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The CONCACAF Champions League was an annual continental club football competition. The following is a proposed redesign for the current tournament, based on the UEFA Champions League. It is unlikely that such a design would work in reality, because many of the Caribbean Football Union associations could not be relied upon to provide teams on a regular basis (see the low participation for some nations in CFU Club Championship). Also, many associations do not have stadiums that meet FIFA and CONCACAF requirements for hosting matches in a tournament such as this. But this is just an idea.

The tournament would consist of a qualification round and a play-off round, with 10 surviving teams entering the group stage, joining 22 teams that qualify automatically. The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams and play each other in a double round-robin system. The eight group winners and eight runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the two-legged final.

Herediano were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, defeating Santos Laguna 5–1 on aggregate in the final.

Format changes

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Here is a list of changes I've made from the previous tournament. Many of these changes were made to make matches in the group stage and later rounds more competitive:

  • The title holder will be allocated a berth in the group stage without replacing another team that would normally earn a berth in the group stage. In the previous tournament, Cruz Azul were placed in the group stage at the expense of América, who were moved to the play-off round, where they ultimately lost.
  • The CONCACAF SuperLiga title holders will also earn an automatic berth in the tournament, entering no later than the play-off round.
  • Six associations (instead of 3) will earn two berths. For this tournament, these extra berth will go to the 11th, 12th, and 13th ranked association. With this and the SuperLiga champions' berth, this will increase the number of qualifying teams from 61 (or 62) to 64 (or 65 or 66).
  • The number of teams entering at the group stage will be increased from 16 (11 champions and 5 non-champions) to 22 (9 champions, 12 non-champions, and the title holders).
  • A second qualification round for champions will be added.
  • As part of a change to the CONCACAF SuperLiga which will give domestic cup winners an automatic berth in that tournament, the domestic cup winners from the United States and Canada will no longer receive automatic berths in the CONCACAF Champions League. This proved to be a moot point, because the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup winners (Seattle Sounders) qualified for the Champions League via their league performance, and the 2015 Canadian Championship was moved from just before the start of the Champions League until just after the start, meaning the Canadian Champions will not be decided in time for either tournament.
  • While Canadian teams will still be ineligible for the spots earned by American teams in MLS, should a Canadian team finish in a qualifying spot that would earn an American team qualification to either tournament, that spot will be vacated in favor of an American team (as was done in past tournaments) and that Canadian team will be given a supplemental bid in the same round of the same tournament (new for this tournament). If a Canadian team qualifies for more than one spot (either by having the best record among Canadian MLS teams, winning the Canadian Championship, or by earning a supplemental bid), they will vacate all but one of those bids. Any vacated supplemental Canadian bids will not be filled by other teams, and any other vacated Canadian bids will only be filled if needed to ensure Canada gets at least two bids (the number normally allocated to them). Under these new rules, Canada could potentially earn more than two bids (including multiple Champions League bids) under certain circumstances.
  • The number of teams entering the CONCACAF SuperLiga after being eliminated will be reduced. Previously, any team eliminated from the Champions League before the knockout stage entered the SuperLiga (44 teams total). Now, only teams losing in the second qualifying round and play-off round, and the third-placed teams from the group stage will enter the SuperLiga (30 teams total), but teams losing in the first qualifying round and fourth-placed teams from the group stage (as well as teams that reach the knockout round) will not.
  • The maximum number of combined bids in both tournaments that an association can earn will be set at 2 for every 3 teams at the highest level of that association's league system. This is on top of any existing restrictions on the number bids an association may earn. In the Champions League, each association will still earn no more than 1 bid for every 3 teams at the highest level of its league system (or the number of bids allocated to that association based on its association ranking, which ever is less). In the SuperLiga, the maximum number of bids will still be 3. These restrictions do not apply to title holder bids, fair play bids, supplemental bids, or SuperLiga bids given to teams that are eliminated from the Champions League.
This new restriction means that Canada will now earn 1 bid in the SuperLiga, instead of 3. The table below gives the number of bids an association may earn in each tournament based on the number of teams at the highest level of that association's league system.
Number of teams CCL bids CC bids Total bids
1 or 2 1 0 1
3 or 4 1 2
5 2 3
6 or 7 max of 2 max of 3 4
8 3 max of 5
9 to 11 max of 3 max of 6
12 to 14 max of 4 max of 7
15 or more max of 5 max of 8
Note: Actual number of bids depends on an association's ranking.

Format

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Qualification

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The CONCACAF Champions League commenced with a double round-robin group stage of 32 teams, which was preceded by two qualification 'streams' for teams that do not receive direct entry to the tournament proper. The two streams are divided between teams qualified by virtue of being league champions, and those qualified by virtue of finishing 2nd–5th in their national championship.

The number of teams that each association enters into the CONCACAF Champions League was based upon the CONCACAF country coefficients. These coefficients are generated by the results of clubs representing each association during the previous five Champions League seasons. The higher an association's coefficient, the more teams represent the association in the Champions League, and the fewer qualification rounds the association's teams must compete in. However, associations are limited to 1 entrant for every 3 teams at the highest level of that associations league system. Teams qualified based on the results of tournaments completed between July 2014 and June 2015 (some exceptions may be made for some associations if their competitions are completed later, so long as they are completed before teams from that association enter the tournament). Guyana, Saint Lucia, and the British Virgin Islands did not complete any major competitions during this time, so the results of their most recently completed competitions was used instead. The Bahamas season was not completed, and the standings when the season was cancelled were used (calculated as a per game average).

In addition to the previous year's champion, 21 teams qualify directly to the group stage of the tournament from associations ranked 1 through 9. Five of the remaining 10 qualifying places are granted to the winners of a three round qualifying tournament between the remaining 30 national champions, within which those champions from associations with higher coefficients receive byes to the second qualifying round. The other five places are granted to the winners of a two round play-off round between the 12 clubs from associations ranked 1 through 13 (excluding Canada), which have qualified based upon finishing second, third, fourth, or fifth in their respective national league.

The winner of the previous year's SuperLiga would have enter in play-off round if they did not qualify for the group stage via their domestic performance. The stream they entered would have depeneded on the rank the Champions League title holder's association.

Tournament

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The tournament proper begins with a group stage of 32 teams, divided into eight groups. Seeding was used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst teams from the same country may not be drawn into groups together. Each team meets the others in its group home and away in a round-robin format. The winning team and the runners-up from each group then progress to the next round.

For this stage, the winning team from one group plays against the runners-up from another group, and teams from the same association may not be drawn against each other. From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw was entirely random, without association protection (in the semifinals, two teams from the same association must be paired with each other). The tournament uses the away goals rule: if the aggregate score of the two games was tied, then the team who scored more goals at their opponent's stadium advanced. If the teams were tied on away goals, an 30 additional minutes (two 15 minute periods) of extra time would have been played. If the match remains tied, the game would have gone to penalty kicks. This is a variation of the method used in the UEFA Champions League and other tournaments, the difference being that the away goals rule is not applied after extra time.

Distribution

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The table below shows the default access list. Changes would have needed to be made in the following cases:

  • If both the Champions League title holders and the SuperLiga title holders have qualified for the group stage through domestic performance, the champions of association 10 are moved from the second qualifying round to the play-off round, and the champions of associations 20 and 21 are moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
  • If the Champions League title holders have qualified for the group stage through domestic performance while the SuperLiga title holders have not, the SuperLiga title holders enter the group stage through the berth vacated by the Champions League title holders. If the SuperLiga title holders had qualified for any of the qualifying rounds or play-off round through domestic performance, their berth would have been vacated, and teams of the highest-ranked associations are moved to a later round accordingly.
  • If the Champions League title holders have not qualified for the group stage through domestic performance, there are two sets of changes that may need to be made:
    1. If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any of the qualifying rounds or play-off round through domestic performance, their berth is vacated, and teams of the highest-ranked associations are moved to a later round accordingly.
    2. If the SuperLiga title holders have not qualified for the group stage through domestic performance, they enter the play-off round, where the section (Champions Route or League Route) they enter depends on whether they are league champions or not. The teams of the lowest-ranked associations are moved to an earlier round accordingly.


Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(20 teams)
  • 20 champions from associations 20–39
Second qualifying round
(24 teams)
Champions
(20 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 10–19
  • 10 winners from the first qualifying round
Non-champions
(4 teams)
  • 4 runners-up from associations 10–13
Play-off round
(20 teams)
Champions
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the second qualifying round for champions
Non-champions
(10 teams)
  • 2 runners-up from associations 8 and 9
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 6 and 7
  • 2 fourth-placed teams from associations 3 and 5
  • 2 fifth-placed teams from associations 1 and 2
  • 2 winners from the second qualifying round for non-champions
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • Title holders
  • 9 champions from associations 1–9
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–3 and 5–7 [Note CAN]
  • 4 third-placed team from association 1–3 and 5
  • 2 fourth-placed team from association 1 and 2
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
  • 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Notes:

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    Canada (CAN): As the fourth-ranked association, Canada would normally be entitled to 4 bids. However, as Canada's top division (Major League Soccer, based in the United States) only has 3 Canadian teams, they are only eligible to send one team. As a result the fifth-ranked, seventh-ranked, and thirteenth-ranked associations are granted an additional bid (their fourth-placed, third-placed, and runner-up teams respectively).

Association team allocation

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A total of 64, 65 or 66 teams from 39 of the 41 CONCACAF member associations are expected to participate in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League (the exceptions being Montserrat and Sint Maarten, which have not organized domestic leagues since 2004 and 2007, respectively). The association rankings, based on the CONCACAF country coefficients, are used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

  • Associations 1 and 2 each five teams qualify.
  • Associations 3 and 5 have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 6 and 7 have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 8–13 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 4 (Canada), and 14–39 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking (2015–16)

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For the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their CONCACAF country coefficients. These coefficients take into account their performance in the CONCACAF Champions League from 2010–11 to 2014–15. Associations with the same coefficient are ranked based on the previous year's rankings.

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (SL) – Additional berth for SuperLiga title holders
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Mexico Mexico 110.750 5 +1(SL)
2 United States United States 80.437
3 Costa Rica Costa Rica 65.047 4
4 Canada Canada 62.750 1
5 Guatemala Guatemala 49.857 4
6 El Salvador El Salvador 43.533 3
7 Honduras Honduras 43.249
8 Panama Panama 42.083 2
9 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 36.600
10 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 26.700
11 Nicaragua Nicaragua 18.875
12 Guyana Guyana 17.875
13 Haiti Haiti 13.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.500 1
15 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 8.375
16 Curaçao Curaçao 8.125
17 Jamaica Jamaica 7.250
18 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 7.250
19 Bermuda Bermuda 6.500
20 Belize Belize 6.250
21 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 5.125
22 Suriname Suriname 4.250
23 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 4.125
24 Aruba Aruba 4.000
25 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 3.625
26 Dominica Dominica 3.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
27 Cuba Cuba 3.500 1
28 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.625
29 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 2.000
30 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 1.875
31 United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 1.500
32 Bonaire Bonaire 1.500
33 Grenada Grenada 1.375
34 Anguilla Anguilla 1.375
35 Barbados Barbados 1.125
36 Martinique Martinique 0.875
37 French Guiana French Guiana 0.625
38 Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint-Martin 0.625
39 The Bahamas Bahamas 0.125

Teams

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; SL: SuperLiga title holders).

Group stage
Costa Rica HeredianoTH (2nd) United States Seattle Sounders (2nd) Guatemala Comunicaciones (1st) Honduras Motagua (2nd)
Mexico América (1st) United States D.C. United (3rd) Guatemala Municipal (2nd) Panama Árabe Unido (1st)
Mexico Santos Laguna (2nd) United States New England Revolution (4th) Guatemala Marquense (3rd) Puerto Rico Yabuco (1st)
Mexico UANL (3rd) Costa Rica Saprissa (1st) El Salvador Isidro Metapán (1st) Mexico UNAM (SL)
Mexico Querétaro (4th) Costa Rica Alajuelense (3rd) El Salvador Santa Tecla (2nd)
United States LA Galaxy (1st) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps (1st) Honduras Olimpia (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
Mexico Atlas (5th) Guatemala Suchitepéquez (4th) Panama San Francisco (2nd)
United States Real Salt Lake (5th) El Salvador Águila (3rd) Puerto Rico Guayama (2nd)
Costa Rica Cartaginés (4th) Honduras Real Sociedad (3rd)
Second qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
Trinidad and Tobago Central (1st) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International (1st) Cayman Islands Scholars International (1st) Trinidad and Tobago W Connection (2nd)
Nicaragua Walter Ferretti (1st) Antigua and Barbuda Parham (1st) Bermuda Somerset Trojans (1st) Nicaragua Real Estelí (2nd)
Guyana Alpha United (1st) Curaçao Centro Barber (1st) Guyana Guyana Defence Force (2nd)
Haiti America des Cayes (1st) Jamaica Arnett Gardens (1st) Haiti Don Bosco (2nd)
First qualifying round
Belize Verdes (1st) Dominican Republic Moca (1st) British Virgin Islands Islanders (1st) Barbados Barbados Defence Force (1st)
Saint Lucia Big Players (1st) Dominica Exodus (1st) United States Virgin Islands Helenites (1st) Martinique Golden Lion (1st)
Suriname Inter Moengotapoe (1st) Cuba Camagüey (1st) Bonaire Real Rincon (1st) French Guiana Cayenne (1st)
Turks and Caicos Islands AFC Academy (1st) Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Paul's United (1st) Grenada Paradise (1st) Collectivity of Saint Martin Attackers (1st)
Aruba Racing Club Aruba (1st) Guadeloupe CS Moulien (1st) Anguilla Kicks United (1st) The Bahamas Bears (1st)

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 22 June 2015 14–20 July 2015 21–23 July 2015
Second qualifying round 17 July 2015 28–29 July 2015 4–5 August 2015
Play-off Play-off round 7 August 2015 18–19 August 2015 25–26 August 2015
Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2015 15–16 September 2015
Matchday 2 29–30 September 2015
Matchday 3 20–21 October 2015
Matchday 4 3–4 November 2015
Matchday 5 24–25 November 2015
Matchday 6 8–9 December 2015
Knockout phase Round of 16 14 December 2015 16–17 & 23–24 February 2016 8–9 & 15–16 March 2016
Quarter-finals 18 March 2016 5–6 April 2016 12–13 April 2016
Semi-finals 15 April 2016 26–27 April 2016 3–4 May 2016
Final 21 May 2016 28 May 2016

Qualifying rounds

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In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their CONCACAF club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 22 June 2015. The first legs were played on 14–20 July, and the second legs were played from 21–23 July 2015.

A total of 20 teams play in the first qualifying round. The teams were split into two groups of 10 teams, with each containing 5 seeded teams and 5 unseeded teams.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
St. Paul's United Saint Kitts and Nevis 4–4 (a) Grenada Paradise 4–3 0–1
Attackers Collectivity of Saint Martin 1–2 Saint Lucia Big Players 1–2 0–0
Camagüey Cuba 2–3 Aruba Racing Club Aruba 1–2 1–1
Golden Lion Martinique 7–6 Dominican Republic Moca 6–4 1–2
Kicks United Anguilla 1–8 Dominica Exodus 1–1 0–7
Real Rincon Bonaire 4–3 British Virgin Islands Islanders 2–1 2–2
Verdes Belize 2–3 French Guiana Cayenne 0–3 2–0
Helenites United States Virgin Islands 2–2 (4–2 p) Turks and Caicos Islands AFC Academy 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Bears The Bahamas 1–1 (5–3 p) Guadeloupe CS Moulien 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Barbados Defence Force Barbados 4–2 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 4–1 0–1

Second qualifying round

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The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions or second champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga playoff-round.

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 17 July 2015. The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Cayenne French Guiana 3–4 Aruba Racing Club Aruba 0–2 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Centro Barber Curaçao 7–3 Grenada Paradise 6–1 1–2
Alpha United Guyana 2–0 Cayman Islands Scholars International 0–0 2–0
Arnett Gardens Jamaica 5–4 United States Virgin Islands Helenites 2–3 3–1
Real Rincon Bonaire 1–5 Saint Lucia Big Players 0–3 1–2
Walter Ferretti Nicaragua 7–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International 3–1 4–0
America des Cayes Haiti 1–3 Antigua and Barbuda Parham 0–0 1–3
Bears The Bahamas 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago Central 0–0 0–2
Somerset Trojans Bermuda 2–3 Dominica Exodus 1–0 1–3
Golden Lion Martinique 4–0 Barbados Barbados Defence Force 2–0 2–0
League Route
W Connection Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Haiti Don Bosco 1–0 0–0
Real Estelí Nicaragua 0–1 Guyana Guyana Defence Force 0–0 0–1

Play-off round

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The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions or second champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2015. The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2015.

A total of 20 teams play in the play-off round:

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Walter Ferretti Nicaragua 1–4 Antigua and Barbuda Parham 1–1 0–3
Arnett Gardens Jamaica 4–4 (a) Dominica Exodus 4–1 0–3
Racing Club Aruba Aruba 1–7 Guyana Alpha United 0–2 1–5
Central Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Martinique Golden Lion 2–1 0–0
Big Players Saint Lucia 1–5 Curaçao Centro Barber 1–3 0–2
League Route
Atlas Mexico 3–1 Costa Rica Cartaginés 3–1 0–0
Guayama Puerto Rico 3–0 Panama San Francisco 1–0 2–0
W Connection Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 (a) El Salvador Águila 0–1 2–1
Real Salt Lake United States 2–0 Guyana Guyana Defence Force 2–0 0–0
Suchitepéquez Guatemala 4–6 Honduras Real Sociedad 1–3 3–3

Group stage

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Location of teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2015. The 32 teams were allocated into four pots. The title holders were placed in Pot 1 automatically, along with the champions of associations ranked 1 through 7. For associations that use an Apertura/Clausura system, the champions with the best record on aggregate were placed in Pot 1. The remaining teams were placed in Pots 2 through 4 based on their 2015 club coefficients. The teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 15–16 September, 29–30 September, 20–21 October, 3–4 November, 24–25 November, and 8–9 December 2015. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga round of 32.

A total of 32 teams played in the group stage: 22 teams which entered in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 from the Champions Route and 5 from the League Route).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Panama ÁRA United States LAX Honduras SOC Curaçao BAR
1 Panama Árabe Unido 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10 13 Advance to knockout phase 4–0 1–0 3–0
2 United States LA Galaxy 6 3 1 2 9 10 −1 10 3–1 1–0 3–0
3 Honduras Real Sociedad 6 2 1 3 9 6 +3 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 2–2 4–1 3–0
4 Curaçao Centro Barber 6 1 1 4 3 15 −12 4 1–5 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2015. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica HER United States SEA Mexico QUE Antigua and Barbuda PAR
1 Costa Rica Herediano 6 5 0 1 13 3 +10 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–1 4–0
2 United States Seattle Sounders 6 4 0 2 6 4 +2 12 1–0 1–0 1–0
3 Mexico Querétaro 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6 Transfer to SuperLiga 1–3 2–1 2–1
4 Antigua and Barbuda Parham 6 1 0 5 2 11 −9 3 0–2 0–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2015. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico SAN Canada VAN Puerto Rico GUA United States DCU
1 Mexico Santos Laguna 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 1–0 4–0
2 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 3–3 3–0 1–0
3 Puerto Rico Guayama 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 Transfer to SuperLiga 1–1 2–0 2–0
4 United States D.C. United 6 1 0 5 4 11 −7 3 3–1 0–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2015. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico UNA Costa Rica SAP United States NER Guyana ALP
1 Mexico UNAM 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 1–0
2 Costa Rica Saprissa 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 3–0 1–1 0–2
3 United States New England Revolution 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 1–1 0–1 1–0
4 Guyana Alpha United 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 1–3 1–1 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2015. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico UAN El Salvador MET Trinidad and Tobago CEN Guatemala MAR
1 Mexico UANL 6 5 1 0 18 1 +17 16 Advance to knockout phase 6–0 3–0 4–0
2 El Salvador Isidro Metapán 6 2 2 2 5 10 −5 8 1–1 1–0 2–0
3 Trinidad and Tobago Central 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–3 1–1 3–0
4 Guatemala Marquense 6 1 1 4 3 11 −8 4 0–1 2–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2015. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica ALA Honduras OLI El Salvador TEC Mexico ATL
1 Costa Rica Alajuelense 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase 0–1 3–1 3–0
2 Honduras Olimpia 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 1–3 5–0 0–2
3 El Salvador Santa Tecla 6 2 0 4 8 13 −5 6 Transfer to SuperLiga 1–2 1–3 3–0
4 Mexico Atlas 6 2 0 4 5 10 −5 6 3–0 0–2 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2015. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Guatemala COM Honduras MOT United States RSL Dominica EXO
1 Guatemala Comunicaciones 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 14 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 5–0 4–2
2 Honduras Motagua 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 1–1 4–1 2–1
3 United States Real Salt Lake 6 3 0 3 6 11 −5 9 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–1 2–1 2–0
4 Dominica Exodus 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 1–1 0–2 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2015. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Trinidad and Tobago WCO Puerto Rico YAB Guatemala MUN Mexico AMÉ
1 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 1–1 2–0
2 Puerto Rico Yabuco 6 2 2 2 15 7 +8 8 0–1 4–0 1–1
3 Guatemala Municipal 6 2 2 2 8 12 −4 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 3–2 1–1 2–0
4 Mexico América 6 2 1 3 9 14 −5 7 2–0 2–8 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2015. Source: CONCACAF.com

Knockout phase

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In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could have been drawn against each other.
  • If any association sent two teams to the semifinals, those teams were automatically paired with each other and the draw was used to determine which team hosts the second leg of each semifinal match-up. For this reason, UANL and Santos Laguna were automatically paired against each other in the semifinals.

Bracket

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
Guatemala Comunicaciones 4 1 5
Honduras Olimpia 2 0 2
Guatemala Comunicaciones 1 1 2
Puerto Rico Yabuco 1 2 3
Mexico UNAM 1 2 3
Puerto Rico Yabuco 6 1 7
Puerto Rico Yabuco 1 2 3
Costa Rica Herediano (a.e.t.) 2 2 4
Costa Rica Herediano (a.e.t.) 1 3 4
El Salvador Isidro Metapán 2 1 3
Costa Rica Herediano 1 3 4
United States Seattle Sounders 2 1 3
Panama Árabe Unido 2 1 3
United States Seattle Sounders 2 2 4
Costa Rica Herediano 0 5 5
Mexico Santos Laguna 1 0 1
Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 1 1 2
Costa Rica Saprissa 3 0 3
Costa Rica Saprissa 0 0 0
Mexico UANL 3 2 5
Mexico UANL 2 3 5
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 1
Mexico UANL 1 1 2
Mexico Santos Laguna 2 2 4
Costa Rica Alajuelense 1 2 3
Honduras Motagua 1 0 1
Costa Rica Alajuelense 0 2 2
Mexico Santos Laguna 2 2 4
Mexico Santos Laguna 5 3 8
United States LA Galaxy 1 0 1

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2015. The first legs were played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 8, 9, 15 and 16 March 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia Honduras 2–5 Guatemala Comunicaciones 2–4 0–1
Saprissa Costa Rica 3–2 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 3–1 0–1
Motagua Honduras 1–3 Costa Rica Alajuelense 1–1 0–2
Vancouver Whitecaps Canada 1–5 Mexico UANL 1–3 0–2
Isidro Metapán El Salvador 3–4 Costa Rica Herediano 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
LA Galaxy United States 1–8 Mexico Santos Laguna 1–5 0–3
Yabuco Puerto Rico 7–3 Mexico UNAM 6–1 1–2
Seattle Sounders United States 4–3 Panama Árabe Unido 2–2 2–1

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2016. The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Yabuco Puerto Rico 3–2 Guatemala Comunicaciones 1–1 2–1
Santos Laguna Mexico 4–2 Costa Rica Alajuelense 2–0 2–2
UANL Mexico 5–0 Costa Rica Saprissa 3–0 2–0
Seattle Sounders United States 3–4 Costa Rica Herediano 2–1 1–3

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals and final was held on 15 April 2016. The first legs were played on 26 and 27 April, and the second legs were played on 3 and 4 May 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Herediano Costa Rica 4–3 Puerto Rico Yabuco 2–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Santos Laguna Mexico 4–2 Mexico UANL 2–1 2–1

Final

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The first leg of the final was played on 21 May, and the second leg was played on 28 May 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos Laguna Mexico 1–5 Costa Rica Herediano 1–0 0–5

See also

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