The 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League championship round was played from March to April 2012. A total of eight teams qualified for the championship round: the four group winners and the four group runners-up from the

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. The draw for the championship round was held on November 8, 2011, at the

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headquarters in New York City. In the quarter-finals, the group winners were assured of playing the second leg at home, and were drawn against the group runners-up, with the only restriction being that they could not face the same team that they played in the group stage (and thus they could face a team from the same association). The championship round was played in knockout format. Each tie was played over two legs, and the

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was used, but not after a tie entered

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; a

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was thus used if the aggregate score was level after extra time.

Qualified teams

Bracket

Quarter-finals

The first legs of the quarter-finals were played March 6–8, 2012, and the second legs were played March 13–15, 2012. ''First leg: all times U.S. Eastern Standard Time ( UTC−05:00); Second leg: all times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC−04:00)''

First leg

---- ---- ---- ;Notes *Note 1: Match was played at

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instead of

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, the home stadium of

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, due to the unpredictability of March's weather conditions, and the stadium was not "winterized".

Second leg

''Monterrey won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Santos Laguna won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Toronto FC won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''UNAM won 9–2 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semi-finals were played March 28, 2012, and the second legs were played April 4, 2012. ''All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC−04:00)''

First leg

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Second leg

''Santos Laguna won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Monterrey won 4–1 on aggregate.''

Final

The first leg of the final was played April 18, 2012, and the second leg was played April 25, 2012. ''All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC−04:00)''

First leg

Second leg

''Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.''

References

External links

CONCACAF Champions League
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League Championship Round

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