| 20.10.1977 | Monterrey | Estadio Universitario | 34 476 |
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El Salvador | 3:2(1:0) | Surinam | |
| Alberto Dessent, Francisco Jovel, Ramón Fagoaga, Luis Felipe Romero, Jorge Alberto Peña, Norberto Huezo, Víctor Valencia, Juan Gilberto Quinteros, Mario Rosas, Jorge González, David Cabrera | Errol de Mees, Roy Vandenburg, Wilfred Garden, Remie Olmberg, Siegfried Brondenstein, Roy George, Fritz Purperhart, Delano Righters, Rinaldo Entingh, Errol Emmanuelson, Edwin Reiner Schal |
| Coach:Juan Ricardo Faccio (URU) | Alexander Brathwaite |
| Scorers:42' Jorge González, 77' Mario Rosas, 87' Mario Rosas | 58' Errol Emmanuelson, 89' Remie Olmberg(p) |
| Substitutions:56' in Sergio Rivera out Juan Gilberto Quinteros, 66' in Guillermo Rodríguez Bou out Luis Felipe Romero |
46' in Harold Foster out Roy Vandenburg, 66' in Paul Corte out Delano Righters |
| Cautions:2' Francisco Jovel, 56' Víctor Valencia, 83' Sergio Rivera | 9' Errol Emmanuelson |
| Referee:Carlyle Crockwell (BER) | Assistant referee:Jose Freundt (DOM), Rudolph Moses (ANT) |
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