The 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 8th 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 29 October 1971 to 31 January 1972 under the home/away match system.
The tournament was split into two zones (North/Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament.
CD Olimpia from
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.
Olimpia y sus tres hazañas
on ''El Heraldo'', 19 Oct 2017
North/Central American Zone
Unknown if clubs from:
Costa Rica
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El Salvador
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Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
United States
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entered the tournament.
First round
*Earlier results and matches unavailable.
Eliminated participants apparently included:
América
Deportivo Santa Cecilia
Unión Española
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History
Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons
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* Olimpia qualified for semifinal.
Toluca
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advances to the semifinal.
Caribbean Zone
First round
Robinhood advances to the second round.
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* Don Bosco apparently won; results unknown. Advances to the second round.
Second round
* Robinhood, won presumably by withdrawal and advanced to the CONCACAF Final.
Semifinal
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* ''Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Final
First leg
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Second leg
* ''Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Champion
References
{{Club Deportivo Olimpia matches
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CONCACAF Champions Cup seasons