1989 CONCACAF Championship qualification

A total of 16 CONCACAF teams entered the competition, but FIFA rejected the entry of Belize due to outstanding debt.

There would be two rounds of play:

• First Round: Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, United States and Mexico, the five best ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round.
• Second Round: The 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the tournament.

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Canada
•  Costa Rica
•  Cuba
•  El Salvador
•  Guatemala
•  Guyana
•  Honduras
•  Jamaica
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Panama
•  Puerto Rico
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  United States

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guyana	0–5	Trinidad and Tobago	0–4	0–1
Cuba	1–2	Guatemala	0–1	1–1
Jamaica	3–1	Puerto Rico	1–0	2–1
Antigua and Barbuda	1–4	Netherlands Antilles	0–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Costa Rica	3–1	Panama	1–1	2–0

17 April 1988

Guyana	0–4	Trinidad and Tobago
		Elliot-Allen 41' Faustin 71' Lake 77' Skeene 85'

Georgetown Cricket Club Ground "Bourda", Georgetown, Guyana

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Omar Monsón (Puerto Rico)

8 May 1988

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Guyana
Corneal 68'

Skinner Park, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 1,744

Referee: Success (Netherlands Antilles)

Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the Second Round, 5–0 on aggregate score.

30 April 1988

Cuba	0–1	Guatemala
		López 44'

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Rodolfo Martínez (Honduras)

15 May 1988

Guatemala	1–1	Cuba
Pérez 68' (pen.)		González 40'

Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos, Guatemala

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Salas (United States)

Guatemala advanced to the Second Round, 2–1 on aggregate score.

12 May 1988

Jamaica	1–0	Puerto Rico
Brooks 10' (pen.)

Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Melendez Gonzalez (Guatemala)

29 May 1988

Puerto Rico	1–2	Jamaica
de la Campa 52'		Anglin 32', 78'

Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Attendance: 675

Referee: Pearson (Bahamas)

Jamaica advanced to the Second Round, 3–1 on aggregate score.

19 June 1988

Antigua and Barbuda	0–1	Netherlands Antilles
		Rovina 54'

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Attendance: 426

Referee: José Hernandez (Costa Rica)

29 July 1988

Netherlands Antilles	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Antigua and Barbuda
Rovina 104', 118' Rosina 120'		Edwards 38'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

Attendance: 3,009

Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)

Netherlands Antilles advanced to the Second Round, 4–1 on aggregate score.

17 July 1988

Costa Rica	1–1	Panama
Jara 26'		Mendieta 17'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Attendance: 14,694

Referee: Rafael Rodríguez (El Salvador)

31 July 1988

Panama	0–2	Costa Rica
		Cayasso 1' Medford 71'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 26,657

Referee: Charles Branche (Trinidad and Tobago)

Costa Rica advanced to the Second Round, 3–1 on aggregate score.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands Antilles	0–6	El Salvador	0–1	0–5
Jamaica	1–5	United States	0–0	1–5
Trinidad and Tobago	1–1 (a)	Honduras	0–0	1–1
Costa Rica	w/o	Mexico	n/a	n/a
Guatemala	3–3 (a)	Canada	1–0	2–3

1 October 1988

Netherlands Antilles	0–1	El Salvador
		García 53'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

Attendance: 3,311

Referee: Charles Branche (Trinidad and Tobago)

16 October 1988

El Salvador	5–0	Netherlands Antilles
Coreas 5' Garcia 35' Francisca 62' (o.g.) L. Zapata 58', 68'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Steve Bucknor (Jamaica)

El Salvador qualified, 6–0 on aggregate score.

24 July 1988

Jamaica	0–0	United States

Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: López (Honduras)

13 August 1988

United States	5–1	Jamaica
Bliss 18' H. Pérez 69' (pen.) Klopas 76', 85' Krumpe 78'		Sterling 54'

West Community Stadium, Fenton, United States

Attendance: 6,100

Referee: David Brummitt (Canada)

United States qualified, 5–1 on aggregate score.

30 October 1988

Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	Honduras

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

13 November 1988

Honduras	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Flores 20'		Charles 56'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)

The aggregate score was tied at 1–1, however Trinidad and Tobago qualified on away goals.

Costa Rica	w/o 1	Mexico

¹ The tie was scratched and Costa Rica advanced to the final round as Mexico were disqualified after being suspended for fielding overaged players during the 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament.

9 October 1988

Guatemala	1–0	Canada
B. Pérez 20' (pen.)

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 17,065

Referee: Bratsis (United States)

15 October 1988

Canada	3–2	Guatemala
Mitchell 63', 83' (pen.) Bridge 88'		Paniagua 7' Castañeda 37'

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada

Attendance: 6,318

Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

The aggregate score was tied at 3–3, however Guatemala qualified on away goals.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal