Event | 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup | ||||||
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Date | 1 June 2024 | ||||||
Venue | Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca | ||||||
The 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup final will be the final match of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup, the 59th season of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean's premier club soccer tournament organized by CONCACAF. It will be held at Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca, Mexico, on 1 June 2024.
The final will be contested in a single match between C.F. Pachuca of Liga MX and Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Pachuca will host the match due to their better record during the competition. [1] The final was originally scheduled to take place on 2 June 2024. However, CONCACAF announced that the date would move if a Mexican team hosts the final due to the 2024 Mexican general election taking place that day. [2] After determining that Pachuca was the host, the date was moved up one day to 1 June. [3]
Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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Pachuca | 5 ( 2002 , 2007, 2008, 2010 , 2017 ) |
Columbus Crew | 0 (debut) |
This will be the fifth CONCACAF Champions Cup final to take place at Estadio Hidalgo, having previously been held in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2017.
In the final (winners of SF1 vs. winners of SF2), the finalist which has the better performances in previous rounds (excluding round one) will host the single-leg match.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final |
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1 | Pachuca (H) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 14 | Host |
2 | Columbus Crew | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 |
Due to 2024 Mexican general election taking place that day, CONCACAF announced that if a Mexican team were to host the final, CONCACAF will move the match and/or venue to another date.
Pachuca | Round | Columbus Crew | ||||||
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Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
Bye | Round one | Bye | ||||||
Philadelphia Union | 6–0 | 0–0 (A) | 6–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Houston Dynamo | 2–1 | 1–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) |
Herediano | 7–1 | 5–0 (A) | 2–1 (H) | Quarterfinals | UANL | 2–2 (4–3 p) | 1–1 (H) | 1–1 (4–3 p) (A) |
América | 3–2 | 1–1 (A) | 2–1 (H) | Semifinals | Monterrey | 5–2 | 2–1 (H) | 3–1 (A) |
While the rest of the tournament was played as a home-and-away two-legged match pairing, the final is set to be a single-leg match where the winner is the champion. The "home" team for the match will be the team with the better performance in the Round of 16 and beyond.
Match rules [5]
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