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Wikipedia / 1981 CONCACAF Championship

The 1981 CONCACAF Championship, the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Honduras from 1 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.

Venue

Qualified teams

Teams

Squads

Standings

Matches

Qualified teams to the 1982 FIFA World Cup

Goalscorers

  1. 3 goals

  2. Hugo Sánchez

  3. 2 goals

  4. Ian Bridge

  5. Mike Stojanović

  6. Ramón Núñez

  7. David Buezo

  8. José Roberto Figueroa

  9. Ricardo Castro

  10. 1 goal

  11. Bob Iarusci

  12. Wes McLeod

  13. Jorge Luis Rodríguez

  14. Ever Hernández

  15. Norberto Huezo

  16. Daniel Cadet

  17. Gerald Romulas

  18. Anthony Costly

  19. Carlos Orlando Caballero

  20. Eduardo Laing

  21. Jorge Urquía

  22. Manuel Manzo

  23. 1 own goal

  24. Frantz Mathieu (playing against Cuba)

Team of the Tournament

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Notes

To date, this is the last time that Mexico failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup. (Mexico did not appear in the 1990 FIFA World Cup as they were banned in light of a scandal in which they used overage players in a youth tournament.)

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