1965 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

February 2021 1965 3 October 1965 – 31 March 1966 12 (from 12 federation) Not awarded 13 34 1964 1967 The 1965 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was originally to be the 3rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was played by 12 teams of 12 nations: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Netherlands Antilles, Dutch Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was played from 3 October 1965 till 31 March 1966. The teams were split in 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system. No champion was crowned for the second consecutive year since the final of the tournament could not be held: the tournament was declared void.CONCACAF Cup by RSSSF North American Zone The Zone was scratched because no club entered. Central American Zone First round 3 October 1965 1st leg Águila SLV 4–1 GUA 1871 Aurora Sergio Mendez Juan Francisco Barraza Walter Pearson Carlos Herrera San Miguel, El Salvador Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Y 10 October 1965 2nd leg Aurora GUA 1871 1–2 2–6 SLV Águila Corán Sergio Mendez Walter Pearson Guatemala City, Guatemala Y 3 October 1965 1st leg Santa Cecilia NCA 1908 2–1 HON 1949 Olimpia Managua, Nicaragua Y 10 October 1965 2nd leg Olimpia HON 1949 3–0 4–2 NCA 1908 Santa Cecilia Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional Y 17 October 1965 1st leg Unión Española PAN 1–1 CRC Saprissa Panama City, Panama Y 5 November 1965 2nd leg Saprissa CRC 8–0 9–1 PAN Unión Española San José, Costa Rica Y Second round CRC Saprissa received a bye to the third round 25 October 1965 1st leg Águila SLV 4–2 HON 1949 Olimpia Sergio Mendez Walter Pearson San Miguel, El Salvador Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Y 31 October 1965 2nd leg Olimpia HON 1949 1–0 3–4 SLV Águila Tegucigalpa, Honduras Estadio Nacional Y Third round 27 March 1966 1st leg Águila SLV 1–2 CRC Saprissa Walter Pearson Fernando Hernández Eduardo Umaña San Salvador, El Salvador Y 31 March 1966 2nd leg Saprissa CRC 0–0 2–1 SLV Águila San José, Costa Rica Y Caribbean Zone First round Group A All matches were scheduled to be held in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles from 13 December to 17 December 1965, but were cancelled. Railways JAM Cancelled Industriales CUB Aigle Noir HAI 1964 Cancelled Railways JAM Industriales CUB Cancelled Aigle Noir HAI 1964 Group B All matches were scheduled to be held in Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles from 13 December to 17 December 1965, but were cancelled. Paragon TRI Cancelled Transvaal Dutch Guiana Transvaal Dutch Guiana Cancelled RCA ANT RCA ANT Cancelled Paragon TRI Second round The match was scheduled to take place on December 19, 1965 in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, but was cancelled. Group A Winner Cancelled Group B Winner Final Saprissa CRC w/o Caribbean Zone Winner Due to the Caribbean Zone tournament's cancellation and no club entering the North American Zone, the tournament was cancelled. References 1965 Champions' Cup