The 1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 22nd 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

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in the

region and was played from 22 March 1986 till 11 February 1987. The teams were split in 2 zones, North/Central America and Caribbean, (as North and Central America sections combined to qualify one team for the final), each one qualifying two teams to the final tournament. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system. The North/Central American section was split too in 3 zones, North, Central 1 and Central 2, the winner of Central 1 directly qualifying to the final tournament, while the winners of North and Central 2, had to play an Intermediate round for the second spot. The Caribbean section was split in 2 zones, North and South group, qualifying one team from each group to the final tournament. Costa Rican team

Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Ala ...

defeated Surinamese

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North/Central American Zone

Northern Group

First round

* Club Verdes bye to the second round * Pembroke Hamilton Club advanced to the second round.

Second round

*'' Pembroke Hamilton Club advances to Intermediate round.''

Central Group 1

First round

---- *''

Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Al ...

and Alianza advance to the second round.''

Second round

*''

advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.''

Central Group 2

First round

---- *''

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...

and

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advance to the second round.''

Second round

*''

advances to Intermediate round.''

Intermediate Round

*'' Pembroke Hamilton Club advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.''

Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Group North

First round

---- *'' Moulien and Trintoc advance to the second round.''

Second round

*''Trintoc advance to the third round.''

Third round

*''Trintoc advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.''

Caribbean Group South

First round

*''UNDEBA on a bye, to the second round.'' *''Transvaal advances to the second round.'' *''Robinhood on a bye, to the third round.'' ----

Second round

*''Transvaal advances to the third round.''

Third round

*''Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.''

Semi-finals

*''Alajuelense and Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Final.'' ----

Finals

First leg

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Second leg

* ''Alajuelense won 4–0 on points, (6–2 on aggregate).''

Champion

References

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