1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the inaugural edition of the top international club competition organized by CONCACAF for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined the 1962 continental football champions in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was contested by 8 clubs from 7 national associations: Netherlands Antilles, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico. The tournament was held from 25 March 1962 to 21 August 1962.

1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates25 March – 21 August
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Guadalajara
(1st title)
Runners-upGuatemala Comunicaciones
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored37 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guido Alvarado (6 goals)
1963

The tournament was split into three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Central and Caribbean groups played a semifinal to decide who was going to play against the Northern group champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

CD Guadalajara won that final, and became the first CONCACAF club champion.[1]

First Round

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Location of teams of the 1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
25 March 1962 Central American Zone 1 Águila   1–1   Comunicaciones San Salvador, El Salvador
José Luis Soto   40' Guillermo Palomo   7' Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca
Attendance: 15,000
1 April 1962 Central American Zone 1 Comunicaciones   1–0
(2–1 agg.)
  Águila Guatemala City, Guatemala
López   16' Nil Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

1 April 1962 Central American Zone 2 Olimpia   0–1   Alajuelense Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Nil Guido Alvarado   30' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
8 April 1962 Central American Zone 2 Alajuelense   1–1
(2–1 agg.)
  Olimpia Alajuela, Costa Rica
Guido Alvarado   41' Carlos Suazo   54' Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

15 April 1962 Caribbean Zone Sithoc   6–0
(8–3 agg.)
  Etoile Haïtienne Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
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Nil Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium

29 April 1962 North American Zone Guadalajara   2–0   Herediano Guadalajara, Mexico
Salvador Reyes Monteón   28'   33' Nil Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
5 May 1962 North American Zone Herediano   0–3
(0–5 agg.)
  Guadalajara Heredia, Costa Rica
Nil Javier Valdivia   18'
Javier Barba   29'
Francisco Flores   31'
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

Second round

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Semifinal

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Final

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First leg

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1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Comunicaciones  0–1  Guadalajara
Javier Valdivia   43'

Second leg

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Second leg
Guadalajara  5–0  Comunicaciones
Salvador Reyes   25', 47', 89'
Jasso   42', 61'
Report
Referee: Víctor Vela (El Salvador)

Guadalajara won 6–0 on aggregate

Champions
 
Guadalajara
1st title

Final rankings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1   Guadalajara 4 4 0 0 11 0 +11 8 Winners
2   Comunicaciones 8 3 2 3 10 12 −2 8 Runners-up
3   Sithoc 4 1 1 2 9 6 +3 3 Semifinalist
4   Alajuelense 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 5 Second round
5   Etoile Haïtienne 2 1 0 1 3 8 −5 2 First round
6   Águila 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
7   Olimpia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
8   Herediano 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]

References

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