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|MEX Hugo Sánchez
player = The 1981 CONCACAF Championship, the 8th staging of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Honduras from November 1 to November 22. All games were played in the Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino in Tegucigalpa. 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 first Central American 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|CUB

November 2, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|CAN 1 - 0 fb|SLV

November 3, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 4 - 0 fb|HAI|1964

November 6, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HAI|1964 1 - 1 fb|CAN

November 6, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|MEX 0 - 1 fb|SLV

November 8, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 2 - 0 fb|CUB

November 11, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|SLV 0 - 0 fb|CUB

November 11, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|MEX 1 - 1 fb|HAI|1964

November 12, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 2 - 1 fb|CAN

November 15, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HAI|1964 0 - 2 fb|CUB

November 15, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|MEX 1 - 1 fb|CAN

November 16, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 0 - 0 fb|SLV

November 19, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HAI|1964 0 - 1 fb|SLV

November 21, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|CUB 2 - 2 fb|CAN

November 22, 1981, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 0 - 0 fb|MEX

Result

Honduras and El Salvador qualified for Spain 1982.

Topscorer

3 Goals
* Hugo Sánchez

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/conca81.html]