1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) explained

Tourney Name:	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Dates:	28 February 1965 - 22 May 1965
Num Teams:	9
Confederations:	1
Matches:	24
Goals:	68
Attendance:	370238
Top Scorer:	Isidoro Díaz (5 goals)
Prevseason:	1962
Nextseason:	1970

FIFA rejected the entry of Guatemala.

Format

There would be two rounds of play:

• First Round: The remaining 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round

Group 1

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1		7	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
2		4	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1
3		1	4	0	1	3	1	6	-5

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Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

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1		5	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
2		4	4	1	2	1	2	3	-1
3		3	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2

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Jamaica advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

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1		8	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8
2		2	4	1	0	3	8	9	-1
3		2	4	1	0	3	5	12	-7

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Costa Rica advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

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1		7	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
2		4	4	1	2	1	8	2	+6
3		1	4	0	1	3	3	19	-16

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Mexico qualified.

Qualified teams

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
			5 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962)

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Isidoro Díaz

4 goals

• Errol Daniels
• Leonel Hernández
• Ernesto Cisneros

3 goals

• Edgar Marín
• William Quirós
• Lascelles Dunkley
• Siegfried Haltman

2 goals

• José Luis González Dávila
• Javier Fragoso
• Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez
• Salvador Reyes Monteón
• Virgilio Sille
• Stanley Humbert Krenten
• Edmund Waterval
• Andy Aleong
• Ed Murphy

1 goal

• Fernando Jiménez
• Tarcisio Rodríguez Viquez
• Juan González Soto
• Nicolás Martínez
• Ángel Piedra
• Antonio dos Santos
• José Ricardo Taylor
• Syd Bartlett
• Oscar Black
• Patrick Blair
• Art Welch
• Asher Welch
• José Luis Aussin
• Ignacio Jáuregui
• Ramiro Navarro
• Kenneth Kluivert
• Alvin Corneal
• Jeff Gellineau
• Bobby Sookram
• Helmut Bicek
• Walt Schmotolocha