A total of 15 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. The 15 teams were divided into 3 zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows: * North American Zone had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round. * Central American Zone had 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would advance to the Final Round. * Caribbean Zone had 7 teams, which would be divided into 2 groups - Group A had 4 teams and Group B had 3 teams. 2 teams in Group A played in the preliminary round, against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner advancing to Group A proper. The 3 teams in each group would then play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.

North American Zone

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Canada and Mexico advanced to the

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Central American Zone

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Honduras and El Salvador advanced to the

Caribbean Zone

Group A Preliminary Round

Guyana won 8-4 on aggregate and advanced to Group A.

Group A

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Cuba advanced to the

Group B

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Haiti advanced to the

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Jorge González *

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;4 goals *

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;3 goals *

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;2 goals * Omar Morera Barrantes * Luis Hernández * Roberto Pereira *

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* José María Rivas *

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* Ashton Canterbury Taylor * Serge Crispin *

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* Daniel Montillo Ruíz * Johan Leisbergen * Steve Moyers ;1 goal * Gerry Gray *

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Mike Stojanović Momčilo "Mike" Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Момчило Мајк Стојановић, ; 26 January 1947 – 18 November 2010) was a professional soccer forward most notably playing in the NASL and for the Canadian national team. Early life Mike ...

* Omar Arroyo * Javier Jiménez * William Jiménez Mora * Rodolfo Mills *

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* Roberto Espinosa * Andrés Roldán * Óscar Gustavo Guerrero * Carlton Belfon * Douglas Cherubin * Jude Julien * Jude Mitchell * Óscar Enrique Sánchez * Allan Wellmann * Gordon Braithwaite * Clyde Ford * Fritz Bobo * Carlo Brevin * Fernando Bulnes * Allan Anthony Costly * Moisés Tomás Velásquez Torres * José Luis González China * Guillermo Mendizabal * Glenn Kwidama * Ricardo Paschal Chambers * Ricardo Calor * Roy George * Kenneth Stjeward * Leroy Spann *

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* Greg Villa

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Concacaf Championship Qualification CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

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