1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup


The 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 16th edition of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
UNAM won the final round, becoming CONCACAF club champions for the first time in their history.

Teams

The following 18 teams qualified for the tournament.

Format

The teams were split into 3 zones, each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, that was played in Tegucigalpa, Honduras under a group system. All the qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

First round

'''North America Zone'''

North America Zone

UNAM advanced to the third round after Sacramento Gold withdrew from the competition
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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.
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Santiagueño advanced to the third round after Cartaginés withdrew from the competition
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Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Marathón won 4–3 on aggregate.
'''Caribbean Zone'''

Caribbean Zone

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

Second round

'''North America Zone'''

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.
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UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.
'''Caribbean Zone'''

Caribbean Zone

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

Third round

North America Zone

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 Tegucigalpa.
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