The new edition of the Confederational Club Championship Tournament is coming
Miami, FL- The Confederation of North American, Central America & Caribbean Football has announced the setup and the date of the Draw for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup, which will start with the draw on Tuesday, December 9th, and the tournament will begin with the first round for the entire month of February.
The clubs starting in the Round of 16
The MLS Cup Champion, Liga MX overall Champion, Leagues Cup Champion, Central America Cup Champion, and the Caribbean Cup Champions will begin in the Round of 16, while the other 22 clubs will begin in the first round draw.
Here are the clubs starting in the Round of 16
MLS CUP CHAMPIONS: To Be Determined
LIGA MX OVERALL POINTS CHAMPION: FC Toluca
LEAGUES CUP CHAMPION: Seattle Sounders
CENTRAL AMERICAN CUP CHAMPIONS: Club Xelaju/LD Alajulense
CARIBBEAN CUP CHAMPIONS: Mount Pleasent/O&M FC
These five clubs will be placed in certain parts of the bracket according to these criteria from the CONCACAF Club Rankings on Monday, December 8th.
Highest-ranked club – Matchup 1
Second highest-ranked club – Matchup 5
Third highest-ranked club – Matchup 8
Fourth highest-ranked club – Matchup 4
Fifth highest-ranked club – Matchup 2
Round One
22 teams will be drawn from two pots to play each other. All MLS & Liga MX clubs will be in Pot 1 (Next best-ranked clubs), while the clubs from Canada’s Premier League, Central America, and the Caribbean clubs will be in Pot 2 (11 lowest-ranked clubs). The three highest-ranked Round One clubs, based on the Concacaf Club Rankings as of Dec. 8, 2025, will be pre-seeded into a matchup as follows
Highest-ranked Round One club – Position A3
Second highest-ranked Round One club – Position A9
Third highest-ranked Round One club – Position A7
Draw Procedures
From Pot A will be positions A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A8, A9, A10, A11
From Pot B will be positions B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7,B8, B9, B10, B11
After all Pot 1 clubs have been selected, all Pot 2 clubs will be selected next to finalize the matchups.
Participating Clubs
Here are the clubs from each region that will be a part of the tournament
NORTH ZONE:
Canada
CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Vancouver FC
CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: Forge FC, Atletico Ottawa
MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Mexico
LIGA MX: CF Monterrey, Club America, Cruz Azul, Pumas UNAM, Tigres UNAL
USA
MLS: FC Cincinnati, Philadelphia Union, San Diego FC
US OPEN CUP: Nashville SC
UNCAF/CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE
CENTRAL AMERICAN CUP
COSTA RICA: CS Cartaginés
GUATEMALA: Club Xelajú
HONDURAS: Club Olimpia, Real CD España
PANAMA: Sporting San Miguelito
CFU/CARIBBEAN ZONE
CARIBBENA CUP
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: O&M FC
JAMAICA: Mount Pleasant
THIRD PLACE FINISH: To Be Determined
The last two spots are the MLS Cup Champions and the Caribbean Cup Third Place Finisher before the first round draw.
CONCACAF News:
- Final Window of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Starts This Thursday
- CONCACAF Announces Setup for Qualifying and its Main Tournament for the U-20 Championship
- Caribbean Cup Semi-Finals Schedule announced by CONCACAF
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