1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification
First round
13 September 1971, San Salvador, El Salvador – 
El Salvador 3 - 2 Nicaragua 
15 September 1971, San Salvador, El Salvador – Nicaragua 0 - 1 El Salvador
El Salvador advanced with aggregate score of 4-2.
1 October 1971, Paramaribo, Suriname – 
Suriname 4 - 1 Guyana 
4 October 1971, Georgetown, Guyana – Guyana 2 - 3 Suriname
Suriname advanced with aggregate score of 7-3.
1 October 1971, Kingston, Jamaica – 
Jamaica 0 - 1 Cuba 
4 October 1971, Havana, Cuba – Cuba 0 - 0 Jamaica
Cuba advanced with aggregate score of 1-0.
4 October 1971, Tegucigalpa, Honduras – 
Honduras 1 - 0 Guatemala 
7 October 1971, Guatemala City, Guatemala – Guatemala 1 - 1 Honduras
Honduras advanced with aggregate score of 2-1.
.svg.png){kind=small}
Netherlands Antilles withdrew, so .svg.png){kind=small}
Haiti advanced to the second round automatically.
Second round
6 October 1971, Hamilton, Bermuda – 
Bermuda 0 - 2 Mexico 
13 October 1971, Mexico City, Mexico – Mexico 4 - 0 Bermuda
Mexico qualified to the final tournament with aggregate score of 6-0.
El Salvador withdrew, so Honduras qualified to the final tournament automatically.
Suriname withdrew, so Cuba and Haiti qualified to the final tournament automatically.
Costa Rica and 
Trinidad and Tobago qualified to the final tournament automatically as holders and hosts.