The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF

CONCACAF

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 region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football

Football (soccer)

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 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

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, El Salvador

El Salvador

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, United States

United States

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, 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...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Honduras

Honduras

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, Dutch Guiana

Dutch Guiana

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, 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...

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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.

It was played from 26 May till 1 December 1968 under the home/away match system.

The tournament was split 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. The final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions after both semi-finalists, Aurora and Transvaal, were ejected from the competition due to crowd violence.

Club Toluca from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.

Caribbean zone

• Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate score.

First round

• NY Greek American won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Second round

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First Round

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Second Round

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CONCACAF Semi-Final

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¹ At the end of the 2nd leg, Transvaal fans invaded the pitch, but after drunk and drug affected Aurora fans did the same, a mass brawl broke out between the two sets of fans; both teams were ejected from the competition.

Final

The final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions after Aurora and Transvaal

SV Transvaal

Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which currently play in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Andre Kamperveen Stadion....

 were ejected from the competition.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968 Champion
Mexico
Club Toluca First Title

Reference

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