1977 CONCACAF Championship
The CONCACAF Nations Cup 1977 was the seventh playout of the continental championship in football for North, Central America and the Caribbean was held from October 8 to 23 held in Mexico. It was played at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City 's Estadio Tecnológico in Monterrey. The six participants played in the past in a simple League Round FFA tournament winner.
The tournament was the second time as a qualification for the World Cup.
Mexico hosts won for the third time after 1965 and 1971 the title and qualified for the FIFA World Cup 1978 in Argentina, as the CONCACAF received only a starting place of 16 seats for the World Cup.
Qualification
A total of seventeen CONCACAF member countries had registered for the competition. Honduras withdrew his participation back before the qualifiers. The remaining sixteen teams were divided into three zones, which are based on the geographical location of their nations:
North American zone
This zone had three teams playing in round-trip round against each other. The group first and second qualifying for the tournament.
Canada and the United States completed the qualification phase from point - and tordiffernzgleich. It had a playoff game will be played on neutral ground to decide which team qualified.
Central American zone
This zone had four teams that played in round-trip round against each other. Again, the group qualified first and second for the tournament.
Caribbean zone
This zone had nine teams that once five teams were divided into two groups of four and one. They played in the knockout system with return game. Both group winners qualified for the tournament.
Group A
First round
2nd round
Group B
Preliminary round
First round
2nd round
The tournament
Top scorers
6 Goals
- Mexico Víctor Rangel
3 goals
- Mexico Hugo Sánchez