The CONCACAF League was an international

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competition organized by

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as its secondary continental tournament for clubs from

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and the

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. It was announced on 8 May 2017. The competition used a knockout cup format with each round having two legs. The top six teams proceeded to the

CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions Cup, formerly known as CONCACAF Champions League (2008–2023), is an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America, ...

. From 2019 to 2022 the tournament featured 22 teams, an increase from 16 in the 2017 and 2018 editions. The competition ended after the 2022 edition due to the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League, (renamed to Champions Cup) starting with the

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edition. Two regional competitions – the Central American Cup and the Caribbean Cup – were created as qualifying competitions to the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Qualification

Since the 2019 edition, a total of 22 teams participated in the CONCACAF League: 18 from

(from 7 associations), 3 from the

(from 2 or 3 associations), and 1 from

(from 1 association). 18 from the '' Central American Zone'': :3 clubs from

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

:3 clubs from

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

:3 clubs from

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

:3 clubs from

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

:3 clubs from

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

:2 clubs from

Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...

:1 club from

Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...

3 from the '' Caribbean Zone'': :2 clubs from the Caribbean Club Championship (runner-up, third place) :Caribbean Club Championship fourth place vs. Caribbean Club Shield winner playoff 1 from the '' North American Zone'': :1 club from

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Results

Performances

References

External links

Official website
{{International club football Defunct CONCACAF club competitions Multi-national association football leagues in North America Sports leagues established in 2017 Sports leagues disestablished in 2022

Qualification

Results

Performances

See also

References

External links