CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1980

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The CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1980 was the 16th 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 20 May of 1980 till 12 February of 1981.

The teams were splited in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, that was played in Tegucigalpa, Honduras under a group system. All the qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Pumas UNAM from Mexico won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion in their history.

1 North American Zone
2 Central American Zone
3 Caribbean Zone
4 CONCACAF - Triangular Final
5 Champion

[edit] North American Zone

[edit] First Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pumas UNAM	3-0	Sacramento Gold	2-0	1-0
Brooklyn Dodgers	3-2	Hotel International FC	2-2	1-0

[edit] Second Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
CDSC Cruz Azul	12-3	Brooklyn Dodgers	9-1	3-2

[edit] Third Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pumas UNAM	4-1	CDSC Cruz Azul	1-0	3-1

[edit] Central American Zone

[edit] First Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Coban Imperial	2-2 (draw)	Universidad NAH	2-1	0-1
CSD Comunicaciones	5-2	C.D. Águila	2-0	3-2
CD Marathón	4-3	CS Herediano	3-0	1-3

[edit] Second Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
C.D Santiagueño	w.o	Coban Imperial	w.o
CSD Comunicaciones	1-5	CD Marathón	1-1	0-4

CD Marathón withdrew after series

[edit] Third Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad NAH	5-3	C.D Santiagueño	2-2	3-1

it is not known on which grounds Universidad were reinstated in the competition after their elimination in round 1

[edit] Caribbean Zone

Apart from the 4 teams listed below, also CRKSV Jong Colombia (Dutch Antilles) and Defence Force (Trinidad) reportedly entered the tournament; it is unknown whether they played any matches