1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup

Dates	May 1998 – April 1998
Final positions
Champions	Abandoned
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup was the sixth edition of this defunct tournament contended between 1991 and 1998. ^[1]

Qualifying rounds

Northern Zone

Dallas Burn (USA) bye to final round.
Cruz Azul (Mexico) bye to final round.
Necaxa (Mexico) bye to final round. ^[2]

Central Zone

First round

Plaza Amador qualified for second round as well, opposition unknown. Olimpia and Municipal, who had reached the Cuadrangular Final of the abandoned 1996 edition, got byes into the second round.

FAS v Amatitlán

1997

FAS

2–2

Amatitlán

Amatitlán v FAS

28 May 1997

Amatitlán

0–0 (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)

FAS

Belén v Diriangén

28 May 1997

Belén

2–1

Diriangén

Diriangén v Belén

15 June 1997

Diriangén

2–3 (3–5 agg.)

Belén

Juventus v Platense

28 June 1997	Juventus	1–0	Platense
	Núñez 42'

Platense v Juventus

6 July 1997	Platense	4–1 (4–2 agg.)	Juventus
	Ávila 31' Clavasquín 33' Cárcamo 35' Perdomo 79'		85' McAllister

Second round

Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán.

January 25, 1998

Olimpia	3–0	Belén

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

February 12, 1998

Platense	3–1	Jong Colombia

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

March 11, 1998

Platense	7–0	Jong Colombia

Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés

January 25, 1998

Plaza Amador	0–1	Municipal

January 28, 1998

Municipal	2–0	Plaza Amador

Caribbean Zone

Won by Jong Colombia; instead of qualifying for the final round as originally planned, they were added to the second round of the central zone.

Final round

Originally scheduled for March 1998 in Dallas with as quarterfinals Necaxa vs. Olimpia and Platense vs. Municipal; winners of the first were to play Cruz Azul in the semifinal; winners of the second were to play Dallas Burn in the second semifinal. Format was changed for "scheduling and technical reasons".

The Dallas Burn hosted the 1998 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup tournament at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on March 4, 6 and 8. The six-team tournament, was going to consist of three doubleheaders. It was going to feature Dallas Burn, defending champion Necaxa, 1997 Mexican Cup champion Cruz Azul, and Olimpia who had defeated Belen.

The two remaining spots were going to be filled by the winner of the Municipal vs. Plaza Amador and the winner of the Platense vs. Jong Colombia. "This is a tremendous honor to host this tournament and an extremely high level of competition", said Burn GM Billy Hicks. " Necaxa, Cruz Azul and Olimpia are some of the best, most decorated champions on this half of the planet." ^[3]

Group North

March 4, 1998

Dallas Burn	1–4	Necaxa
Dante Washington 57'		Luis Hernández 7' Pedro Pineda 45' (pen), 56' Edson Alvarado 58'

Texas Stadium, Irving

March 8, 1998

Dallas Burn	1–2	Cruz Azul
Dante Washington 56'		Héctor Altamirano 42' Juan Francisco Palencia 65'

Texas Stadium, Irving

March 11, 1998

Cruz Azul	1–1	Necaxa
Julio César Yegros 24'	Also a Mexican league match	Luis Hernández 34'

Estadio Azteca, México City

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Necaxa	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
2	Cruz Azul	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Dallas Burn	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group South

March 5, 1998

Platense	3–3	Olimpia

Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés

March 8, 1998

Olimpia	2–1	Municipal
Wilmer Velasquez Denilson Costa		Guillermo Ramirez

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

April 1, 1998

Municipal	0–0	Platense

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Olimpia	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
2	Platense	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Municipal	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Final

April 1998

Olimpia	Abandoned	Necaxa
	Final never played, tournament tacitly abandoned.

References

1. Recopa CONCACAF 1994
2. CONCACAF 1997
3. "Dallas Burn to Host CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup".