Miami, FL – Concacaf has confirmed the pots and draw assistants for the 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf League official draw. The draw on Wednesday, June 8 at 8:00 pm ET will determine the pairings for the Preliminary Round and Round of 16, and each club's path to the final.
The made for tv event, which will be hosted by sports anchor Raul Guzman, and conducted by Concacaf Head of Club Competitions, Matias Tettamanti, will include the participation of Concacaf General Secretary, Philippe Moggio and former player Walter Centeno, as well as Jose Manuel Contreras, captain of current SCL Champion’s Comunicaciones FC.
Fans across the region to follow and enjoy through the Confederation’s TV partner networks, including TUDN | ViX (USA-Spanish), OneSoccer (Canada), Fox Sports Mexico (Mexico-Spanish), ESPN (Central America, Caribbean and South America), and other local partners.
For other territories, it will be available on the Official Concacaf App (Apple and Google Play stores), and Concacaf’s Facebook and YouTube pages (all subject to territory restrictions).
The 22 clubs participating in the competition have been divided into four pots according their Concacaf Club Ranking and the round in which they will begin play. The pots will be as follows (in ranking order):
Pot 1: CRC 3, CSD Municipal (GUA), RCD España (HON), Sporting San Miguelito (PAN), CD Platense (SLV), Pacific FC (CAN)
Pot 2: CD Aguila (SLV), Atletico Vega Real (DOM), Real Estelí FC (NCA), Deportivo Malacateco (GUA), Waterhouse FC (JAM), Verdes FC (BLZ)
Pot 3: FC Motagua (HON), CRC 1, CD Olimpia (HON), Alianza FC (PAN), Tauro FC (PAN), Diriangen FC (NCA), Alianza FC (SLV), CRC 2
Pot 4: Cibao FC (DOM), Comunicaciones FC (GUA) and the six Preliminary Round winners
More information on how the pots were determined is available here.
Draw Assistant
Walter Centeno enjoyed success in his country of Costa Rica both at the club and international level.
Centeno is best identified by his time with Costa Rican giants Deportivo Saprissa, where as a player he won nine titles, including the 2005 Concacaf Champions Cup when they defeated Mexico’s Pumas in the Final.
Centeno has also been a champion at the coaching level, guiding Saprissa to the 2019 SCL title, in addition to the 2020 Clausura in the Costa Rican first division.
As a player at the international level, Centeno appeared in 135 matches with the Costa Rican National Team, scoring 24 goals and playing six matches across two FIFA World Cups, at South Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006.
Centeno was also a force in Concacaf matches, with six goals in 41 Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers and nine goals in 19 Concacaf Gold Cup matches.
The sixth and final edition of the SCL, which precedes an exciting new Concacaf club ecosystem launching in 2023-24, is scheduled to kick off the last week of July.
The 2022 SCL will qualify six clubs to the 2023 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League and will continue to be played in a direct elimination format, with home and away play in all five rounds (preliminary round, round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and final).
More information on the competition’s format and draw procedures is available here.