The 1990 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 26th 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 language, Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CON ...
region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the
CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of
association football
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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 language, Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CON ...
region and was played from 31 March 1990 till 12 March 1991.
The teams were split in three zones (North, Central and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final.
Mexican club
América easily defeat Cuban side
Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 139,336 (2004) in a municipality of 190,332, it is the 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños''.
History
Pinar del R ...
7–1 on aggregate, winning their third CONCACAF trophy.
Campeón de Concacaf 90–91
on Realidad Americanista
North American Zone
First round
* ''St. Petersburg Kickers advanced to second round.''
Second round
* ''Played over one leg. América advanced to the CONCACAF Final Series.''
Central American Zone
First round
*Both matches awarded 2-0 to Olimpia by forfeit Juventus
*All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round.
Second round
*Luis Ángel Firpo, Real C.D. España and C.D. Olimpia advance to the third round.
Third round
* Olimpia advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal Series.
Caribbean Zone
Preliminary round
*Zénith advance to the first round.
First round
*Apparently RC Rivière-Pilote withdrew.*
*All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round.
Second round
*Results unknown after second round, but Excelsior and Transvaal were eliminated
and Pinar del Río, advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal Series.
Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 139,336 (2004) in a municipality of 190,332, it is the 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños''.
History
Pinar del R ...
- (qualified)
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* South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...
- (Eliminated)
Excelsior
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* "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
* ''Excelsior'' (Macedo ...
- (Eliminated)
Semi-finals
1st leg: Nov. 12, 1990 at San Jose, California
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– (USA)
2nd leg: Nov. 14, 1990 at Santa Ana, California – (USA)
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Final
First
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Second leg
''América won 3–1 on points (8–2 on aggregate)''.
Champion
References
{{Club América matches
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