1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification
Qualifying tournament to the 1971 CONCACAF Championship.[1]
Caribbean zone
First round
Netherlands Antilles withdrew; Haiti advanced.
Second round
Cuba and Suriname refused to meet Haiti in the final triangular; CONCACAF decided to award the places in the final tournament to Haiti and Cuba.
Central American zone
First round
El Salvador
v
Nicaragua
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/23px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png)
13 September 1971 | El Salvador ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | San Salvador, El Salvador |
Stadium: Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González |
Nicaragua
v
El Salvador
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/23px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png)
15 September 1971 | Nicaragua ![]() | 0–1 (2–4 agg.) | ![]() | San Salvador, El Salvador |
Stadium: Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González |
Honduras
v
Guatemala
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Honduras_%281949%E2%80%932022%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Honduras_%281949%E2%80%932022%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png)
4 October 1971 | Honduras ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés |
Guatemala
v
Honduras
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Honduras_%281949%E2%80%932022%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Honduras_%281949%E2%80%932022%29.svg.png)
7 October 1971 | Guatemala ![]() | 1–1 (1–2 agg.) | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
Second round
El Salvador withdrew due to Football War; Honduras advanced.