1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates29 October 1971 – 31 January 1972
Final positions
Champions Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-up SV Robinhood
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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 to 31 January 1972 under the home/away match system.

The tournament was split into two 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.[1][2]

North/Central American Zone

Unknown if clubs from:
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
United States
entered the tournament.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toluca 4 - 1 Vida 3 - 1 1 - 0
Toluca 3-1 Vida Toluca, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez
Vida 0-1
(1-4 agg.)		 Toluca San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Toluca advances to the semifinal.

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal 2 - 3 Robinhood 1 - 0 1 - 3
Transvaal 1–0 Robinhood
Robinhood 3-1
(2-3 agg.)		 Transvaal

Robinhood advances to the second round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Don Bosco *** Aigle Noir
  • Don Bosco apparently won; results unknown. Advances to the second round.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Robinhood w/o Don Bosco
  • Robinhood, won presumably by withdrawal and advanced to the CONCACAF Final.

Semifinal

18 December 1972 1st leg Toluca 0 – 1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Report Mejía Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Juan Molinero (GUA)
20 December 1972 2nd leg Olimpia 1 – 1 Toluca Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Urquía 40' Report Eugui 72' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Giovanni Conessa (GUA)
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Robinhood 0–1 Olimpia
43' Bran
Attendance: 13,359
Referee: Luis Bocaletti (GUA)

Second leg

Second leg
Olimpia 0–0 Robinhood
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Rubio (MEX)
  • Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Champion

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1972 champion 
 
1st title

References

  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1972 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Olimpia y sus tres hazañas on El Heraldo, 19 Oct 2017
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