2022 Caribbean Club Championship

The 2022 Caribbean Club Championship will be the 24th edition of the Caribbean Club Championship (also known as the CFU Club Championship), the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.

2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesTBA
TeamsMaximum: 8 (from 4 associations)

The winners of the 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship will qualify to the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League, the second and third place teams will qualify to the 2022 CONCACAF League, while the fourth place team will play against the winners of the 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield in a playoff match to determine the final Caribbean spot to the 2022 CONCACAF League.[1]

With the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2023–24 edition, the 2022 edition of the Caribbean Club Championship will be the last held. Instead, a regional cup tournament, the Caribbean Cup, will be launched as a qualifying tournament of the CONCACAF Champions League for teams from the Caribbean, besides those which qualify directly through their professional leagues.[2]

Teams

Among the 31 CFU member associations, four of them were classified as professional leagues and each may enter two teams in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship.

Association Team Qualification method
 Dominican Republic 2021 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol champions
2021 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol runners-up
 Haiti Violette 2020 Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture champions
2021 Ligue Haïtienne Série de Clôture champions
 Jamaica 2021 National Premier League champions
2021 National Premier League runners-up
 Trinidad and Tobago 2021 TT Pro League champions
2021 TT Pro League runners-up

Matches
  • Champions qualify for 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.
  • Runners-up qualify for 2022 CONCACAF League round of 16.
  • Third-placed team qualify for 2022 CONCACAF League preliminary round.
  • Fourth-placed team advance to CONCACAF League playoff against 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield winners for a place in 2022 CONCACAF League preliminary round, as long as the Shield winners comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League.

CONCACAF League playoff
Qualified teams from 2022 Caribbean club competitions
CONCACAF Champions League TBD
CONCACAF League TBD
TBD
TBD

The CONCACAF League playoff will be played between the 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team and the 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield winners, as long as the Shield winners comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League, with the winners qualifying for the 2022 CONCACAF League preliminary round.

See also

References
  1. "CONCACAF Circular no. 555". CONCACAF. August 31, 2017.
  2. "Concacaf Champions League to expand with innovative new format starting 2023/24". CONCACAF Champions League. 4 February 2021.
  3. "CONCACAF Announces Expanded CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship for 2018". CONCACAF. 15 December 2017.
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