1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1963
Tournament details
Dates10 March – 18 August 1963
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Various (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsHaiti Racing Haïtien (1st title)
Runners-upMexico CD Guadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored46 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Andy Mate (5 Goals)

The 1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 2nd edition of the annual continental club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North, 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 9 teams from 8 countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, and the United States. The tournament was played from 10 March 1963 till 18 August 1963, and was won by Haitien club Racing.[1]

First round

Location of teams of the 1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
10 March 1963 Caribbean Zone Sithoc Netherlands Antilles 1–3 Haiti Racing Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Romualdo Valeriam 43' Germain Champagne
Salomón Santvil 69'
Claude Limagree 86'
Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium
17 March 1963 Caribbean Zone Racing Haiti 1–0
(4–1 agg.)
Netherlands Antilles Sithoc Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Salomón Santvil 52' Nil Stadium: Stade Sylvio Cator

15 March 1963 North American Zone Oro Mexico 2–3 United States New York Hungaria Guadalajara, Mexico
Gustavo Peña 10'
Amaury Epaminondas 33'
Andy Mate 18' 53' 85' Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
17 April 1963 North American Zone New York Hungaria United States 2–2
(5–4 agg.)
Mexico Oro New York City, United States
Andy Mate 39' 82' Jorge Rodríguez 34'
Gustavo Peña 49'
Stadium: Eindracht Oval

1963-04-28 Central American Zone Vida Honduras 2–2 Guatemala Xelajú Estadio Nilmo Edwards
La Ceiba, Honduras
Israel Juárez 19'
Alberto Amaya 85'
Rufino López 34'
Sergio Anaya 54'
1963-05-05 Central American Zone Xelajú Guatemala 6–0
(8–2 agg.)
Honduras Vida Estadio Mario Camposeco
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Rodolfo Chávez Lizano 25, 83'
Haroldo Juárez Arjona 34, 69'
Sergio Anaya 57'
Rufino López 79'
Nil

1963-04-28 Central American Zone Saprissa Costa Rica 1–1 El Salvador FAS Estadio Nacional
San José, Costa Rica
Rubén Jiménez 81' Mario Nájera 75'
1963-05-05 Central American Zone Saprissa Costa Rica 2–0
(3–1 agg.)
El Salvador FAS Estadio Nacional
San José, Costa Rica
Rubén Jiménez 52'
Edgar Marín 85'
Nil

Second round

1963-05-19 North American Zone Play-off New York Hungaria United States 0–0 Mexico CD Guadalajara New York City, New York, (USA)
Nil Nil
1963-07-07 Inter–Zone Play-off Xelajú Guatemala 1–4 Haiti Racing Haïtien Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Haroldo Juárez 50' Salomon Saint Vil 32, 72, 82'
Germain Champagne 62'
1963-07-14 Inter–Zone Play-off Xelajú Guatemala 3–1 Haiti Racing Haïtien Guatemala City, Guatemala
Rufino López 2, 49'
Sergio Anaya 10'
Joseph Obas 67'
  • Saprissa received a bye to the third round.

Playoff re-match

Due to each team having won one match, a play-off was needed.

1963-07-17 Inter–Zone Play-off Xelajú Guatemala 1–2 Haiti Racing Haïtien Guatemala City, Guatemala
Juan Reyes 66' Joseph Obas 9'
Nelson 26'

Third round

Final round

Difficulties in securing passports for Racing Haïtien's players in time for the September final in Guadalajara caused the match to be postponed three times.

After CD Guadalajara protested to CONCACAF in February 1964, they were declared champions, but after a counter-protest, CONCACAF decided that both legs of the final should be played within two months of 2 April 1964. This decision meant that CD Guadalajara were forced to withdraw because they were on a tour of Europe during that time: therefore, the final was scratched, and Racing Haïtien were awarded the championship.

Champion

 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1963 champion 
Haiti
Racing Haïtien
1st title

References

  1. Steven Torres. "Copa de Campeones CONCACAF 1963". RSSSF. Archived from the original on November 22, 2012.
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