The 1990 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 26th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the

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region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the

CONCACAF Champions' Cup The CONCACAF Champions Cup, formerly known as CONCACAF Champions League (2008–2023), is an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America, a ...

. It determined that year's club champion of

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in the

region and was played from 31 March 1990 till 12 March 1991. The teams were split in three zones (North, Central and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the North and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Caribbean champion in the final. Mexican club América easily defeat Cuban side

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7–1 on aggregate, winning their third CONCACAF trophy.Campeón de Concacaf 90–91
on Realidad Americanista

North American Zone

First round

* ''St. Petersburg Kickers advanced to second round.''

Second round

* ''Played over one leg. América advanced to the CONCACAF Final Series.''

Central American Zone

First round

Torneo Centroamericano de Concacaf 1990 *All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round. ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Second round

*Luis Ángel Firpo, Real C.D. España and C.D. Olimpia advance to the third round. ---- ----

Third round

* Olimpia advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal Series.

Caribbean Zone

Preliminary round

*Zénith advance to the first round.

First round

*Apparently RC Rivière-Pilote withdrew.* *All clubs in BOLD advance to the second round.

Second round

*Results unknown after second round, but Excelsior and Transvaal were eliminated
and Pinar del Río, advance to the CONCACAF Semifinal Series.

– (qualified)

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– (Eliminated)

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– (Eliminated)

Semi-finals

1st leg: Nov. 12, 1990 at

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– (USA)
2nd leg: Nov. 14, 1990 at

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– (USA) ----

Final

First

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Second leg

''América won 3–1 on points (8–2 on aggregate)''.

Champion

References

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