1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup explained

Year:	1988
Dates:	30 November – 21 December
Size:	275
Caption:	Estadio Nacional in Tegucigalpa hosted the final round
Num Teams:	4
Associations:	4
Champion Other:	Olimpia
Count:	2
Second Other:	Defence Force
Matches:	6
Goals:	9
Prevseason:	1987
Nextseason:	1989

The 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 24th. 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 11 March till 21 December 1988.

The teams were split in 2 zones, North/Central America and Caribbean, (as North and Central America sections combined to qualify one team for the final), each one qualifying two teams to the final tournament.

Hondurean club Olimpia beat Trinidarian side Defence Force 4–0 on aggregate to become champions,^{[1] [2]}

North/Central American Zone

Preliminary round

• Morelia, Cruz Azul and Alajuelense advance to the First Round.

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First round

North American Zone

• Morelia and Cruz Azul advance to Fourth Round.

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Central American Zone

Played in Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores - Guatemala City, Guatemala

• Alajuelense and Marathon advance to the Third Round.

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Central American Zone

Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras

• Olimpia and Aurora advance to the Third Round.

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Second round

Central American Zone

Played in Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés - Tegucigalpa, Honduras

• Alajuelense and Olimpia advance to the Fourth Round.

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Third round

North/Central American Zone

• Olimpia and Alajuelense advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.

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• Morelia disqualified after refusing to play the series.*

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Caribbean Zone

First round

Matches and results unknown:
Zenith
Robinhood
Sion Hill
Cardinals

• All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round.

Second round

Matches and results unknown:
La Gauloise
Seba United
Sport Guyanais

• Further results for the following round are unknown;
  Robin Hood and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Semi-Finals.

Semi-finals

• Olimpia and Defence Force advance to the CONCACAF Final.

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Final

First leg

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Second leg

• Olimpia won 4–0 on points and also 4–0 on aggregate.

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups88.html Copa de Campeones 1988
2. https://www.elheraldo.hn/deportes/1118377-466/olimpia-y-sus-tres-hazañas-en-la-concacaf Olimpia y sus tres hazañas