Host country Honduras Champions Guatemala (1st title) Fourth place Trinidad and Tobago Teams 6 Matches played 15 | Dates 5 March – 19 March Runners-up Mexico Start date 1967 Goals scored 35 Venues 1 | |
Top scorer(s) Luis Estrada
Manuel Recinos
(4 goals each) Champion Guatemala national football team Third place Honduras national football team |
The 1967 CONCACAF Championship, also referred to as the NORCECA Championship, was the third edition of the football championship of the North, Central America, and Caribbean region. The final tournament took place from 5 to 19 March in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Mexico qualified automatically as defending champions, while Honduras did it as the host nation. Guatemala won the title after finishing in first place of a round-robin tournament between the six teams participating in the final tournament. It is the only CONCACAF championship won to date by Guatemala, who was managed by Rubén Amorín.
Mexico, managed by Ignacio "Nacho" Trelles, finished second, while Honduras finished third.
References
1967 CONCACAF Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA