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    1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification

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    Listed below are the dates and results for the tournament qualification. A total of 17 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. 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

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    •  Barbados
    •  Canada
    •  Costa Rica
    •  Cuba
    •  Dominican Republic
    •  El Salvador
    •  Guatemala
    •  Guyana
    •  Haiti
    •  Jamaica
    •  Mexico
    •  Netherlands Antilles
    •  Panama
    •  Suriname
    •  Trinidad and Tobago
    •  United States

    CONCACAF North American Zone

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    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Mexico 4 1 2 1 3 1 +2 4 1977 CONCACAF Championship
    2=  Canada (O) 4 1 2 1 2 3 −1 4[a]
    2=  United States 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 4[a]
    Source: [citation needed]
    (O) Play-off winners
    Notes:
    1. ^ a b Equal points and equal goal differential. A play-off match was organized as a tiebreaker.
    24 September 1976 Canada  1–1  United States Vancouver, Canada
    Bolitho 77' Bandov 8' Stadium: Empire Stadium
    Attendance: 15,453[1]
    Referee: Dorantes García (Mexico)
    3 October 1976 United States  0–0  Mexico Los Angeles, United States
    Stadium: Memorial Coliseum
    Attendance: 33,171[2]
    Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)
    10 October 1976 Canada  1–0  Mexico Vancouver, Canada
    Parsons 32' Stadium: Empire Stadium
    Attendance: 17,939[3]
    Referee: Toros Kibritjian (United States)
    15 October 1976 Mexico  3–0  United States Puebla, Mexico
    Solís 28'
    Álvarez 40'
    Dávila 83' (pen.)    		 Stadium: Cuauhtémoc
    Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)
    20 October 1976 United States  2–0  Canada Seattle, United States
    Rys 55'
    Veee 81'    		 Stadium: Kingdome
    Attendance: 17,675[4]
    Referee: Rubio Vásquez (Mexico)
    27 October 1976 Mexico  0–0  Canada Toluca, Mexico
    Stadium: Nemesio Díez
    Referee: Landauer (United States)

    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.

    22 December 1976 Canada  3–0  United States Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
    Budd 21'
    Lenarduzzi 80'
    Bolitho 87'    		 Attendance: 5,000 (estimated)[5]
    Referee: Velasquez Ramírez (Colombia)

    Mexico and Canada advanced to the tournament.

    CONCACAF Central American Zone

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    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Guatemala 6 3 2 1 15 6 +9 8 1977 CONCACAF Championship
    2  El Salvador 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 7
    3  Costa Rica 6 1 4 1 8 6 +2 6
    4  Panama 6 1 1 4 7 21 −14 3
    Source: [citation needed]
    4 April 1976 Panama  3–2  Costa Rica Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama
    Tapia 48'
    Ponce 50'
    Sánchez 75'    		 Jiménez 34'
    Barrantes 85'    		 Referee: Cedillos (Honduras)
    2 May 1976 Panama  1–1  El Salvador Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama
    Vázquez 50' (pen.) Ramírez 16' Referee: Rojas Luis (Costa Rica)
    11 July 1976 Costa Rica  3–0  Panama Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
    Alvarado 11', 22'
    Jiménez 44'    		 Referee: Sazo Alvarez (Nicaragua)
    1 August 1976 El Salvador  4–1  Panama Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador
    Ramírez 7', 14', 78'
    Aquino 69'    		 Hernández 88' Referee: Rubio Vásquez (Mexico)
    17 September 1976 Panama  2–4  Guatemala Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama
    Wellmann 9' (o.g.)
    Montillo 25'    		 Pennant 51'
    Sánchez 56', 63'
    Anderson 88'    		 Referee: Álvarez Morales (Costa Rica)
    26 September 1976 Guatemala  7–0  Panama Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
    Sánchez 14', 68'
    Pennant 17', 40'
    McDonald 53', 62'
    Sandoval 70'    		 Referee: Avendano Ruiz (El Salvador)
    1 December 1976 El Salvador  1–1  Costa Rica Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador
    Cabrera 27' Jiménez 78' Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
    5 December 1976 Costa Rica  0–0  Guatemala Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
    Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
    8 December 1976 Guatemala  3–1  El Salvador Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
    McNish 19'
    Monterroso 30'
    Sánchez 80'    		 Valencia 14' (pen.) Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
    12 December 1976 Guatemala  1–1  Costa Rica Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
    Sandoval 77' Salgado 89' Referee: Andino Pinel (Honduras)
    15 December 1976 Costa Rica  1–1  El Salvador Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
    Figueroa 40' Ramírez 75' Referee: Mollinedo (Guatemala)
    19 December 1976 El Salvador  2–0  Guatemala Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador
    Cabrera 1'
    Valencia 12'    		 Referee: Segura (Mexico)

    Guatemala and El Salvador advanced to the tournament.

    CONCACAF Caribbean Zone

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    Brackets

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    Preliminary RoundFirst RoundSecond Round
     Guyana20n2
     Suriname03n3
     Suriname (a.e.t.)1233*
    Group A
     Trinidad and Tobago1223
     Barbados2012
     Trinidad and Tobago1132*
     Jamaica10n1
     Cuba32n5
     Cuba1102
    Group B
     Haiti1122*
     Netherlands Antilles10n1
     Haiti27n9
     Dominican Republic00n0
     Haiti33n6

    Group A

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    First round

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    4 July 1976 Guyana  2–0  Suriname Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown, Guyana
    Butts 9'
    Niles 72'    		 Referee: Gay (Trinidad and Tobago)
    29 August 1976 Suriname  3–0
    (3–2 agg.)    		  Guyana André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname
    Playfaire 4'
    George 35', 53'    		 Referee: Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago)

    Suriname advanced to the Second Round.

    15 August 1976 Barbados  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados
    Clarke 47', 54' (pen.) David 83' Referee: Steeman (Suriname)
    31 August 1976 Trinidad and Tobago  1–0
    (2–2 agg.)    		  Barbados Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
    Douglas 36' Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)

    The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

    14 September 1976  Barbados 1–3 Trinidad and Tobago  Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados
    Clarke 26' Llewellyn 3'
    Carpette 74'
    Clarke 85' (o.g.)    		 Referee: Calderón Castro (Cuba)

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

    Second round

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    14 November 1976 Suriname  1–1  Trinidad and Tobago André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname
    George 2' David 9' Referee: Chandler (Barbados)
    28 November 1976 Trinidad and Tobago  2–2
    (3–3 agg.)    		  Suriname Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
    Figaro 29' (pen.)
    Llewellyn 64'    		 Olmberg 44'
    Entingh 83'    		 Referee: Llobregat Vicedo (Venezuela)

    The aggregate score was tied 3–3, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the tournament.

    18 December 1976 Suriname  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Trinidad and Tobago Stade Georges-Chaumet, Cayenne, French Guiana
    George 60', 80'
    Olmberg 107' (pen.)    		 David 19', 70' Referee: Llobregat Vicedo (Venezuela)

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

    Group B

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    Preliminary round

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    2 April 1976 Dominican Republic  0–3  Haiti Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    Auguste 12'
    Bayonne 29'
    Baptiste 32'    		 Referee: Wuertz (United States)
    17 April 1976 Haiti  3–0
    (6–0 agg.)    		  Dominican Republic Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
    Bayonne 32', 63'
    Domingue 44'    		 Referee: Villarejo Ramírez (Puerto Rico)

    Haiti advanced to the First Round.

    First round

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    30 July 1976 Netherlands Antilles  1–2  Haiti Guillermo Próspero Trinidad, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
    Ruiz 84' Sanon 27', 39' Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)
    14 August 1976 Haiti  7–0
    (9–1 agg.)    		  Netherlands Antilles Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
    Domingue 5', 41'
    Sanon 27', 79'
    Labissiere 30'
    Brevil 50'
    Bayonne 56'    		 Referee: Montane Bosch (Puerto Rico)

    Haiti advanced to the Second Round.

    15 August 1976 Jamaica  1–3  Cuba Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
    Brown 65' Rivero 29'
    Lara 50'
    Fariñas 75'    		 Referee: De la Puente (Dominican Republic)
    29 August 1976 Cuba  2–0
    (5–1 agg.)    		  Jamaica Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba
    Fariñas 42'
    Pérez 77'    		 Referee: Pastor (Dominican Republic)

    Cuba advanced to the Second Round.

    Second round

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    28 November 1976 Cuba  1–1  Haiti Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba
    Núñez 19' Sanon 54' Referee: Stewart (Jamaica)
    11 December 1976 Haiti  1–1
    (2–2 agg.)    		  Cuba Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
    Sanon 81' Roldán 79' Referee: Montane Bosch (Puerto Rico)

    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.

    29 December 1976 Haiti  2–0  Cuba Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama
    Domingue 63'
    Désir 83' (pen.)    		 Referee: Dorantes Garcia (Mexico)

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

    Teams qualified to the 1977 CONCACAF Championship

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    •  Mexico (CONCACAF North America Zone Winners)
    •  Canada (CONCACAF North American Zone Play-Off Winners)
    •  Guatemala (CONCACAF Central American Zone Winners)
    •  El Salvador (CONCACAF Central American Zone Runners-up)
    •  Suriname (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Second Round Winners)
    •  Haiti (CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Second Round and Play-off winners)

    Goalscorers

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    6 goals
    • Haiti Emmanuel Sanon
    5 goals
    • Guatemala Óscar Enrique Sánchez
    • El Salvador Luis Ramírez Zapata
    • Suriname Roy George
    4 goals
    • Haiti Pierre Bayonne
    • Haiti Leintz Domingue
    • Trinidad and Tobago Steve David
    3 goals
    • Barbados Victor Clarke
    • Costa Rica Javier Jiménez
    • Guatemala Selvin Pennant
    2 goals
    • Canada Bob Bolitho
    • Costa Rica Johnny Alvarado Cascante
    • Cuba Francisco Fariñas
    • El Salvador David Arnoldo Cabrera
    • El Salvador Victor Manuel Mejia Valencia
    • Guatemala Peter Sandoval
    • Suriname Remie Olmberg
    • Trinidad and Tobago Sammy Llewellyn
    1 goal
    • Canada Brian Budd
    • Canada Bob Lenarduzzi
    • Canada Buzz Parsons
    • Costa Rica Mario Barrantes
    • Costa Rica Javier Masís
    • Costa Rica William Fisher Salgado
    • Cuba Dagoberto Lara
    • Cuba Ramón Núñez
    • Cuba Agustín Pérez Castillo
    • Cuba Miguel Rivero
    • Cuba Andrés Roldán
    • El Salvador Silvio Aquino
    • Guatemala Julio César Anderson
    • Guatemala Leonardo McNish
    • Guatemala Felix McDonald
    • Guatemala Benjamin Monterroso
    • Guyana Vibert Butts
    • Guyana Keith Niles
    • Haiti Arsène Auguste
    • Haiti Jean Marie Jean Baptiste
    • Haiti Carlo Brevil
    • Haiti Jean-Claude Désir
    • Haiti Louidor Labissiere
    • Jamaica Carl Brown
    • Mexico Pedro Damián Álvarez
    • Mexico Hugo Dávila
    • Mexico Francisco Solís
    • Netherlands Antilles Monico Eluterio Ruiz
    • Panama Hector Nestor Hernández
    • Panama Daniel Montillo Ruíz
    • Panama Federico Ponce
    • Panama Agustín Sánchez
    • Panama Luis Ernesto Tapia
    • Panama Virgílio Vázquez
    • Suriname Rinaldo Entingh
    • Suriname Henry Playfair
    • Trinidad and Tobago Leon Carpette
    • Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Douglas
    • Trinidad and Tobago Selris Figaro
    • United States Boris Bandov
    • United States Miro Rys
    • United States Juli Veee
    1 own goal
    • Barbados Victor Clarke (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)
    • Guatemala Allan Wellmann (playing against Panama)

    References

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    1. ^ Stinson, Dan (25 September 1976). "Canadians forced to settle for tie". Vancouver Sun. p. 25. Retrieved 21 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    2. ^ Jones, Grahame L. (4 October 1976). "Goalie Saves the Day for U.S." Los Angeles Times. sec. 3, p. 1. Retrieved 21 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    3. ^ Cross, Jeff (12 October 1976). "Crowd gets quite a Buzz". The Province. p. 17. Retrieved 21 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
    4. ^ Petterson, Joel (9 June 2013). "It's been a long, successful road back to Seattle for U.S. Soccer". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
    5. ^ Stinson, Dan (23 December 1976). "Budd blooms on time for Canada". Vancouver Sun. p. 35. Retrieved 21 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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