The 2022 CONCACAF League (officially the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) will be the sixth and final edition of the

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, a football club competition organized by

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, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The winners and the next best five teams will qualify for the

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are the title holders, having defeated Motagua in the

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of the

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Qualification

A total of 22 teams will participate in the CONCACAF League: * North American Zone: 1 team (from one association) * Central American Zone: 18 teams (from seven associations) * Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from two or three associations) Therefore, teams from either 10 or 11 out of the 41

member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.

North America

The one berth for the North American Zone (NAFU) was allocated to the

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through the previous year's

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. The league champion, decided by the

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contested between the two semifinal winners, qualified. They are the second Canadian representative included in CONCACAF competitions, besides the

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champions which qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Central America

The 18 berths for the

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(UNCAF), which consists of seven member associations, were allocated as follows: three berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, two berths for Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize. All of the leagues of Central America employ a

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with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualified for the CONCACAF League: *In the league of Costa Rica, both champions, and the non-champions with the best Clausura record, qualified. If there was any team which were champions of both tournaments, the non-champions with the second best Clausura record qualified. *In the leagues of

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, Guatemala, Honduras, and

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, both champions, and the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments), qualify. If there is any team which are finalists of both tournaments, the runners-up with the worse aggregate record qualify. If there are any two teams which are finalists of both tournaments, the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record qualify. *In the league of

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, both champions qualify. If there is any team which are champions of both tournaments, the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments) qualify. *In the league of

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, the champions with the better aggregate record (or any team which are champions of both tournaments) qualify. If teams from any Central American associations were excluded, they would be replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League tournaments.

Caribbean

The three berths for the

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(CFU), which consists of 31 member associations, were allocated via the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and

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, the first-tier and second-tier subcontinental Caribbean club tournaments. 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, while the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield is open to teams from non-professional leagues, where they can qualify as champions of their respective association's league in the previous season. Besides the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship which qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League, 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, qualified for the CONCACAF League. For the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield to be eligible for the playoff, they were required to comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League.

Teams

The following 22 teams (from eleven associations) qualified for the tournament. *Ten teams enter in the round of 16: two each from Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama, and one each from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the Caribbean. *Twelve teams enter in the preliminary round: two each from El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Caribbean, and one each from Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Belize.

Draw

For the preliminary round, the draw determined each tie (numbered 1 through 6) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing six teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other except for "

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" teams which replace a team from another association. For the round of 16, the draw determined each tie (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4, each containing eight teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other except for "

" teams which replace a team from another association. The six preliminary round winners, whose identity is not known at the time of the draw, are in Pot 4 and can be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association. The seeding of teams was based on the CONCACAF Club Index. 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 League and CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF League or CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF uses the following formula: Teams qualified for the CONCACAF League based on criteria set by their association (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., CRC1, CRC2) for each team. The 22 teams will be distributed in the pots as follows:

Format

In the CONCACAF League, the 22 teams played a

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. Each tie was played on a home-and-away

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basis. * In the preliminary round, round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the

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was applied if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg. If still tied, the

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was used to determine the winner. * In the final, the away goals rule was not applied, and

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would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the

would be used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Bracket

External links

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