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CONCACAF Central American Zone

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Listed below are the dates and results for the [[1977 CONCACAF Championship|tournament qualification]]. A total of 17 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 16 teams were divided into 3 zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows:
*'''North American Zone''' had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
*'''Central American Zone''' had 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round.
*'''Caribbean Zone''' had 9 teams, which would be divided into 2 groups of 4 or 5 teams. The teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.

== Entrants ==
*{{fb|Barbados}}
*{{fb|Canada}}
*{{fb|Costa Rica}}
*{{fb|Cuba}}
*{{fb|Dominican Republic}}
*{{fb|El Salvador}}
*{{fb|Guatemala}}
*{{fb|Guyana}}
*{{fb|Haiti}}
*{{fb|Jamaica}}
*{{fb|Mexico}}
*{{fb|Netherlands Antilles|1959}}
*{{fb|Panama}}
*{{fb|Suriname}}
*{{fb|Trinidad and Tobago}}
*{{fb|United States}}

==CONCACAF North American Zone==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=MEX|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}
|team2=CAN|pos_CAN=2=|name_CAN={{fb|CAN}}
|team3=USA|pos_USA=2=|name_USA={{fb|USA}}
|win_MEX=1|draw_MEX=2|loss_MEX=1|gf_MEX=3|ga_MEX=1
|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=2|loss_CAN=1|gf_CAN=2|ga_CAN=3 |status_CAN=O
|win_USA=1|draw_USA=2|loss_USA=1|gf_USA=3|ga_USA=4

|col_A=#ffebad|text_A=[[1977 CONCACAF Championship]]
|result1=A |result2=A
|update=complete|source=

|hth_CAN=Equal points and equal goal differential. A play-off match was organized as a tiebreaker.
|hth_USA=CAN
}}

{{football box collapsible
|date = 24 September 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals1 = [[Bob Bolitho|Bolitho]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Boris Bandov|Bandov]] {{goal|8}}
|stadium = [[Empire Stadium (Vancouver)|Empire Stadium]]
|location = [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]]
|attendance = 15,453<ref>{{cite news |last=Stinson |first=Dan |date=25 September 1976 |title=Canadians forced to settle for tie |page=25 |work=[[Vancouver Sun]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-canadians-forced-to-se/128633517/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=21 July 2023}}</ref>
|referee = [[Marco Dorantes Garcia|Dorantes García]] (Mexico)
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 3 October 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|stadium = [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Memorial Coliseum]]
|location = [[Los Angeles]], [[United States]]
|attendance = 33,171<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Grahame L. |date=4 October 1976 |title=Goalie Saves the Day for U.S. |at=sec. 3, p. 1 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-goalie-saves-the-d/128633832/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=21 July 2023}}</ref>
|referee = Dante Maglio (Canada)
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 10 October 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Buzz Parsons|Parsons]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium = [[Empire Stadium (Vancouver)|Empire Stadium]]
|location = [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]]
|attendance = 17,939<ref>{{cite news |last=Cross |first=Jeff |date=12 October 1976 |title=Crowd gets quite a Buzz |page=17 |work=[[The Province]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-crowd-gets-quite-a-buzz/128633675/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=21 July 2023}}</ref>
|referee = Toros Kibritjian (United States)
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 15 October 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals1 = [[Francisco Solís (footballer)|Solís]] {{goal|28}} [[Pedro Damián Álvarez|Álvarez]] {{goal|40}} [[Hugo Dávila|Dávila]] {{goal|83|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Cuauhtémoc|Cuauhtémoc]]
|location = [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = [[Werner Winsemann]] (Canada)
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 20 October 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = [[Miro Rys|Rys]] {{goal|55}} [[Juli Veee|Veee]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Kingdome]]
|location = [[Seattle]], [[United States]]
|attendance = 17,675<ref>{{cite news |last=Petterson |first=Joel |date=9 June 2013 |title=It's been a long, successful road back to Seattle for U.S. Soccer |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/itrsquos-been-a-long-successful-road-back-to-seattle-for-us-soccer/ |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |accessdate=21 July 2023}}</ref>
|referee = Rubio Vásquez (Mexico)
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 27 October 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nemesio Díez|Nemesio Díez]]
|location = [[Toluca]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = Landauer (United States)
|nobars = 1
}}

Canada and United States finished level on points and [[goal difference]], and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

{{football box collapsible
|date = 22 December 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals1 = [[Brian Budd|Budd]] {{goal|21}} [[Bob Lenarduzzi|Lenarduzzi]] {{goal|80}} [[Bob Bolitho|Bolitho]] {{goal|87}}
|location = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]
|attendance = 5,000 (estimated)<ref>{{cite news |last=Stinson |first=Dan |date=23 December 1976 |title=Budd blooms on time for Canada |page=35 |work=Vancouver Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-budd-blooms-on-time-fo/128634505/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=21 July 2023}}</ref>
|referee = Velasquez Ramírez ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Mexico''' and '''Canada''' advanced to the tournament.

==CONCACAF Central American Zone==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=GUA|name_GUA={{fb|GUA}}
|team2=SLV|name_SLV={{fb|SLV}}
|team3=CRC|name_CRC={{fb|CRC}}
|team4=PAN|name_PAN={{fb|PAN}}
|win_GUA=3|draw_GUA=2|loss_GUA=1|gf_GUA=15|ga_GUA=6
|win_SLV=2|draw_SLV=3|loss_SLV=1|gf_SLV=10|ga_SLV=7
|win_CRC=1|draw_CRC=4|loss_CRC=1|gf_CRC=8|ga_CRC=6
|win_PAN=1|draw_PAN=1|loss_PAN=4|gf_PAN=7|ga_PAN=21

|col_A=#ffebad|text_A=[[1977 CONCACAF Championship]]
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

{{football box collapsible
|date = 4 April 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAN}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Ernesto Tapia|Tapia]] {{goal|48}} [[Federico Ponce (footballer)|Ponce]] {{goal|50}} [[Agustín Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 = [[Javier Jiménez (Costa Rican footballer)|Jiménez]] {{goal|34}} [[Mario Barrantes|Barrantes]] {{goal|85}}
|location = [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]]
|referee = Cedillos ([[Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras|Honduras]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 2 May 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAN}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Virgílio Vázquez|Vázquez]] {{Goal|50|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Luis Ramírez Zapata|Ramírez]] {{Goal|16}}
|location = [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]]
|referee = Rojas Luis ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa Rica]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 11 July 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|goals1 = [[Johnny Alvarado Cascante|Alvarado]] {{Goal|11||22}} [[Javier Jiménez (Costa Rican footballer)|Jiménez]] {{Goal|44}}
|location = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]], [[San Juan District, Tibás|San Juan de Tibás]], [[Costa Rica]]
|referee = Sazo Alvarez ([[Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol|Nicaragua]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 1 August 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Ramírez Zapata|Ramírez]] {{Goal|7||14||78}} [[Silvio Aquino|Aquino]] {{Goal|69}}
|goals2 = [[Hector Nestor Hernández|Hernández]] {{Goal|88}}
|location = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
|referee = Rubio Vásquez ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 17 September 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAN}}
|score = 2–4
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Allan Wellmann|Wellmann]] {{Goal|9|o.g.}} [[Daniel Montillo Ruíz|Montillo]] {{Goal|25}}
|goals2 = [[Selvin Pennant|Pennant]] {{Goal|51}} [[Óscar Enrique Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{Goal|56||63}} [[Julio César Anderson|Anderson]] {{Goal|88}}
|location = [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]]
|referee = Álvarez Morales ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa Rica]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 26 September 1976
|report=|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 7–0
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|goals1 = [[Óscar Enrique Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{Goal|14||68}} [[Selvin Pennant|Pennant]] {{Goal|17||40}} [[Felix McDonald|McDonald]] {{Goal|53||62}} [[Peter Sandoval|Sandoval]] {{Goal|70}}
|location = [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|referee = Avendano Ruiz ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El Salvador]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 1 December 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[David Arnoldo Cabrera|Cabrera]] {{Goal|27}}
|goals2 = [[Javier Jiménez (Costa Rican footballer)|Jiménez]] {{Goal|78}}
|location = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
|referee = Méndez Molina ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Guatemala]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 5 December 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|location = [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924)| Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]]
|referee = Archundia ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 8 December 1976
|report=|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Leonardo McNish|McNish]] {{Goal|19}} [[Benjamín Monterroso|Monterroso]] {{Goal|30}} [[Óscar Enrique Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{Goal|80}}
|goals2 = [[Victor Manuel Mejia Valencia|Valencia]] {{Goal|14|pen.}}
|location = [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|referee = [[Luis Paulino Siles Calderón]] ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa Rica]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 12 December 1976
|report=|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Peter Sandoval|Sandoval]] {{Goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[William Fisher Salgado|Salgado]] {{Goal|89}}
|location = [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
|referee = Andino Pinel ([[Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras|Honduras]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 15 December 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Javier Masís|Figueroa]] {{Goal|40}}
|goals2 = [[Luis Ramírez Zapata|Ramírez]] {{Goal|75}}
|location = [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924)| Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]]
|referee = Mollinedo ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Guatemala]])
|nobars = 1
}}
----
{{football box collapsible
|date = 19 December 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[David Arnoldo Cabrera|Cabrera]] {{Goal|1}} [[Victor Manuel Mejia Valencia|Valencia]] {{Goal|12}}
|location = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
|referee = Segura ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Guatemala''' and '''El Salvador''' advanced to the tournament.

==CONCACAF Caribbean Zone==
===Brackets===
{{#invoke:Build bracket|main|rounds=3
| col1-matches = 13.5
| col1-col2-paths = 13.5-12,
| col2-matches = 3,6,9,12,
| col2-col3-paths = (3,6)-4.5, (9,12)-10.5,
| col3-matches = 4.5, 10.5,
| seeds = n
| legs = 3 | aggregate = y
| boldwinner=high

| RD1=Preliminary Round
| RD2=First Round
| RD3=Second Round
| RD2-group1 = '''Group A'''
| RD2-group2 = '''Group B'''


|RD2-team1={{fb|GUY}} |RD2-score1-1=2 |RD2-score1-2=0 |RD2-score1-3=n |RD2-score1-agg=2
|RD2-team2={{fb|SUR}} |RD2-score2-1=0 |RD2-score2-2=3 |RD2-score2-3=n |RD2-score2-agg=3
|RD2-team3={{fb|BAR}} |RD2-score3-1=2 |RD2-score3-2=0 |RD2-score3-3=1 |RD2-score3-agg=2
|RD2-team4='''{{fb|TRI}}''' |RD2-score4-1=1 |RD2-score4-2=1 |RD2-score4-3=3 |RD2-score4-agg='''2*'''

|RD3-team1='''{{fb|SUR}}''' {{aet}} |RD3-score1-1=1 |RD3-score1-2=2 |RD3-score1-3=3 |RD3-score1-agg='''3*'''
|RD3-team2={{fb|TRI}} |RD3-score2-1=1 |RD3-score2-2=2 |RD3-score2-3=2 |RD3-score2-agg=3


|RD1-team1={{fb|DOM}} |RD1-score1-1=0 |RD1-score1-2=0 |RD1-score1-3=n |RD1-score1-agg=0
|RD1-team2={{fb|HAI}} |RD1-score2-1=3 |RD1-score2-2=3 |RD1-score2-3=n |RD1-score2-agg=6

|RD2-team5={{fb|JAM}} |RD2-score5-1=1 |RD2-score5-2=0 |RD2-score5-3=n |RD2-score5-agg=1
|RD2-team6={{fb|CUB}} |RD2-score6-1=3 |RD2-score6-2=2 |RD2-score6-3=n |RD2-score6-agg=5
|RD2-team7={{fb|ANT}} |RD2-score7-1=1 |RD2-score7-2=0 |RD2-score7-3=n |RD2-score7-agg=1
|RD2-team8={{fb|HAI}} |RD2-score8-1=2 |RD2-score8-2=7 |RD2-score8-3=n |RD2-score8-agg=9

|RD3-team3={{fb|CUB}} |RD3-score3-1=1 |RD3-score3-2=1 |RD3-score3-3=0 |RD3-score3-agg=2
|RD3-team4='''{{fb|HAI}}''' |RD3-score4-1=1 |RD3-score4-2=1 |RD3-score4-3=2 |RD3-score4-agg='''2*'''
}}

===Group A===

====First round====

{{football box collapsible
|date = 4 July 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUY}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = [[Vibert Butts|Butts]] {{Goal|9}} [[Keith Niles|Niles]] {{Goal|72}}
|location = [[Bourda| Georgetown Cricket Club Ground]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
|referee = Gay ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 29 August 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUR}}
|score = 3–0 (3–2 [[Two-legged tie|agg.]])
|team2 = {{fb|GUY}}
|goals1 = [[Henry Playfaire (footballer)|Playfaire]] {{Goal|4}} [[Roy George|George]] {{Goal|35||53}}
|location = [[André Kamperveen Stadion]], [[Paramaribo]], [[Suriname]]
|referee = Wooding ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Suriname''' advanced to the Second Round.
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{{football box collapsible
|date = 15 August 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRB}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Victor Clarke|Clarke]] {{Goal|47||54|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Steve David|David]] {{Goal|83}}
|location = [[Barbados National Stadium]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
|referee = Steeman ([[Surinaamse Voetbal Bond|Suriname]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 31 August 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 1–0 (2–2 [[Two-legged tie|agg.]])
|team2 = {{fb|BRB}}
|goals1 = [[Anthony Douglas|Douglas]] {{Goal|36}}
|location = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|referee = Koetsier ([[Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie|Netherlands Antilles]])
|nobars = 1
}}

The [[aggregate score]] was tied 2–2, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
{{football box collapsible
|date = 14 September 1976
|team1 = {{fb|BRB}}
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Victor Clarke|Clarke]] {{Goal|26}}
|goals2 = [[Sammy Llewellyn|Llewellyn]] {{Goal|3}} [[Leon Carpette|Carpette]] {{Goal|74}} [[Victor Clarke|Clarke]] {{Goal|85|o.g.}}
|location = [[Barbados National Stadium]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
|referee = Calderón Castro ([[Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba|Cuba]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Trinidad and Tobago''' advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

====Second round====

{{football box collapsible
|date = 14 November 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUR}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Roy George|George]] {{Goal|2}}
|goals2 = [[Steve David|David]] {{Goal|9}}
|location = [[André Kamperveen Stadion]], [[Paramaribo]], [[Suriname]]
|referee = Chandler ([[Barbados Football Association|Barbados]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 28 November 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 2–2 (3–3 [[Two-legged tie|agg.]])
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = [[Selris Figaro|Figaro]] {{Goal|29|pen.}} [[Sammy Llewellyn|Llewellyn]] {{Goal|64}}
|goals2 = [[Remie Olmberg|Olmberg]] {{Goal|44}} [[Rinaldo Entingh|Entingh]] {{Goal|83}}
|location = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|referee = Llobregat Vicedo ([[Federación Venezolana de Fútbol|Venezuela]])
|nobars = 1
}}

The [[aggregate score]] was tied 3–3, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the tournament.
{{football box collapsible
|date = 18 December 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUR}}
|score = 3–2
|aet = yes
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Roy George|George]] {{Goal|60||80}} [[Remie Olmberg|Olmberg]] {{Goal|107|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Steve David|David]] {{Goal|19||70}}
|location = [[Stade Georges-Chaumet]], [[Cayenne]], [[French Guiana]]
|referee = Llobregat Vicedo ([[Federación Venezolana de Fútbol|Venezuela]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Suriname''' advanced to the tournament, via the play-off.

===Group B===

====Preliminary round====

{{football box collapsible
|date = 2 April 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|DOM}}
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals2 = [[Arsène Auguste|Auguste]] {{Goal|12}} [[Pierre Bayonne|Bayonne]] {{Goal|29}} [[Jean Marie Jean Baptiste|Baptiste]] {{Goal|32}}
|location = [[Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez]], [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]]
|referee = Wuertz ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 17 April 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1964}}
|score = 3–0 (6–0 [[Two-legged tie|agg.]])
|team2 = {{fb|DOM}}
|goals1 = [[Pierre Bayonne|Bayonne]] {{Goal|32||63}} [[Leintz Domingue|Domingue]] {{Goal|44}}
|location = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]
|referee = Villarejo Ramírez ([[Puerto Rican Football Federation|Puerto Rico]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Haiti''' advanced to the First Round.

====First round====

{{football box collapsible
|date = 30 July 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ANT|1959}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals1 = [[Monico Eluterio Ruiz|Ruiz]] {{Goal|84}}
|goals2 = [[Emmanuel Sanon|Sanon]] {{Goal|27||39}}
|location = [[Trinidad Stadium| Guillermo Próspero Trinidad]], [[Aruba]], [[Netherlands Antilles]]
|referee = Chaplin ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 14 August 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1964}}
|score = 7–0 (9–1 [[Two-legged tie|agg.]])
|team2 = {{fb|ANT|1959}}
|goals1 = [[Leintz Domingue|Domingue]] {{Goal|5||41}} [[Emmanuel Sanon|Sanon]] {{Goal|27||79}} [[Louidor Labissiere|Labissiere]] {{Goal|30}} [[Carlo Brevil|Brevil]] {{Goal|50}} [[Pierre Bayonne|Bayonne]] {{Goal|56}}
|location = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]
|referee = Montane Bosch ([[Puerto Rican Football Federation|Puerto Rico]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Haiti''' advanced to the Second Round.
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{{football box collapsible
|date = 15 August 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = [[Carl Brown (footballer)|Brown]] {{Goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Miguel Rivero|Rivero]] {{Goal|29}} [[Dagoberto Lara|Lara]] {{Goal|50}} [[Francisco Fariñas|Fariñas]] {{Goal|75}}
|location = [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
|referee = De la Puente ([[Federación Dominicana de Fútbol|Dominican Republic]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 29 August 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 2–0 (5–1 [[Two-legged tie|agg.]])
|team2 = {{fb|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Francisco Fariñas|Fariñas]] {{Goal|42}} [[Agustín Pérez Castillo|Pérez]] {{Goal|77}}
|location = [[Estadio Pedro Marrero]], [[Havana]], [[Cuba]]
|referee = Pastor ([[Federación Dominicana de Fútbol|Dominican Republic]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Cuba''' advanced to the Second Round.

====Second round====

{{football box collapsible
|date = 28 November 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|HAI|1964}}
|goals1 = [[Ramón Núñez Armas|Núñez]] {{Goal|19}}
|goals2 = [[Emmanuel Sanon|Sanon]] {{Goal|54}}
|location = [[Estadio Latinoamericano]], [[Havana]], [[Cuba]]
|referee = Stewart ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 11 December 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1964}}
|score = 1–1 (2–2 [[Two-legged tie|agg.]])
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = [[Emmanuel Sanon|Sanon]] {{Goal|81}}
|goals2 = [[Andrés Roldán|Roldán]] {{Goal|79}}
|location = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]
|referee = Montane Bosch ([[Puerto Rican Football Federation|Puerto Rico]])
|nobars = 1
}}

The [[aggregate score]] was tied 2–2, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
{{football box collapsible
|date = 29 December 1976
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1964}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = [[Leintz Domingue|Domingue]] {{Goal|63}} [[Jean-Claude Désir|Désir]] {{Goal|83|pen.}}
|location = [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]]
|referee = [[Marco Dorantes Garcia|Dorantes Garcia]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])
|nobars = 1
}}

'''Haiti''' advanced to the tournament, via the play-off.

== Teams qualified to the [[1977 CONCACAF Championship]] ==
*{{fb|Mexico}} (CONCACAF North America Zone Winners)
*{{fb|Canada}} (CONCACAF North American Zone Play-Off Winners)
*{{fb|Guatemala}} (CONCACAF Central American Zone Winners)
*{{fb|El Salvador}} (CONCACAF Central American Zone Runners-up)
*{{fb|Suriname}} (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Second Round Winners)
*{{fb|Haiti|1964}} (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Second Round and Play-off winners)

==Goalscorers==

;6 goals
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*{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Emmanuel Sanon]]
{{colend}}

;5 goals
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*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Óscar Enrique Sánchez]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Luis Ramírez Zapata]]
*{{flagicon|SUR}} [[Roy George]]
{{colend}}

;4 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Pierre Bayonne]]
*{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Leintz Domingue]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Steve David]]
{{colend}}

;3 goals
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*{{flagicon|BRB}} [[Victor Clarke]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Javier Jiménez (Costa Rican footballer)|Javier Jiménez]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Selvin Pennant]]
{{colend}}

;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Bob Bolitho]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Johnny Alvarado Cascante]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Francisco Fariñas]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[David Arnoldo Cabrera]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Victor Manuel Mejia Valencia]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Peter Sandoval]]
*{{flagicon|SUR}} [[Remie Olmberg]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Sammy Llewellyn]]
{{colend}}

;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Brian Budd]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Bob Lenarduzzi]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Buzz Parsons]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Mario Barrantes]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Javier Masís]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[William Fisher Salgado]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Dagoberto Lara]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Ramón Núñez (Cuban footballer)|Ramón Núñez]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Agustín Pérez Castillo]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Miguel Rivero]]
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Andrés Roldán]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Silvio Aquino]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Julio César Anderson]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Leonardo McNish]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Felix McDonald]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Benjamin Monterroso]]
*{{flagicon|GUY}} [[Vibert Butts]]
*{{flagicon|GUY}} [[Keith Niles]]
*{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Arsène Auguste]]
*{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Jean Marie Jean Baptiste]]
*{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Carlo Brevil]]
*{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Jean-Claude Désir]]
*{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} [[Louidor Labissiere]]
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Carl Brown (footballer)|Carl Brown]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Damián Álvarez]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hugo Dávila]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Francisco Solís (footballer)|Francisco Solís]]
*{{flagicon|ANT|1959}} [[Monico Eluterio Ruiz]]
*{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Hector Nestor Hernández]]
*{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Daniel Montillo Ruíz]]
*{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Federico Ponce (footballer)|Federico Ponce]]
*{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Agustín Sánchez]]
*{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Luis Ernesto Tapia]]
*{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Virgílio Vázquez]]
*{{flagicon|SUR}} [[Rinaldo Entingh]]
*{{flagicon|SUR}} [[Henry Playfair (footballer)|Henry Playfair]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Leon Carpette]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Anthony Douglas]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Selris Figaro]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Boris Bandov]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miro Rys]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Veee]]
{{colend}}

;1 own goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=32em}}
*{{flagicon|BRB}} [[Victor Clarke]] (playing against [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]])
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Allan Wellmann]] (playing against [[Panama national football team|Panama]])
{{colend}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{1978 FIFA World Cup qualification}}
{{CONCACAF Championship}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1977 Concacaf Championship Qualification}}
[[Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification]]
[[Category:1977 CONCACAF Championship|qualification]]
[[Category:1976 in CONCACAF football|qualification]]

1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification - Revision history

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