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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Field	Value
tourney_name	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
dates	16 January 1965 - 22 May 1965
num_teams	9
confederations	1
matches	24
goals	68
attendance	370238
top_scorer	Isidoro Díaz (5 goals)
prevseason	[1962](1962-fifa-world-cup-qualification-cccf-and-nafc)
nextseason	[1970](1970-fifa-world-cup-qualification-concacaf)

FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala.

Format

There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: The remaining 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round

Group 1

Rank	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	7	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
2	4	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1
3	1	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5

Aussín Reyes

Bicek Reyes

Navarro

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	5	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
2	4	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1
3	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2

Blair

Martínez

Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	8	4	4	0	9	1	+8
2	2	4	1	3	8	9	−1
3	2	4	1	3	5	12	−7

Corneal Aleong

Daniels Marín

Soto

Waterval Kluivert Krenten

Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Rank	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	7	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
2	4	4	1	2	1	8	2	+6
3	1	4	0	1	3	3	19	−16

Bartlett Cisneros Jáuregui

Fragoso Díaz Padilla

Daniels Quirós Hernández

Mexico qualified.

Qualified teams

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
			5 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup))

Goalscorers

;5 goals

MEX Isidoro Díaz

;4 goals

CRC Errol Daniels
CRC Leonel Hernández
MEX Ernesto Cisneros

;3 goals

CRC Edgar Marín
CRC William Quirós
JAM Lascelles Dunkley
NGY Siegfried Haltman

;2 goals

MEX José Luis González Dávila
MEX Javier Fragoso
MEX Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez
MEX Salvador Reyes Monteón
ANT Virgilio Sille
NGY Stanley Humbert Krenten
NGY Edmund Waterval
TRI Andy Aleong
USA Ed Murphy

;1 goal

CRC Fernando Jiménez
CRC Tarcisio Rodríguez Viquez
CRC Juan González Soto
CUB Nicolás Martínez
CUB Ángel Piedra
CUB Antonio dos Santos
HON José Ricardo Taylor
JAM Syd Bartlett
JAM Oscar Black
JAM Patrick Blair
JAM Art Welch
JAM Asher Welch
MEX José Luis Aussin
MEX Ignacio Jáuregui
MEX Ramiro Navarro
NGY Kenneth Kluivert
TRI Alvin Corneal
TRI Jeff Gellineau
TRI Bobby Sookram
USA Helmut Bicek
USA Walt Schmotolocha

References

This match was played in Honduras instead of in the United States.
Netherlands Antilles' games were all played away.

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