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

Second round

Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán.

Honduras Olimpia3–0Costa Rica Belén
Honduras Platense3–1Curaçao Jong Colombia
Puerto Cortés
Honduras Platense7–0Curaçao Jong Colombia
Puerto Cortés
Panama Plaza Amador0–1Guatemala Municipal
Guatemala Municipal2–0Panama 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 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 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 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
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 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
Source:

Final
Honduras OlimpiaAbandonedMexico Necaxa
Final never played, tournament tacitly abandoned.

References
  1. Recopa CONCACAF 1994
  2. CONCACAF 1997
  3. "Dallas Burn to Host CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup".
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