1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 16th edition of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

UNAM won the final round, becoming CONCACAF club champions for the first time in their history.Copa de Campeones 1980 on the RSSSFLa generación Puma by Carlos Calderón on Medio Tiempo, 8 Feb 2009

Teams The following 18 teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament. North American Zone: 5 teams (from three associations) Central American Zone: 8 teams (from four associations) Caribbean Zone: 6 teams (from six associations)

+Qualified teams for 1980 CONCACAF Champions' CupTeams Cruz Azul UNAM Sacramento Gold Brooklyn Dodgers Herediano Cartaginés Águila Santiagueño Comunicaciones Cobán Imperial Marathón UNAH Jong Colombia SUBT Robinhood Transvaal Police Defence Force Hotels International

Format The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, that was played in Tegucigalpa, Honduras under a group system. All the qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Schedule PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round20 May – 22 June 198029 May – 2 June 1980Second qualifying round22 June – 2 November 198029 June – 16 November 1980Third qualifying round6 November 198013 November 1980Final roundMatch 18 February 1981Match 210 February 1981Match 312 February 1981

First round

North America Zone

North America Zone

UNAM advanced to the third round after Sacramento Gold withdrew from the competition

Brooklyn Dodgers won 3–2 on aggregate; advanced to the second round.

Central America Zone

Central America Zone Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

UNAH advanced to the third round after protesting the drawing of lots; which originally saw Cobán Imperial advance.

Santiagueño advanced to the third round after Cartaginés withdrew from the competition

Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate.

Marathón won 4–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

Robinhood won 5–2 on aggregate.

Transvaal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

North America Zone

North America Zone

Cruz Azul won 12–3 on aggregate; advanced to the third round.

Central America Zone

Central America Zone Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate.

UNAH won 5–3 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

Transvaal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Robinhood won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round

North America Zone

North America Zone

UNAM won 4–1 on aggregate; advanced to the final round.

Central America Zone

Central America Zone Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1980

UNAH won 1–0 on aggregate.

Caribbean Zone

Caribbean Zone

Robinhood won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final round All matches were played in Tegucigalpa.

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