2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup

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2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup
Tournament details
Dates30 July – 5 December
Teams20 (from 7 associations)
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The 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup will be the second edition of the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Central American region. It will be contested by clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.

Contents

The winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup will qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16, while the second through sixth place teams will qualify to Round One of the same competition. [1]

Teams

Twenty teams from the seven UNCAF member associations qualified for the tournament based on results from their domestic leagues. [2] [3] Eighteen slots are predetermined by CONCACAF and the remaining two slots were granted to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as the national associations whose clubs were finalists in the previous edition of the tournament. [4] [5] The slot allocation for this edition was as follows:

AssociationTeamQualifying method
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize (1 berth) Port Layola 2023–24 Premier League tournament champions (2024 Closing) with better record in aggregate table.
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
(4 berths)		 Herediano 2023–24 Liga FPD tournament champions (2024 Clausura) with better record in aggregate table [6]
Saprissa 2023–24 Liga FPD tournament champions (2023 Apertura) with worse record in aggregate table [6]
Alajuelense 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table best team not yet qualified [6]
Guanacasteca 2023–24 Liga FPD aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [6]
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
(3 berths)		 Águila 2023–24 Primera División Apertura champions [7]
Alianza 2023–24 Primera División Clausura champions [7]
Luis Ángel Firpo 2023–24 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
(3 berths)		 Comunicaciones 2023–24 Liga Nacional Torneo Apertura champions [8]
Municipal 2023–24 Liga Nacional Torneo Clausura champions [8]
Antigua 2023–24 Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualified [8]
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras
(3 berths)		 Olimpia 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional Apertura and Clausura champions
Marathón 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Motagua 2023–24 Honduran Liga Nacional aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
(3 berths)		 Diriangén 2023–24 Liga Primera Apertura and Clausura champions
Managua 2023–24 Liga Primera aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Real Estelí 2023–24 Liga Primera aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
(3 berths)		 Independiente 2023 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura champions [9] [10]
Tauro 2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura champions [9] [10]
San Francisco 2023 Liga Panameña Torneo Clausura and 2024 Liga Panameña Torneo Apertura aggregate table best team not yet qualified [9] [10]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2024 at 18:30 EDT in Miami, Florida. [1] The 20 involved teams were previously seeded into five pots of four teams each based on their CONCACAF Club Ranking as of 3 June 2024. [3] [11]

Pot 1
TeamRank
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 41
Flag of Honduras.svg Olimpia 43
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 50
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano 51
Pot 2
TeamRank
Flag of Guatemala.svg Municipal 52
Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 54
Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 55
Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 56
Pot 3
TeamRank
Flag of Panama.svg Tauro 58
Flag of Honduras.svg Marathón 59
Flag of Panama.svg Independiente 60
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Guanacasteca 71
Pot 4
TeamRank
Flag of Panama.svg San Francisco 77
Flag of El Salvador.svg Alianza 80
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 83
Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila 86
Pot 5
TeamRank
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Diriangén 98
Flag of El Salvador.svg Luis Ángel Firpo 113
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Managua 146
Flag of Belize.svg Port Layola 175

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. [1]

StageRoundFirst legSecond leg
Group StageMatchday 130 July – 1 August
Matchday 26–8 August
Matchday 313–15 August
Matchday 420–22 August
Matchday 527–29 August
KnockoutQuarterfinals24–26 September1–3 October
Semifinals and play-in29–31 October5–7 November
Finals26–28 November3–5 December

Group stage

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification HER MOT TAU SFR DIR
1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano 00000000Advance to Quarter-finals — 29 Aug 3 Aug ——
2 Flag of Honduras.svg Motagua 00000000—— 15 Aug 8 Aug —
3 Flag of Panama.svg Tauro 00000000——— 29 Aug 22 Aug
4 Flag of Panama.svg San Francisco 00000000 23 Aug ——— 15 Aug
5 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Diriangén 00000000 10 Aug 1 Aug ———
First match(es) will be played: 1 August 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ALA COM MAR ALI LAF
1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense 00000000Advance to Quarter-finals — 29 Aug 2 Aug ——
2 Flag of Guatemala.svg Comunicaciones 00000000—— 16 Aug 9 Aug —
3 Flag of Honduras.svg Marathón 00000000——— 29 Aug 22 Aug
4 Flag of El Salvador.svg Alianza 00000000 22 Aug ——— 15 Aug
5 Flag of El Salvador.svg Luis Ángel Firpo 00000000 8 Aug 1 Aug ———
First match(es) will be played: 1 August 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification OLI ANT CAI ÁGU PLA
1 Flag of Honduras.svg Olimpia 00000000Advance to Quarter-finals — 30 Aug 2 Aug ——
2 Flag of Guatemala.svg Antigua 00000000—— 16 Aug 9 Aug —
3 Flag of Panama.svg Independiente 00000000——— 30 Aug 24 Aug
4 Flag of El Salvador.svg Águila 00000000 23 Aug ——— 17 Aug
5 Flag of Belize.svg Port Layola 00000000 10 Aug 3 Aug ———
First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SAP MUN GUA EST MAN
1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 00000000Advance to Quarter-finals — 31 Aug 1 Aug ——
2 Flag of Guatemala.svg Municipal 00000000—— 17 Aug 9 Aug —
3 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Guanacasteca 00000000——— 31 Aug 23 Aug
4 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 00000000 24 Aug ——— 16 Aug
5 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Managua 00000000 8 Aug 2 Aug ———
First match(es) will be played: 1 August 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results (points, goal difference, goals scored); 5) Fair play points; 6) Drawing of lots.

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