1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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.

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates29 October 1971 – 31 January 1972
Final positions
ChampionsHonduras Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-upSuriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) SV Robinhood
1971
1973

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

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

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toluca   4 - 1   Vida 3 - 1 1 - 0

  Toluca advances to the semifinal.

Caribbean Zone

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First round

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

 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

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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

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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

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First leg

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1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Robinhood  0–1  Olimpia
  43' Bran

Second leg

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Second leg
Olimpia  0–0  Robinhood
  • Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Champion

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 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1972 champion 
 
Olimpia
1st title

References

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