1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates29 October 1971 – 31 January 1972
Final positions
Champions
SV Robinhood
1971

The 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 8th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the

CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football
in the CONCACAF region and was played from 29 October 1971 to 31 January 1972 under the home/away match system.

The tournament was split into two zones (North/Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament.

CD Olimpia from Honduras won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.[1][2]

North/Central American Zone

Unknown if clubs from:
Costa Rica Costa Rica
El Salvador El Salvador
Guatemala Guatemala
United States United States
entered the tournament.

First round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toluca Mexico
4 - 1 Honduras Vida 3 - 1 1 - 0
  • Toluca
    advances to the semifinal.
Toluca
Nil

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
2 - 3 Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Robinhood 1 - 0 1 - 3
Transvaal
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Don Bosco Haiti *** Haiti Aigle Noir
  • Don Bosco apparently won; results unknown. Advances to the second round.

Second round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) w/o Haiti Don Bosco
  • Robinhood, won presumably by withdrawal and advanced to the CONCACAF Final.

Semifinal

18 December 1972 1st leg Toluca Mexico 0 – 1 Honduras Olimpia Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Report Mejía Stadium:
GUA
)

20 December 1972 2nd leg Olimpia Honduras 1 – 1 Mexico Toluca Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Urquía 40' Report Eugui 72' Stadium:
GUA
)
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Olimpia
43' Bran
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 13,359
)

Second leg

  • Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Champion

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1972 champion 
Honduras
Olimpia
1st title

References

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1972 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Olimpia y sus tres hazañas on El Heraldo, 19 Oct 2017