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The CONCACAF Champions League is 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 two-time defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by SuperLiga title holders Toluca. Prior to the tournament, Herediano had defeated Toluca in the 2016 CONCACAF Super Cup.

Pachuca won the tournament, defeating Monterrey 3–1 on aggregate in the final.

Format

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Qualification

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The CONCACAF Champions League will commence with a double round-robin group stage of 32 teams, which is 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 is 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 will qualify based on the results of tournaments completed between July 2015 and June 2016 (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).

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 will enter in play-off round if they do not qualify for the group stage via their domestic performance. The stream the enter will depend on the rank the Champions League title holder's association.

Sint Maarten will send a team to the competition for the first time, after restarting their domestic league the previous season. As a result, the champions of association 19 will move from the second qualifying round to the first qualifying round.

Tournament

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The tournament proper begins with a group stage of 32 teams, divided into eight groups. Seeding is 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 is 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 is tied, then the team who scored more goals at their opponent's stadium advances. If the teams are tied on away goals, an 30 additional minutes (two 15 minute periods) of extra time will be played. If the match remains tied, the game will go 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 will need 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 19 and 20 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 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.
  • 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. 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. Furthermore, 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) depends on the Champions League title holders:
    • League Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the League Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 1–9 in the access list.
    • Champions Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the Champions Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 10–40 in the access list.

The final access list will then be adjusted accordingly, with teams entering either earlier or later into the competition in order to ensure that the group stage consists of 32 teams and the play-off round consists of 10 teams per route. None of these changes may cause a league champion to enter earlier than a non-champion from the same association (other than the Champions League and SuperLiga title holders).

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(22 teams)
  • 22 champions from associations 19–40
Second qualifying round
(24 teams)
Champions
(20 teams)
  • 9 champions from associations 10–18
  • 11 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 40 of the 41 CONCACAF member associations are expected to participate in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League (the exception being Montserrat, which haS not organized a domestic league since 2004). Sint Maarten will send a team to the competition for the first time. 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 14–40 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking (2016–17)

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For the 2016–17 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 2011–12 to 2015–16. 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:

  • (CL) – Additional berth for Champions League title holders
  • (SL) – Additional berth for SuperLiga title holders
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Mexico Mexico 104.444 5 +1(SL)
2 United States United States 80.312
3 Costa Rica Costa Rica 67.689 4
4 Canada Canada 59.750 1
5 Guatemala Guatemala 52.785 4
6 Panama Panama 46.150 3
7 Honduras Honduras 45.665
8 El Salvador El Salvador 44.033 2
9 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 33.500
10 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 31.800
11 Nicaragua Nicaragua 26.475
12 Guyana Guyana 24.275
13 Haiti Haiti 21.900
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
14 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 16.975 1
15 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.000
16 Curaçao Curaçao 14.625
17 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 12.625
18 Jamaica Jamaica 11.250
19 Bermuda Bermuda 9.500
20 Belize Belize 8.250
21 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 7.825
22 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 6.625
23 Aruba Aruba 6.500
24 Dominica Dominica 6.375
25 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 5.875
26 Suriname Suriname 5.625
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
27 Cuba Cuba 4.375 1
28 Grenada Grenada 3.500
29 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.375
30 United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 3.125
31 Anguilla Anguilla 3.000
32 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 2.875
33 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 2.750
34 Bonaire Bonaire 2.625
35 Martinique Martinique 2.575
36 Barbados Barbados 1.625
37 French Guiana French Guiana 1.525
38 The Bahamas Bahamas 1.500
39 Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint-Martin 1.125
40 Sint Maarten Sint Maarten 0.000

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 (1st) United States New York Red Bulls (2nd) Guatemala Suchitepéquez (1st) Honduras Honduras Progreso (2nd)
Mexico UANL (1st) United States FC Dallas (3rd) Guatemala Antigua (2nd) El Salvador Alianza (1st)
Mexico Pachuca (2nd) United States Columbus Crew (4th) Guatemala Comunicaciones (3rd) Puerto Rico Criollos de Caguas (1st)
Mexico Monterrey (3rd) Costa Rica Saprissa (2nd) Panama Árabe Unido (1st) Mexico Toluca (SL)
Mexico UNAM (4th) Costa Rica Alajuelense (3rd) Panama Plaza Amador (2nd)
United States Portland Timbers (1st) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps (1st) Honduras Olimpia (1st)
Play-off round
Champions Route League Route
Mexico León (5th) Guatemala Guastatoya (4th) El Salvador Dragón (2nd)
United States Seattle Sounders (5th) Panama Chorrillo (3rd) Puerto Rico Guayama (2nd)
Costa Rica Cartaginés (4th) Honduras Motagua (3rd)
Second qualifying round
Champions Route League Route
Trinidad and Tobago Central (1st) Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers (1st) Jamaica Montego Bay United (1st) Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh (2nd)
Nicaragua Real Estelí (1st) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 (1st) Nicaragua UNAN Managua (2nd)
Guyana Slingerz (1st) Curaçao Centro Dominguito (1st) Guyana Alpha United (2nd)
Haiti FICA (1st) Cayman Islands Scholars International (1st) Haiti Don Bosco (2nd)
First qualifying round
Bermuda Dandy Town Hornets (1st) Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja (1st) Anguilla Salsa Ballers (1st) French Guiana Matoury (1st)
Belize Police United (1st) Suriname Inter Moengotapoe (1st) British Virgin Islands Sugar Boys (1st) The Bahamas Bears (1st)
Saint Lucia Young Roots (1st) Cuba Villa Clara (1st) Guadeloupe USR (1st) Collectivity of Saint Martin Marigot (1st)[Note SMT]
Turks and Caicos Islands AFC Academy (1st) Grenada Hurricane (1st) Bonaire Atlétiko Flamingo (1st) Sint Maarten Flames United (1st)
Aruba Racing Club Aruba (1st) Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayon (1st) Martinique Golden Lion (1st)
Dominica Dublanc (1st) United States Virgin Islands Raymix (1st) Barbados UWI Blackbirds (1st)
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    Saint-Martin (SMT): Saint-Martin's qualifiers were based on regular season position rather than the championship play-offs.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 20 June 2016 12–13 July 2016 19–20 July 2016
Second qualifying round 15 July 2016 26–27 July 2016 2–3 August 2016
Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2016 16–17 August 2016 23–24 August 2016
Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2016 13–14 September 2016
Matchday 2 27–28 September 2016
Matchday 3 18–19 October 2016
Matchday 4 1–2 November 2016
Matchday 5 22–23 November 2016
Matchday 6 6–7 December 2016
Knockout phase Round of 16 12 December 2016 14–15 & 21–22 February 2017 7–8 & 14–15 March 2017
Quarter-finals 17 March 2017 11–12 April 2017 18–19 April 2017
Semi-finals 21 April 2017 2–3 May 2017 9–10 May 2017
Final 27 May 2017 3 June 2017

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 2016 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 20 June 2016. The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 19 and 20 July 2016.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Villa Clara Cuba 2–5 Aruba Racing Club Aruba 1–3 1–2
Flames United Sint Maarten 0–3 Dominica Dublanc 0–2 0–1
Golden Lion Martinique 1–3 Guadeloupe USR 0–2 1–1
Dandy Town Hornets Bermuda 0–3 Barbados UWI Blackbirds 0–0 0–3
Sugar Boys British Virgin Islands 2–4 United States Virgin Islands Raymix 1–1 1–3
Salsa Ballers Anguilla 4–4 (a) Grenada Hurricane 3–2 1–2
Marigot Collectivity of Saint Martin 2–3 The Bahamas Bears 2–0 0–3
Atlétiko Flamingo Bonaire 2–5 Dominican Republic Atlético Pantoja 1–1 1–4
Matoury French Guiana 6–3 Belize Police United 4–0 2–3
Young Roots Saint Lucia 1–2 Turks and Caicos Islands AFC Academy 1–0 0–2
Cayon Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–1 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 0–0 0–1

Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016. The first legs were played on 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2016.

The second qualifying round is split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga play-off round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Inter Moengotapoe Suriname 3–1 The Bahamas Bears 3–1 0–0
Real Estelí Nicaragua 3–3 (a) Aruba Racing Club Aruba 1–0 1–2
Atlético Pantoja Dominican Republic 1–4 Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 1–2 0–2
FICA Haiti 3–3 (a) French Guiana Matoury 2–2 1–1
Montego Bay United Jamaica 7–0 Dominica Dublanc 6–0 1–0
Central Trinidad and Tobago 7–2 Turks and Caicos Islands AFC Academy 4–1 3–1
Slingerz Guyana 3–1 Guadeloupe USR 0–1 3–0
Hurricane Grenada 3–3 (a) Barbados UWI Blackbirds 2–2 1–1
Centro Dominguito Curaçao 7–2 United States Virgin Islands Raymix 3–2 4–0
Scholars International Cayman Islands 1–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines System 3 1–0 0–0
League Route
UNAN Managua Nicaragua 3–4 Guyana Alpha United 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
San Juan Jabloteh Trinidad and Tobago 2–5 Haiti Don Bosco 1–2 1–3

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016. The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2016.

The play-off round is split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Real Estelí Nicaragua 4–3 Cayman Islands Scholars International 3–1 1–2
Central Trinidad and Tobago 3–3 (a) Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 2–0 1–3
Centro Dominguito Curaçao 4–2 French Guiana Matoury 3–1 1–1
Montego Bay United Jamaica 1–2 Barbados UWI Blackbirds 1–0 0–2
Slingerz Guyana 1–8 Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 1–3 0–5
League Route
Cartaginés Costa Rica 2–1 Guatemala Guastatoya 2–1 0–0
Chorrillo Panama 0–1 United States Seattle Sounders 0–1 0–0
León Mexico 2–4 El Salvador Dragón 2–1 0–3
Motagua Honduras 3–2 Haiti Don Bosco 2–2 1–0
Alpha United Guyana 1–2 Puerto Rico Guayama 0–1 1–1

Group stage

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Location of teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 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 25 August 2016.

The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles:

  • Pot 1 contained the title holders and the champions of the top 7 associations based on their 2016 CONCACAF country coefficients. Since the title holders were one of the champions of the top 7 associations, the champions of the association ranked 8th were also seeded into Pot 1.
  • Pot 2, 3 and 4 contains the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2016 CONCACAF club coefficients.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga round of 32.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico MON Honduras MOT El Salvador DRA Canada VAN
1 Mexico Monterrey 6 4 2 0 17 8 +9 14 Advance to knockout phase 5–5 6–1 2–0
2 Honduras Motagua 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8 0–1 3–1 1–1
3 El Salvador Dragón 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 1–2 3–0 1–0
4 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps 6 0 3 3 2 7 −5 3 1–1 0–2 0–0
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica ALA Panama ÁRA Antigua and Barbuda HOP United States CLB
1 Costa Rica Alajuelense 6 3 2 1 4 1 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 2–0 0–1
2 Panama Árabe Unido 6 2 3 1 13 7 +6 9 0–0 3–0 1–1
3 Antigua and Barbuda Hoppers 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–0 2–2 2–1
4 United States Columbus Crew 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4 0–1 3–7 0–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico TOL Costa Rica CAR El Salvador ALI Honduras HON
1 Mexico Toluca 6 3 3 0 14 8 +6 12 Advance to knockout phase 3–3 3–2 5–1
2 Costa Rica Cartaginés 6 1 4 1 9 10 −1 7 2–2 0–2 1–1
3 El Salvador Alianza 6 2 0 4 10 10 0 6 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–1 1–2 4–2
4 Honduras Honduras Progreso 6 1 3 2 7 12 −5 6 0–0 1–1 2–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States DAL Honduras OLI Curaçao DOM Costa Rica SAP
1 United States FC Dallas 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 0–0 3–2
2 Honduras Olimpia 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9 4–0 1–3 1–0
3 Curaçao Centro Dominguito 6 2 2 2 8 11 −3 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–5 1–2 2–2
4 Costa Rica Saprissa 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 2–0 1–0 1–2
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico UNA Costa Rica HER Panama PLA Barbados UWI
1 Mexico UNAM 6 6 0 0 15 1 +14 18 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–1 3–0
2 Costa Rica Herediano 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 0–2 1–1 1–0
3 Panama Plaza Amador 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–2 1–4 1–1
4 Barbados UWI Blackbirds 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2 0–4 2–2 1–2
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Nicaragua EST Puerto Rico CRI United States POR Guatemala COM
1 Nicaragua Real Estelí 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 4–2 1–2
2 Puerto Rico Criollos de Caguas 6 3 1 2 10 4 +6 10 1–1 2–0 3–0[a]
3 United States Portland Timbers 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–0 1–0 3–0[a]
4 Guatemala Comunicaciones[a] 6 2 0 4 4 13 −9 6 Disqualified 0–3[a] 0–3 2–0
Source: CONCACAF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Comunicaciones forfeited these matches 3–0 as a result.

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico UAN Puerto Rico GUA United States NYR Guatemala ANT
1 Mexico UANL 6 5 0 1 14 6 +8 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 3–1 2–1
2 Puerto Rico Guayama 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10 3–2 3–1 3–0[a]
3 United States New York Red Bulls 6 3 0 3 11 10 +1 9 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–2 2–1 4–1
4 Guatemala Antigua[a] 6 0 1 5 3 16 −13 1 Disqualified 0–3[a] 1–1 0–3[a]
Source: CONCACAF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Antigua forfeited these matches 3–0 as a result.

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico PAC United States SEA Trinidad and Tobago CEN Guatemala SUC
1 Mexico Pachuca 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 3–0[a]
2 United States Seattle Sounders 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10 1–0 2–0 0–1
3 Trinidad and Tobago Central 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 2–2 2–2 2–0
4 Guatemala Suchitepéquez[a] 6 1 0 5 2 14 −12 3 Disqualified 1–3 0–3[a] 0–3[a]
Source: CONCACAF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Suchitepéquez forfeited these matches 3–0 as a result.

Knockout phase

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In the knockout phase, teams played 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 had sent two teams to the semifinals, those teams would have automatically been paired with each other and the draw would have only been used to determine which team hosted the second leg of each semifinal match-up.

Bracket

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
Mexico Monterrey 1 0 1
Costa Rica Cartaginés 0 0 0
Mexico Monterrey 3 4 7
Nicaragua Real Estelí 1 0 1
Nicaragua Real Estelí 1 1 2
United States Seattle Sounders 0 1 2
Mexico Monterrey 3 0 3
Honduras Olimpia 1 1 2
United States FC Dallas (a) 2 1 3
Puerto Rico Guayama 2 1 3
United States FC Dallas 0 3 3
Honduras Olimpia 4 0 4
Costa Rica Alajuelense 1 1 2
Honduras Olimpia 2 1 3
Mexico Monterrey 0 1 1
Mexico Pachuca 3 0 3
Mexico Pachuca 1 3 4
Puerto Rico Criollos de Caguas 0 1 1
Mexico Pachuca 0 2 2
Panama Árabe Unido 1 0 1
Mexico UANL 2 0 2
Panama Árabe Unido 0 4 4
Mexico Pachuca 2 2 4
Mexico UNAM 1 1 2
Mexico UNAM 0 3 3
Honduras Motagua 2 0 2
Mexico UNAM (a) 2 1 3
Mexico Toluca 2 1 3
Mexico Toluca 4 1 5
Costa Rica Herediano 1 0 1

Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 12 December 2016. The first legs were played on 14, 15, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 7, 8, 14 and 15 March 2017.

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Árabe Unido Panama 4–2 Mexico UANL 0–2 4–0
Cartaginés Costa Rica 0–1 Mexico Monterrey 0–1 0–0
Criollos de Caguas Puerto Rico 1–4 Mexico Pachuca 0–1 1–3
Olimpia Honduras 3–2 Costa Rica Alajuelense 2–1 1–1
Motagua Honduras 2–3 Mexico UNAM 2–0 0–3
Seattle Sounders United States 1–2 Nicaragua Real Estelí 0–1 1–1
Guayama Puerto Rico 3–3 (a) United States FC Dallas 2–2 1–1
Herediano Costa Rica 1–5 Mexico Toluca 1–4 0–1

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2017. The first legs were played on 11 and 12 April, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 April 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Estelí Nicaragua 1–7 Mexico Monterrey 1–3 0–4
Olimpia Honduras 4–3 United States FC Dallas 4–0 0–3
Árabe Unido Panama 1–2 Mexico Pachuca 1–0 0–2
Toluca Mexico 3–3 (a) Mexico UNAM 2–2 1–1

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 April 2017.The first legs were played on 2 and 3 May, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 May 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia Honduras 2–3 Mexico Monterrey 1–3 1–0
UNAM Mexico 2–4 Mexico Pachuca 1–2 1–2

Final

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The first leg of the final was played on 27 May 2017 and the second leg was played on 3 June 2017. The draw was held after the semi-final draw.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pachuca Mexico 3–1 Mexico Monterrey 3–0 0–1

See also

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