2023 CONCACAF Champions League

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2023 CONCACAF Champions League
2023 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 7 March – 4 June
Teams 16 (from 8 associations)
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The 2023 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2023 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 58th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.[1]

Seattle Sounders FC was the title holder, but they did not qualify for this tournament and will be unable to defend their title.

Teams

The following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualify for the tournament.[2]

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) Atlas Apertura 2021 champions and Clausura 2022 champions 1st Debut
León Apertura 2021 runners-up 5th (2022) Quarter-finals (2022)
Pachuca Clausura 2022 runners-up 4th (2016–17) Champions (2016–17)
UANL Best ranked team on aggregate table 7th (2020) Champions (2020)
 United States (4 berths) Los Angeles FC 2022 MLS Cup champions and 2022 MLS Supporters' Shield champions 2nd (2020) Runners-up (2020)
Philadelphia Union 2022 Eastern Conference regular season champions 2nd (2021) Semi-finals (2021)
Orlando City SC 2022 U.S. Open Cup champions 1st Debut
Austin FC Highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2022 MLS regular season record) not already qualified 1st Debut
 Canada (1 berth) Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022 Canadian Championship champions 3rd (2016–17) Semi-finals (2016–17)
 Haiti (CFU berth) Violette 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship champions 1st Debut
Qualified teams from CONCACAF League (6 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
 Honduras Olimpia 2022 CONCACAF League champions (1st overall) 13th (2021) Semi-finals (2020)
Real España 2022 CONCACAF League semifinalist (3rd overall) 4th (2014–15) Group stage (2011–12)
Motagua 2022 CONCACAF League semifinalist (4th overall) 7th (2022) Round of 16 (2020)
 Costa Rica Alajuelense 2022 CONCACAF League runners-up (2nd overall) 7th (2021) Semi-finals (2014–15)
 El Salvador Alianza 2022 CONCACAF League best-ranked losing quarter-finalist (5th overall) 5th (2020) Round of 16 (2019)
 Panama Tauro 2022 CONCACAF League second-ranked losing quarter-finalist (6th overall) 7th (2018) Quarter-finals (2018)

Draw

Location of teams of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League
Red pog.svg North American Zone Green pog.svg Central American Zone Blue pog.svg Caribbean Zone

The draw will take place in Miami, Florida on 7 November 2022 at 7:00pm ET.[3] The seeding of teams is based on the CONCACAF Club Index.[4] The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that 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:[5]

  • 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 are distributed in the pots as follows:[6]

Pot Rank Slot 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total Team
Pot 1 1 MEX2 25 21 24 16 17 103 Mexico León
2 MEX3 17 26 11 20 19 93 Mexico Pachuca
3 MEX1 12 20 11 28 12 83 Mexico Atlas
4 USA4 5 11 12 12 25 65 United States Austin FC
5 USA2 7 15 16 16 8 62 United States Philadelphia Union
6 USA1 11 11 6 12 16 56 United States Los Angeles FC
7 USA3 17 11 11 10 7 56 United States Orlando City SC
8 CAN1 21 5 10 9 9 54 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Pot 2 9 MEX4 9 4 7 5 7 32 Mexico UANL
10 CRC1 5 7 6 4 5 27 Costa Rica Alajuelense
11 HON1 5 4 5 7 5 26 Honduras Olimpia
12 HON2 5 0 11 5 0 21 Honduras Real España
13 PAN1 8 12 0 0 0 20 Panama Tauro
14 SLV1 7 5 7 0 0 19 El Salvador Alianza
15 CCC1 4 4 4 4 0 16 Haiti Violette
16 HON3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Honduras Motagua

Format

Each tie, including the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing on a home-and-away basis.

  • In the round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the away goals rule is applied if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg. If still tied, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.7).[7]
  • In the final, extra time is played if the match is tied after regulation time. If the score is still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.8).[7]

Schedule

Schedule for 2023 CONCACAF Champions League[8]
Round First leg Second leg
Round of 16 7–9 March 14–16 March
Quarterfinals 4–6 April 11–13 April
Semifinals 25–27 April 2–4 May
Final 31 May 4 June

Bracket

 
 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                                            
 
  
 
 
 Haiti Violette
 
  
 
 United States Austin FC
 
 
  
 
 
 Panama Tauro
 
  
 
 Mexico León
 
 
  
 
 
 Mexico UANL
 
  
 
 United States Orlando City SC
 
 
  
 
 
 Honduras Motagua
 
  
 
 Mexico Pachuca
 
 
  
 
 
 Honduras Real España
 
  
 
 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
 
 
  
 
 
 Costa Rica Alajuelense
 
  
 
 United States Los Angeles FC
 
 
  
 
 
 Honduras Olimpia
 
  
 
 Mexico Atlas
 
 
  
 
 
 El Salvador Alianza
 
 
 United States Philadelphia Union
 

Round of 16

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

Summary

The first legs will be played on 7–9 March, and the second legs will be played on 14–16 March 2023.[9]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Violette Haiti R16-1 United States Austin FC TBD TBD
Tauro Panama R16-2 Mexico León TBD TBD
UANL Mexico R16-3 United States Orlando City SC TBD TBD
Motagua Honduras R16-4 Mexico Pachuca TBD TBD
Real España Honduras R16-5 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC TBD TBD
Alajuelense Costa Rica R16-6 United States Los Angeles FC TBD TBD
Olimpia Honduras R16-7 Mexico Atlas TBD TBD
Alianza El Salvador R16-8 United States Philadelphia Union TBD TBD

Matches

March 2023 (2023-03)
Violette Haiti v United States Austin FC

March 2023 (2023-03)
Austin FC v Violette

March 2023 (2023-03)
Tauro Panama v Mexico León

March 2023 (2023-03)
León v Tauro

March 2023 (2023-03)
UANL Mexico v United States Orlando City SC

March 2023 (2023-03)
Orlando City SC v UANL

March 2023 (2023-03)
Motagua Honduras v Mexico Pachuca

March 2023 (2023-03)
Pachuca v Motagua

March 2023 (2023-03)
Real España Honduras v Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC

March 2023 (2023-03)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Real España

March 2023 (2023-03)
Alajuelense Costa Rica v United States Los Angeles FC

March 2023 (2023-03)
Los Angeles FC v Alajuelense

March 2023 (2023-03)
Olimpia Honduras v Mexico Atlas

March 2023 (2023-03)
Atlas v Olimpia

March 2023 (2023-03)
Alianza El Salvador v United States Philadelphia Union

March 2023 (2023-03)
Philadelphia Union v Alianza

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the matchups were 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 and 7 hosted the second leg.

Semi-finals

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

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

The semi-finalists in each tie which has the better performance across all previous rounds hosts the second leg.

Final

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Main article: 2023 CONCACAF Champions League Final

In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalist which has the better performances in previous rounds hosts the second leg.

See also

References

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