1989 CONCACAF Championship

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = CONCACAF Championship
year = 1989
other_titles = CONCACAF Championship


size =
caption = 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
country =
dates = March 19 – November 19
num_teams = 5
confederations = 1
venues =
cities =
champion = CRC
count = 3
second = USA
third = TRI
matches = 18
goals = 29
attendance =
top_scorer =flagicon|GUA Raúl Chacón
flagicon|GUA Julio Rodas
flagicon|Costa Rica Evaristo Coronado
flagicon|Costa Rica Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
flagicon|Costa Rica Leonidas Flores
flagicon|TRI Leonson Lewis
flagicon|TRI Kerry Jamerson
flagicon|TRI Philibert Jones
player = The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was last edition held under the format of serving as qualification to the World Cup (Italy 1990) and having no host nation for the final round. Mexico was disqualified for fielding over-aged players in a youth tournament, so Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round almost unopposed. Costa Rica came out victorious to win their third title and participate in their first World Cup ever. USA managed a surprise qualification as well, dubbed "The Shot Heard around the World", by beating Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain 1-0.

A total of 16 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. However, FIFA rejected the entry of Belize due to debts to FIFA. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Qualification

Results

March 19, 1989, Guatemala City, Guatemala - fb|GUA 1 - 0 fb|CRC

April 2, 1989, San José, Costa Rica - fb|CRC 2 - 1 fb|GUA

April 16, 1989, San José, Costa Rica - fb|CRC 1 - 0 fb|USA

April 30, 1989, Torrance, USA - fb|USA 1 - 0 fb|CRC

May 13, 1989, Torrance, USA - fb|USA 1 - 1 fb|TRI

May 28, 1989, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - fb|TRI 1 - 1 fb|CRC

June 11, 1989, San José, Costa Rica - fb|CRC 1 - 0 fb|TRI

June 17, 1989, New Britain, USA - fb|USA 2 - 1 fb|GUA

June 25, 1989, San Salvador, El Salvador - fb|SLV 2 - 4 fb|CRC: The match was abandoned at 2-4, and the result was verified by FIFA.

July 16, 1989, San José, Costa Rica - fb|CRC 1 - 0 fb|SLV

July 30, 1989, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - fb|TRI 2 - 0 fb|SLV

August 13, 1989, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|SLV 0 - 0 fb|TRI: This match was played on neutral ground instead of in El Salvador.

August 20, 1989, Guatemala City, Guatemala - fb|GUA 0 - 1 fb|TRI

September 3, 1989, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - fb|TRI 2 - 1 fb|GUA

September 17, 1989, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|SLV 0 - 1 fb|USA: This match was played on neutral ground instead of in El Salvador.

October 8, 1989, Guatemala City, Guatemala - fb|GUA 0 - 0 fb|USA

November 5, 1989, Fenton, Missouri, USA - fb|USA 0 - 0 fb|SLV

November 19, 1989, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - fb|TRI 0 - 1 fb|USA

The two matches between Guatemala and El Salvador, scheduled for November 19, 1989 and November 21, 1989 in Guatemala were not played due to political instability in El Salvador. Neither team could qualify with two wins anyway.

Result

Costa Rica and USA qualified for Italy 1990.

Topscorers

2 Goals
* Raúl Chacón
* Julio Rodas
* Evaristo Coronado
* Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
* Leonidas Flores
* Leonson Lewis
* Kerry Jamerson
* Philibert Jones

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/conca89.html RSSSF Statistics]