CONCACAF
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 CONCACAF member associations are in pink |
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| Formation | 1961 |
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| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
| Membership | 40 national associations |
| President | Jack Warner |
| Website | http://www.concacaf.com/ |
CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Three South American entities, the independent nations of Guyana and Suriname, and the French department of French Guiana, are also members.
CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 December 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, by the fusion the NAFC and the CCCF, and it became one of the six continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. Its primary administrative functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct World Cup qualifying tournaments.
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[edit] Member nations
[edit] National teams
1.Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
2.South American country, but CONCACAF member.
3.Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.
[edit] Competitions
[edit] National teams
[edit] Confederation
- CONCACAF Gold Cup - Senior CONCACAF tournament.
- CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup - Senior women's tournament.
- CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
- CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
- CONCACAF U-17 Championship
[edit] Regional unions
- UNCAF Nations Cup - Central America, top 5 qualify for the Gold Cup.
- Caribbean Cup - Caribbean, top 4 qualify for the Gold Cup.
[edit] Beach Football
[edit] Defunct
- NAFC Championship (1947,1949).
- CCCF Championship (1941-1961).
- CONCACAF Championship (1963-1989).
- CFU Championship (1978-1985).
- North American Nations Cup (1990,1991).
[edit] Clubs
[edit] Confederation
[edit] Regional unions
- SuperLiga - North America.
- Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Central America. (Defunct)
- CFU Club Championship - Caribbean, top 3 qualify for the Champions League.
[edit] Defunct
[edit] World Cup Qualifiers
Only ten CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, six of them accomplishing the feat only once. No team from the region has ever reached the final at the World Cup. The United States, Mexico, and Cuba have reached the quarterfinal round. Cuba advanced to the quarterfinals in their only appearance, the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Mexico did so both times they hosted the World Cup, 1970 and 1986. The United States also reached the quarterfinals on two occasions, separated by seventy-two years, in both 1930 and 2002; they are the only CONCACAF member to advance beyond the quarterfinals, which they accomplished in 1930, where they were awarded third place.
The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the World Cup, sorted by number of appearances:
| Team |  1930 |
 1934 |
 1938 |
 1950 |
 1954 |
 1958 |
 1962 |
 1966 |
 1970 |
 1974 |
 1978 |
 1982 |
1986 |
 1990 |
 1994 |
1998 |
  2002 |
2006 |
 2010 |
2014 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico |
1G | 1G | 1G | 1G | 1G | 1G | QF | 1G | QF | R16 | R16 | R16 | R16 | 13 | |||||||
| United States |
3rd | R16 | 1G | 1G | R16 | 1G | QF | 1G | 8 | ||||||||||||
 Costa Rica |
R16 | 1G | 1G | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 El Salvador |
1G | 1G | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Cuba |
QF | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Haiti |
1G | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Honduras |
1G | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Canada |
1G | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Jamaica |
1G | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Trinidad and Tobago |
1G | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | TBD | TBD | 32 |
- Legend
- 3rd – Third place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R16 – Round of 16
- 1G – First Group Stage
[edit] Women's World Cup Qualifiers
The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, sorted by number of appearances.
| Team |  1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2007 |
2011 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
• | • | • | • | • | 5 | |
| Canada |
• | • | • | • | 4 | ||
| Mexico |
• | 1 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | TBD | 10 |
[edit] Rankings
[edit] Top national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.[1]
| CONCACAF | FIFA | Nation | Points |
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| 1 | 12 | United States |
983 |
| 2 | 30 | Costa Rica |
789 |
| 3 | 33 | Mexico |
777 |
| 4 | 39 | Honduras |
753 |
| 5 | 65 | Jamaica |
519 |
| 6 | 69 |  Panama |
478 |
| 7 | 72 | Trinidad and Tobago |
461 |
| 8 | 85 | Cuba |
383 |
| 9 | 88 |  Grenada |
379 |
| 10 | 90 | El Salvador |
376 |
Last updated July 1, 2009
[edit] Top clubs
Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS based on matches played over the last year.[2]
| CONCACAF | IFFHS | Club | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | Guadalajara |
143.5 |
| 2 | 70 | Cruz Azul |
132.5 |
| 3 | 84 | Atlante |
122.0 |
| 4 | 91 | San Luis |
117.0 |
| 5 | 99 | UNAM |
113.0 |
| 6 | 119 | Santos Laguna |
104.5 |
| 7 | 155 | Marathón |
92.0 |
| 8 | 166 | Tauro |
88.0 |
| 9 | 180 | Pachuca |
86.0 |
| 10 | 197 |  Municipal |
84.0 |
| 11 | 207 | Toluca |
82.5 |
| 12 | 227 | Olimpia |
78.0 |
| Saprissa |
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| 14 | 261 | Houston Dynamo |
73.0 |
| 15 | 320 | San Francisco |
66.0 |
| 16 | 349 |  Real Estelí |
63.0 |
| Luis Angel Firpo |
Last updated on: 14:31, July 1, 2009 (UTC).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". fifa.com. FIFA. 11 March 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=23914&rank=179. Retrieved on 11 March 2009.
- ^ "Club World Ranking: Top 350 (1st July 2008 - 29th June 2009)". IFFHS. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512. Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- CONCACAF Statutes
- Open Directory Project - CONCACAF directory category
