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, Netherlands Antilles and Honduras in the four-team final group.
Qualifying round
Netherlands Antilles qualifies to the tournament
Participating teams
(Hosts)
(Qualifying winners)
Squads
Venues
San Salvador Santa Ana Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Estadio Santaneco Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 15,000
Final round
First round
Group A
Group B
Final round
Statistics
Goalscorers
Team of the Tournament Source: +Ideal XI by RSSSFGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Asdrúbal Meneses Benjamín Velasco Mario Cordero Juan Pablo Federico Budde César Reynosa Ruben Brandborg Mario Monge Juan Gonzalez Eduardo Hernández Guillermo Ortiz
References
External links 1963 CONCACAF Championship on RSSSF Article on CONCACAF website with information about the tournament (archived link)