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The first game was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras' capital, on 8 June 1969. [7] The Salvadoran team was harassed by Honduran fans at their hotel the night before the match. [10] Honduras won 1–0, causing Salvadoran fans to reportedly set fire to the stadium. [11] The second game was held in San Salvador, El Salvador
The El Salvador–Honduras football rivalry is a sports rivalry between the El Salvador and Honduras national football teams. The rivalry between the two nations peaked in 1969 when both teams played each other in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and the matches they played between each other, which ultimately saw El Salvador advance to the 1970 FIFA World Cup, were a contributing factor ...
Honduras: San Salvador, El Salvador: Martínez 27' , 41' Acevedo 29' Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca ... 14 September 1969 Friendly: El Salvador ...
In the first leg, held in Tegucigalpa on 8 June 1969, Honduras defeated El Salvador by a score of 1–0. Reports were made that hostility between fans was present during the match. In the second leg, held in San Salvador on 15 June 1969, El Salvador defeated Honduras by a score of 3–0
In 1969, Honduras faced El Salvador in the semifinal round of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification in a period in which both nations were fighting a war over land reforms and immigration and demographic problems; the qualifying matches added more tension to a conflict that later came to be known as the Football War. [3] [4]
They qualified for a play-off against their traditional rivals, the Group 2 winners Honduras. The first game, on 8 June 1969 in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, was won 1–0 by the home team and was followed by crowd violence. El Salvador won the second game 3–0 a week later in San Salvador, which was followed by even greater violence. [24]
The tournament was played by 10 teams of 9 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. It was played from 25 April to 30 September 1969 under the home/away match system and for the first time, the teams were not split into zones, playing in a straight round system. [1] [2]
On June 26, 1969, El Salvador dissolved all ties with Honduras, the events were used as a call for nationalist pride for both governments and the media. On July 14 Salvadoran forces began moving rapidly into Honduras following a series of border clashes.