1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Dates	26 April 1980 till 2 February 1981
Final positions
Champions	Transvaal
Runner-up	Atlético Marte

The 1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 17th 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 26 April 1980 till 2 February 1981.

The teams were split in 2 zones, North/Central American and Caribbean, (as North and Central American sections combined to qualify one team for the final), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.

Transvaal from Suriname won the final, and became for the second time CONCACAF champion in their history.

North/Central American Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Marte	5 - 3	Juventud Retalteca	2 - 2	3 - 1
Marathón	5 - 1	Santiagueño	4 - 0	1 - 1
Xelajú	2 - 4	Tigres UANL	0 - 0	2 - 4
Real España	2 - 4	Cruz Azul	2 - 1	0 - 3

• Atlético Marte, Marathón, UANL Tigres AND Cruz Azul advance to the second round.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tigres UANL	1 - 2	Atlético Marte	1 - 1	0 - 1
Marathón	4 - 2	Cruz Azul	3 - 1	1 - 1

• Atlético Marte and Marathón advance to the third round.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Marte	w/o	Marathón

• Marathón withdrew
• Atlético Marte advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.

Caribbean Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kentucky Memphis	0 - 3	SUBT	0 - 1	0 - 2
Sithoc	1 - 5	Robinhood	1 - 0	0 - 5
Transvaal	1 - 0	Defence Force	1 - 0
Yama Sun Oil		Saint Thomas College

• Transvaal vs. Defence Force and Yama Sun Oil vs. Saint Thomas College, Results are unknown.***
• SUBT, Robinhood, Transvaal and Yama Sun Oil advance to the second round.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SUBT	7 - 1	Yama Sun Oil	5 - 0	2 - 1
Robinhood	0 - 0 (3-4 pk)	Transvaal	0 - 0	0 - 0

• Robinhood vs. Transvaal, Results are unknown.***
• SUBT and Transvaal advance to the third round.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SUBT	0 - 3	Transvaal	0 - 1	0 - 2

• Transvaal advances to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final.

CONCACAF Final Series

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Transvaal	2 - 1	Atlético Marte	1 - 0	1 - 1

• Transvaal wins the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1981 Champions
Transvaal Second title

References

• RSSSF Site