The 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 14th 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 1 May until 17 September 1978 and all the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system. The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North American and Central American zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. As the final part of the tournament was cancelled due to administrative problems, three teams,

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(Guatemala) Defence Force (Trinidad and Tobago) and Leones Negros de Guadalajara (Mexico) were crowned champions by CONCACAF.Copa de Campeones 1978
on the RSSSF

North American Zone

First round

¹ Maccabi Los Angeles withdrew.

Second round

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1978 ---- ---- ----

Second round

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Third round

Caribbean Zone

First round

---- ---- ---- Voorwaarts, Transvaal, Pele and Defence Force advanced to the second round

Second round

---- Voorwaarts and Defence Force advanced to the third round

Third round

Defence Force qualified to the CONCACAF Final Series

CONCACAF final series

The final series was scratched and the three qualifying teams declared joint champions due to administrative problems and disagreements over the dates for the matches.

Champions

References

{{CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1 CONCACAF Champions Cup seasons