1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	26 May – 1 December 1968
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Toluca (1st title)
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The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th 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 football club champion in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. It was played from 26 May till 1 December 1968 under the home/away match system. The tournament was split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Central and Caribbean zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern champion in the final. The final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions after both semi-finalists, Aurora and Transvaal, were ejected from the competition (Aurora due to crowd violence and Transvaal for using ineligible players). Club Deportivo Toluca (actually known as Deportivo Toluca FC) from Mexico thus became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.

Caribbean zone

Scherpenheuvel v Transvaal

22 April 1968 1st leg	Scherpenheuvel	1–1	Transvaal
	TBD File:Soccerball shade.svg		TBD File:Soccerball shade.svg

Transvaal v Scherpenheuvel

• Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Northern zone

First round

Somerset Trojans v NY Greek Americans

NY Greek Americans v Somerset Trojans

2 June 1968 2nd leg	NY Greek Americans	1–0	Somerset Trojans
	TBD File:Soccerball shade.svg		Nil

NY Greek Americans v Somerset Trojans

• NY Greek Americans won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Second round

Toluca v NY Greek Americans

NY Greek Americans v Toluca

• Toluca won 7–3 on aggregate score.

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1968

Alajuelense v Aurora

3 April 1968 1st leg	Alajuelense	0–2	Aurora	San José, Costa Rica
CST			Oscar Molina File:Soccerball shade.svg Jorge Roldán File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica

Aurora v Alajuelense

• Aurora won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Alianza v Olimpia

21 April 1968 1st leg	Alianza	1–2	Olimpia	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Odir Jacques File:Soccerball shade.svg		Ricardo Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg Donaldo Rosales File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Estadio Flor Blanca

Olimpia v Alianza

28 April 1968 2nd leg	Olimpia	1–0	Alianza	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Conrado Flores File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés

• Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Second round

Olimpia v Aurora

Aurora v Olimpia

• Aurora won 5–1 on aggregate score.

Semi-final

Transvaal v Aurora

Aurora v Transvaal

1 December 1968 2nd leg	Aurora	0–2	Transvaal	Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana
AST	Nil		TBD File:Soccerball shade.svg TBD File:Soccerball shade.svg

The semi-final was declared null and void, and both teams were ejected from the competition: Aurora after their fans invaded the pitch following the end of the 2nd leg and caused a mass brawl between celebrating Transvaal fans, and Transvaal for using three ineligible players in both legs.

Final

After Aurora and Transvaal were both ejected from the competition, the final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1968 champion
Toluca 1st title