CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1963

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The CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1963 was the 2nd 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.

The tournament was played by 8 teams of 7 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Costa Rica, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico. The tournament was played from 10 March of 1963 till 1 August of 1963.

1 First Round
2 Second Round
3 Third Round
4 Final Round
- 4.1 Final
5 Champion

[edit] First Round

[edit] Serie 1

Date	City		Score
10 March 1963	Willemstad	RKVFC Sithoc	1 - 3	Racing Club Haïtien
17 March 1963	Port-au-Prince	Racing Club Haïtien	1 - 0	RKVFC Sithoc

[edit] Serie 2

Date	City		Score
18 March 1963	Guadalajara	CD Oro de Jalisco	2 - 3	New York Hungaria
18 April 1963	New York	New York Hungaria	2 - 2	CD Oro de Jalisco

[edit] Serie 3

Date	City		Score
28 April 1963	La Ceiba	CD Vida	2 - 2	Club Xelajú MC
5 May 1963	Quetzaltenango	Club Xelajú MC	6 - 0	CD Vida

[edit] Second Round

Serie A

Date	City		Score
16 May 1963	New York	New York Hungaria	0 - 0	Guadalajara
13 June 1963	Guadalajara	Guadalajara	2 - 0	New York Hungaria

Serie '2'

Date	City		Score
7 July 1963	Quetzaltenango	Club Xelajú MC	1 - 4	Racing Club Haïtien
14 July 1963	Guatemala City	Racing Club Haïtien	1 - 3	Club Xelajú MC

[edit] Third Round

Serie '1'

Date	City		Score
14 August 1963	San José	Deportivo Saprissa	0 - 1	Guadalajara
18 August 1963	San José	Guadalajara	2 - 1	Deportivo Saprissa

[edit] Final Round

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Final

Date	City		Score
8 September 1963	Guadalajara	Racing Club Haïtien	- - -	Guadalajara
10 September 1963	Guadalajara	Guadalajara	- - -	Racing Club Haïtien

Originally the final was scheduled for September 8 and 10, 1963, both games in Guadalajara, however, the Haitian players did not obtain their passports on time, and the final was postponed on three occasions. On February 7, 1964, Guadalajara made a complaint before CONCACAF, which declared the Mexican club champions, it was followed of a protest by Racing Club. On April 2, 1964, CONCACAF ordered the rescheduling of the matches within 2 months, but Guadalajara could not oblige as they were touring Europe at the time. Because of this, Racing Club were declared champions.