertrand   65' (o.g.)
Loran   26'
Sillie   47'



Costa Rica  1–2  El Salvador
Hernández   63' (pen.) Rodríguez   44', 60'

El Salvador  3–1  Haiti
Méndez   34'
Barraza   49'
González   79'
Saint-Vil   22'

Guatemala  1–2  Mexico
Roldán   7' Cisneros   24'
Fragoso   35'

Notes

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  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

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Source:[7]

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

  Gustavo Peña

  Jesús del Muro

  Álvaro McDonald

  Alberto Villalta

  Juan José Gámez

  Ernesto Cisneros

  Guido Peña

  Javier Fragoso

  Hugo Peña

References

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  1. ^ a b "II. CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1965". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ^ a b RSSSF - CONCACAF 1965 - Match details
  3. ^ a b El Balon Cuscatleco - El Salvador en NORCECA
  4. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  5. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  6. ^ "La Nacion – Google News Archive Search". Google News.
  7. ^ "II COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1965 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.