CONCACAF Championship

The CONCACAF Championship was an association football tournament that took place between 1963 and 1989. The competition was referred to as CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones in Spanish.

The predecessor confederations organized their national team tournaments NAFC Championship and CCCF Championships until 1961 before the merged to form CONCACAF.

The first Championship took place in 1963 and was CONCACAF's first organized tournament for national teams. The competition retained its tournament format and was played on a biennial basis for a decade.

In 1973 the tournament became the qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and was played on a quadrennial basis. The CONCACAF trophy was given to the team that ranked highest in the qualifying group. In 1985 and 1989, there was no host nation for the competition.

The competition was discontinued in 1991 in favor of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Debut of teams
A total of 15 teams participated in the championship:

Overall team records
In this ranking 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Comprehensive team results by tournament
Legend
 * – Champions
 * – Runners-up
 * – Third place
 * – Fourth place
 * – Semi-finals
 * – Quarter-finals
 * GS – Group stage
 * Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
 * – Did not qualify
 * – Disqualified
 * – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
 * – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).