The 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 7th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 in the CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 region.

It was played from 22 August 1971 till 19 April of 1972 under the home/away match system.

The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying two teams to the final tournament, played for the first time in a group system.
After the end of the group a playoff match had to be played because two teams ended with the same points in the lead of the group.

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

 from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 won the final, and became for the third time in its history CONCACAF champion.

North American Zone

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• Cruz Azul advances to the final tournament.
• Rochester Lancers advances to the final tournament.

Preliminary Round

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• Comunicaciones advances to the first round.

First Round

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• Aurora FC, Saprissa, Alajuelense, Comunicaciones advance to the second round.

Second Round

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• Comunicaciones and Alajuelense advance to the final tournament.

Caribbean Zone

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• Aigle Noir A.C. withdrew, SV Estrella advances.
• SV Transvaal advances to the final tournament.

CONCACAF Final Tournament

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• After the end of the group stage a playoff match had to be played due to Cruz Azul and Alajuelense ended with the same points in the lead of the group.
• The final tournament was played in Guatemala City.

Playoff

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1971 Champion
Mexico
Cruz Azul Club Deportivo Cruz Azul Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo... Third Title

Reference

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