1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup
Dates May 1998 – April 1998
Final positions
Champions Abandoned

The 1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup was the sixth edition of this defunct tournament contended between 1991 and 1998.[1]

Qualifying Rounds

Northern Zone


Dallas Burn (USA) bye to final round.
Cruz Azul (Mexico) bye to final round.
Necaxa (Mexico) bye to final round. [2]

Central Zone

First Round

Plaza Amador qualified for second round as well, opposition unknown.

Olimpia and Municipal, who had reached the Cuadrangular Final of the abandoned 1996 edition, got byes into the second round

1997
El Salvador Deportivo FAS 2–2 Guatemala Amatitlán

May 28, 1997
Guatemala Amatitlán 0–0 (3-4 pen.) El Salvador Deportivo FAS

May 28, 1997
Costa Rica Belén 2–1 Nicaragua Diriangén

June 15, 1997
Nicaragua Diriangén 3–2 Costa Rica Belén

June 15, 1997
Belize Juventus 1–0 Honduras Platense

July 6, 1997
Honduras Platense 4–1 Belize Juventus

Second Round

Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán.

January 25, 1998
Honduras Olimpia 3–0 Costa Rica Belén 3-0

February 12, 1998
Honduras Platense 3–1 Curaçao Jong Colombia
Puerto Cortés

March 11, 1998
Honduras Platense 7–0 Curaçao Jong Colombia
Puerto Cortés

January 25, 1998
Panama Plaza Amadorv 0–1 Guatemala Municipal

January 28, 1998
Guatemala Municipal 2–0 Panama Plaza Amadorv

Caribbean Zone

Won by Jong Colombia; instead of qualifying for the final round as originally planned, they were added to the second round of the central zone.

Final Round

Originally scheduled for March 1998 in Dallas with as quarterfinals Necaxa vs. Olimpia and Platense vs. Municipal; winners of the first were to play Cruz Azul in the semifinal; winners of the second were to play Dallas Burn in the second semifinal. Format was changed for "scheduling and technical reasons".

The Dallas Burn hosted the 1998 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup tournament at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on March 4, 6 and 8. The six-team tournament, was going to consist of three doubleheaders. It was going to feature United States Burn, defending champion Mexico Necaxa, 1997 Mexican Cup champion Mexico Cruz Azul, and Honduras Olimpia who had defeated Costa Rica Belen.

The two remaining spots were going to be filled by the winner of the Guatemala Municipal vs. Panama Plaza Amador and the winner of the Honduras Platense vs. Curaçao Jong Colombia. "This is a tremendous honor to host this tournament and an extremely high level of competition", said Burn GM Billy Hicks. "Necaxa, Cruz Azul and Olimpia are some of the best, most decorated champions on this half of the planet."[3]

Group North

March 4, 1998
Dallas Burn 1–4 Necaxa
Dante Washington  57' Luis Hernández  7'
Pedro Pineda  45' (pen), 56'
Edson Alvarado  58'

March 8, 1998
Dallas Burn 1–2 Cruz Azul
Dante Washington  56' Héctor Altamirano  42'
Juan Francisco Palencia  65'

March 11, 1998
Cruz Azul 1–1 Necaxa
Julio César Yegros  24' Also a Mexican league match Luis Hernández  34'
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1. Mexico Necaxa 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
2. Mexico Cruz Azul 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3. United States Dallas Burn 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 0

Group South

March 5, 1998
Platense 3–3 Olimpia

March 8, 1998
Olimpia 2–1 Municipal
Wilmer Velasquez
Denilson Costa 		Guillermo Ramirez

April 1, 1998
Municipal 0–0 Platense
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1. Honduras Olimpia 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 4
2. Honduras Platense 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
3. Guatemala Municipal 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1

Final

April 1998
Honduras Olimpia Abandoned Mexico Necaxa
Final never played, tournament tacitly abandoned.

References

  1. ↑ Recopa CONCACAF 1994
  2. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cacups97.html#cwc#Recopa CONCACAF 1997
  3. ↑ http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18236/dallas-burn-to-host-concacaf-cup-winners-cup.html
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