1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 26 May – 1 December 1968 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Toluca (1st title) |
The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the
region.The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.
It was played from 26 May till 1 December 1968 under the home/away match system. The tournament was split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Central and Caribbean zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern champion in the final. The final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions after both semi-finalists, Aurora and Transvaal, were ejected from the competition (Aurora due to crowd violence and Transvaal for using ineligible players).
Caribbean zone
22 April 1968 1st leg | Scherpenheuvel | 1–1 | Transvaal | |
TBD | TBD |
2 May 1968 2nd leg | Transvaal | 3–1 | Scherpenheuvel | |
TBD TBD TBD |
TBD |
- Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate score.
Northern zone
First round
26 May 1968 1st leg | Somerset Trojans | 2–1 | NY Greek Americans | |
TBD TBD |
TBD |
2 June 1968 2nd leg | NY Greek Americans | 1–0 | Somerset Trojans | |
TBD | Nil |
Play-off | NY Greek Americans | 2–1 | Somerset Trojans | New York, New York |
TBD TBD |
TBD |
- NY Greek Americans won 4–3 on aggregate score.
Second round
29 September 1968 1st leg | Toluca | 4–1 | NY Greek Americans | Mexico |
CST | Amaury Epaminondas 14' 85' (pen.) Felipe Ruvalcaba 25' Francisco Linares 59' |
Tonorezos 33' (pen.) |
6 October 1968 2nd leg | NY Greek Americans | 2–3 | Toluca | United States |
EST | Víctor Jurisenvik John Kosmidis |
Felipe Ruvalcaba Juan Dosal Amaury Epaminondas |
- Toluca won 7–3 on aggregate score.
Central American Zone
First round
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1968
3 April 1968 1st leg | Alajuelense | 0–2 | Aurora | San José, Costa Rica |
CST | Oscar Molina Jorge Roldán |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica |
7 April 1968 2nd leg | Aurora | 0–1 | Alajuelense | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
CST | Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
- Aurora won 2–1 on aggregate score.
21 April 1968 1st leg | Olimpia | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||
CST | Odir Jacques | Ricardo Taylor Donaldo Rosales |
Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca |
28 April 1968 2nd leg | 1–0 | Alianza | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | |
CST | Conrado Flores | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés |
- Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate score.
Second round
3 November 1968 1st leg | 1–1 | Aurora | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | |
CST | TBD | TBD | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés |
10 November 1968 2nd leg | Olimpia | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
CST | TBD TBD TBD TBD |
Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
- Aurora won 5–1 on aggregate score.
Semi-final
27 November 1968 1st leg | Transvaal | 1–1 | Aurora | Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana |
AST | Swie | TBD |
1 December 1968 2nd leg | Aurora | 0–2 | Transvaal | Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana |
AST | Nil | TBD TBD |
The semi-final was declared null and void, and both teams were ejected from the competition: Aurora after their fans invaded the pitch following the end of the 2nd leg and caused a mass brawl between celebrating Transvaal fans, and Transvaal for using three ineligible players in both legs.
Final
After
Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968 champion |
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Toluca 1st title |
References
- ^ a b Copa de Campeones 1968 on the RSSSF
- ^ Todos los campeones de Concacaf on Goal.com, 20 Dec 2020