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{{Short description|8th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF}}
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|tourney_name=CONCACAF Champions' Cup
|year=1972
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|dates=29 October 1971 – 31 January 1972
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|champion_other ={{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
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|second_other ={{flagicon|NGY}} [[SV Robinhood]]
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|prevseason= [[1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1971]]
|nextseason= [[1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1973]]
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The '''1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup''' was the 8th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the [[CONCACAF]] region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]. It determined that year's club champion of [[association football]] in the CONCACAF region and was played from 29 October 1971 to 31 January 1972 under the home/away match system.

The tournament was split into two zones (North/Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. [[CD Olimpia]] from [[Honduras]] won the final, and became for the first time in its history CONCACAF champion.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups72.html Copa de Campeones 1972] on the RSSSF</ref><ref>[https://www.elheraldo.hn/deportes/1118377-466/olimpia-y-sus-tres-hazañas-en-la-concacaf Olimpia y sus tres hazañas] on ''El Heraldo'', 19 Oct 2017</ref>

==North/Central American Zone==
'''Unknown if clubs from:'''<br>{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Costa Rica]]<br>{{flagicon|SLV}} [[El Salvador]]<br>{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Guatemala]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]<br>'''entered the tournament.'''

===First round===
*'''Earlier results and matches unavailable.'''<br>Eliminated participants apparently included:<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club América|América]]<br>{{flagicon|NCA}} [[Deportivo Santa Cecilia]]<br>{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Unión Española (Panama)|Unión Española]]
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] qualified for semifinal.

{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Deportivo Toluca|Toluca]]|MEX|4 - 1|[[C.D.S. Vida|Vida]]|HON|var2=1949|3 - 1|1 - 0}}
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| team1      = [[Deportivo Toluca|Toluca]] {{flagicon|MEX}}
| score      = 3-1
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| team2      = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D.S. Vida|Vida]]
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| location   = [[Toluca]], [[Mexico]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio Nemesio Díez]]
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| team1      = [[C.D.S. Vida|Vida]] {{flagicon|HON|1949}}
| score      = 0-1
| aggregatescore = 1-4
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| team2      = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Deportivo Toluca|Toluca]]
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| location   = [[San Pedro Sula]], [[Honduras]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio General Francisco Morazán|Estadio Francisco Morazán]]
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| nobars     = Y
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{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Deportivo Toluca|Toluca]] advances to the semifinal.

==Caribbean Zone==

===First round===
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{{TwoLegResult|[[SV Transvaal|Transvaal]]|Dutch Guiana|2 - 3|[[S.V. Robinhood|Robinhood]]|Dutch Guiana|1 - 0|1 - 3}}
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| team1      = [[SV Transvaal|Transvaal]] {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}}
| score      = 1–0
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| team2      = {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} [[S.V. Robinhood|Robinhood]]
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| team1      = [[S.V. Robinhood|Robinhood]] {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}}
| score      = 3-1
| aggregatescore = 2-3
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| team2      = {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} [[SV Transvaal|Transvaal]]
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{{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}}[[S.V. Robinhood|Robinhood]] advances to the second round.
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{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Don Bosco FC|Don Bosco]]|HAI| <nowiki>***</nowiki> |[[Aigle Noir AC|Aigle Noir]]|HAI| ||var1=1964|var2=1964}}
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*[[Don Bosco FC|Don Bosco]] apparently won; results unknown. Advances to the second round.

===Second round===
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[S.V. Robinhood|Robinhood]]'''|Dutch Guiana| w/o |[[Don Bosco FC|Don Bosco]]|HAI| ||var2=1964}}
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*[[S.V. Robinhood|Robinhood]], won presumably by withdrawal and advanced to the CONCACAF Final.

==Semifinal==
{{football box collapsible
| round      = 1st leg
| date       = 18 December 1972
| time       = 
| team1      = [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]] {{flagicon|MEX}}
| score      = 0 – 1
| report     = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120614030327/http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=match&match_id=815786 Report]
| team2      = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = [[Reynaldo Mejía|Mejía]] {{goal|}}
| location   = [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés|Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = [[Juan Molinero]] ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|GUA]])
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
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| round      = 2nd leg
| date       = 20 December 1972
| time       = 
| team1      = [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] {{flagicon|HON|1949}}
| score      = 1 – 1
| report     = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120614030350/http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=match&match_id=815787 Report]
| team2      = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]]
| goals1     = [[Jorge Urquía|Urquía]] {{goal|40}}
| goals2     = [[Héctor Hugo Eugui|Eugui]] {{goal|72}}
| location   = [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés|Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]]
| attendance = 
| referee    = [[Giovanni Conessa]] ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|GUA]])
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
* ''Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.''

==Final==

=== First leg ===
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| date       = 28 January 1973
| event = 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
| round = First leg
| time       = 
| team1      = [[S.V. Robinhood|Robinhood]] {{flagicon|NGY}}
| score      = 0–1
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Club Deportivo Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = {{goal|43}} [[Jorge Bran|Bran]]
| stadium    = [[Estadio Francisco Morazán]]
| location   = [[San Pedro Sula]] 
| attendance = 13,359
| referee    = [[Luis Bocaletti]] ([[National Football Federation of Guatemala|GUA]])
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
----

=== Second leg ===
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| event = 
| round = Second leg
| date       = 1 February 1973
| time       = 
| team1      = [[Club Deportivo Olimpia|Olimpia]] {{flagicon|HON|1949}}
| score      = 0–0
| report     = 
| team2      = {{flagicon|NGY}} [[S.V. Robinhood|Robinhood]]
| goals1     = 
| goals2     = 
| stadium    = [[Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés|Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]]
| location   = [[Tegucigalpa]] 
| attendance = 20,000
| referee    = [[Mario Rubio (referee)|Mario Rubio]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|MEX]])
| result     = 
| nobars     = Y
}}
* ''Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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| GK || || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Samuel Sentini]]
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| DF || || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Selvin Cárcamo
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| DF || || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Oscar Banegas
|-
| DF || || {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Miguel Matamoros
|-
| DF |||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Ventura López
|-
| MF |||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Domingo Ferrera
|-
| MF |||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Ramón Paz
|-
| FW |||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Rigoberto Gómez || || {{suboff}}
|-
| FW |||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Reinaldo Mejía || || {{suboff}}
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| FW |||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Jorge Urquía
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| FW |||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Jorge Bran
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:''' 
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| FW|||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Mario Mairena || || {{subon|}}
|-
| FW|||| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Raúl Suazo || || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
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|colspan=4| {{flagicon|COL}} Carlos Viera
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
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| GK || || {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Edmond Leillis
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| DF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Wilfred Siom
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| DF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Kenneth Blacker
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| DF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Wenley Olenberg
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| DF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Nilton Vogeland
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| MF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Delano Waterral
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| MF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Fritz Zebeda
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| MF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Jan Carron || || {{suboff}}
|-
| MF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Silrfred Rostemberg
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| FW |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Rihaldo Emtingh || || {{suboff}}
|-
| FW |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Frank Burtesson
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:''' 
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| MF |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} William Joselet || || {{subon}}
|-
|FW |||| {{flagicon|Dutch Guiana}} Venenburg Helsmass || || {{subon}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4| ?
|}
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|}

==Champion==
{{winners||CONCACAF Champions' Cup<br />1972 champion|{{flagicon|HON|1949|size=50px}}<br/>[[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]|1st}}

==References==
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{{CONCACAF Champions' Cup}}
{{Club Deportivo Olimpia matches}}

[[Category:1972 in CONCACAF football|1]]
[[Category:CONCACAF Champions Cup seasons]]