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2020 CONCACAF Champions League
2020 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates18 February – 7 May 2020
Teams16 (from 8 associations)
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The 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2020 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 12th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 55th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Starting from this season, only 10 of the 16 teams directly qualify for the tournament, with the other six berths allocated through the CONCACAF League, where previously only the winners would have qualified.[1]

The winners of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League will qualify for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. Monterrey are the title holders, but did not qualify for this tournament and are unable to defend their title.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF Champions League:

Therefore, teams from between 6 and 10 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF Champions League.

North America

The nine direct berths for the North American Football Union (NAFU), which consists of three member associations, were allocated as follows: four berths each for Mexico and the United States, and one berth for Canada.

For Mexico, the champions and runners-up of the Liga MX Apertura and Clausura Liguilla (playoff) tournaments qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. If there was any team which were finalists of both tournaments, the vacated berth was reallocated using a formula, based on regular season records, that ensured that two teams qualified via each tournament.

For the United States, four teams qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League, three through the Major League Soccer (MLS) season and one through its domestic cup competition:

If there was any team which qualified through multiple berths, or if there was any Canada-based MLS team which were champions of the MLS Cup, the Supporters' Shield, or conference regular season, the vacated berth was reallocated to the U.S.-based team with the best MLS regular season record not yet qualified.

For Canada, the champions of the Canadian Championship, its domestic cup competition which awards the Voyageurs Cup, qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. While some Canada-based teams compete in MLS, they could not qualify through either the MLS regular season or playoffs. Moreover, a team from the Canadian Premier League qualified for the CONCACAF League, meaning a second team from Canada (and a tenth team from North America) could qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Central America

Teams from the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), which consists of seven member associations, must qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through the CONCACAF League. A total of 18 teams from Central America qualify for the CONCACAF League through their domestic leagues. As all but four teams in the CONCACAF League are from Central America, between two and six teams from Central America may qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Caribbean

Teams from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), which consists of 31 member associations, qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League either as champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, the first-tier subcontinental Caribbean club tournament, or thorugh the CONCACAF League. Since 2018, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship is open to teams from professional leagues, where they can qualify as champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season.[2]

Another three teams from the Caribbean qualify for the CONCACAF League, which are the runners-up and third-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, and the winners of a playoff between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, the second-tier subcontinental Caribbean club tournament which is open to teams from non-professional leagues, where they can qualify as champions of their respective association's league in the previous season. Therefore, between one and four teams from the Caribbean may qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

CONCACAF League

Further information: 2019 CONCACAF League § Qualification

Besides the 10 direct entrants of the CONCACAF Champions League, another 22 teams (1 from North America, 18 from Central America, and 3 from the Caribbean) qualify for the CONCACAF League, a tournament held from July to November prior to the CONCACAF Champions League.[3] The top six teams of the CONCACAF League, i.e., champions, runners-up, both losing semi-finalists, and best two losing quarter-finalists, qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Teams

The following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualified for the tournament.

In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).

Direct entrants (10 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method App (Last) Previous Best (Last)
 Mexico (4 berths) América 2018 Apertura champions 5th (2018) Champions (2015–16)
UANL 2019 Clausura champions 6th (2019) Runners-up (2019)
Cruz Azul 2018 Apertura runners-up 6th (2014–15) Champions (2013–14)
León 2019 Clausura runners-up 2nd (2014–15) Group stage (2014–15)
 United States (4 berths) Seattle Sounders FC 2019 MLS Cup champions 6th (2018) Semi-finals (2012–13)
Los Angeles FC 2019 MLS Supporters' Shield champions 1st Debut
New York City FC 2019 MLS Eastern Conference regular season champions 1st Debut
Atlanta United FC 2019 U.S. Open Cup champions 2nd (2019) Quarter-finals (2019)
 Canada (1 berth) Montreal Impact 2019 Canadian Championship champions 4th[Note MTL] (2014–15) Runners-up (2014–15)
 Jamaica (CFU berth) Portmore United 2019 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship champions 1st Debut
Qualified teams from CONCACAF League (6 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method App (Last) Previous Best (Last)
 Costa Rica Saprissa 2019 CONCACAF League champions (1st overall) 9th (2019) Semi-finals (2010–11)
San Carlos 2019 CONCACAF League best ranked losing quarter-finalists (5th overall) 1st Debut
 El Salvador Alianza 2019 CONCACAF League worse ranked losing semi-finalists (4th overall) 4th (2019) Round of 16 (2019)
 Guatemala Comunicaciones 2019 CONCACAF League 2nd best ranked losing quarter-finalists (6th overall) 6th (2015–16) Quarter-finals (2009–10)
 Honduras Motagua 2019 CONCACAF League runners-up (2nd overall) 5th (2018) Round of 16 (2018)
Olimpia 2019 CONCACAF League better ranked losing semi-finalists (3rd overall) 11th (2018) Quarter-finals (2014–15)
Notes
  1. ^
    Montreal Impact: Montreal Impact's first appearance in 2008–09 was made by an earlier incarnation of the franchise with the same name, which played in the USL First Division. The current MLS club began play in 2012, and has made three appearances since then.

Draw

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Location of teams of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League
North American Zone Central American Zone Caribbean Zone
(CL) Qualified teams from 2019 CONCACAF League

The draw for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League was held on 9 December 2019, 21:00 EST (local time 20:00 CST), at the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana in Mexico City.[4][5]

The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replaced a team from another association.[6]

The seeding of teams was based on the CONCACAF Club Index.[7] The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that had occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:

Points per Participation Win Draw Stage advanced Champions
4 3 1 1 2

The slots were assigned by the following rules:[8]

  • For teams from North America, nine teams qualified based on criteria set by their association (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., MEX1, MEX2) for each team. If a team from Canada qualified through the CONCACAF League, they were ranked within their association, resulting in an assigned slot (i.e., CAN2) for them.
  • For teams from Central America, they qualified through the CONCACAF League, and were ranked per association by their CONCACAF League ranking, resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., CRC1, CRC2) for each team.
  • For teams from the Caribbean, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship champions were assigned the Caribbean champion slot (i.e., CCC1). If teams from the Caribbean qualified through the CONCACAF League, they were ranked per association by their CONCACAF League ranking, resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., JAM1, SUR1) for each team.

The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:[9][10]

Pot Rank Slot 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2018 2019 Total Team
Pot 1 1 MEX3 32 23 15 17 26 113 Mexico Cruz Azul
2 MEX2 16 20 30 25 21 112 Mexico UANL
3 MEX1 11 33 27 12 20 103 Mexico América
4 CAN1 23 8 22 21 5 79 Canada Montreal Impact
5 USA3 13 16 20 17 11 77 United States New York City FC
6 USA4 20 16 8 5 11 60 United States Atlanta United FC
7 USA2 9 13 14 7 15 58 United States Los Angeles FC
8 USA1 11 14 11 11 11 58 United States Seattle Sounders FC
Pot 2 9 CRC2 18 9 14 5 7 53 Costa Rica San Carlos
10 MEX4 9 18 10 9 4 50 Mexico León
11 HON1 15 10 11 5 4 45 Honduras Motagua
12 CRC1 12 10 8 5 7 42 Costa Rica Saprissa
13 HON2 8 11 11 5 0 35 Honduras Olimpia
14 SLV1 4 7 9 7 5 32 El Salvador Alianza
15 GUA1 11 8 9 0 4 32 Guatemala Comunicaciones
16 CCC1 4 8 5 4 4 25 Jamaica Portmore United

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Round First leg Second leg
Round of 16 18–20 February 2020 25–27 February 2020
Quarter-finals 10–12 March 2020 17–19 March 2020
Semi-finals 7–9 April 2020 14–16 April 2020
Finals 28–30 April 2020 5–7 May 2020

Times are Eastern Time, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses):

Bracket

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  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the team in each tie that have the better performance in previous rounds hosting the second leg.

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the matchups are decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw host the second leg.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Motagua Honduras R16-1 United States Atlanta United FC 18–20 Feb 25–27 Feb
Comunicaciones Guatemala R16-2 Mexico América 18–20 Feb 25–27 Feb
Portmore United Jamaica R16-3 Mexico Cruz Azul 18–20 Feb 25–27 Feb
León Mexico R16-4 United States Los Angeles FC 18–20 Feb 25–27 Feb
Alianza El Salvador R16-5 Mexico UANL 18–20 Feb 25–27 Feb
San Carlos Costa Rica R16-6 United States New York City FC 18–20 Feb 25–27 Feb
Olimpia Honduras R16-7 United States Seattle Sounders FC 18–20 Feb 25–27 Feb
Saprissa Costa Rica R16-8 Canada Montreal Impact 18–20 Feb 25–27 Feb

Matches

Motagua HondurasvUnited States Atlanta United FC
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Atlanta United FC United StatesvHonduras Motagua
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Comunicaciones GuatemalavMexico América
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América MexicovGuatemala Comunicaciones
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Portmore United JamaicavMexico Cruz Azul
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Cruz Azul MexicovJamaica Portmore United
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León MexicovUnited States Los Angeles FC
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Los Angeles FC United StatesvMexico León
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Alianza El SalvadorvMexico UANL
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UANL MexicovEl Salvador Alianza
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San Carlos Costa RicavUnited States New York City FC
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New York City FC United StatesvCosta Rica San Carlos
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Olimpia HondurasvUnited States Seattle Sounders FC
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Seattle Sounders FC United StatesvHonduras Olimpia
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Saprissa Costa RicavCanada Montreal Impact
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Montreal Impact CanadavCosta Rica Saprissa
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Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the matchups are determined as follows:

  • QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
  • QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
  • QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
  • QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 host the second leg.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner R16-2 QF1 Winner R16-1 10–12 Mar 17–19 Mar
Winner R16-4 QF2 Winner R16-3 10–12 Mar 17–19 Mar
Winner R16-6 QF3 Winner R16-5 10–12 Mar 17–19 Mar
Winner R16-8 QF4 Winner R16-7 10–12 Mar 17–19 Mar

Matches

Winner R16-2 v Winner R16-1
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Winner R16-1 v Winner R16-2
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Winner R16-4 v Winner R16-3
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Winner R16-3 v Winner R16-4
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Winner R16-6 v Winner R16-5
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Winner R16-5 v Winner R16-6
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Winner R16-8 v Winner R16-7
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Winner R16-7 v Winner R16-8
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Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the matchups are determined as follows:

  • SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
  • SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which have the better performance in previous rounds host the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Winner QF1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd leg
2 Winner QF2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st leg
1 Winner QF3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd leg
2 Winner QF4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st leg
First match(es) will be played: 18 February 2020. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner QF2 SF1[†] Winner QF1 7–9 Apr 14–16 Apr
Winner QF4 SF2[†] Winner QF3 7–9 Apr 14–16 Apr
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the semi-finalists in each tie which have the better performance in previous rounds hosting the second leg.

Matches

Lower-ranked Winner QF1/QF2 v Higher-ranked Winner QF1/QF2
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Higher-ranked Winner QF1/QF2 v Lower-ranked Winner QF1/QF2
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Lower-ranked Winner QF3/QF4 v Higher-ranked Winner QF3/QF4
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Higher-ranked Winner QF3/QF4 v Lower-ranked Winner QF3/QF4
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Finals

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League Finals

In the finals (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which have the better performance in previous rounds host the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Winner SF1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd leg
2 Winner SF2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st leg
First match(es) will be played: 18 February 2020. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner SF2 F[†] Winner SF1 28–30 Apr 5–7 May
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the finalists in each tie which have the better performance in previous rounds hosting the second leg.

Matches

Lower-ranked Winner SF1/SF2 v Higher-ranked Winner SF1/SF2
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Higher-ranked Winner SF1/SF2 v Lower-ranked Winner SF1/SF2
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See also

References

  1. ^ "Concacaf Announces Scotiabank Concacaf League Expansion". www.concacafleague.com. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ "CONCACAF Announces Expanded CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship for 2018". CONCACAF. 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Details revealed for newly launched Scotiabank CONCACAF League". CONCACAF League. 8 May 2017.
  4. ^ "2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Draw to Take Place in Mexico City on December 9". CONCACAF Champions League. 10 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Draw Delivers Matchups for 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Round of 16 Matches". CONCACAF Champions League. 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Official Draw Procedures and Pots Announced for 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League". CONCACAF Champions League. 13 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Q&A: Club Index for 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Draw". CONCACAF.com. 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ "SCCL How Clubs Qualify". CONCACAF Champions League. 9 October 2019.
  9. ^ "2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Ranking" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  10. ^ "How Teams Qualify" (PDF). CONCACAF.
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