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{{main|1989 CONCACAF Championship}}
A total of 16 [[CONCACAF]] teams entered the competition, but [[FIFA]] rejected the entry of [[Belize national football team|Belize]] due to outstanding debt.

There would be two rounds of play:
*'''First Round''': [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]], [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]], [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]], [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] and [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], the five best ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round.
*'''Second Round''': The 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the tournament.
== Entrants ==
*{{fb|Antigua and Barbuda}}
*{{fb|Canada}}
*{{fb|Costa Rica}}
*{{fb|Cuba}}
*{{fb|El Salvador}}
*{{fb|Guatemala}}
*{{fb|Guyana}}
*{{fb|Honduras|1949}}
*{{fb|Jamaica}}
*{{fb|Netherlands Antilles|1986}}
*{{fb|Panama}}
*{{fb|Puerto Rico}}
*{{fb|Trinidad and Tobago}}
*{{fb|United States}}

==CONCACAF first round==
===Summary===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GUY}}||0–5|'''{{fb|TRI}}'''||0–4|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CUB}}||1–2|'''{{fb|GUA}}'''||0–1|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|JAM}}'''||3–1|{{fb|PUR|1952}}||1–0|2–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ATG}}||1–4|'''{{fb|ANT}}'''||0–1|1–3 {{aet}}}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|CRC}}'''||3–1|{{fb|PAN}}||1–1|2–0}}
|}
===Matches===
{{football box
| date = 17 April 1988
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUY}}
| score = 0–4
| team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
| goals2 = [[Paul Elliot-Allen|Elliot-Allen]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Marvin Faustin|Faustin]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Geoffrey Lake|Lake]] {{goal|77}}<br />[[Dexter Skeene|Skeene]] {{goal|85}}
| stadium = [[Bourda| Georgetown Cricket Club Ground "Bourda"]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
| referee = Omar Monsón ([[Puerto Rican Football Federation|Puerto&nbsp;Rico]])
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = 
| report = 
| attendance = 1,500
}}
{{football box
|date = 8 May 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|GUY}}
|goals1 = [[Anton Corneal|Corneal]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium = Skinner Park, [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|referee = Success ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands&nbsp;Antilles]])
| report = 
| attendance = 1,744
}}
'''Trinidad and Tobago''' ''advanced to the Second Round, 5&ndash;0 on [[aggregate score]].''
----
{{football box
|date = 30 April 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals2 = [[Juan Manuel López (Guatemalan footballer)|López]] {{goal|44}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Pedro Marrero]], [[Havana]], [[Cuba]]
|referee = Rodolfo Martínez ([[Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras|Honduras]])
| report = 
| attendance = 12,000
}}
{{football box
|date = 15 May 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = [[Byron Pérez|Pérez]] {{goal|68|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Carlos González (Cuban footballer)|González]] {{goal|40}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada]], [[San Marcos, Guatemala|San Marcos]], [[Guatemala]]
|referee = Salas ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
| report = 
| attendance = 18,000
}}
'''Guatemala''' ''advanced to the Second Round, 2&ndash;1 on [[aggregate score]].''
----
{{football box
|date = 12 May 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|PUR|1952}}
|goals1 = [[Dave Brooks (Jamaican football)|Brooks]] {{goal|10|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
|referee = Melendez Gonzalez ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Guatemala]])
| report = 
| attendance = 36,000
}}
{{football box
|date = 29 May 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PUR|1952}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Alejandro de la Campa|de la Campa]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2 = [[Winston Anglin|Anglin]] {{goal|32||78}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Sixto Escobar]], [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]]
|referee = Pearson ([[Bahamas Football Association|Bahamas]])
| report = 
| attendance = 675
}}
'''Jamaica''' ''advanced to the Second Round, 3&ndash;1 on [[aggregate score]].''
----
{{football box
| date = 19 June 1988
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ATG}}
| score = 0–1
| team2 = {{fb|ANT}}
| goals2 = [[Reymundo Rovina|Rovina]] {{goal|54}}
| stadium = [[Antigua Recreation Ground]], [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
| referee = José Hernandez ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa&nbsp;Rica]])
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = 
| report = 
| attendance = 426
}}
{{football box
|date = 29 July 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ANT}}
|score = 3–1
|aet = yes
|team2 = {{fb|ATG}}
|goals1 = [[Reymundo Rovina|Rovina]] {{goal|104||118}}<br />[[Shurbi Rosina|Rosina]] {{goal|120}}
|goals2 = [[Derrick Edwards|Edwards]] {{goal|38}}
|stadium = [[Ergilio Hato Stadium]], [[Willemstad]], [[Netherlands Antilles]]
|referee = José Antonio Garza ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])
| report = 
| attendance = 3,009
}}
'''Netherlands Antilles''' ''advanced to the Second Round, 4&ndash;1 on [[aggregate score]].''
----
{{football box
|date = 17 July 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|goals1 = [[Claudio Jara|Jara]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2 = [[Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo|Mendieta]] {{goal|17}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto]], [[Alajuela]], [[Costa Rica]]
|referee = Rafael Rodríguez ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El&nbsp;Salvador]])
| report = 
| attendance = 14,694
}}
{{football box
|date = 31 July 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAN}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals2 = [[Juan Cayasso|Cayasso]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Hernán Medford|Medford]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]]
|referee = Charles Branche ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tobago]])
| report = 
| attendance = 26,657
}}
'''Costa Rica''' ''advanced to the Second Round, 3&ndash;1 on [[aggregate score]].''

==CONCACAF second round==
===Summary===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ANT}}||0–6|'''{{fb|SLV}}'''||0–1|0–5}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|JAM}}||1–5|'''{{fb|USA}}'''||0–0|1–5}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|TRI}}'''||1–1 ([[Away goals rule|a]])|{{fb|HON|1949}}||0–0|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|CRC}}'''||{{abbr|w/o|Mexico were disqualified}}|{{fb|MEX}}||n/a|n/a}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|GUA}}'''||3–3 ([[Away goals rule|a]])|{{fb|CAN}}||1–0|2–3}}
|}
===Matches===
{{football box
|date = 1 October 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ANT}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals2 = [[Ricardo García (Salvadoran footballer)|García]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium = [[Ergilio Hato Stadium]], [[Willemstad]], [[Netherlands Antilles]]
|referee = Charles Branche ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tobago]])
| report = 
| attendance = 3,311
}}
{{football box
| date = 16 October 1988
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
| score = 5–0
| team2 = {{fb|ANT}}
| goals1 = [[Salvador Coreas Privado|Coreas]] {{goal|5}} <br />[[Ricardo Garcia (El Salvador footballer)|Garcia]] {{goal|35}}<br />[[Edmond Francisca|Francisca]] {{goal|62|o.g.}}<br />[[Luis Ramírez Zapata|L. Zapata]] {{goal|58||68}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
| referee = [[Steve Bucknor]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| report = 
| goals2 = 
| attendance = 40,000
}}
'''El Salvador''' ''qualified, 6&ndash;0 on [[aggregate score]].''
----
{{football box
|date = 24 July 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|stadium = [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
|referee = López ([[Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras|Honduras]])
| report = 
| attendance = 15,000
}}
{{football box
|date = 13 August 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 5–1
|team2 = {{fb|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Brian Bliss|Bliss]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Hugo Pérez (soccer)|H. Pérez]] {{goal|69|pen.}}<br />[[Frank Klopas|Klopas]] {{goal|76||85}}<br />[[Paul Krumpe|Krumpe]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Alton Sterling (footballer)|Sterling]] {{goal|54}}
|stadium = [[World Wide Technology Soccer Park| West Community Stadium]], [[Fenton, Missouri|Fenton]], [[United States]]
|referee = David Brummitt ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
| report = 
| attendance = 6,100
}}
'''United States''' ''qualified, 5&ndash;1 on [[aggregate score]].''
----
{{football box
|date = 30 October 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|HON|1949}}
|stadium = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|referee = [[Arturo Brizio Carter]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])
| report = 
| attendance = 
}}
{{football box
|date = 13 November 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Alberto Flores|Flores]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2 = [[Hutson Charles|Charles]] {{goal|56}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés]], [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]]
|referee = [[Tony Evangelista]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
| report = 
| attendance = 40,000
}}
''The [[aggregate score]] was tied at 1&ndash;1, however'' '''Trinidad and Tobago''' ''qualified on [[away goals rule|away goals]].''
----
{{football box
|date =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|goals1 =
|score = w/o <sup>'''1'''</sup>
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals2 =
|stadium =
| report = 
| attendance = 
}}
<sup>1</sup> The tie was scratched and Costa Rica advanced to the final round as Mexico were disqualified after being suspended for [[Cachirules|fielding overaged players]] during the [[1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament]].
----
{{football box
|date = 9 October 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = [[Byron Pérez|B. Pérez]] {{goal|20|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|referee = Bratsis ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
| report = 
| attendance = 17,065
}}
{{football box
|date = 15 October 1988
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Dale Mitchell (soccer)|Mitchell]] {{goal|63||83|pen.}}<br />[[Ian Bridge|Bridge]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Adán Paniagua|Paniagua]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Carlos Castañeda (Guatemalan footballer)|Castañeda]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium = [[Swangard Stadium]], [[Burnaby]], [[Canada]]
|referee = [[Berny Ulloa Morera]] ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa&nbsp;Rica]])
| report = 
| attendance = 6,318
}}
''The [[aggregate score]] was tied at 3&ndash;3, however '''Guatemala''' qualified on [[away goals rule|away goals]].''

==Goalscorers==

;3 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ANT}} [[Reymundo Rovina]]
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Dale Mitchell (soccer)|Dale Mitchell]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Ricardo García (Salvadorean footballer)|Ricardo García]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Luis Ramírez Zapata]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Byron Pérez]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Winston Anglin]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Klopas]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ian Bridge]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Juan Cayasso]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Claudio Jara]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Hernán Medford]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Salvador Coreas Privado]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Carlos Castañeda (Guatemalan footballer)|Carlos Castañeda]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Juan Manuel López (Guatemalan footballer)|Juan Manuel López]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Adán Paniagua]]
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Juan Alberto Flores]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Dave Brooks (Jamaican footballer)|Dave Brooks]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Alton Sterling (footballer)|Alton Sterling]]
*{{flagicon|ANT}} [[Shurbi Rosina]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Hutson Charles]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Anton Corneal]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Paul Elliot-Allen]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Marvin Faustin]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Geoffrey Lake]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Dexter Skeene]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Bliss]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Krumpe]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hugo Pérez (soccer)|Hugo Pérez]]
*{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo]]
*{{flagicon|ATG}} [[Derrick Edwards]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{CONCACAF Championship}}
{{1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1989 Concacaf Championship Qualification}}
[[Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification]]
[[Category:1988 in CONCACAF football|Championship]]
[[Category:1989 CONCACAF Championship|qualification]]