CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1967
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The 1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 3rd 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
, Haiti
, Honduras
, Jamaica
, Nicaragua
, Trinidad and Tobago
.
The tournament was played from 6 August 1967 till 24 March 1968.
The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.
Alianza
from El Salvador
won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion.
advanced to the North/Central American Zone Final as they were the only entrant.
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
in the CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
region.
The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
, Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
, El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
, Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
, Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
, Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
.
The tournament was played from 6 August 1967 till 24 March 1968.
The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.
Alianza
Alianza F.C.
Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Alianza is one of the most popular and successful clubs in El Salvador...
from El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
won the final, and became for the first time CONCACAF champion.
North American Zone
The zone was scratched and } Philadelphia UkrainiansPhiladelphia Ukrainians
The first Philadelphia Ukrainians team was also known as the "Philadelphia Tridents" is also known as the Ukrainian Nationals team that was an American soccer club based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was a member of the American Soccer League...
advanced to the North/Central American Zone Final as they were the only entrant.
First round
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and Aurora advance to the second round.
Second round
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advances to the North/Central American sem-final.
North/Central American Zone Final
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advances to the CONCACAF Final.
Caribbean Zone
Group Stage| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jong ColombiaCRKSV Jong Colombia CRKSV Jong Colombia is a Curaçao football club playing in the Curaçao League. It was founded on July 23, 1951. -Overview:The side topped the league in 1998, 2000 and 2001 as well as finishing second in the 2005-2006 season behind SV Centro Social Deportivo Barber. The club is based in the town of... |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | |
 Regiment (TRI) |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | ||||||||
 Regiment (JAM) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | ||||||||
 Somerset Trojans |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
 Racing Club HaïtienRacing Club Haïtien Racing Club Haïtien is a Haitian football club, one of the most successful in the country's history. The club plays its home games in Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti... |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 |
- All matches played in Kingston, JamaicaKingston, JamaicaKingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
. - Jong ColombiaCRKSV Jong ColombiaCRKSV Jong Colombia is a Curaçao football club playing in the Curaçao League. It was founded on July 23, 1951. -Overview:The side topped the league in 1998, 2000 and 2001 as well as finishing second in the 2005-2006 season behind SV Centro Social Deportivo Barber. The club is based in the town of...
wins group stage, advances to the Final.
CONCACAF Final
- Due to each team having won one match, a play-off was needed.
Play-off
Champion
| CONCACAF Champions Cup 1967 Champion |
|---|
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| Alianza F.C. Alianza F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Alianza is one of the most popular and successful clubs in El Salvador... First Title |