CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1972
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The 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 8th 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 29 October 1971 till 31 January 1972 under the home/away match system.
The tournament was split into 2 zones (North, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament.
CD Olimpia from Honduras
won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
United States
entered the tournament.
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Aigle Noir AC
Don Bosco FC
SV Transvaal
Matches and results are unknown.
Caribbean Zone winner:
SV Robinhood
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 and was played from 29 October 1971 till 31 January 1972 under the home/away match system.
The tournament was split into 2 zones (North, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament.
CD Olimpia from 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...
won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.
North/Central American Zone
Unknown if clubs from: Costa RicaCosta Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
El SalvadorEl 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...
GuatemalaGuatemala
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...
United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
entered the tournament.
First Round
- Earlier results and matches unavailable.
Eliminated participants apparently included:
Club AméricaClub AméricaClub América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....
Deportivo Santa CeciliaDeportivo Santa CeciliaCorporación Deportiva Santa Cecilia is a Nicaraguan football team used to play at the top level. It is based in Diriamba.It is one of three teams to have won the title three times in a row , the others being Real Estelí and Diriangén FC....
Unión Española
C.D. Olimpia qualified for second round.
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- Toluca advances to the second round.
Second Round
----- Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Caribbean Zone
Eliminated participants apparently included: Aigle Noir ACAigle Noir AC
Aigle Noir Athlétique Club is a Haitian football club, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.-Achievements:*Haitian League: 4*Coupe d'Haïti: 1-Performance in CONCACAF competitions:...
Don Bosco FCDon Bosco FC
Don Bosco FC is a Haitian football club, located in Pétionville, Haiti.The club won their first Haitian championship in 1971, and second in 2003, winning the league's Ouverture.-Current squad:Nationality given from place of birth...
SV TransvaalSV 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....
Matches and results are unknown.
Caribbean Zone winner:
SV RobinhoodSV Robinhood
Sporting Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and...
- SV Robinhood advance to the CONCACAF Final.
Final
----- Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.
Champion
| CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1972 Champions |
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 Honduras |
| C.D. Olimpia First Title |