2022 CONCACAF Champions League

The 2022 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 57th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

2022 CONCACAF Champions League
2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League
Tournament details
DatesTBC
Teams16 (from between 6 and 10 associations)

Teams

The following 16 teams (from between six and ten associations) qualify for the tournament.[1]

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) León 2020 Guardianes champions 4th (2021) Round of 16 (2020)
2021 Guardianes champions
UNAM 2020 Guardianes runners-up 5th (2016–17) Semi-finals (2011–12)
2021 Guardianes runners-up
 United States (4 berths) 2021 MLS Cup champions
2021 MLS Supporters' Shield champions
2021 MLS Eastern or Western Conference regular season champions
2021 U.S. Open Cup champions
 Canada (1 berth) 2021 Canadian Championship champions
  TBD (CFU berth) 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship champions
Qualified teams from CONCACAF League (6 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method App (last) Previous best (last)
  TBD 2021 CONCACAF League champions (1st overall)
  TBD 2021 CONCACAF League runners-up (2nd overall)
  TBD 2021 CONCACAF League better ranked losing semi-finalists (3rd overall)
  TBD 2021 CONCACAF League worse ranked losing semi-finalists (4th overall)
  TBD 2021 CONCACAF League best ranked losing quarter-finalists (5th overall)
  TBD 2021 CONCACAF League 2nd best ranked losing quarter-finalists (6th overall)

Draw
Location of teams of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
North American Zone Central American Zone Caribbean Zone

The draw determines 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) contains the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 are assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 are assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association.

The seeding of teams are based on the CONCACAF Club Index.[2] The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, is based on the on-field performance of the teams that have 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 uses the following formula:

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

The slots are assigned by the following rules:[3]

  • For teams from North America, nine teams qualify 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 qualify through the CONCACAF League, they are ranked within their association, resulting in an assigned slot (i.e., CAN2) for them.
  • For teams from Central America, they qualify through the CONCACAF League, and are 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 are assigned the Caribbean champion slot (i.e., CCC1). If teams from the Caribbean qualify through the CONCACAF League, they are ranked per association by their CONCACAF League ranking, resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., JAM1, SUR1) for each team.

The 16 teams are distributed in the pots as follows:

Updated after CONCACAF Champions League matches on 22 December 2020. Points which may increase marked by "≥".

Pot Rank Slot 2016–17 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Team
Pot 1 1 MEX2 30 25 21 24 ≥4 ≥104
2 MEX1 27 12 20 11 ≥4 ≥74 León
3 MEX3 15 17 26 11 ≥4 ≥73 UNAM[MEX]
4 USA3 20 17 11 11 ≥4 ≥63
5 CAN1 22 21 5 10 ≥4 ≥62
6 USA2 14 7 15 16 ≥4 ≥56
7 USA1 11 11 11 6 ≥4 ≥43
8 USA4 8 5 11 12 ≥4 ≥40
Pot 2 9 MEX4 10 9 4 7 ≥4 ≥34
10 CCC1 5 4 4 4 ≥4 ≥21
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Notes
  1. ^
    MEX UNAM may qualify as Mexico 2 if they are 2021 Guardianes champions, or if León are 2021 Guardianes champions and UNAM are 2021 Guardianes runners-up.
  2. ^ a b c d e f
    SCL The exact slots of the qualified teams from the 2021 CONCACAF League will be determined by their association and their CONCACAF League ranking per association.

The following are the possible slots of the qualified teams from the 2021 CONCACAF League (from Canada, Central America or the Caribbean):

Rank Slot 2016–17 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Team
PAN1 20 8 12 0 0 40
CRC2 14 5 7 4 ≥4 ≥34
HON2 11 5 0 11 ≥4 ≥31
CRC1 8 5 7 6 ≥4 ≥30
HON1 11 5 4 5 ≥4 ≥29
SLV1 9 7 5 7 0 28
GUA1 9 0 4 6 0 19
NCA1 6 0 0 0 ≥4 ≥10
HAI1 4 0 0 0 ≥4 ≥8
PAN2 8 0 0 0 0 8
GUA2 6 0 0 0 0 6
SLV2 5 0 0 0 0 5
TRI1 5 0 0 0 0 5
BLZ1 4 0 0 0 0 4
CAN2 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRC3 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOM1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOM2 0 0 0 0 0 0
SLV3 0 0 0 0 0 0
GUA3 0 0 0 0 0 0
HAI2 0 0 0 0 0 0
HON3 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAM1 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAM2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NCA2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAN3 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRI2 0 0 0 0 0 0
???1 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also

References
  1. "Concacaf Announces Scotiabank Concacaf League Expansion". www.concacafleague.com. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. "Q&A: Club Index for 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Draw". CONCACAF.com. 29 November 2017.
  3. "SCCL How Clubs Qualify". CONCACAF Champions League. 9 October 2019.
  4. "2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Ranking" (PDF). CONCACAF.
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