1981 CONCACAF Championship

Template:Short description Template:Qualification for men's championships (CONCACAF) 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.

Venues

	Tegucigalpa
	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Capacity: 35,000
	File:Estadio Carías.jpg

Qualification

Teams

• Canada
• Cuba
• El Salvador
• Haiti
• Honduras (Hosts)
• Mexico

Final round

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

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1981 CONCACAF Championship winners
First title

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Template:Flagicon Hugo Sánchez

2 goals

• Template:Flagicon Ian Bridge
• Template:Flagicon Mike Stojanović
• Template:Flagicon Ramón Núñez
• Template:Flagicon David Buezo
• Template:Flagicon José Roberto Figueroa
• Template:Flagicon Ricardo Castro

1 goal

• Template:Flagicon Bob Iarusci
• Template:Flagicon Wes McLeod
• Template:Flagicon Jorge Luis Rodríguez
• Template:Flagicon Ever Hernández
• Template:Flagicon Norberto Huezo
• Template:Flagicon Daniel Cadet
• Template:Flagicon Gerald Romulas
• Template:Flagicon Anthony Costly
• Template:Flagicon Carlos Orlando Caballero
• Template:Flagicon Eduardo Laing
• Template:Flagicon Jorge Elvir Urquia
• Template:Flagicon Manuel Manzo

1 own goal

• Template:Flagicon Frantz Mathieu (playing against Cuba)

Team of the Tournament

Source:

Ideal XI by RSSSF

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Flagicon Luis Guevara Mora	Template:Flagicon Ian Bridge Template:Flagicon Francisco Osorto Template:Flagicon Efraín Gutiérrez Template:Flagicon Jaime Villegas	Template:Flagicon Norberto Huezo Template:Flagicon Ramón Maradiaga	Template:Flagicon Ramón Núñez Template:Flagicon Carlos Caballero Template:Flagicon José Figueroa Template:Flagicon Hugo Sánchez

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.)

External links

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