1949 NAFC Championship

1949 NAFC Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMexico Mexico
Dates4 – 25 September
Teams3 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored28 (4.67 per match)
Attendance198,000 (33,000 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Horacio Casarín
Mexico Luis de la Fuente (4 goals each)
1947
1990

The 1949 NAFC Championship was the second edition of the association football championship for the North American Football Confederation.

In 1949, the NAFC Championship served both as a regional championship as well as the regional qualification tournament for the 1950 FIFA World Cup and was held in Mexico City. Four teams were invited, Cuba, Mexico, Canada and the United States, but Canada did not send a team.

Mexico easily topped the standings, going undefeated and outscoring the two other teams seventeen goals to two. The United States came in second and Cuba, winless in its four games, was third. As the top two teams qualified for the World Cup, Mexico and the U.S. went to the finals in Brazil. And for Mexico Qualified to the 1952 Panamerican Championship in Chile.