Draft:2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

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2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Tournament details
Dates2025
Teams27.[1]
2024
2026

The 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup will be the 60th season of North, Central America, and the Caribbean's premier club association football tournament organized by CONCACAF.

The winner of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup will automatically qualify for the second edition of the revamped FIFA Club World Cup along with the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup[2]

Qualification

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Twenty-seven teams will qualify for the tournament, with five of them earning direct qualification to the round of 16. The remaining twenty-two 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 2024 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]

Two Canadian Premier League teams will qualify automatically while the United States-only 2024 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2024 Canadian Championship, will provide one berth each.

The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2024 and the highest-scoring champion from the 2023–24 Liga MX season, will receive the five byes into the round of 16.[3][4][5]

 
 
Mexico City
 
Mexico City teams
  América
  UNAM
  Cruz Azul
Location of teams of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
  North American Zone   Central American Zone   Caribbean Zone

Distribution

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A total of 27 teams (from 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 have a split Clausura and Apertura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points take this place.)

The remaining 22 teams will enter in round one.

Teams

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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 2024 Caribbean Cup champions
Central American Cup 2024 Central American Cup champions
Leagues Cup 2024 Leagues Cup champions
Liga MX   América 2023–24 Liga MX Apertura and Clausura champions 16th (2024) Champions (2015–16)
Major League Soccer MLS Cup 2024 champions
Teams entering in Round one (22)
Competition Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Canadian Championship
(1 berth)
  2024 Canadian Championship champions
Canadian Premier League
(2 berths)
  2024 Canadian Premier League champions
  2024 Canadian Premier League CPL Shield winners
Caribbean Cup
(2 berths)
2024 Caribbean Cup runners-up
2024 Caribbean Cup third place
Central American Cup
(5 berths)
2024 Central American Cup runners-up
2024 Central American Cup semi-finalists
2024 Central American Cup play-in winners
Leagues Cup
(2 berths)
2024 Leagues Cup runners-up
2024 Leagues Cup third place
Liga MX
(5 berths)
  Cruz Azul 2023–24 Liga MX Clausura runners-up 9th (2022) Champions (2013–14)
  UANL 2023–24 Liga MX Apertura runners-up 12th (2024) Champions (2020)
  Monterrey Next three best clubs in 2023–24 Liga MX aggregate table[Note MEX] 13th (2024) Champions (2021)
  Guadalajara 10th (2024) Champions (2018)
  UNAM 6th (2022) Runners-up (2022)
Major League Soccer
(4 berths)
2024 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners
2024 Major League Soccer other conference regular season winners
Next two best clubs in the 2024 Supporters' Shield standings
U.S. Open Cup
(1 berth)
  2024 U.S. Open Cup champions

Notes

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    Mexico (MEX): As América won both Apertura und Clausura, the spot was passed to the third best team in the aggregate table not already qualified.
  • References

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    1. ^ "Draw delivers groups for 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup". Concacaf.com. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
    2. ^ "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025 (Press Release)". FIFA. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
    3. ^ a b "Concacaf announces expanded Champions League starting in 2024". Major League Soccer. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
    4. ^ "How clubs can qualify for the expanded 2024 Concacaf Champions League". Major League Soccer. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
    5. ^ a b "Concacaf announces qualification criteria for Confederation's expanded Champions League starting in 2024". CONCACAF. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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