CONCACAF W Champions Cup

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CONCACAF W Champions Cup
CONCACAF W Champions Cup logo.png
Organising body CONCACAF
Founded12 March 2024;8 months ago (2024-03-12)
RegionNorth America, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of teams10 (group stage)
11 (total)
Qualifier for FIFA Women's Club World Cup
Television broadcastersEnglish
CBS Sports and Paramount+ (United States)
ESPN (Caribbean)
YouTube (Canada and other non-CONCACAF members)
Spanish
ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ (United States), and Disney+ (Central America and Mexico)
Website concacaf.com/w-champions-cup
Soccerball current event.svg 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

The CONCACAF W Champions Cup is an annual continental women's football club competition organized by CONCACAF that determines the club champion for the region encompassing North America, Central America and the Caribbean. [1] The competition will involve the top women's clubs from the region, and will serve as the qualification tournament for the future FIFA Women's Club World Cup. It is the women's counterpart of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

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History

On 12 March 2024, CONCACAF announced the competition, which began in August 2024. [2] The inaugural tournament was contested by clubs from seven nations: Canada, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Mexico, and the United States. It is scheduled to end with a knockout stage in May 2025. [3]

Competition format

The tournament consists of three stages. A preliminary round is contested by two clubs, where the winner advances to the group stage, joining nine other clubs. The group stage consists of two groups of five clubs. Each club plays four matches, two at home and two away. The top-two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage, which is played in May of the following year, in a centralized location. [2]

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References

  1. "2024/25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup Draw Scheduled for June 6; match-dates confirmed". CONCACAF. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 "CONCACAF launches region's first official women's continental club competition with annual W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. Linehan, Meg (12 March 2024). "W Champions Cup: CONCACAF to launch tournament that offers route to Club World Cup" . The Athletic . Retrieved 13 March 2024.