1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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 club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region.

1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Dates26 May 1968 – 1 December 1968
Final positions
Champions Deportivo Toluca (1st title)

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 due to crowd violence.

Club Deportivo Toluca (actually known as Deportivo Toluca FC) from Mexico won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.

Caribbean zone
22 April 1968 1st legScherpenheuvel 1 – 1 Transvaal
2 May 1968 2nd legTransvaal 3 – 1 Scherpenheuvel
  • Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Northern zone

First round
26 May 1968 1st legSomerset Cricket 2 – 1 NY Greek Americans
2 June 1968 2nd legNY Greek Americans 1 – 0 Somerset Cricket
Play-offNY Greek Americans 2 – 1 Somerset CricketNew York, New York
  • NY Greek Americans won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Second round
29 September 1968 1st legToluca 4–1 NY Greek AmericansMexico
CST Epaminondas  14'  85' (pen.)
Ruvalcaba  25'
Linares  59'		  33' (pen.) Tonorezos
6 October 1968 2nd legNY Greek Americans 2–3 TolucaUnited States
EST Jurisenvik
Kosmidis 		Ruvalcaba
Dosal
Epaminondas
  • Toluca won 7–3 on aggregate score.

Central American Zone

First Round
3 April 1968 1st legAlajuelense 0–2 AuroraCosta Rica
CST
7 April 1968 2nd legAurora 0–1 AlajuelenseGuatemala
CST
  • Aurora won 2–1 on aggregate score.
21 April 1968 1st legAlianza 1–2 OlimpiaEl Salvador
CST
28 April 1968 2nd legOlimpia 1–0 AlianzaHonduras
CST
  • Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Second Round
3 November 1968 1st legOlimpia 1–1 AuroraHonduras
CST
10 November 1968 2nd legAurora 4–0 OlimpiaGuatemala
CST
  • Aurora won 5–1 on aggregate score.

Semifinals
27 November 1968 1st legTransvaal 1–1 AuroraParamaribo, Dutch Guiana
AST Swie
1 December 1968 2nd legAurora 0–2 TransvaalParamaribo, Dutch Guiana
AST
  • At the end of the 2nd leg, Transvaal fans invaded the pitch, but after Aurora fans did the same, a mass brawl broke out between the two sets of fans; both teams were ejected from the competition.

Final

The final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions after Aurora and Transvaal were ejected from the competition.

Champion
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1968 Champion

Toluca
First title

References

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