Concacaf constantly appeals to the formats of the Champios League and now announces that from 2023, ie in two years, there will be a novelty and that the tournament will be played again in groups, but now it will be done by regions to reduce costs.
There will be three areas and groups will be formed in them: North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The first area consists of teams from Canada, the United States and Mexico, along the isthmus will be clubs from Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
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In addition, the best qualified teams will be in the Caribbean. For North America, there will be four groups of five teams and they will play only two games at home and two away. The first two will qualify for the round of 16; the same will be true for clubs in Central America.
But in the case of Central America, there will be something new. In addition to the Champions League in groups, a Central American Cup will be born, which will replace the current CONCACAF League, a competition that Alajuelense has just crowned champion. But these new competitions will be launched in June 2023.
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As part of this new ecosystem of club competitions, CONCACAF will work with its member associations in Central America and the Caribbean to launch two new competitions: a Central American Cup and a Caribbean Cup. In addition to qualifying through domestic leagues, both competitions will have qualifying places in the new group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League, which will begin in the fall of 2023.
“He will raise the bar for CONCACAF clubs and leagues with several regional matches that we know fans want to see. It will also provide a competitive path to the FIFA Club World Cup, as clubs in our region strive to succeed on the world stage, ”said Concacaf President Victor Montagliani.
The current format of the Concacaf Champions League (Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League) will remain for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions. 2023 will be a year of transition. The last edition will be played in the current format in the spring, before the group stage of the new format starts in autumn.