2024 CONCACAF Champions League

2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

Tournament details
Dates	February 6 – June 2
Teams	27 (from 10 associations)
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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] The winner will also qualify for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup to be held in December.^[3]

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, with five of them earning direct qualification to the Round of 16. 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.^[4]

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.^[4][5][6]

Distribution

A total of 27 teams (from 9 or 10 associations) qualify for the tournament.^[6]

• North American Zone: 18 teams (from 3 associations)
• Central American Zone: 6 teams (from 2–6 associations)
• Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from 1–3 associations)

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.

• The runners-up and third-place team from the MLS–Liga MX Leagues Cup
• The runners-up and third-place team from the Caribbean Cup
• The remaining semi-finalists and two play-in winners from the Central American Cup
• The U.S. Open Cup champion
• The Canadian Championship winner
• The Canadian Premier League regular season winner and playoff champion
• The remaining winner, runners-up, and the two best next clubs by season aggregate from Liga MX
• The MLS Supporters' Shield winner
• The remaining MLS Conference regular season leader, and the next two teams in the Supporters Shield competition

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	Robinhood	2023 Caribbean Cup champions	14th (1994)	Runners-up (1983)
Central American Cup	Alajuelense	2023 Central American Cup champions	27th (2023)	Champions (2004)
Leagues Cup	Inter Miami CF	2023 Leagues Cup champions	1st	Debut
Liga MX	Pachuca	2022–23 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura champions with higher aggregate table points	10th (2023)	Champions (2016–17)
Major League Soccer	Columbus Crew	MLS Cup 2023 champions	5th (2021)	Quarter-finals (2021)

Teams entering in Round one (22)

Competition	Team	Qualifying method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Canadian Championship (1 berth)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2023 Canadian Championship champions	4th (2023)	Semi-finals (2016–17)
Canadian Premier League (2 berths)	Forge FC	2023 Canadian Premier League champions	2nd (2022)	Round of 16 (2022)
	Cavalry FC	2023 Canadian Premier League CPL Shield winners	1st	Debut
Caribbean Cup (2 berths)	Cavalier	2023 Caribbean Cup runners-up	1st	Debut
	Moca	2023 Caribbean Cup third place	1st	Debut
Central American Cup (5 berths)	Real Estelí	2023 Central American Cup runners-up	8th (2021)	Round of 16 (2021)
	Independiente	2023 Central American Cup semi-finalists	2nd (2019)	Quarter-finals (2019)
	Herediano		14th (2019)	Semi-finals (2014–15)
	Comunicaciones	2023 Central American Cup play-in winners	29th (2022)	Quarter-finals (2022)
	Saprissa		36th (2022)	Champions (2005)
Leagues Cup (2 berths)	Nashville SC	2023 Leagues Cup runners-up	1st	Debut
	Philadelphia Union	2023 Leagues Cup third place	3rd (2023)	Semi-finals (2023)
Liga MX (5 berths)	UANL	2022–23 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura champions with lower aggregate table points	10th (2023)	Champions (2020)
	Toluca	2022–23 Liga MX Apertura runners-up	13th (2019)	Champions (2003)
	Guadalajara	2022–23 Liga MX Clausura runners-up	9th (2018)	Champions (2018)
	Monterrey	Next two best clubs in 2022–23 Liga MX aggregate table	12th (2021)	Champions (2021)
	América		16th (2021)	Champions (2015–16)
Major League Soccer (4 berths)	FC Cincinnati	2023 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners	1st	Debut
	St. Louis City SC	2023 Major League Soccer Western Conference regular season winners	1st	Debut
	Orlando City SC	Next two best clubs in the 2023 Supporters' Shield standings	2nd (2023)	Round of 16 (2023)
	New England Revolution		5th (2022)	Quarter-finals (2022)
U.S. Open Cup (1 berth)	Houston Dynamo FC	2023 U.S. Open Cup champions	8th (2019)	Semi-finals (2008)

Draw

The draw for the tournament was 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	Pachuca	1207
2	Columbus Crew	1203
3	Inter Miami CF	1182
4	Alajuelense	1145
5	Robinhood	1040

Entering in Round one

Seeded teams Seed Team Ranking points 1 América 1254 2 Monterrey 1243 3 UANL 1235

Pot 1 Team Ranking points Philadelphia Union 1214 Toluca 1212 Guadalajara 1205 Orlando City SC 1200 Nashville SC 1191 FC Cincinnati 1189 New England Revolution 1179 Houston Dynamo FC 1178

Pot 2 Team Ranking points Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1170 Saprissa 1150 St. Louis City SC 1144 Herediano 1129 Comunicaciones 1122 Independiente 1117 Cavalry FC 1115 Forge FC 1111 Real Estelí 1071 Moca 1029 Cavalier 1028

Schedule

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

Round	First leg	Second leg
Round one	February 6–8 and 20–22	February 13–15 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 one

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Pachuca

Philadelphia Union

Saprissa

Robinhood

Toluca

Herediano

América

Real Estelí

Guadalajara

Forge FC

Alajuelense

New England Revolution

Independiente

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Columbus Crew

Houston Dynamo FC

St. Louis City SC

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

UANL

Orlando City SC

Cavalry FC

Monterrey

Comunicaciones

FC Cincinnati

Cavalier

Inter Miami CF

Nashville SC

Moca

Round one

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	R1-1	Philadelphia Union	Feb 20	Feb 27
Herediano	R1-2	Toluca	Feb 7	Feb 15
Real Estelí	R1-3	América	Feb 6	Feb 14
Forge FC	R1-4	Guadalajara	Feb 7	Feb 13
Independiente	R1-5	New England Revolution	Feb 21	Feb 29
St. Louis City SC	R1-6	Houston Dynamo FC	Feb 20	Feb 27
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	R1-7	UANL	Feb 7	Feb 14
Cavalry FC	R1-8	Orlando City SC	Feb 21	Feb 27
Comunicaciones	R1-9	Monterrey	Feb 6	Feb 15
Cavalier	R1-10	FC Cincinnati	Feb 22	Feb 28
Moca	R1-11	Nashville SC	Feb 22	Feb 28

Matches

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Round of 16

Summary

The first legs will be played on 5, 6, or March 7, and the second legs will be played on 12, 13, or March 14, 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TBD	R16-1	Pachuca	Mar 5	Mar 12
TBD	R16-2	Robinhood	Mar 5	Mar 13
TBD	R16-3	TBD	Mar 6	Mar 13
TBD	R16-4	Alajuelense	Mar 6	Mar 14
TBD	R16-5	Columbus Crew	Mar 6	Mar 12
TBD	R16-6	TBD	Mar 5	Mar 12
TBD	R16-7	TBD	Mar 7	Mar 14
TBD	R16-8	Inter Miami CF	Mar 7	Mar 13

Matches

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Quarter-finals

Summary

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

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

Matches

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Semi-finals

Summary

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TBD	SF1	TBD	23/24/25 Apr	Apr 30/May 1/2
TBD	SF2	TBD	23/24/25 Apr	Apr 30/May 1/2

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.^[11]

Notes

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