1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	6 August 1967 – 24 March 1968
Teams	6 (from 1 federation)
Final positions
Champions	Alianza (1st title)
Runners-up	Jong Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	38 (2.92 per match)

The 1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 3rd 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.

The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was played from 6 August 1967 till 24 March 1968.

The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Alianza from El Salvador won the final, and became CONCACAF champion for the first time.

North American Zone

The zone was scratched and * Philadelphia Ukrainians advanced to the North/Central American Zone Final as they were the only entrant.

Central American Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza	10 - 3	Flor de Caña	8 - 0	2 - 3
Olimpia	1 - 1	Aurora	1 - 0	0 - 1
Olimpia	0 - 2 (Replay)	Aurora

• Alianza and Aurora advance to the second round.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza	1 - 1	Aurora	0 - 0	1 - 1
Alianza	1 - 0 (Replay)	Aurora

• Alianza advances to the North/Central American semi-final.

North/Central American Zone Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza	3 - 1	Philadelphia Ukrainians	2 - 1	1 - 0

• Alianza advances to the CONCACAF Final.

Caribbean Zone

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jong Colombia	4	3	1	0	10	1	+9	7
Regiment (TRI)	4	2	1	1	5	7	-2	5
Regiment (JAM)	4	2	0	2	5	6	-1	4
Somerset Trojans	4	1	0	3	8	8	0	2
Racing Club Haïtien	4	1	0	3	3	9	-6	2

• All matches played in Kingston, Jamaica.
• Jong Colombia wins group stage, advances to the Final.

CONCACAF Final

Jong Colombia v Alianza

17 March 1968

Jong Colombia	2 - 1	Alianza
	Report

Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

Alianza v Jong Colombia

19 March 1968

Alianza	3 - 0	Jong Colombia
	Report

San Salvador, El Salvador

• Due to each team having won one match, a play-off was needed.

Play-off

Alianza v Jong Colombia

24 March 1968 Playoff

Alianza	5 – 3	Jong Colombia
	Report

Estadio Flor Blanca San Salvador, El Salvador

Champion

CONCACAF Champions Cup 1967 Champion
Alianza First Title

References

• RSSSF Site