2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 6 – June 2
Teams27 (from 9 or 10 associations)

The 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup will be the 59th edition of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The tournament will be the first under a revised format featuring 27 teams and a five-round knockout phase and the first since being renamed from the CONCACAF Champions League. The winner of the final will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States alongside the 2021 winners Monterrey, the 2022 winners Seattle Sounders FC, and the 2023 winners León.[1][2]

León are the title holders, but they did not qualify for this tournament and are unable to defend their title.

Qualification

Twenty-seven teams will qualify for the tournament. Five of the teams will qualify directly for the Round of 16, while the remaining 22 teams will enter in Round One.

In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths will be determined by international competitions, including the revamped North American zonal competition, the 2023 Leagues Cup (three), and the existing regional or zonal championships in the Caribbean and Central America, the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three) and CONCACAF Central American Cup (six), respectively.[3]

Unlike in previous years, the three MLS teams based in Canada will be eligible to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup through slots allocated to MLS (five), in addition to the slot for the Canadian Championship winners, while two Canadian Premier League teams will qualify automatically for the first time. The United States-only 2023 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2023 Canadian Championship, provide one berth each.

The winners of the three zonal championships along with the winner of MLS Cup 2023 and the highest-scored champion from the 2022–23 Liga MX season receive the five byes into the round of 16.[3][4][5]

Distribution

A total of 27 teams (from 9 or 10 associations) qualify for the tournament.[5]

Five teams receive a bye into the Round of 16.

  • The champion of the regional competitions for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American and Caribbean
  • The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada (Liga MX has a split Clausura and Apertura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points takes this place.)

The remaining 22 teams enter in Round One.

Teams

The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.

Teams entering in Round of 16 (5)
Competition Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Caribbean Cup Jamaica Cavalier or Suriname Robinhood 2023 Caribbean Cup champions[Note CCC]
Central American Cup Costa Rica Alajuelense 2023 Central American Cup champions 27th (2023) Champions (2004)
Leagues Cup United States Inter Miami CF 2023 Leagues Cup champions 1st Debut
Liga MX Mexico Pachuca 2022–23 Liga MX Apertura champions with higher aggregate table points 10th (2023) Champions (2016–17)
Major League Soccer United States Columbus Crew or Los Angeles FC MLS Cup 2023 champions
Teams entering in Round One (22)
Competition Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Canadian Championship
(1 berth)		 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023 Canadian Championship champions 4th (2023) Semi-finals (2016–17)
Canadian Premier League
(2 berths)		 Canada Forge FC 2023 Canadian Premier League champions 2nd (2022) Round of 16 (2022)
Canada Cavalry FC 2023 Canadian Premier League CPL Shield winners 1st Debut
Caribbean Cup
(2 berths)		 Jamaica Cavalier 2023 Caribbean Cup finalists[Note CCC] 1st Debut
Suriname Robinhood 14th (1994) Runners-up (1983)
Dominican Republic Moca 2023 Caribbean Cup third place 1st Debut
Central American Cup
(5 berths)		 Nicaragua Real Estelí 2023 Central American Cup finalist 8th (2021) Round of 16 (2021)
Panama Independiente 2023 Central American Cup semi-finalists 2nd (2019) Quarter-finals (2019)
Costa Rica Herediano 14th (2019) Semi-finals (2014–15)
Guatemala Comunicaciones 2023 Central American Cup play-in winners 8th (2022) Quarter-finals (2022)
Costa Rica Saprissa 36th (2022) Champions (2005)
Leagues Cup
(2 berths)		 United States Nashville SC 2023 Leagues Cup runners-up 1st Debut
United States Philadelphia Union 2023 Leagues Cup third place 3rd (2023) Semi-finals (2023)
Liga MX
(5 berths)		 Mexico UANL 2022–23 Liga MX Clausura champions with lower aggregate table points 10th (2023) Champions (2020)
Mexico Toluca 2022–23 Liga MX Apertura runners-up 13th (2019) Champions (2003)
Mexico Guadalajara 2022–23 Liga MX Clausura runners-up 9th (2018) Champions (2018)
Mexico Monterrey Next two best clubs in 2022–23 Liga MX aggregate table 12th (2021) Champions (2021)
Mexico América 16th (2021) Champions (2015–16)
Major League Soccer
(4 berths)		 United States FC Cincinnati 2023 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners 1st Debut
United States St. Louis City SC 2023 Major League Soccer Western Conference regular season winners 1st Debut
United States Orlando City SC Next two best clubs in the 2023 Supporters' Shield standings[Note USA] 2nd (2023) Round of 16 (2023)
United States Columbus Crew 5th (2021) Quarter-finals (2021)
U.S. Open Cup
(1 berth)		 United States Houston Dynamo FC 2023 U.S. Open Cup champions 8th (2019) Semi-finals (2008)

Notes

  1. ^
    Caribbean Cup (CCC): One of Cavalier or Robinhood will qualify for the Round of 16 by winning the 2023 Caribbean Cup.
  2. ^
    United States (USA): Columbus Crew may still qualify for the Round of 16 by winning MLS Cup 2023. If Columbus wins the MLS Cup, the next eligible team (New England Revolution) would qualify.[6]

Draw

The draw for the tournament will be held on December 13, 2023. Teams will be seeded based on their CONCACAF Club Ranking as of December 11, 2023. This ranking formula replaces the CONCACAF Club Index which was used in past editions.[7] Eight teams – the five receiving byes and the top-three ranked teams entering in the first round – will be directly assigned positions in the bracket based on their Club Ranking. The remaining 19 teams will be divided into two pots and then randomly drawn into positions.[8]

Entering in the Round of 16

Seed Team Ranking points
1
2
3
4
5

Entering in Round One

Seeded teams
Seed Team Ranking points
1
2
3
Pot 1
Team Ranking points
Pot 2
Team Ranking points

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[8]

Round First leg Second leg
Round one February 6–8, 13–15, 20–22, and 27–29
Round of 16 March 5–7 March 12–14
Quarter-finals April 2–4 April 9–11
Semi-finals April 23–25 April 30–May 2
Final June 2

Bracket

 
Round OneRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Highest ranked
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5th highest ranked
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Highest ranked (R1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4th highest ranked
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -
 
 
 -
 
 
 
 
 
 2nd highest ranked
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3rd highest ranked (R1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2nd highest ranked (R1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3rd highest ranked
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Round One

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 2, 3, or 4 April, and the second legs will be played on 9, 10, or 11 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
QF1 2/3/4 Apr 9/10/11 Apr
QF2 2/3/4 Apr 9/10/11 Apr
QF3 2/3/4 Apr 9/10/11 Apr
QF4 2/3/4 Apr 9/10/11 Apr

Matches

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Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 23, 24 or 25 April, and the second legs will be played on 30 April, 1 or 2 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SF1 23/24/25 Apr
SF2 23/24/25 Apr

Matches

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Final

The championship will be a single-legged match, played on a weekend date, to crown the regional club champions for the 2024 season.[9]

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Jayda (March 14, 2023). "Sounders qualify for 2025 men's Club World Cup". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  2. ↑ Mather, Victor (June 23, 2023). "U.S. Will Host Club World Cup in 2025". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Concacaf announces expanded Champions League starting in 2024". MLSsoccer.com. September 21, 2021. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ "How clubs can qualify for the expanded 2024 Concacaf Champions League". MLSsoccer.com. June 1, 2022. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Concacaf announces qualification criteria for Confederation's expanded Champions League starting in 2024". CONCACAF. June 1, 2022. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Which teams have qualified for Concacaf Champions Cup 2024?". MLSsoccer.com. October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Q&A: Club Index for 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Draw". CONCACAF.com. November 29, 2017. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Concacaf confirms important details for 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup". Concacaf. October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Concacaf Champions League to expand with innovative new format starting 2023/24". CONCACAF. March 7, 2021. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
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