1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Dates	29 October 1971 – 31 January 1972
Final positions
Champions	Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-up	SV Robinhood
← 1971 1973 →

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.

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

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

First round

• Earlier results and matches unavailable.
  Eliminated participants apparently included:
  América
  Deportivo Santa Cecilia
  Unión Española
• Olimpia qualified for semifinal.

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

• Toluca advances to the semifinal.

Toluca v Vida

Toluca

3-1

Vida

Vida v Toluca

	Vida	0-1 (1-4 agg.)	Toluca
	Nil

Caribbean Zone

First round

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

• Robinhood advances to the second round.

Transvaal v Robinhood

	Transvaal	1–0	Robinhood
			Nil

Robinhood v Transvaal

Robinhood

3-1 (2-3 agg.)

Transvaal

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Don Bosco	***	Aigle Noir

• Don Bosco apparently won; results unknown. Advances to the second round.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Robinhood	w/o	Don Bosco

• Robinhood, won presumably by withdrawal and advanced to the CONCACAF Final.

Semifinal

Toluca v Olimpia

18 December 1972 1st leg	Toluca	0 – 1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
		Report	Mejía	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Juan Molinero (GUA)

Olimpia v Toluca

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

First leg

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

28 January 1973

First leg

Robinhood	0–1	Olimpia
		43' Bran

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 13,359

Referee: Luis Bocaletti (GUA)

Second leg

1 February 1973

Second leg

Olimpia	0–0	Robinhood

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mario Rubio (MEX)

• Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Team details

Olimpia Robin Hood GK Samuel Sentini DF Selvin Cárcamo DF Oscar Banegas DF Miguel Matamoros DF Ventura López MF Domingo Ferrera MF Ramón Paz FW Rigoberto Gómez FW Reinaldo Mejía FW Jorge Urquía FW Jorge Bran Substitutions: FW Mario Mairena FW Raúl Suazo Manager: Carlos Viera GK Edmond Leillis DF Wilfred Siom DF Kenneth Blacker DF Wenley Olenberg DF Nilton Vogeland MF Delano Waterral MF Fritz Zebeda MF Jan Carron MF Silrfred Rostemberg FW Rihaldo Emtingh FW Frank Burtesson Substitutions: MF William Joselet FW Venenburg Helsmass Manager: ?

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1972 champion
Olimpia 1st title

References

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