ABOUT CONCACAF
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE™

The CONCACAF Champions League is the confederation’s annual club championship that was inaugurated in the 2008-2009 season, replacing the Champions Cup which had decided the region’s winner since 1962.

Featuring 24 teams from CONCACAF’s three sub-regions: North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the Champions League begins with a 16-team knockout (or single-elimination) preliminary stage, advances to a four-group, six-round league phase, and concludes with two-leg quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

The eight winners from the preliminary stage join eight seeded teams in the league phase, with two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the quarterfinals.

The eventual champion qualifies for the seven-team Club World Cup in December.