1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup 1997 May 1998 – April 1998 Abandoned 1996 1998 The 1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup was the sixth edition of this defunct tournament contended between 1991 and 1998.Recopa CONCACAF 1994 Qualifying rounds Northern Zone Dallas Burn (USA) bye to final round. Cruz Azul (Mexico) bye to final round. Club Necaxa (Mexico) bye to final round. CONCACAF 1997 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. 1997 FAS SLV 2–2 GUA Amatitlán Y 28 May 1997 Amatitlán GUA 0–0 2–2 4–3 SLV FAS Y Amatitlán qualified for Next Round 28 May 1997 Belén CRC 2–1 NCA Diriangén Y 15 June 1997 Diriangén NCA 2–3 3–5 CRC Belén Y Belén qualified for Next Round 28 June 1997 Juventus BLZ 1–0 HON 1949 Platense Núñez 42 Y 6 July 1997 Platense HON 1949 4–1 4–2 BLZ Juventus Ávila 31Clavasquín 33Cárcamo 35Perdomo 79 85 McAllister Y Platense qualified for Next Round Second round Jong Colombia replaced Amatitlán. January 25, 1998 HON 1949 Olimpia 3–0 CRC Belén Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula Olimpia qualified for Next Round February 12, 1998 CUW Jong Colombia 1-3 HON 1949 Platense Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula March 11, 1998 HON 1949 Platense 7–0 CUW Jong Colombia Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés Platense qualified for Next Round January 25, 1998 PAN Plaza Amador 0–1 GUA Municipal January 28, 1998 GUA Municipal 2–0 PAN Plaza Amador Municipal qualified for Next Round 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 The final round was originally scheduled for March 1998 in Dallas with quarterfinal fixtures of Necaxa–Olimpia and Platense–Municipal; winners of the first were to play Cruz Azul in the semifinal, while winners of the second were to play Dallas Burn in the second semifinal. The format was changed for "scheduling and technical reasons". The Dallas Burn hosted the 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–Plaza Amador match and the winner of the Platense–Jong Colombia match. "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."http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18236/dallas-burn-to-host-concacaf-cup-winners-cup.html Dallas Burn to Host CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup 2016-06-15 2016-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20160811191814/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18236/dallas-burn-to-host-concacaf-cup-winners-cup.html dead Group North March 4, 1998 Dallas Burn 1–4 Necaxa Dante Washington 57 Luis Hernández 7Pedro Pineda 45 pen 56Edson Alvarado 58 Cotton Bowl, Dallas March 8, 1998 Dallas Burn 1–2 Cruz Azul Dante Washington 56 Héctor Altamirano 42Juan Francisco Palencia 65 Cotton Bowl, Dallas March 11, 1998 Cruz Azul 1–1 Also a Mexican league match Necaxa Julio César Yegros 24 Luis Hernández 34 Estadio Azteca, México City main WDL Q NEC MEX Necaxa CAZ MEX Cruz Azul DAL USA Dallas Burn 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 green1 Q complete Group South March 5, 1998 Platense 3–3 Olimpia Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés March 8, 1998 Olimpia 2–1 Municipal Wilmer Velasquez Denilson Costa Guillermo Ramirez Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa April 1, 1998 Municipal 0–0 Platense Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City main WDL Q OLI HON 1949 Olimpia PLA HON 1949 Platense MUN GUA Municipal 1 1 0 5 4 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 2 green1 Q complete Final April 1998 HON 1949 Olimpia Final never played, tournament tacitly abandoned. Abandoned MEX Necaxa References 2 Category:CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup