June 7 – In a serious rebranding transfer designed to embrace the confederation’s previous and construct id round its new expanded membership competitions, Concacaf has renamed its Champions League.
Now known as the Concacaf Champions Cup, the identify change is a return to its former title that was used from 1962 to 2008. With then identify change comes a brand new, fashionable, feel and appear to model belongings.
The transfer could be very a lot a part of new membership eco-system inside Concacaf because it expands with new membership competitions within the Caribbean and Central America that sit alongside the brand new Leagues Cup (between LigaMX and MLS golf equipment) and can feed qualifiers into the area’s high tier Concacaf Champions Cup.
“The Concacaf Champions Cup will take continental membership soccer in our area to the subsequent stage. It’ll elevate leagues and golf equipment throughout Concacaf and the brand new identify for the competitors, alongside this vibrant new model, permits us to rejoice our wealthy historical past whereas waiting for an amazing way forward for worldwide membership soccer in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean,” mentioned Concacaf president and FIFA vice chairman, Victor Montagliani.
Concacaf emphasised that over the 61 years of the competitors it has been received by 30 totally different golf equipment, highlighting a “variety of champions” and its competitiveness.
Alongside the enlargement and rebranding Concacaf is to extend the monetary distributions and prize cash for collaborating golf equipment. From 2024, the Concacaf Champions Cup champion will obtain $5 million+ in monetary distributions and prize cash, a five-fold enhance on the Concacaf Champions League period.
“We’re extremely enthusiastic about this new ecosystem and for the primary version of the brand new and expanded Concacaf Champions Cup subsequent 12 months. In contemplating choices for the identify of the event we performed vital analysis amongst our stakeholders, together with with followers,” mentioned Concacaf basic secretary Philippe Moggio.
“Sustaining the phrase ‘Champions’ was essential for us to spotlight that this event is on the high of the membership pyramid in Concacaf, and we additionally really feel that transferring away from ‘Champions League’ permits us to develop a novel id for our membership competitors. In returning to the unique event identify, we could have the chance to actually join the final 61 years of Continental membership soccer in Concacaf with what’s coming sooner or later.”
Of the 27 golf equipment that may take part, 22 will start play in Spherical One and 5 will obtain a bye to the Spherical of 16.
The format of the Concacaf Champions Cup alters with 27 golf equipment collaborating, 22 will start play in Spherical One and 5 will obtain a bye to the Spherical of 16.
That spherical begins the direct elimination knockout stage which will probably be composed of 5 rounds: Spherical One, Spherical of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Ultimate.
The primary 4 levels will every embrace residence and away play, whereas the Ultimate, the place the area’s Champion will probably be topped, will now be performed as a single-leg match on a weekend date.
Membership Leon received the 2023 Champions League final weekend with an away leg 1-0 win over LAFC, taking the title 3-1 on mixture.
Whereas the rebranding is focussed on the Champions League it is vitally a lot a part of a co-ordinated membership competitors construction with the brand new Concacaf Caribbean Cup that may crown a Caribbean champion, a brand new Concacaf Central American Cup that may crown a Central American champion, and the expanded Leagues Cup between MLS and Liga MX golf equipment.
All three regional cups could have direct qualification berths into the brand new Concacaf Champions Cup. The highest golf equipment in North America will nonetheless have the ability to qualify by means of home leagues (Liga MX, MLS, CPL) and cup competitions (US Open Cup, Canadian Championship).
See: Concacaf unveils draw element for brand spanking new membership competitions in Caribbean and Central America
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