CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1963
The 1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the second official football competition for club teams in the CONCACAF region. The competition could not be played to the end because the final between last year's winner Deportivo Guadalajara and RC Haïtien did not take place. Ultimately, the RC Haïtien was declared the winner. In the next three years (1964 to 1966) the CONCACAF Champions' Cup did not take place at all and the tournament has been held annually since 1967.
Participating teams
North America
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Deportivo Guadalajara (qualified as defending champions) -
Deportivo Oro ( qualified as Mexican champion of the 1962/63 season)
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New York Hungaria
Central America
Caribbean
Results
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals were separated by region. So there were two direct clashes between Central American teams as well as the direct duel between the two participants from the Caribbean and an encounter between the Mexican champions Deportivo Oro and the US champions New York Hungaria . The defending champion Deportivo Guadalajara , also from Mexico, had received a bye.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1: 4 |
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1: 3 | 0: 1 |
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4: 5 |
New York Hungaria
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2: 3 | 2: 2 |
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|
2: 8 |
 Club Xelajú MC
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2: 2 | 0: 6 |
Deportivo Saprissa 
|
3: 1 |
 CD FAS
|
1: 1 | 2-0 |
Intermediate round
By qualifying five teams for the second round, the North Americans met in one match and in the other match the Guatemalan representative Club Xelajú MC from Central America had to deal with the Haitian representative RC Haïtien from the Caribbean. The Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa moved into the next round without a fight.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New York Hungaria
|
0: 2 |
Deportivo Guadalajara
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0-0 | 0: 2 |
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Club Xelajú MC
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4: 5 1 |
RC Haïtien
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1: 4 | 3: 1 |
1 Because the goal difference was not used in this competition, both teams had to compete against each other in a third game after a win, in which the RC Haïtien prevailed 2-1.
Semifinals
By qualifying only three clubs for the semifinals, the RC Haïtien got into the final by bye. The defending champions Deportivo Guadalajara also prevailed against Deportivo Saprissa with three goals from Salvador Reyes . Both games were played in the Costa Rican capital, San José , home of Saprissa.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Deportivo Saprissa
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0: 3 |
Deportivo Guadalajara
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0: 1 | 0: 2 |
final
The finals were originally scheduled for September 8th and 10th, 1963 and both should have taken place in Guadalajara . Because the RC Haïtien did not receive his entry permit in time, the meeting had to be postponed. After the RC Haïtien failed to meet the next two appointments, Deportivo Guadalajara filed an official complaint with CONCACAF in February 1964 , which then declared the Mexicans the winner. The Haitians protested against this decision, whereupon CONCACAF withdrew their previous decision on April 2, 1964 and ordered both clubs to make up for the final encounters within two months. Because the CD Guadalajara undertook a multi-week trip to Europe during this period , the Mexicans finally did without the final and the RC Haïtien was declared the winner. Thus, the defending champion, who had not conceded a single goal in the previous or in the current tournament, lost his title.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
RC Haïtien
|
without a fight |
Deportivo Guadalajara
|
-: - | -: - |