1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
| Dates | May 1998 – April 1998 |
|---|---|
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Abandoned |
← 1996 1998 → | |
The 1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup was the sixth edition of this defunct tournament contended between 1991 and 1998.[1]
Qualifying rounds
[edit | edit source]Northern Zone
[edit | edit source]- Dallas Burn (USA) bye to final round.
- Cruz Azul (Mexico) bye to final round.
- Club Necaxa (Mexico) bye to final round.
Central Zone
[edit | edit source]First round
[edit | edit source]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.
Amatitlán qualified for Next Round
| 28 May 1997 | Belén Costa Rica | 2–1 | Nicaragua Diriangén |
| 15 June 1997 | Diriangén Nicaragua | 2–3 (3–5 agg.) | Costa Rica Belén |
Belén qualified for Next Round
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| 6 July 1997 | Platense Honduras | 4–1 (4–2 agg.) | Belize Juventus | |
| Ávila File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Clavasquín File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Cárcamo File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Perdomo File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' |
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Platense qualified for Next Round
Second round
[edit | edit source]Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán.
Only match player
Platense qualified for Next Round
Municipal qualified for Next Round
Caribbean Zone
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The final round was originally scheduled for March 1998 in Dallas with quarterfinal fixtures of Necaxa–Olimpia and Platense–Municipal; 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 Municipal–Plaza Amador match and the winner of the Platense–Jong 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
[edit | edit source]| Dallas Burn | 1–4 | 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 Burn | 1–2 | Cruz Azul |
|---|---|---|
| Dante Washington File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' | Héctor Altamirano File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Juan Francisco Palencia File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
| Cruz Azul | 1–1 | 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 |
Group South
[edit | edit source]| Olimpia | 2–1 | Municipal |
|---|---|---|
| Wilmer Velasquez File:Soccerball shade.svg Denilson Costa File:Soccerball shade.svg |
Guillermo Ramirez File:Soccerball shade.svg |
| 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 |  Municipal
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
Final
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Recopa CONCACAF 1994
- ^ [1] CONCACAF 1997
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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