2022 CONCACAF League

The 2022 CONCACAF League (officially the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) will be the sixth and final edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.[1] The winners and the next best five teams will qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.[2][3]

2022 CONCACAF League
2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF League
Tournament details
DatesTBD
Teams22 (from 10 or 11 associations)

Comunicaciones are the title holders, having defeated Motagua in the final of the 2021 CONCACAF League.

Qualification

A total of 22 teams will participate in the CONCACAF League:

Therefore, teams from either 10 or 11 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.

North America

The one berth for the North American Zone (NAFU) was allocated to the Canadian Soccer Association through the previous year's Canadian Premier League. The league champion, decided by the Canadian Premier League Finals contested between the two semifinal winners, qualified.[4] They are the second Canadian representative included in CONCACAF competitions, besides the Canadian Championship champions which qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Central America

The 18 berths for the Central American Football Union (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 split season 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 El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, 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 Nicaragua, 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 Belize, 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.[5]

Caribbean

The three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), which consists of 31 member associations, were allocated via the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, 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.[6]

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.[7]

Teams
Location of teams of the 2022 CONCACAF League
North American Zone

The following 22 teams (from eleven associations) qualified for the tournament.[2]

  • 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.
Location of teams of the 2022 CONCACAF League
Central American Zone Caribbean Zone
Teams in bold enter in the round of 16
Qualified teams from North America (1 team: entering in preliminary round)
Association Team Entry round Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
 Canada (1 PR berth) Pacific FC Preliminary round 2021 Canadian Premier League champions 1st Debut
Qualified teams from Central America (18 teams: 9 entering in round of 16, 9 entering in preliminary round)
Association Team Entry round Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
 Costa Rica (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR) Herediano Round of 16 Champions with better/worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Apertura) 4th (2020) Champions (2018)
Round of 16 Champions with better/worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Clausura)
Preliminary round Non-champions with best regular season record in 2021 Clausura
 Honduras (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR) Olimpia Round of 16 2021 Apertura champions 5th (2021) Champions (2017)
Round of 16 2022 Clausura champions
Preliminary round Non-champions with best 2021–22 aggregate record
 Panama (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR) Tauro Round of 16 Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Clausura) 4th (2021) Semi-finals (2018)
Round of 16 Champions with worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Apertura)
Preliminary round Runners-up with better 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Apertura)
 El Salvador (3 berths: 1 R16 + 2 PR) Alianza Round of 16 Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Apertura) 4th (2021) Semi-finals (2019)
Preliminary round Champions with worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Clausura)
Preliminary round Non-champions with best 2021–22 aggregate record
 Guatemala (3 berths: 1 R16 + 2 PR) Malacateco Round of 16 Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Apertura) 1st Debut
Preliminary round Champions with worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Clausura)
Preliminary round Non-champions with best 2021–22 aggregate record
 Nicaragua (2 berths: 1 R16 + 1 PR) Round of 16 Champions with better/worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2022 Clausura)
Diriangén Preliminary round Champions with better/worse 2021–22 aggregate record (2021 Apertura) 5th (2021) Round of 16 (2018)
 Belize (1 PR berth) Preliminary round Champions with better 2021–22 aggregate record
Qualified teams from Caribbean (3 teams: 1 entering in round of 16, 2 entering in preliminary round)
Association Team Entry round Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
  Round of 16 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship runners-up (2nd overall)
  Preliminary round 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship third place (3rd overall)
  Preliminary round 2022 Caribbean CONCACAF League playoff winners

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 "wildcard" 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 "wildcard" 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:

Points per Participation Win Draw Stage advanced Champions
CONCACAF Champions League (2018–2019) 4 3 1 1 2
CONCACAF League (2017–2020) 2 3 1 0.5 1

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:

Teams in preliminary round draw
Pot Rank Slot 2017 CL or
2018 CCL		 2018 CL or
2019 CCL		 2019 CL 2020 CL 2021 CL Total Team
Pot 1 1 CRC3 2 19.5 27 18 18 84.5
2 GUA3 0 0 12 4.5 30 46.5
3 HON3 2 21.5 3 6 12 44.5
4 PAN3 11 15 2 3 6.5 37.5
5 SLV3 8.5 6.5 16.5 2 3 36.5
6 CAN2 0 0 9.5 10 16.5 36 Pacific FC
Pot 2 7 SLV2 11.5 5 7.5 3 3 30
8 CCC3 5 5.5 4 10.5 2 27
9 NCA2 9.5 2 5 3.5 2 22 Diriangén
10 CCC4 2 5 5.5 2 2 16.5
11 GUA2 0 0 3 3 8.5 14.5
12 BLZ1 2 2 2 2 2 10
Teams in round of 16 draw
Pot Rank Slot 2017 CL or
2018 CCL		 2018 CL or
2019 CCL		 2019 CL 2020 CL 2021 CL Total Team
Pot 3 1 HON2 2 3 13 6.5 15.5 40
2 CRC1 5 7 7.5 12.5 4 36 Herediano
3 HON1 5 4 16.5 10 0 35.5 Olimpia
4 PAN2 13 8.5 6.5 2 2 32 Tauro
5 PAN1 8 12 5 2 2 29
6 NCA1 5 5.5 3 6.5 5 25
7 SLV1 7 5 5 3 2 22 Alianza
8 CRC2 5 3 4 2 4 18
Pot 4 9 CCC2 2 5 5.5 2 0 14.5
10 GUA1 0 4 3 2 5 14 Malacateco
11 Winner preliminary round 1
12 Winner preliminary round 2
13 Winner preliminary round 3
14 Winner preliminary round 4
15 Winner preliminary round 5
16 Winner preliminary round 6

Format

In the CONCACAF League, the 22 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

  • In the preliminary round, round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the away goals rule was applied if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
  • In the final, the away goals rule was not applied, and extra time would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Round First leg Second leg
Preliminary round TBD TBD
Round of 16 TBD TBD
Quarter-finals TBD TBD
Semi-finals TBD TBD
Final TBD TBD

Bracket
Preliminary roundRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the matchups were decided by draw: PR-1 through PR-6. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw host the second leg.

Summary
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PR1 TBD TBD
PR2 TBD TBD
PR3 TBD TBD
PR4 TBD TBD
PR5 TBD TBD
PR6 TBD TBD

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Round of 16

In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-6. The teams from Pot 3 in the draw host the second leg.

Summary
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
R16-1 TBD TBD
R16-2 TBD TBD
R16-3 TBD TBD
R16-4 TBD TBD
R16-5 TBD TBD
R16-6 TBD TBD
R16-7 TBD TBD
R16-8 TBD TBD

Matches
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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, 7 host the second leg.

Summary
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner R16-2 QF1 Winner R16-1 TBD TBD
Winner R16-4 QF2 Winner R16-3 TBD TBD
Winner R16-6 QF3 Winner R16-5 TBD TBD
Winner R16-8 QF4 Winner R16-7 TBD TBD

Matches
Winner R16-2vWinner R16-1
Winner R16-1vWinner R16-2
Winner R16-4vWinner R16-3
Winner R16-3vWinner R16-4
Winner R16-6vWinner R16-5
Winner R16-5vWinner R16-6
Winner R16-8vWinner R16-7
Winner R16-7vWinner R16-8

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 had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosted the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 (SF1) Winner QF1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second leg
2 (SF1) Winner QF2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First leg
1 (SF2) Winner QF3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second leg
2 (SF2) Winner QF4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First leg
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots

Summary
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner QF1 SF1 Winner QF2 TBD TBD
Winner QF3 SF2 Winner QF4 TBD TBD

Matches
Winner QF1vWinner QF2
Winner QF2vWinner QF1
Winner QF3vWinner QF4
Winner QF4vWinner QF3

Final

In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosted the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Winner SF1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd leg
2 Winner SF2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st leg
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots

Summary
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner SF1 F Winner SF2 TBD TBD

Matches
Winner SF1vWinner SF2
Winner SF2vWinner SF1

References
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  3. "Scotiabank CONCACAF League 2021 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  4. "A guide to the format for the 2019 season". Canadian Premier League. 25 April 2019.
  5. "Stage Set for Miami Draw for Second Edition of the Scotiabank Concacaf League". Scotiabank CONCACAF League. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. "CONCACAF Announces Expanded CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship for 2018". CONCACAF. 15 December 2017.
  7. "Dominican Republic Selected to Host Inaugural CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield". CONCACAF.com. 16 February 2018.
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