2022 CONCACAF Champions League

The 2022 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 57th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Monterrey are the defending champions, but they did not qualify.

2022 CONCACAF Champions League
2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates15 February – 5 May
Teams16 (from 7 associations)

Teams

The following 16 teams (from seven associations) qualified for the tournament.[1]

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) León 2020 Guardianes champions 4th (2021) Round of 16 (2021)
Cruz Azul 2021 Guardianes champions 8th (2021) Champions (2013–14)
UNAM 2020 Guardianes runners-up 5th (2016–17) Semi-finals (2011–12)
Santos Laguna 2021 Guardianes runners-up 7th (2019) Runners-up (2012–13)
 United States (4 berths) New York City FC 2021 MLS Cup champions 2nd (2020) Quarter-finals (2020)
New England Revolution 2021 MLS Supporters' Shield champions 2nd (2008–09) Preliminary round (2008–09)
Colorado Rapids 2021 MLS Western Conference regular season champions 3rd (2018) Round of 16 (2018)
Seattle Sounders FC Highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2021 MLS regular season record) not already qualified.[Note USA] 7th (2020) Semi-finals (2012–13)
 Canada (1 berth) CF Montréal 2021 Canadian Championship champions 5th (2020) Runners-up (2014-15)
 Haiti (CFU berth) Cavaly 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship champions 1st Debut
Qualified teams from CONCACAF League (6 teams)[2]
Association Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
 Guatemala Comunicaciones 2021 CONCACAF League champions (1st overall) 7th (2020) Quarter-finals (2009–10)
Guastatoya 2021 CONCACAF League worse ranked losing semi-finalists (4th overall) 2nd (2019) Round of 16 (2019)
 Honduras Motagua 2021 CONCACAF League runners-up (2nd overall) 6th (2020) Round of 16 (2020)
 Canada Forge FC 2021 CONCACAF League better ranked losing semi-finalists (3rd overall) 1st Debut
 Costa Rica Saprissa 2021 CONCACAF League best ranked losing quarter-finalists (5th overall) 11th (2021) Semi-finals (2010–11)
Santos de Guápiles 2021 CONCACAF League 2nd best ranked losing quarter-finalists (6th overall) 1st Debut

Notes;

  1. ^
    United States (USA): The 2021 U.S. Open Cup was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The United States Soccer Federation announced the berth would be awarded to the highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2021 MLS regular season record) not already qualified, Seattle Sounders FC received the berth.[3]

Draw
Location of teams of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
North American Zone Central American Zone Caribbean Zone

The draw for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League will be held on 15 December 2021, 18:00 EST (UTC−5), in Miami, United States.[4]

The draw determines each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contains the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 are assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 are assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association.

The seeding of teams are based on the CONCACAF Club Index.[5] 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 Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF uses the following formula:

Points per Participation Win Draw Stage advanced Champions
4 3 1 1 2

The slots are assigned by the following rules:[6]

  • For teams from North America, nine teams qualify 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 qualify through the CONCACAF League, they are ranked within their association, resulting in an assigned slot (i.e., CAN2) for them.
  • For teams from Central America, they qualify through the CONCACAF League, and are 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 are assigned the Caribbean champion slot (i.e., CCC1). If teams from the Caribbean qualify through the CONCACAF League, they are 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:[7]

Pot Rank Slot 2016–17 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Team
Pot 1 1 MEX2 30 25 21 24 16 116 Cruz Azul
2 MEX1 27 12 20 11 28 98 León
3 MEX3 15 17 26 11 20 89 UNAM
4 USA3 20 17 11 11 10 69 Colorado Rapids
5 USA2 14 7 15 16 16 68 New England Revolution
6 CAN1 22 21 5 10 9 67 CF Montréal
7 USA1 11 11 11 6 12 51 New York City FC
8 USA4 8 5 11 12 12 48 Seattle Sounders FC
Pot 2 9 MEX4 10 9 4 7 5 35 Santos Laguna
10 CRC2 14 5 7 4 4 34 Santos de Guápiles
11 HON1 11 5 4 5 7 32 Motagua
12 CRC1 8 5 7 6 4 30 Saprissa
13 CCC1 5 4 4 4 4 21 Cavaly
14 GUA1 9 0 4 6 0 19 Comunicaciones
15 GUA2 6 0 0 0 0 6 Guastatoya
16 CAN2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forge FC

Format

In the CONCACAF Champions League, the 16 teams will play a single-elimination tournament. Each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[4]

Round First leg Second leg
Round of 16 15–17 February 2022 22–24 February 2022
Quarter-finals 8–10 March 2022 15–17 March 2022
Semi-finals 5–7 April 2022 12–14 April 2022
Final 26–28 April 2022 3–5 May 2022

See also

References
  1. "Concacaf Announces Scotiabank Concacaf League Expansion". www.concacafleague.com. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. "Scotiabank CONCACAF League 2021 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  3. "Procedure Set to Determine Final U.S. Representative in 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League".
  4. "Concacaf announces details for 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League draw". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 17 November 2021.
  5. "Q&A: Club Index for 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Draw". CONCACAF.com. 29 November 2017.
  6. "SCCL How Clubs Qualify". CONCACAF Champions League. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. "2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Ranking" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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