The CONCACAF Championship, also known as CONCACAF Nations Championship, was an

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competition organized by

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as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from

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and the

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. The tournament was held from 1963 to 1989, it is the direct predecessor of the

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. Prior to the founding of CONCACAF in 1961, the predecessor confederations ( NAFC and CCCF) organized their top senior national team tournaments, NAFC Championship for North America (1947 and 1949), and

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for Central America and the Caribbean (1941–1961) before the merged to form CONCACAF. The inaugural edition was held in 1963 and was CONCACAF's first 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

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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.

Results

Performances

;Notes: ''Italic'' — Hosts

Debut of teams

A total of 15 national teams participated in the competition:

Records and statistics

Overall statistics by team

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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.

Competitive records

Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Semifinals * – Quarterfinals *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).

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Winning managers

Hosts and defending champions

Hosts

Host results

Defending champions

References

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