1989 CONCACAF Championship

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1989 CONCACAF Championship

Tournament details
Dates	19 March – 19 November
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (3rd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth place	Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	29 (1.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eight players (2 goals each)
← 1985 1991 Gold Cup → 1994 WCQ →

The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was the tenth and final edition of the CONCACAF Championship held under the format of serving as qualification to the 1990 FIFA World Cup and having no host nation for the final round. The tournament would be succeeded by the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991.

Costa Rica narrowly emerged as champions on goal difference to win their third title and participate in their first World Cup. The United States finished runners-up by virtue of one goal and qualified for their first World Cup in forty years. The U.S. gained their first World Cup qualification in 40 years by beating Trinidad and Tobago in their last game by 1–0, with a goal dubbed "The Shot Heard around the World".

A total of sixteen CONCACAF teams entered the competition. However, FIFA rejected the entry of Belize due to debts to FIFA.