2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup

The 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup is the 61st season of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club association football tournament for North, Central America, and the Caribbean organized by CONCACAF. It is a five-round knockout tournament, with 27 teams qualified based on their national and zonal league and cup competitions; the first four rounds are played as a two-legged series at the home stadiums of the respective teams, ending with a one-legged final.^[1]

The winner will qualify for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.^[1]

Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 teams enter in round one.^[1][2]

In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths were determined by international competitions, including the 2025 Leagues Cup (three), 2025 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three), and 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup (six).^[1]

Two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically, while the United States-only 2025 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and Canada-only equivalent, the 2025 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.

The winners of the three international competitions, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2025 and champion of the 2024–25 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.^[1]

Twenty-seven teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament.^[1]

• North American Zone: 18 teams (from three associations)
• Central American Zone: 6 teams (from four associations)
• Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from three associations)

Five teams received a bye into the round of 16.^[1]

• The champion of the regional competitions for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American, and Caribbean
• The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada (Liga MX had a split Apertura and Clausura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points took this place. If a team won both Apertura and Clausura, they took this place.)

The remaining 22 teams enter in round one.^[1]

• The runners-up and third-place team from the MLS–Liga MX Leagues Cup
• The runners-up and third-place team from the Caribbean Cup
• The runners-up, remaining semi-finalists, and two play-in winners from the Central American Cup
• The U.S. Open Cup winners
• The Canadian Championship winners
• The Canadian Premier League regular season winners and playoff champions
• The remaining winner with the worse record, two runners-up, and the two best next clubs by season aggregate from Liga MX
• The MLS Supporters' Shield winners
• The remaining MLS Conference regular-season leader, and the next two teams in the Supporters' Shield table

The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 December 2025 in Miami. The ceremony was streamed on CONCACAF's YouTube channel and broadcast live on Fox Sports in the United States and Mexico and ESPN in most of the Americas.^[3] Teams were seeded and placed in draw pots based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 8 December 2025.^[4]

The champions of CONCACAF's three regional cup competitions, as well as the Liga MX winners with the most accumulated points and the MLS Cup winners, received a bye to the round of 16. The three remaining highest-ranked clubs were pre-seeded into a round one bracket position.

The competition schedule is as follows.^[1]

Round one will be played during four weekly windows: on 3–4 February; 10–12 February; 17–19 February; and 24–26 February.^[5]

All times are local.

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