1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Dates25 March – 21 August
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Guadalajara
(1st title)
Runners-up Comunicaciones
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored37 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guido Alvarado (6 goals)
1963

The 1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the inaugural edition of the top international club competition organized by CONCACAF for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined the 1962 continental football champions in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was contested by 8 clubs from 7 national associations: Netherlands Antilles, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico. The tournament was held from 25 March 1962 to 21 August 1962.

The tournament was split into three zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Central and Caribbean groups played a semifinal to decide who was going to play against the Northern group champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

CD Guadalajara won that final, and became the first CONCACAF club champion.[1]

First Round

Location of teams of the 1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
25 March 1962 Central American Zone 1 Águila 1–1 Comunicaciones San Salvador, El Salvador
José Luis Soto 40' Guillermo Palomo 7' Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca
Attendance: 15,000
1 April 1962 Central American Zone 1 Comunicaciones 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
Águila Guatemala City, Guatemala
López 16' Nil Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

1 April 1962 Central American Zone 2 Olimpia 0–1 Alajuelense Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Nil Guido Alvarado 30' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
8 April 1962 Central American Zone 2 Alajuelense 1–1
(2–1 agg.)
Olimpia Alajuela, Costa Rica
Guido Alvarado 41' Carlos Suazo 54' Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

8 April 1962 Caribbean Zone Etoile Haïtienne 3–2 Sithoc Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Lucien Pierre 8' 35'
Gérard Delpeche 59'
Esteban Thieman 60'
Romualdo Valeriam 81'
Stadium: Parc Leconte
15 April 1962 Caribbean Zone Sithoc 6–0
(8–3 agg.)
Etoile Haïtienne Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Nil Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium

29 April 1962 North American Zone Guadalajara 2–0 Herediano Guadalajara, Mexico
Salvador Reyes Monteón 28' 33' Nil Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
5 May 1962 North American Zone Herediano 0–3
(0–5 agg.)
Guadalajara Heredia, Costa Rica
Nil Javier Valdivia 18'
Javier Barba 29'
Francisco Flores 31'
Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

Second round

15 April 1962 Comunicaciones 3–1 Alajuelense Guatemala City, Guatemala
Hugo Peña 7' 50'
Jerónimo Pericullo 51'
Guido Alvarado 80' Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
29 April 1962 Alajuelense 3–2
(4–5 agg.)
Comunicaciones Alajuela, Costa Rica
Guido Alvarado 22' 72' 78' Obdulio Pensamiento 20'
Hugo Peña 70' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Semifinal

15 July 1962 Comunicaciones 2–0 Sithoc Guatemala City, Guatemala
Jerónimo Pericullo 8'
Fredy Masella 43'
Nil Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
22 July 1962 Sithoc 1–1
(1–3 agg.)
Comunicaciones Guatemala City, Guatemala
Carlo Comenencia 65' Hugo Peña 29' Stadium: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

Final

First leg

1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
First leg
Comunicaciones 0–1 Guadalajara
Javier Valdivia 43'

Second leg

Second leg
Guadalajara 5–0 Comunicaciones
Salvador Reyes 25', 47', 89'
Jasso 42', 61'
Report
Referee: Víctor Vela (El Salvador)

Guadalajara won 6–0 on aggregate

Champions

Guadalajara
1st title

Final rankings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 Guadalajara 4 4 0 0 11 0 +11 8 Winners
2 Comunicaciones 8 3 2 3 10 12 −2 8 Runners-up
3 Sithoc 4 1 1 2 9 6 +3 3 Semifinalist
4 Alajuelense 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 5 Second round
5 Etoile Haïtienne 2 1 0 1 3 8 −5 2 First round
6 Águila 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
7 Olimpia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
8 Herediano 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
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