The 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 7th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...

region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the

CONCACAF Champions' Cup The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

. It determined that year's club champion of

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region. It was played from 22 August 1971 till 19 April 1972 under the home/away match system. The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying two teams to the final tournament, played for the first time in a group system. After the end of the group, a playoff match had to be played because two teams ended with the same points in the lead of the group. This tournament included the Rochester Lancers, the only team from the original North American Soccer League to take part.

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from

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won the final, and became for the third time in its history became CONCACAF champion."Tercera Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1971" on Reino Azul (blogsite), 26 Apr 2014

North American Zone

* ''Cruz Azul and Rochester Lancers advanced to the CONCACAF Final Tournament.''

Central American Zone

Preliminary Round

* ''Comunicaciones advanced to the First Round.''

First Round

* ''Aurora, Saprissa, Comunicaciones and Alajuelense advanced to the Second Round.''

Second Round

Caribbean Zone

CONCACAF Final Tournament

*After the end of the group stage a playoff match had to be played due to Cruz Azul and Alajuelense ended with the same points in the lead of the group. *The final tournament was played in Guatemala City.

Playoff

Champion

References

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