Listed below are the dates and results for the tournament qualification. A total of 17 CONCACAF teams entered the competition.

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withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 16 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 4 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 9 teams, which would be divided into 2 groups of 4 or 5 teams. The teams played in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.

CONCACAF North American Zone

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Canada and United States finished level on points and

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, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. Mexico and Canada advanced to the tournament.

CONCACAF Central American Zone

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Guatemala and El Salvador advanced to the tournament.

CONCACAF Caribbean Zone

Group A

First round

Suriname advanced to the Second Round. ---- The

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was tied 2–2, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round. Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

Second round

The

was tied 3–3, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the tournament. Suriname advanced to the tournament, via the play-off.

Group B

Preliminary round

Haiti advanced to the First Round.

First round

Haiti advanced to the Second Round. ---- Cuba advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

The

was tied 2–2, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. Haiti advanced to the tournament, via the play-off.

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

Emmanuel Sanon Emmanuel "Manno" Sanon (25 June 1951 – 21 February 2008) was a Haitian professional footballer who played as a striker. He starred in the Haiti national team winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship. Haiti qualified for the finals of the 1974 ...

;5 goals * Óscar Enrique Sánchez * Luis Ramírez Zapata * Roy George ;4 goals * Pierre Bayonne * Leintz Domingue *

Steve David Steve David (born 11 March 1951 in Point Fortin, Trinidad) is a Trinidadian former North American Soccer League and international football player. Club career David began his professional career with Police in Trinidad and Tobago. In 1974, he ...

;3 goals * Victor Clarke * Javier Jiménez *

Selvin Pennant Selvin Valentín Pennant Taylor (born 4 January 1950) is a Guatemalan former footballer and one of that country's most prolific goalscorers ever. He played for Deportes Aviación in the Chilean First Division for three years, and was a member ...

;2 goals *

Bob Bolitho Robert "Bob" Bolitho (born July 20, 1952, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a former Canadian national team, North American Soccer League and Canadian Soccer League player. He is of Cornish descent. Club career Bolitho played as a te ...

* Johnny Alvarado Cascante *

Francisco Fariñas Francisco Fariñas Gutiérrez (born 2 April 1948) is a Cuban former footballer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Havana, Fariñas came through at Las Cañas before joining Industriales where he spent his entire senior ...

David Arnoldo Cabrera David Arnoldo Cabrera Rivera (born January 27, 1949) is a retired football player from El Salvador. Club career Cabrera is the alltime top goalscorer of Primera División side C.D. FAS, with 242 goals scoredVictor Manuel Mejia Valencia * Peter Sandoval *

Remie Olmberg Remie Jacques Olmberg (born August 28, 1950) is a retired Surinamese footballer who played as a defender for SV Robinhood in the Hoofdklasse, and the Suriname national team. He was the team captain for SV Robinhood for a decade during one of ...

* Sammy Llewellyn ;1 goal *

Brian Budd Brian "Budgie" Budd (April 8, 1952 – June 11, 2008) was a Canadian professional soccer player best known for winning the '' World Superstars'' competition three years in a row from 1978 to 1980. He was also a soccer sportscaster. Early year ...

Bob Lenarduzzi Robert Italo Lenarduzzi, OBC (born May 1, 1955) is a former North American Soccer League player, Canadian international, and coach of the Canadian national and Olympic soccer teams. He is currently club liaison for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. H ...

Buzz Parsons Les "Buzz" Parsons (born 16 December 1950) is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder. During his career in North America with the Vancouver Whitecaps, Parsons was affectionately kno ...

* Mario Barrantes * Javier Masís * William Fisher Salgado * Dagoberto Lara * Ramón Núñez * Agustín Pérez Castillo *

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* Andrés Roldán * Silvio Aquino *

Julio César Anderson Julio César Anderson Quiroga (27 November 1947 – 7 August 2021) was a Guatemalan professional football striker who played the majority of his career for C.S.D. Municipal, in the Liga Mayor A, the top tier in the country. He was on the sq ...

Leonardo McNish Leonardo McNish Christie (14 October 1946 – 4 December 2021) was a Guatemalan association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender for C.D. Malacateco, Malacateco, Deportivo Marquense, Marquense, Tipograf� ...

Felix McDonald Felix McDonald (born 26 June 1954) is a Guatemalan former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...

* Benjamin Monterroso * Vibert Butts * Keith Niles *

Arsène Auguste Arsène Auguste (3 February 1951 – 20 March 1993) was a Haitian international footballer who represented Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He played professional club football with Racing Club Haïtien in Haiti and New Jersey Brewers, Tampa Bay ...

* Jean Marie Jean Baptiste * Carlo Brevil * Jean-Claude Désir * Louidor Labissiere * Carl Brown * Pedro Damián Álvarez * Hugo Dávila * Francisco Solís * Monico Eluterio Ruiz * Hector Nestor Hernández * Daniel Montillo Ruíz * Federico Ponce *

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Luis Ernesto Tapia Luis Ernesto Tapia Pérez (born October 21, 1944 in Panama) is a retired football forward, who is regarded as the best player ever in Panama. He was active on the Panama national football team between 1963 and 1979. Club career A native of Bar ...

* Virgílio Vázquez *

Rinaldo Entingh Rinaldo Stanley Entingh (June 9, 1953) is a former Surinamese footballer. He played as a midfielder in the SVB Hoofdklasse for S.V. Robinhood and for the Suriname national team. Biography Entingh was born June 9, 1953. He began his career wi ...

* Henry Playfair * Leon Carpette * Anthony Douglas * Selris Figaro *

Boris Bandov Boris Bandov (born November 23, 1953) is a Bosnian American retired soccer player who currently coaches youth soccer. Bandov spent ten seasons in the North American Soccer League, two in the Major Indoor Soccer League and one in the United Soc ...

Miro Rys Miro Rys (July 18, 1957 – September 1977) was a Czech American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League. Rys earned three caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national team. A talented striker with, acco ...

Juli Veee Juli Veee (born Gyula Visnyei; February 22, 1950) is a Hungarian-American retired soccer forward. Announced as "Double-deuce, triple-E, the one and only Juli Veee", Veee experienced his greatest success as an indoor player with the San Diego So ...

;1 own goal * Victor Clarke (playing against

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) * Allan Wellmann (playing against

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)

References

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