1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Dates	29 October 1971–31 January 1972
Final positions
Champions	CD 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 till 31 January 1972 under the home/away match system.

The tournament was split into 2 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
  
• 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.

TBD v TBD

TBD

1–0

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

TBD

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.

TBD v TBD

TBD

1–0

TBD

TBD v TBD

TBD

2–2 (2-3 agg.)

TBD

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		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: (GUA)

Olimpia v Toluca

20 December 1972 2nd leg	Olimpia	1 – 1	Toluca	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	40'	Report	Eugui 72'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: (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'

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 13,359

Referee: (GUA)

Second leg[]

1 February 1973

Second leg

Olimpia	0–0	Robinhood

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: (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 Champions
C.D. Olimpia First title

References[]