The 2022 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Champions Cup under its former name, and overall the 57th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Monterrey was the title holder but did not qualify for this tournament and was unable to defend its title. American team Seattle Sounders FC won its first CONCACAF Champions League title, defeating Mexican club UNAM 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate in the final. The Sounders thus became the first team from Major League Soccer to win the title under its current format. It was the first time since the 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, that a non-Mexican team won the Champions' Cup or Champions League, and the first time since 2000 that an American team won the Champions' Cup or League.
The following 16 teams (from seven associations) qualified for the tournament.
In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008âÂÂ09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).
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The draw for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League was held on 15 December 2021, in Miami, Florida, United States.
The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contains the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 are assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association.
The seeding of teams were based on the CONCACAF Club Index. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:
The slots were assigned by the following rules:
The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:
Each tie, including the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing on a home-and-away basis.
All matches were played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Times are Eastern Time, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses):
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In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 15âÂÂ17 February, and the second legs were played on 22âÂÂ24 February 2022.
León won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Seattle Sounders FC won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Comunicaciones won 4âÂÂ3 on penalties.
New York City FC won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
UNAM won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
New England Revolution advanced to the quarter-finals after Cavaly withdrew from the competition on 15 February 2022.
CF Montréal won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Cruz Azul won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, and 7 hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 8âÂÂ9 March, and the second legs were played on 15âÂÂ17 March 2022.
Seattle Sounders FC won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
5âÂÂ5 on aggregate. New York City FC won on away goals.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. UNAM won 4âÂÂ3 on penalties.
Cruz Azul won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance across all previous rounds hosted the second leg.
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The first legs were played on 5âÂÂ6 April, and the second legs were played on 12âÂÂ13 April 2022.
Seattle Sounders FC won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
UNAM won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalist which had the better performances in previous rounds hosted the second leg. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>
The first leg was played on 27 April, and the second leg was played on 4 May 2022. Unlike previous rounds, the away goals rule did not apply in the final round.
Seattle Sounders FC won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.