- 1981 CONCACAF Championship
Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = CONCACAF Championship
year = 1981
other_titles = CONCACAF Championship
size =
caption = 1981 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
country = Honduras
dates =November 1 –November 22
num_teams = 6
confederations = 1
venues = 1
cities = 1
champion = HON
count = 1
second = SLV
third = MEX
matches = 15
goals = 28
attendance =
top_scorer =flagicon|MEXHugo Sánchez
player = The 1981 CONCACAF Championship, the 8th staging of the CONCACAF Championship, was held inHonduras fromNovember 1 toNovember 22 . All games were played in theEstadio Tiburcio Carias Andino inTegucigalpa . This tournament was won by the host, Honduras, who earned their first title and secured for the first time so far, a place in Spain 1982 since the tournament also served as qualification to the World Cup. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. This edition was marked by an upset as Mexico, traditional CONCACAF heavyweights and needing a win to go through, were eliminated by Honduras. The 0-0 tie between Mexico and Honduras gave El Salvador in the World Cup as runner-ups. El Salvador also became the firstCentral America n team to qualify for more than one World Cup (a record that has been broken by Costa Rica). This will be the last tournament which will feature a host nation for the final round.Qualification
Results
November 1 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|MEX 4 - 0 fb|CUBNovember 2 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|CAN 1 - 0 fb|SLVNovember 3 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|HON 4 - 0 fb|HAI|1964November 6 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|HAI|1964 1 - 1 fb|CANNovember 6 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|MEX 0 - 1 fb|SLVNovember 8 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|HON 2 - 0 fb|CUBNovember 11 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|SLV 0 - 0 fb|CUBNovember 11 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|MEX 1 - 1 fb|HAI|1964November 12 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|HON 2 - 1 fb|CANNovember 15 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|HAI|1964 0 - 2 fb|CUBNovember 15 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|MEX 1 - 1 fb|CANNovember 16 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|HON 0 - 0 fb|SLVNovember 19 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|HAI|1964 0 - 1 fb|SLVNovember 21 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|CUB 2 - 2 fb|CANNovember 22 ,1981 ,Tegucigalpa ,Honduras - fb|HON 0 - 0 fb|MEXResult
Honduras and El Salvador qualified for Spain 1982.
Topscorer
3 Goals
*Hugo Sánchez External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/conca81.html]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.