1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates29 October 1971 – 31 January 1972
Final positions
Champions Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg SV Robinhood
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The 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 8th 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 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.

Contents

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:
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Flag of Guatemala (1968-1997).svg Guatemala
Flag of the United States.svg United States
entered the tournament.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Toluca Flag of Mexico.svg 4 - 1 Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Vida 3 - 11 - 0

Flag of Mexico.svg Toluca advances to the semifinal.

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Transvaal Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg 2 - 3 Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg Robinhood 1 - 01 - 3

Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg Robinhood advances to the second round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Don Bosco Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg *** Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg Aigle Noir

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Robinhood Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg w/o Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg Don Bosco

Semifinal

18 December 19721st leg Toluca Flag of Mexico.svg 0 – 1 Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Olimpia Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Report Mejía Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Juan Molinero (GUA)
20 December 19722nd leg Olimpia Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1 – 1 Flag of Mexico.svg Toluca Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Urquía Soccerball shade.svg40' Report Eugui Soccerball shade.svg72'Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Giovanni Conessa (GUA)

Final

First leg

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Robinhood Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg 0–1 Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Olimpia
Soccerball shade.svg43' Bran
Estadio Francisco Morazán , San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 13,359
Referee: Luis Bocaletti (GUA)

Second leg

Second leg
Olimpia Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 0–0 Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg Robinhood
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino , Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Rubio (MEX)

Champion

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1972 champion 
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg
Olimpia
1st title

References

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