1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 14th 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 1 May until 17 September 1978 and all the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones Concacaf
Dates1 May until 17 September 1978
Final positions
Champions Comunicaciones
Defence Force
Leones Negros U. de G.

The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North American and Central American zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final.

North American Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM w/o1 Maccabi Los Angeles

1 Maccabi Los Angeles withdrew.

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM 0 - 2 U de G 0 - 1 0 - 1

Central American Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 11 - 0 Diriangén 6 - 0 5 - 0
Cartaginés 1 - 3 FAS 0 - 2 1 - 1
Municipal 8 - 1 CD UCA 5 - 1 3 - 0
Comunicaciones 5 - 2 Once Municipal 3 - 1 2 - 1

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 2 - 1 FAS 0 - 0 2 - 1
Comunicaciones 2 - 0 Municipal 2 - 0 0 - 0

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 0 - 3 Comunicaciones 0 - 1 0 - 2

Caribbean Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jong Holland 2 - 4 Transvaal 0 - 0 2 - 4
Defence Force 4 - 2 Thomas United 1 - 0 3 - 2
Voorwaarts 3 - 2 TECSA 2 - 1 1 - 1
Pele 5 - 2 Racing Club Aruba 3 - 1 2 - 1

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Transvaal 2 - 4 Defence Force 1 - 1 1 - 3
Voorwaarts 5 - 2 Pele 5 - 1 0 - 1

Third Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Voorwaarts 1 - 4 Defence Force 1 - 2 0 - 2

CONCACAF final series

The final round was not played due to administrative problems and disagreements of dates for the matches; So the three teams in this final phase were declared CONCACAF champions.

Champions
 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1978 
Comunicaciones
Defence Force
U de G

References
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