The 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup was the second edition of the

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, the first-tier annual international club

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competition in the

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n region. It is contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the

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(UNCAF), a sub-confederation of

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. The winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup qualified directly for the

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Round of 16, while the second through sixth-place teams qualified to Round One of the same competition.

Teams

Twenty teams from the seven UNCAF member associations qualified for the tournament based on results from their domestic leagues. Eighteen slots are predetermined by CONCACAF and the remaining two slots were granted to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as the national associations whose clubs were finalists in the previous edition of the tournament. The slot allocation for this edition was as follows: * Costa Rica: 3+1 berths * El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama: 3 berths * Nicaragua: 2+1 berths * Belize: 1 berth

Draw

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

Seeding

The following was the seeding for the quarter-finals round only:

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Play-in

Semi-finals

Finals

Top goalscorers

References

External links

* at CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:CONCACAF Central American Cup 2024 in Central American football 2024–25 in CONCACAF football 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup