1981 CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
Dates1–22 November
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Honduras (1st title)
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored28 (1.87 per match)
Attendance470,484 (31,366 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Hugo Sánchez (3 goals)

The 1981 CONCACAF Championship, the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Honduras from 1 to 22 November. All games were played in the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. This tournament was won by the host, Honduras, who earned their first title and secured for the first time a place in the FIFA World Cup, as the tournament also served as qualification to Spain 1982. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated two 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 qualified El Salvador to participate in the World Cup as the CONCACAF runners-up. El Salvador also became the first Central American team to qualify for more than one World Cup. This would be the last tournament which would feature a host nation for the final round.

Venues

Tegucigalpa
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Capacity: 35,000

Qualification

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Honduras 5 3 2 0 8 1 +7 8
2  El Salvador 5 2 2 1 2 1 +1 6
3  Mexico 5 1 3 1 6 3 +3 5
4  Canada 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 5
5  Cuba 5 1 2 2 4 8 −4 4
6  Haiti 5 0 2 3 2 9 −7 2
Source: RSSSF

Honduras and El Salvador qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Mexico 4–0 Cuba
Castro 18'
H. Sánchez 43', 50'
Manzo 53'
Attendance: 40,720
Canada 1–0 El Salvador
Stojanovic 90'
Attendance: 31,570
Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)
Honduras 4–0 Haiti
Buezo 35'
Urquia 40'
Laing 64'
Figueroa 75'
Attendance: 45,386
Referee: Aragao (Brazil)
Haiti 1–1 Canada
Romulas 34' Stojanovic 50'
Attendance: 33,237
Referee: Gracias Regalado (Guatemala)
Mexico 0–1 El Salvador
Hernández 81'
Attendance: 33,237
Referee: Aragao (Brazil)
Honduras 2–0 Cuba
Buezo 36'
Costly 69'
Attendance: 33,876
El Salvador 0–0 Cuba
Attendance: 22,774
Referee: Socha (United States)
Mexico 1–1 Haiti
H. Sánchez 87' Cadet 47'
Attendance: 22,774
Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)
Honduras 2–1 Canada
Caballero 12'
Figueroa 40'		 Bridge 19'
Attendance: 38,953
Haiti 0–2 Cuba
Mathieu 55' (o.g.)
Núñez 90'
Attendance: 22,396
Referee: Bijlhout (Suriname)
Mexico 1–1 Canada
Castro 29' Bridge 57'
Attendance: 22,395
Referee: Socha (United States)
Honduras 0–0 El Salvador
Attendance: 39,882
Haiti 0–1 El Salvador
Huezo 18' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,826
Referee: Downer (Trinidad and Tobago)
Cuba 2–2 Canada
Núñez 2'
Rodríguez 74'		 McLeod 48'
Iarusci 84'
Attendance: 16,458
Referee: Pagano Trucios (Peru)
Honduras 0–0 Mexico
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Socha (United States)
 1981 CONCACAF Championship winners 

Honduras
First title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

To date, this is the last time that Mexico failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup. (Mexico did not appear in the 1990 FIFA World Cup as they were banned in light of a scandal in which they used overage players in a youth tournament.)

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