The 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup is the 61st season of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club association football tournament for North, Central America, and the Caribbean organized by CONCACAF. It is a five-round knockout tournament, with 27 teams qualified based on their national and zonal league and cup competitions; the first four rounds are played as a two-legged series at the home stadiums of the respective teams, ending with a one-legged final.
The winner will qualify for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 teams enter in Round one.
In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths were determined by international competitions, including the 2025 Leagues Cup (three), 2025 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three), and 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup (six).
Two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically, while the United States-only 2025 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and Canada-only equivalent, the 2025 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.
The winners of the three international competitions, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2025 and champion of the 2024âÂÂ25 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.
Twenty-seven teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament.
Five teams received a bye into the round of 16.
The remaining 22 teams enter in Round one.
The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.
The draw for the tournament took place on 9 December 2025 in Miami. The ceremony was streamed on CONCACAF's YouTube channel and broadcast live on Fox Sports in the United States and Mexico and ESPN in most of the Americas. Teams were seeded and placed in draw pots based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 8 December 2025.
The champions of CONCACAF's three regional cup competitions, as well as the Liga MX winners with the most accumulated points and the MLS Cup winners, received a bye to the round of 16. The three remaining highest-ranked clubs were pre-seeded into a Round one bracket position.
The competition schedule is as follows.
Times are EST or EDT, as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Round one was played during four weekly windows: on 3âÂÂ4 February; 10âÂÂ12 February; 17âÂÂ19 February; and 24âÂÂ26 February.
San Diego FC won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. LA Galaxy won on away goals.
Cruz Azul won 8âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Monterrey won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Los Angeles FC won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Nashville SC won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
América won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Philadelphia Union won 12âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
FC Cincinnati won 13âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
UANL won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
<section begin=R16 /> The first legs were played on 10âÂÂ12 March, and the second legs were played on 17âÂÂ19 March 2026.
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Toluca won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
LA Galaxy won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Cruz Azul won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Los Angeles FC won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Nashville SC won on away goals.
América won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
UANL won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Seattle Sounders FC won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Within each matchup, the team which had the better performance in the round of 16 hosts the second leg.
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<section begin=QF /> The first legs will be played between 7âÂÂ8 April, and the second legs will be played between 14âÂÂ15 April 2026.
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