1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 14th 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 1 May till 17 September 1978 and all the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North American and Central American zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. The final tournament was cancelled due to administrative problems and disagreement on the dates.

North American Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pumas UNAM	w/o1	Maccabi Los Angeles

¹ Maccabi Los Angeles withdrew.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pumas UNAM	0 - 2	Universidad de Guadalajara	0 - 1	0 - 1

Central American Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	11 - 0	Diriangén FC	6 - 0	5 - 0
CS Cartaginés	1 - 3	CD FAS	0 - 2	1 - 1
CSD Municipal	8 - 1	Universidad Catolica	5 - 1	3 - 0
CSD Comunicaciones	5 - 2	Once Municipal	3 - 1	2 - 1

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	2 - 1	CD FAS	0 - 0	2 - 1
CSD Comunicaciones	2 - 0	CSD Municipal	2 - 0	0 - 0

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Saprissa	0 - 3	CSD Comunicaciones	0 - 1	0 - 2

Caribbean Zone

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jong Holland	2 - 4	SV Transvaal	0 - 0	2 - 4
Defence Force	4 - 2	Thomas United	1 - 0	3 - 2
SV Voorwaarts	3 - 2	TECSA	2 - 1	1 - 1
Pele FC	5 - 2	Racing Club Haitien	3 - 1	2 - 1

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Transvaal	2 - 4	Defence Force	1 - 1	1 - 3
SV Voorwaarts	5 - 2	Pele FC	5 - 1	0 - 1

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SV Voorwaarts	1 - 4	Defence Force	1 - 2	0 - 2

CONCACAF Final Series

The Final was cancelled due to administrative problems and disagreement on dates.

Finalist

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1978 Finalist
Universidad de Guadalajara CSD Comunicaciones Defence Force

References

• CONCACAF Site