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

El Salvador Deportivo FAS 2–2 Guatemala Amatitlán
Guatemala Amatitlán 0–0 (3-4 pen.) El Salvador Deportivo FAS
Costa Rica Belén 2–1 Nicaragua Diriangén
Nicaragua Diriangén 3–2 Costa Rica Belén
Belize Juventus 1–0 Honduras Platense
Honduras Platense 4–1 Belize Juventus

Second round

Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán.

Honduras Olimpia 3–0 Costa Rica Belén 3-0
Honduras Platense 3–1 Curaçao Jong Colombia
Puerto Cortés
Honduras Platense 7–0 Curaçao Jong Colombia
Puerto Cortés
Panama Plaza Amadorv 0–1 Guatemala Municipal
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

Dallas Burn 1–4 Necaxa
Dante Washington  57' Luis Hernández  7'
Pedro Pineda  45' (pen), 56'
Edson Alvarado  58'
Dallas Burn 1–2 Cruz Azul
Dante Washington  56' Héctor Altamirano  42'
Juan Francisco Palencia  65'
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

Platense 3–3 Olimpia
Olimpia 2–1 Municipal
Wilmer Velasquez
Denilson Costa 		Guillermo Ramirez
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

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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