The 1969 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition of the

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, the

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championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 November to 8 December. Six teams participated in the tournament. The event was hosted by Costa Rica in the city of San José. Seven teams qualified, but Haiti's disqualificationIV. CONCACAF Nations Cup 1969
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, by tying defending champions

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1–1 in the deciding final match.

Qualifying Tournament

Venue

Final tournament

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Awards

Scorers

;4 goals * Víctor Ruiz ;3 goals *

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* Marco Fión ;2 goals * Álvaro Cascante * Roy Sáenz *

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* Regales * Loefstok * Martijn * Adelbert Toppenberg * Ulrich Haynes ;1 goal *

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* Wálter Elizondo *

Vicente Wanchope Vicente Wanchope Kelly (born 19 July 1946) is a Costa Rican former footballer, who played most of his career at striker with Herediano. Club career Wanchope started his career at Limonense, for whom he scored a club record 54 goals, before m ...

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* Daniel Salamanca *

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* Croens * Francisco Mancilla * Alfonso Sabater * José Crespo * Leopoldo Barba *

Everald Cummings Everald "Gally" Cummings (born 28 August 1948 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a former football midfielder who played for six years in the North American Soccer League. He also played professionally in Mexico. He was a mainstay of the Trinidad and ...

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* Joshua Hamilton * David Largie ;Own goals * Edwin Dawkins (for Costa Rica)

References

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