# 1963 CONCACAF Championship

The 1963 CONCACAF Championship was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the top continental football tournament organized by CONCACAF for senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament was held between 23 March to 7 April. It had 9 participating teams.
The tournament was hosted by El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and Santa Ana. The nine teams were broken up into one group of five and one group of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by Costa Rica, who defeated the hosts El Salvador 1–4 in the deciding match of the four-team final group.

## Qualifying round

Netherlands Antilles qualifies to the tournament

## Participating teams

* Costa Rica
* El Salvador (Hosts)
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles (Qualifying winners)
* Nicaragua
* Panama

## Venues

| San Salvador | San SalvadorSanta Ana | Santa Ana |
| Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca | San SalvadorSanta Ana | Estadio Santaneco |
| Capacity: 35,000 | San SalvadorSanta Ana | Capacity: 15,000 |

## Final round
### First round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Honduras | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | El Salvador | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 |
| 3 | Panama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 | Guatemala | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 |
| 2 | Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 3 |
| 4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |

### Final round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 2 |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
* Champions
* Costa Rica 1st title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
8 goals
* Eduardo Hernández
4 goals
* Juan González
3 goals
* Mario Monge
* Guillermo Ortiz Camargo
2 goals
* Juan José Gámez
* Edgar Marín
* Walter Pearson
* Rodolfo Ruiz
* Eduardo de León
* Félix Guerra
* Carlos Suazo
* Isidoro Díaz
* Ruben Brandborg
* Eugene Testing
* Juan Santamaría
1 goal
* Mario Cordero
* Enrique Córdoba
* Rubén Jiménez
* Luis Vázquez
* Armando Chacón
* Mauricio Ernesto González
* César Reynosa
* Alfredo Ruano
* Antony Ewing
* Haroldo Juárez
* Francisco López Contreras
* Hugo Peña
* Jorge Roldán
* Felipe Barahona
* Dolores Cruz
* Nilmo Edwards
* René Rodríguez Reyes
* Locelles Dinckley
* Fernando Cuenca
* Armando Garrido
* Albino Morales
* Vicente Pereda
* Toribio Briesen
* Ronald Delanoy
* Daniel Pablo
* Juan Maximiliano Pablo
* George Sillie
* Armando Mendieta
* Dámaso Silva
* Adolfo Díaz Gáez
* Luis Góyez
* Luis Carlos Ponce
* Carlos Valderrama
* Everardo Vega
1 own goal
* Benjamín Velasco (against Panama)
* Jesús del Muro (against Netherlands Antilles)

## Team of the Tournament

Source:
Ideal XI by RSSSF :
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Asdrúbal Meneses | Benjamín Velasco Mario Cordero Juan Pablo Federico Budde | César Reynosa Ruben Brandborg Mario Monge | Juan Gonzalez Eduardo Hernández Guillermo Ortiz |