1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

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

1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup
DatesMay 1998 – April 1998
Final positions
ChampionsAbandoned

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]

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 FAS 2–2 Amatitlán
28 May 1997 Amatitlán 0–0
(2–2 agg.)
(4–3 p)		 FAS
28 May 1997 Belén 2–1 Diriangén
15 June 1997 Diriangén 2–3
(3–5 agg.)		 Belén
28 June 1997 Juventus 1–0 Platense
Núñez  42'
6 July 1997 Platense 4–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Juventus
Ávila  31'
Clavasquín  33'
Cárcamo  35'
Perdomo  79'		  85' McAllister

Second round

Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán.

Olimpia3–0 Belén
Platense3–1 Jong Colombia
Puerto Cortés
Platense7–0 Jong Colombia
Puerto Cortés
Plaza Amador0–1 Municipal
Municipal2–0 Plaza Amador

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 Burn, defending champion Necaxa, 1997 Mexican Cup champion Cruz Azul, and Olimpia who had defeated Belen.

The two remaining spots were going to be filled by the winner of the Municipal vs. Plaza Amador and the winner of the Platense vs. 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
Dallas Burn1–4Necaxa
Dante Washington  57' Luis Hernández  7'
Pedro Pineda  45' (pen), 56'
Edson Alvarado  58'
Dallas Burn1–2Cruz Azul
Dante Washington  56' Héctor Altamirano  42'
Juan Francisco Palencia  65'
Cruz Azul1–1Necaxa
Julio César Yegros  24' Also a Mexican league match Luis Hernández  34'
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Necaxa 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
2 Cruz Azul 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3 Dallas Burn 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source:

Group South
Platense3–3Olimpia
Olimpia2–1Municipal
Wilmer Velasquez
Denilson Costa 		Guillermo Ramirez
Municipal0–0Platense
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Olimpia 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 4
2 Platense 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
3 Municipal 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:

Final
OlimpiaAbandoned 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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