# 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification

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

* 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

| 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 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship |
| 2= | United States | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Equal points and equal goal differential. A play-off match was organized as a tiebreaker.
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.
Mexico and Canada advanced to the tournament.

## CONCACAF Central American Zone

| 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 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Panama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 3 | |
Guatemala and El Salvador advanced to the tournament.

## CONCACAF Caribbean Zone
### Brackets

| Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | | | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| | | | | | | | Guyana | 2 | 0 | n | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Suriname | 0 | 3 | n | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Suriname | 0 | 3 | n | 3 | Suriname (a.e.t.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3* |
| Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Suriname (a.e.t.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3* |
| Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | Barbados | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2* | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Jamaica | 1 | 0 | n | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Cuba | 3 | 2 | n | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Cuba | 3 | 2 | n | 5 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Group B | Haiti | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* |
| | | | | | | | Netherlands Antilles | 1 | 0 | n | 1 | Haiti | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* |
| | | | | | | | Haiti | 2 | 7 | n | 9 | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | n | 0 | | | Haiti | 2 | 7 | n | 9 | | | |
| Haiti | 3 | 3 | n | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Group A
#### First round

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

#### Second round

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

### Group B
#### Preliminary round

Haiti advanced to the First Round.

#### First round

Haiti advanced to the Second Round.
Cuba advanced to the Second Round.

#### Second round

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

## Teams qualified to the 1977 CONCACAF Championship

* 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
### 6 goals

* Emmanuel Sanon

### 5 goals

* Óscar Enrique Sánchez
* Luis Ramírez Zapata
* Roy George

### 4 goals

* Pierre Bayonne
* Leintz Domingue
* Steve David

### 3 goals

* Victor Clarke
* Javier Jiménez
* Selvin Pennant

### 2 goals

* Bob Bolitho
* Johnny Alvarado Cascante
* Francisco Fariñas
* David Arnoldo Cabrera
* Victor Manuel Mejia Valencia
* Peter Sandoval
* Remie Olmberg
* Sammy Llewellyn

### 1 goal

* Brian Budd
* Bob Lenarduzzi
* Buzz Parsons
* Mario Barrantes
* Javier Masís
* William Fisher Salgado
* Dagoberto Lara
* Ramón Núñez
* Agustín Pérez Castillo
* Miguel Rivero
* Andrés Roldán
* Silvio Aquino
* Julio César Anderson
* Leonardo McNish
* Felix McDonald
* Benjamin Monterroso
* Vibert Butts
* Keith Niles
* Arsène Auguste
* Jean Marie Jean Baptiste
* Carlo Brevil
* Jean-Claude Désir
* Louidor Labissiere
* Carl Brown
* Pedro Damián Álvarez
* Hugo Dávila
* Francisco Solís
* Monico Eluterio Ruiz
* Hector Nestor Hernández
* Daniel Montillo Ruíz
* Federico Ponce
* Agustín Sánchez
* Luis Ernesto Tapia
* Virgílio Vázquez
* Rinaldo Entingh
* Henry Playfair
* Leon Carpette
* Anthony Douglas
* Selris Figaro
* Boris Bandov
* Miro Rys
* Juli Veee

### 1 own goal

* Victor Clarke (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)
* Allan Wellmann (playing against Panama)