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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
← 1996
1998 →

Qualifying rounds

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Northern Zone

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[2]

Central Zone

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First round

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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

Amatitlán qualified for Next Round

28 May 1997 Belén   2–1   Diriangén
15 June 1997 Diriangén   2–3
(3–5 agg.)		   Belén

Belén qualified for Next Round

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

Platense qualified for Next Round

Second round

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Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán.

  Olimpia3–0  Belén

Only match player

  Jong Colombia1-3  Platense
  Platense7–0  Jong Colombia

Platense qualified for Next Round

  Plaza Amador0–1  Municipal
  Municipal2–0  Plaza Amador

Municipal qualified for Next Round

Caribbean Zone

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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

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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   Dallas 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

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Dallas Burn1–4 Necaxa
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 Azul1–1 Necaxa
Julio César Yegros   24' Also a Mexican league match Luis Hernández   34'
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   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: [citation needed]

Group South

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Platense3–3 Olimpia
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: [citation needed]

Final

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  OlimpiaAbandoned  Necaxa
Final never played, tournament tacitly abandoned.

References

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  1. ^ Recopa CONCACAF 1994
  2. ^ [1] CONCACAF 1997
  3. ^ "Dallas Burn to Host CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup".
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