1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup


The 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 4th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's football club champion in the CONCACAF region.
The tournament was played by 10 teams of 10 nations: Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.
It was played from 26 May till 1 December 1968 under the home/away match system. The tournament was split in 3 zones, each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Central and Caribbean zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern champion in the final. The final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions after both semi-finalists, Aurora and Transvaal, were ejected from the competition.
Club Deportivo Toluca from Mexico thus became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.

Caribbean zone

Northern zone

First round

Second round

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1968Aurora won 2–1 on aggregate score.
  • ''Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate score.''

Second round

  • ''Aurora won 5–1 on aggregate score.''

Semi-final

The semi-final was declared null and void, and both teams were ejected from the competition: Aurora after their fans invaded the pitch following the end of the 2nd leg and caused a mass brawl between celebrating Transvaal fans, and Transvaal for using three ineligible players in both legs.

Final

After Aurora and Transvaal were both ejected from the competition, the final was scratched and Toluca were declared champions.