1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
	SV Transvaal, champions
Tournament details
Dates	1 June till 3 August 1973
Teams	16 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Transvaal
	← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 9th 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 16 teams of 9 countries from 1 June till 3 August 1973 with the matches in the tournament played under the home/away match.

The teams were split into zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to participate in the final tournament. As no clubs entered in the North American section, the winner of the two remaining zones gained the qualification to the final, but both Central American teams withdrew; therefore the final was scratched and the Caribbean winner, Transvaal from Suriname, won the tournament, becoming CONCACAF champion for the first time.^[1]

North American Zone[]

The zone was cancelled as no clubs entered.

Central American Zone[]

First Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vida	0–3	Saprissa	0–2	0 – 1
Municipal	1 – 0¹	Olimpia	0–0	1 – 0
Alajuelense	4–0	Águila	3–0	1 – 0²
Comunicaciones	1–0	Juventud Olímpica	0–0	1 – 0

Saprissa, Alajuelense and Comunicaciones advanced to the Central American Zone second round.
¹ CSD Municipal later withdrew.
² The match was abandoned in the 68th minute with Alajuelense leading 1–0 due to torrential rain which flooded the pitch; the result was allowed to stand.

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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Second Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Santa Cecilia¹	3–5	Alajuelense	3–0	0 – 5
Comunicaciones	1–4	Saprissa	1–0	0 – 4

¹Deportivo Santa Cecilia replaced Municipal, who withdrew.
Saprissa and Alajuelense advance to the Central American Zone third round.

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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Third Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alajuelense	0–2	Saprissa	0–1	0–1

Saprissa win the series but later withdrew.

TBD

1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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Caribbean Zone[]

First Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Robinhood	2–4	Jong Colombia	2–3	0 – 1
Transvaal	14–0		8–0	6 – 0
Devonshire Colts	6–5		3–1	3 – 4

Bye: S.V. SUBT

TBD

1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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Second Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SUBT	3–9	Transvaal	2–5	1 – 4
Jong Colombia	w/o¹	Devonshire Colts

¹ Devonshire Colts withdrew.

Transvaal and Jong Colombia advance to the third round.

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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Third Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Transvaal	4–2	Jong Colombia	2–1	2 – 1

TBD

1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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Fourth Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Transvaal	4–2	Devonshire Colts	4–2

¹apparently Devonshire Colts were reinstated; as meanwhile all clubs from the Northern and Central section had withdrawn,

Transvaal were declared champion as winners of the Caribbean section

TBD

1–0

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2–2
(2-3 agg.)

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CONCACAF Final Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Transvaal	-	Saprissa	-	-

The final was scratched and Transvaal were declared CONCACAF champions as Central American finalist Saprissa withdrew.

Champion[]

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1973 Champions
Transvaal First title

References[]

^ Copa de Campeones 1973 on the RSSSF

[1] Copa de Campeones 1973 on the RSSSF

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