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Dates | 26 May – 1 December 1968 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
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The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's football club champion in the CONCACAF 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).
Club Deportivo Toluca (actually known as Deportivo Toluca FC) from Mexico thus became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion. [1] [2]
22 April 19681st leg | Scherpenheuvel ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | |
TBD ![]() | TBD ![]() |
2 May 19682nd leg | Transvaal ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | |
TBD ![]() TBD ![]() TBD ![]() | TBD ![]() |
26 May 19681st leg | Somerset Trojans ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | |
TBD ![]() TBD ![]() | TBD ![]() |
2 June 19682nd leg | NY Greek Americans ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | |
TBD ![]() | Nil |
Play-off | NY Greek Americans ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | New York, New York |
TBD ![]() TBD ![]() | TBD ![]() |
29 September 19681st leg | Toluca ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Mexico |
CST | Amaury Epaminondas ![]() ![]() Felipe Ruvalcaba ![]() Francisco Linares ![]() | Tonorezos ![]() |
6 October 19682nd leg | NY Greek Americans ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | United States |
EST | Víctor Jurisenvik ![]() John Kosmidis ![]() | Felipe Ruvalcaba ![]() Juan Dosal ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1968
3 April 19681st leg | Alajuelense ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | San José, Costa Rica |
CST | Oscar Molina ![]() Jorge Roldán ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica |
7 April 19682nd leg | Aurora ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
CST | ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
21 April 19681st leg | Alianza ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | San Salvador, El Salvador |
CST | Odir Jacques ![]() | Ricardo Taylor ![]() Donaldo Rosales ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca |
28 April 19682nd leg | Olimpia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
CST | Conrado Flores ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés |
3 November 19681st leg | Olimpia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
CST | TBD ![]() | TBD ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés |
10 November 19682nd leg | Aurora ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
CST | TBD ![]() TBD ![]() TBD ![]() TBD ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
27 November 19681st leg | Transvaal ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana |
AST | Swie ![]() | TBD ![]() |
1 December 19682nd leg | Aurora ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 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.
After Aurora and Transvaal were both ejected from the competition, the final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions. [1]
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968 champion |
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![]() Toluca 1st title |