The 1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 17th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...
region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The CONCACAF Champions Cup, formerly known as CONCACAF Champions League (2008–2023), is an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America, a ...
. It determined that year's club champion of
association football
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in the CONCACAF region and was played from 26 April 1980 to 2 February 1981.
The teams were split in two zones, North/Central American and Caribbean, each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.
Surinamean team
Transvaal
Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name ''Transvaal''.
* South African Republic (1856–1902; ...
won the
two-legged series against Salvadorean
Atlético Marte
Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to:
Sports Teams Athletico
*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
(2–1 on aggregate), becoming CONCACAF champions for the second time in their history.
Copa de Campeones 1981
on the RSSSF
North/Central American Zone
First round
*Atlético Marte, Marathón, UANL Tigres AND Cruz Azul advance to the second round.
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Second round
*Atlético Marte and Marathón advance to the third round.
*2nd leg not played, U.A.N.L. refused to travel to El Salvador due to political unrest; CONCACAF list the result as 1-0, probably having awarded the return to Atlético Marte
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Third round
*Atlético Marte advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
*Marathón withdrew
Caribbean Zone
First round
*SUBT, Robinhood, Transvaal and Yama Sun Oil advance to the second round.
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result 2nd leg not known, Transvaal qualified.
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other fixtures not known but apparently Yama Sun Oil eliminated Saint Thomas College (home country unclear)
Second round
*SUBT and Transvaal advance to the third round.
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Third round
*Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.
Final
x ''both matches in Paramaribo''
First leg
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Second leg
''Transvaal won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Champion
References
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CONCACAF Champions Cup seasons