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1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 12th 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 and was played from 6 June 1976 till 13 February 1977.

The teams were split in three 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.

Salvadorean club Águila beat Surinamese Robinhood in the final to became CONCACAF champion for the first time in their history, and the second Salvadoran team to win the trophy.

North American Zone

First round

  • Toronto Italia advances to the second round.

Second round

  • Serbian White Eagles withdrew.
  • The Toronto Italia v Toluca matches were originally scheduled for July 16 and August 31, but Toluca asked to reschedule the series to September 5 and 8. After the matches were not played by September 8, CONCACAF disqualified Toluca.

Third round

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1976

Group A
Group B

Round 2

Round 3

Caribbean Zone

First round

  • Malvern United on a Bye

Second round

Third round

Semi-final

  • Due to several players being sent off after a brawl, León forfeited the 2nd leg while leading 2–1: Águila was awarded a 2–0 win.

Final

First leg

Second leg

Aguila won the series 4–2 on points (8–3 on aggregate).

Champion

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