1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 May – 1 December 1968 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Toluca (1st title) |
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The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th 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 football club champion in the CONCACAF region.
The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.
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 (Aurora due to crowd violence and Transvaal for using ineligible players).
Club Deportivo Toluca (actually known as Deportivo Toluca FC) from Mexico thus became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.[1][2]
Caribbean zone
[edit | edit source]| 22 April 1968 1st leg | Scherpenheuvel  | 1–1 |  Transvaal | |
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| 2 May 1968 2nd leg | Transvaal | 3–1 | Scherpenheuvel | |
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- Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate score.
Northern zone
[edit | edit source]First round
[edit | edit source]| 26 May 1968 1st leg | Somerset Trojans  | 2–1 |  NY Greek Americans | |
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| 2 June 1968 2nd leg | NY Greek Americans | 1–0 | Somerset Trojans | |
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| Play-off | NY Greek Americans | 2–1 | Somerset Trojans | New York, New York |
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- NY Greek Americans won 4–3 on aggregate score.
Second round
[edit | edit source]| 29 September 1968 1st leg | Toluca | 4–1 | NY Greek Americans | Mexico |
| CST | Amaury Epaminondas File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen.) Felipe Ruvalcaba File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Francisco Linares File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' |
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- Toluca won 7–3 on aggregate score.
Central American Zone
[edit | edit source]First round
[edit | edit source]Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1968
| 3 April 1968 1st leg | Alajuelense Costa Rica | 0–2 |  Aurora | San José, Costa Rica |
| CST | Oscar Molina File:Soccerball shade.svg Jorge Roldán File:Soccerball shade.svg |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica |
| 7 April 1968 2nd leg | Aurora | 0–1 | Costa Rica Alajuelense | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| CST | File:Soccerball shade.svg | Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
- Aurora won 2–1 on aggregate score.
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| 21 April 1968 1st leg | Alianza El Salvador | 1–2 | Honduras Olimpia | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| CST | Odir Jacques File:Soccerball shade.svg | Ricardo Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg Donaldo Rosales File:Soccerball shade.svg |
Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca |
| 28 April 1968 2nd leg | Olimpia Honduras | 1–0 | El Salvador Alianza | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| CST | Conrado Flores File:Soccerball shade.svg | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés |
- Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate score.
Second round
[edit | edit source]| 3 November 1968 1st leg | Olimpia Honduras | 1–1 | Aurora | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
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| 10 November 1968 2nd leg | Aurora | 4–0 | Honduras Olimpia | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
- Aurora won 5–1 on aggregate score.
Semi-final
[edit | edit source]| 27 November 1968 1st leg | Transvaal | 1–1 | Aurora | Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana |
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| 1 December 1968 2nd leg | Aurora | 0–2 | Transvaal | Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana |
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The semi-final was declared null and void, and both teams were ejected from the competition: Aurora after their fans invaded the pitch following the end of the 2nd leg and caused a mass brawl between celebrating Transvaal fans, and Transvaal for using three ineligible players in both legs.
Final
[edit | edit source]After Aurora and Transvaal were both ejected from the competition, the final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions.[1]
Champion
[edit | edit source]| CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968 champion |
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 Toluca 1st title |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Copa de Campeones 1968 on the RSSSF
- ^ Todos los campeones de Concacaf on Goal.com, 20 Dec 2020