The 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 16th edition of 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 ...

, the premier

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club competition organized by

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, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...

won the final round, becoming CONCACAF club champions for the first time in their history.

Teams

The following 18 teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament. * North American Zone: 5 teams (from three associations) * Central American Zone: 8 teams (from four associations) * Caribbean Zone: 6 teams (from six associations)

Format

The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, that was played in

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under a group system. All the qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Schedule

First round

North America Zone

''UNAM advanced to the third round after Sacramento Gold withdrew from the competition'' ---- ''Brooklyn Dodgers won 3–2 on aggregate; advanced to the second round.'' Central America Zone

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980 ''UNAH advanced to the third round after protesting the drawing of lots; which originally saw Cobán Imperial advance.'' ---- ''Santiagueño advanced to the third round after Cartaginés withdrew from the competition'' ---- ''Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Marathón won 4–3 on aggregate.'' Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

''Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Second round

North America Zone

''Cruz Azul won 12–3 on aggregate; advanced to the third round.'' Central America Zone

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980 ''Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.'' Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

''Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Third round

North America Zone

''UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate; advanced to the final round.'' Central America Zone

Central America Zone

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980 ''UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.'' Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

''Robinhood won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Final round

''All matches were played in

.'' ---- ----

Notes

References

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