The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from 29 November to 18 December. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup. Haiti became winners for the first time in the CONCACAF region and qualified for West Germany '74. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the World Cup.
Controversy In quite a controversial match, Haiti defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–1, with the referee disallowing four Trinidad and Tobago goals. As a result, referee Jose Roberto Henriquez and linesman James Higuet received lifetime bans from FIFA for their actions during the match.
There has been speculation that there might have been some collusion in favour of Haiti, due to the tournament taking place there during the military dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier in a pivotal tournament that would send the winner to the 1974 FIFA World Cup. However, at the time, this was just the team’s second match of a round-robin tournament, having already won its first at the score of 3–0 against the Netherlands Antilles with no such known controversy as well as the matches that followed.
Qualification
Teams
(Hosts)
(Defending Champions)
Squads
Venues Port-au-Prince Stade Sylvio Cator Capacity: 15,000
Results
Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
1973 CONCACAF Championship WinnersHaitiFirst title
Goalscorers 7 goals
Steve David
5 goals
Emmanuel Sanon
4 goals
Octavio Muciño
3 goals
Rubén Guifarro Horacio López Salgado
2 goals
Everald Cummings
1 goal
Juan Banegas Benjamín Monterroso René Morales Jorge Roldán Jean-Claude Désir Guy Saint-Vil Roger Saint-Vil Jorge Alberto Bran Guevara Óscar Rolando Hernández Roberto Soza Enrique Borja Manuel Lapuente Héctor Pulido Rignald Alfonso Clemencia Adelbert Toppenberg Siegfried Schoop Erroll Maximino St. Jago Warren Archibald
1 own goal
Siegfried Brunken (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)
See also 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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