CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968

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The CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968 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 club champion of association football 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 of 1968 under the home/away match system.

The tournament was splited 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. That final never happen because both semi-finalists were disqualified following a fight or crowd trouble.

Club Toluca from Mexico won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.

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[edit] Caribbean Zone

[edit] First Round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
RKSV Scherpenheuvel Flag of the Netherlands Antilles 2-4 Flag of Suriname SV Transvaal 1-1 1-3

[edit] North American Zone

[edit] First Round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Somerset Cricket Flag of Bermuda 2-2 Flag of the United States New York Greek-American 2-1 0-1

[edit] Second Round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Club Toluca Flag of Mexico 7-3 Flag of the United States New York Greek-American 4-1 3-2

[edit] Central American Zone

[edit] First Round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
LD Alajuelense Flag of Costa Rica 1-2 Flag of Guatemala Aurora FC 0-2 1-0
Alianza FC Flag of El Salvador 1-3 Flag of Honduras CD Olimpia 1-2 0-1

[edit] Second Round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
CD Olimpia Flag of Honduras 1-5 Flag of Guatemala Aurora FC 1-1 0-4

[edit] CONCACAF

[edit] Semi-Finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
SV Transvaal Flag of Suriname 3-1 Flag of Guatemala Aurora FC 1-1 2-0*

[edit] Final

  • Club Toluca crowned champions after Aurora FC & SV Transvaal were disqualified following a fight or crowd trouble

[edit] Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968
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