1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

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1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup
DatesMay 1998 – April 1998
Final positions
ChampionsAbandoned
1996
1998

The 1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup was the sixth edition of this defunct tournament contended between 1991 and 1998.[1]

Qualifying rounds

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Northern Zone

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Central Zone

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First round

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Plaza Amador qualified for second round as well, opposition unknown. Olimpia and Municipal, who had reached the Cuadrangular Final of the abandoned 1996 edition, got byes into the second round.

28 May 1997 Amatitlán Guatemala 0–0
(2–2 agg.)
(4–3 p)
El Salvador FAS

Amatitlán qualified for Next Round


Belén qualified for Next Round


28 June 1997 Juventus Belize 1–0 Honduras Platense
Núñez File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'

Platense qualified for Next Round

Second round

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Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán.

Only match player


Platense qualified for Next Round


Panama Plaza Amador0–1Guatemala Municipal
Guatemala Municipal2–0Panama Plaza Amador

Municipal qualified for Next Round

Caribbean Zone

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Won by Jong Colombia; instead of qualifying for the final round as originally planned, they were added to the second round of the central zone.

Final round

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The final round was originally scheduled for March 1998 in Dallas with quarterfinal fixtures of NecaxaOlimpia and PlatenseMunicipal; winners of the first were to play Cruz Azul in the semifinal, while winners of the second were to play Dallas Burn in the second semifinal. The format was changed for "scheduling and technical reasons".

The Dallas Burn hosted the CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup tournament at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on March 4, 6 and 8. The six-team tournament, was going to consist of three doubleheaders. It was going to feature Dallas Burn, defending champion Necaxa, 1997 Mexican Cup champion Cruz Azul, and Olimpia who had defeated Belen.

The two remaining spots were going to be filled by the winner of the MunicipalPlaza Amador match and the winner of the PlatenseJong Colombia match. "This is a tremendous honor to host this tournament and an extremely high level of competition", said Burn GM Billy Hicks. "Necaxa, Cruz Azul and Olimpia are some of the best, most decorated champions on this half of the planet."[3]

Group North

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Dallas Burn1–4 Necaxa
Dante Washington File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Luis Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'
Pedro Pineda File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (pen.), 56'
Edson Alvarado File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'

Dallas Burn1–2Cruz Azul
Dante Washington File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Héctor Altamirano File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'
Juan Francisco Palencia File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Cruz Azul1–1 Necaxa
Julio César Yegros File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Also a Mexican league match Luis Hernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mexico Necaxa 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
2 Mexico Cruz Azul 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3 United States Dallas Burn 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group South

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Honduras Olimpia 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 4
2 Honduras Platense 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
3 Guatemala Municipal 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]

Final

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Honduras OlimpiaAbandonedMexico Necaxa
Final never played, tournament tacitly abandoned.

References

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  1. ^ Recopa CONCACAF 1994
  2. ^ [1] CONCACAF 1997
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