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Main article: 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League

The 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round will begin 6 August and will end on 16 August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all qualification and playoff matches will be held behind closed doors at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas United States, near Dallas. Additionally, due to the pandemic, all matches will be a single leg.

Teams

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Champions Path

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The Champions Path includes all league champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:

  • Preliminary round (7 teams playing one-legged semi-finals and final): 7 teams which enter in this round.
  • First qualifying round (32 teams): 31 teams which enter in this round, and 1 winner of the preliminary round.
  • Second qualifying round (20 teams): 4 teams which enter in this round, and 16 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (12 teams): 2 teams which enter in this round, and 10 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (8 teams): 2 teams which enter in this round, and 6 winners of the third qualifying round.

All teams eliminated from the Champions Path enter the SuperLiga, except for clubs that withdrew from the tournament due to COVID-19:

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2018 CONCACAF club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round enter SuperLiga group stage
Losers of third qualifying round enter SuperLiga play-off round
Losers of second qualifying round enter SuperLiga third qualifying round
Losers of the preliminary semifinals and final round and the first qualifying round enter Confederations League second qualifying round
Team withdrew from the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Play-off round
Team Coeff.
Belize Verdes 46.200
Haiti Arcahaie 10.000
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Suriname Inter Moengotapoe 70.300
Guyana Fruta Conquerors 13.500
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Cayman Islands Bodden Town 25.200
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International 8.400
Puerto Rico Bayamón 6.000
Curaçao TBD
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Aruba Racing Club Aruba 32.750
Dominican Republic Cibao 30.600
Cuba Santiago de Cuba 29.500
Barbados Barbados Defence Force 20.555
Antigua and Barbuda Liberta 18.302
Saint Lucia Platinum 16.800
French Guiana Agouado 16.500
Bermuda PHC Zebras 15.302
Greenland B-67 14.750
Martinique Franciscain 14.624
United States Virgin Islands Helenites 13.862
Dominica South East 13.400
Turks and Caicos Islands Beaches 11.475
Cascadia (independence movement) IPS 10.800
Navajo Nation FC Tucson 10.355
Sint Maarten Flames United 8.300
British Virgin Islands Islanders 7.500
Quebec Blainville 6.750
The Bahamas Dynamos 6.392
Iroquois Elm City Express 5.354
Guadeloupe Amical Club 5.300
St. Louis Stars 5.000
Grenada Paradise 4.566
Saint Kitts and Nevis Village Superstars 4.201
Nueva Esparta Atletico Manerio 3.475
Anguilla Kicks United 2.000
Nevis Youths of the Future 1.855
Saint Barthélemy ASPSB 1.200
Montserrat Police Force 1.300
Bonaire Real Rincon 1.333
Sint Eustatius Golden Eagles 0.966
Preliminary round
Seed Team Coeff.
1 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Ilienne Amateur 3.750
2 Acadiana Port City FC 3.500
3 Nunavut Kugluktuk Grizzlies 2.566
4 Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Real San Andrés 1.230
5 Saba (island) SUSM 0.375
6 Mosquito Coast Iglesia Morava 0.000
7 Federal Dependencies of Venezuela Orchila 0.000

League Path

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The League Path includes all league non-champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:

  • Second qualifying round (4 teams): 4 teams which enter in this round.
  • Third qualifying round (8 teams): 6 teams which enter in this round, and 2 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (4 teams): 4 winners of the third qualifying round.

All teams eliminated from the League Path enter the SuperLiga:

Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2019 CONCACAF club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round and third qualifying round enter SuperLiga group stage
Losers of second qualifying round enter SuperLiga third qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Guatemala Municipal 68.950
Panama Chorrera 47.400
Nicaragua Managua 22.500
Jamaica Mount Pleasant 12.300
El Salvador Once Deportivo 8.500
Trinidad and Tobago La Horquetta Rangers 3.700
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Belize Belmopan Bandits 27.500
Haiti Don Bosco 24.230
Suriname Robinhood 15.333
Guyana Western Tigers 10.966

Format

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The format of this edition of the Champions League will see extensive changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each tie in the qualification rounds will be held over a single leg on a neutral venue, with the winner advancing to the next round. If the match ends in a draw, then extra time is played. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

In the draws for each round, teams are seeded based on their CONCACAF club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round is not known at the time of the draws, the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient is to advance, it simply take the seeding of its opponent. Prior to the draws, CONCACAF may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by CONCACAF may not be drawn into the same tie.

Schedule

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The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States).

Qualifying phase and play-off round schedule
Round Draw date Date
First qualifying round 7 July 2020 6 August 2020
Second qualifying round 9 August 2020
Third qualifying round 11 August 2020 13 August 2020
Play-off round 14 August 2019 16 August 2020

First qualifying round

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Seeding

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 24 teams participated in the first qualifying round instead of the normal 32 teams. The top eight teams based on national coefficient earned byes to the second qualifying round. The lone preliminary round entrant the did not withdraw, Port City FC, automatically entered in the first round as an unseeded team. The remaining 16 teams were divided into two: both of eight teams, where four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded.

Byes to the second round Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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First qualifying round matches were held 4–6 August 2020. Teams with the highest coefficent by country earned byes to the second qualifying round.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cibao Dominican Republic BYE
PHC Zebras Bermuda BYE
Liberta Antigua and Barbuda BYE
BDF Barbados BYE
Platinum Saint Lucia BYE
FCM Portland Cascadia (independence movement) BYE
Village Superstars Saint Kitts and Nevis BYE
Agouado French Guiana BYE
Franciscain Martinique 2–0 Grenada Paradise
Beaches Turks and Caicos Islands 1–1 (6–7 p) Bonaire Real Rincon
Flames United Sint Maarten 3–1 Anguilla Kicks United
Racing Club Aruba Aruba 6–2 The Bahamas Dynamos
Islanders British Virgin Islands 1–0 Nevis Youths of the Future
Helenites United States Virgin Islands 4–0 Collectivity of Saint Martin St. Louis Stars
Blainville Quebec 8–0 Saint Barthélemy ASPSB
Gosier Guadeloupe 0–1 Acadiana Port City

Matches

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Franciscain Martinique2–0Grenada Paradise
Report


Flames United Sint Maarten3–1Anguilla Kicks United
Report

Helenites United States Virgin Islands4–0Collectivity of Saint Martin St. Louis Stars
Report

Islanders British Virgin Islands1–0Nevis Youths of the Future
Report

Racing Club Aruba Aruba6–2The Bahamas Dynamos
Report

Blainville Quebec8–0Saint Barthélemy ASPSB
Report

Gosier Guadeloupe0–1Acadiana Port City
Report

Second qualifying round

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Seeding

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A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw.

  • Champions Path: four teams entering in this round, and the 16 winners of the first qualifying round. They were divided into two groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.
  • League Path: four teams entering in this round. Two teams were seeded and two teams were unseeded.
Champions Path League Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the first qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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Second qualifying round matches were held on 9 and 10 August 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Bodden Town Cayman Islands 1–0 Bonaire Real Rincon
Village Superstars Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–3 Curaçao CUW champion
Cibao Dominican Republic 7–0 Sint Maarten Flames United
Agouado French Guiana 2–3 United States Virgin Islands Helenites
Racing Club Aruba Aruba 2–0 Acadiana Port City
Platinum Saint Lucia 0–3 Puerto Rico Bayamón
IPS Cascadia (independence movement) 5–0 British Virgin Islands Islanders
Barbados Defence Force Barbados 0–1 (a.e.t.) Quebec Blainville
PHC Zebras Bermuda 7–5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International
Liberta Antigua and Barbuda 4–2 Martinique Franciscain
Team 1  Score  Team 2
League Path
Belmopan Bandits Belize 3–2 Guyana Western Tigers
Don Bosco Haiti 1–1 (3–5 p) Suriname Robinhood

Matches

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Liberta Antigua and Barbuda4–2Martinique Franciscain
Report

Cibao Dominican Republic7–0Sint Maarten Flames United
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Richard Gamache (Canada)

Agouado French Guiana2–3United States Virgin Islands Helenites
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Hector Cezares (Mexico)

Bodden Town Cayman Islands1–0Bonaire Real Rincon
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Gjovalin Bori (Albania)

Village Superstars Saint Kitts and Nevis1–3Curaçao CUW champion
Report
  • 4', 10'
  • 61'
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein (United States)
IPS Cascadia (independence movement)5–0British Virgin Islands Islanders
Report


Barbados Defence Force Barbados0–1 (a.e.t.)Quebec Blainville
Report Sylla 118'

PHC Zebras Bermuda7–5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International
Report

Racing Club Aruba Aruba2–0Acadiana Port City
Report

Platinum Saint Lucia0–3Puerto Rico Bayamón
Report

Don Bosco Haiti1–1 (a.e.t.)Suriname Robinhood
Report
Penalties
3–5
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Adam Bourchroe (United States)

Third qualifying round

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Seeding

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A total of 20 teams were involved in the third qualifying round draw.

  • Champions Path: two teams entering in this round, and the 10 winners of the second qualifying round Champions Path. Six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded.
  • League Path: six teams entering in this round, and the two winners of the second qualifying round League Path. Four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded. Teams from Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn into the same tie, and if such a pairing was drawn or was set to be drawn in the final tie, the second team drawn in the current tie would be moved to the next tie.
Champions Path League Path
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the second qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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Third qualifying round matches were held on 13 and 14 August 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Inter Moengotapoe Suriname 4–0 Antigua and Barbuda Liberta
Bodden Town Cayman Islands 3–2 United States Virgin Islands Helenites
Cibao Dominican Republic 1–1 (5–6 p) Puerto Rico Bayamón
CUW champion Curaçao 3–0 Bermuda PHC Zebras
Racing Club Aruba Aruba 3–4 Guyana Fruta Conquerors
Blainville Quebec 2–1 Cascadia (independence movement) IPS
Team 1  Score  Team 2
League Path
CAI Panama 1–0 El Salvador Once Deportivo
Belmopan Bandits Belize 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago La Horquetta Rangers
Robinhood Suriname 0–1 Jamaica Mount Pleasant
Municipal Guatemala 0–0 (4–3 p) Nicaragua Managua

Matches

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Belmopan Bandits Belize0–2Trinidad and Tobago La Horquetta Rangers
Report
Attendance: 0[note 3]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Bodden Town Cayman Islands3–2United States Virgin Islands Helenites
Report
Attendance: 0[note 3]
Referee: Diego Montaño (Mexico)

Inter Moengotapoe Suriname4–0Antigua and Barbuda Liberta
Report

Cibao Dominican Republic1–1 (a.e.t.)Puerto Rico Bayamón
Report
Penalties
5–6
Attendance: 100[note 4]
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

CAI Panama1–0El Salvador Once Deportivo
Record 58' Report
Attendance: 419[note 4]
Referee: Christophel Stewart (Cayman Islands)

Blainville Quebec2–1Cascadia (independence movement) IPS
Report
Attendance: 0[note 3]
Referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)

CUW champion Curaçao3–0Bermuda PHC Zebras
  • 17', 30', 63'
Report
Attendance: 0[note 3]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Racing Club Aruba Aruba3–4Guyana Fruta Conquerors
Report

Robinhood Suriname0–1Jamaica Mount Pleasant
Report

Play-off round

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Seeding

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A total of 12 teams were involved in the play-off round draw.

  • Champions Path: two teams entering in this round, and the six winners of the third qualifying round Champions Path. Four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded.
  • League Path: the four winners of the third qualifying round League Path. Two teams were seeded and two teams were unseeded.
Champions Path League Path
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. Winners of the third qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

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Play-off round matches were held on 16 and 17 August 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Verdes Belize 0–2 Haiti Arcahaie
Fruta Conquerors Guyana 1–2 (a.e.t.) Quebec Blainville
Bayamón Puerto Rico 1–0 Cayman Islands Bodden Town
Inter Moengotapoe Suriname 3–1 Curaçao CUW champion
Team 1  Score  Team 2
League Path
CAI Panama 4–1 Jamaica Mount Pleasant
Municipal Guatemala 3–3 (5–4 p) Trinidad and Tobago La Horquetta Rangers

Matches

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Fruta Conquerors Guyana1–2 (a.e.t.)Quebec Blainville
Report

Verdes Belize0–2Haiti Arcahaie
Report

CAI Panama4–1Jamaica Mount Pleasant
Report

Bayamón Puerto Rico1–0Cayman Islands Bodden Town
Report

Inter Moengotapoe Suriname3–1Curaçao CUW champion
Report
  • 71'

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h All first qualifying round fixtures were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l All second qualifying round fixtures were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Except where listed, all third qualifying round fixtures were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Match was played with a restricted capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. ^ a b c d Except where listed, all play-off round fixtures were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also

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