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1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina ™ Preliminaries

Results, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

Group Preliminar
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
02 April 76		Dominican Republic	0:3 (0:3)	Haiti
17 April 76		Haiti	3:0 (2:0)	Dominican Republic

Group 1st Round
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
04 July 76		Guyana	2:0 (1:0)	Suriname
31 July 76		Netherlands Antilles	1:2 (0:2)	Haiti
14 August 76		Haiti	7:0 (4:0)	Netherlands Antilles
15 August 76		Barbados	2:1 (0:0)	Trinidad and Tobago
15 August 76		Jamaica	1:3 (0:1)	Cuba
29 August 76		Cuba	2:0 (1:0)	Jamaica
29 August 76		Suriname	3:0 (2:0)	Guyana
31 August 76		Trinidad and Tobago	1:0 (1:0)	Barbados

Group 1st Round - Play-off
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
14 September 76		Barbados	1:3 (1:1)	Trinidad and Tobago

Group 2nd Round
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
14 November 76		Suriname	1:1 (1:1)	Trinidad and Tobago
28 November 76		Trinidad and Tobago	2:2 (1:1)	Suriname
28 November 76		Cuba	1:1 (1:0)	Haiti
11 December 76		Haiti	1:1 (0:0)	Cuba

Group 2nd Round
	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
	Suriname	2	0	2	0	3	3	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	2	0	3	3	2
	Cuba	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
	Haiti	2	0	2	0	2	2	2

Group 2nd Round - Play-off
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
18 December 76		Suriname	3:2 a.e.t. (2:2, 0:1)	Trinidad and Tobago
29 December 76		Cuba	0:2 (0:0)	Haiti

Northern Zone

Group Classification
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
24 September 76		Canada	1:1 (0:1)	USA
03 October 76		USA	0:0	Mexico
10 October 76		Canada	1:0 (1:0)	Mexico
15 October 76		Mexico	3:0 (2:0)	USA
20 October 76		USA	2:0 (0:0)	Canada
27 October 76		Mexico	0:0	Canada

Group Classification
	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
	Mexico	4	1	2	1	3	1	4
	USA	4	1	2	1	3	4	4
	Canada	4	1	2	1	2	3	4

Group Play-off
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
22 December 76		Canada	3:0 (1:0)	USA

Central Zone

Group Classification
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
04 April 76		Panama	3:2 (0:1)	Costa Rica
02 May 76		Panama	1:1 (0:1)	El Salvador
11 July 76		Costa Rica	3:0 (3:0)	Panama
11 August 76		El Salvador	4:1 (2:0)	Panama
17 September 76		Panama	2:4 (2:0)	Guatemala
26 September 76		Guatemala	7:0 (3:0)	Panama
01 December 76		El Salvador	1:1 (1:0)	Costa Rica
05 December 76		Costa Rica	0:0	Guatemala
08 December 76		Guatemala	3:1 (2:1)	El Salvador
12 December 76		Guatemala	1:1 (0:0)	Costa Rica
15 December 76		Costa Rica	1:1 (1:0)	El Salvador
19 December 76		El Salvador	2:0 (2:0)	Guatemala

Group Classification
	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
	Guatemala	6	3	2	1	15	6	8
	El Salvador	6	2	3	1	10	7	7
	Costa Rica	6	1	4	1	8	6	6
	Panama	6	1	1	4	7	21	3

Second stage

Group Final Round
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
08 October 77		El Salvador	2:1 (1:0)	Canada
08 October 77		Guatemala	3:2 (2:1)	Suriname
09 October 77		Mexico	4:1 (1:0)	Haiti
12 October 77		Mexico	3:1 (1:0)	El Salvador
12 October 77		Guatemala	1:2 (0:2)	Haiti
12 October 77		Canada	2:1 (1:1)	Suriname
15 October 77		Mexico	8:1 (3:1)	Suriname
16 October 77		El Salvador	0:1 (0:1)	Haiti
16 October 77		Canada	2:1 (2:0)	Guatemala
19 October 77		Mexico	2:1 (1:1)	Guatemala
20 October 77		El Salvador	3:2 (1:0)	Suriname
20 October 77		Canada	1:1 (0:0)	Haiti
22 October 77		Mexico	3:1 (2:1)	Canada
23 October 77		Guatemala	2:2 (0:1)	El Salvador
23 October 77		Haiti	1:0 (1:0)	Suriname

Group Final Round
	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
	Mexico	5	5	0	0	20	5	10
	Haiti	5	3	1	1	6	6	7
	El Salvador	5	2	1	2	8	9	5
	Canada	5	2	1	2	7	8	5
	Guatemala	5	1	1	3	8	10	3
	Suriname	5	0	0	5	6	17	0