title: 1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification
text: # 1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification
  
  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
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
  | 2 | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 |
  | 3 | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
  
  Canada and Mexico advanced to the finals.
  
  ## Central American Zone
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Honduras | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 12 |
  | 2 | El Salvador | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 |
  | 3 | Guatemala | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
  | 4 | Costa Rica | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 |
  | 5 | Panama | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 1 |
  
  Honduras and El Salvador advanced to the finals.
  
  ## Caribbean Zone
  
  ### Group A Preliminary Round
  
  Guyana won 8-4 on aggregate and advanced to Group A.
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Cuba | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 |
  | 2 | Suriname | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
  | 3 | Guyana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
  
  Cuba advanced to the finals.
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Haiti | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
  | 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
  | 3 | Netherlands Antilles | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
  
  Haiti advanced to the finals.
  
  ## Goalscorers
  
  ### 5 goals
  
  * Jorge González
  * Salvador Bernárdez
  
  ### 4 goals
  
  * Clyde Watson
  * Roberto Bailey
  * Hugo Sánchez
  
  ### 3 goals
  
  * Julio Roberto Gómez Rendón
  * José Emilio Mitrovich
  * José Roberto Figueroa
  
  ### 2 goals
  
  * Omar Morera Barrantes
  * Luis Hernández
  * Roberto Pereira
  * Norberto Huezo
  * José María Rivas
  * Selvin Pennant
  * Ashton Canterbury Taylor
  * Serge Crispin
  * Adrián Camacho
  * Daniel Montillo Ruíz
  * Johan Leisbergen
  * Steve Moyers
  
  ### 1 goal
  
  * Gerry Gray
  * Robert Iarusci
  * Branko Šegota
  * Mike Stojanović
  * Omar Arroyo
  * Javier Jiménez
  * William Jiménez Mora
  * Rodolfo Mills
  * Regino Delgado
  * 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
  * Rick Davis
  * Greg Villa
  