2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup final

The 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup final was the final match of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup, the 59th season of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean's premier club association football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was played at Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca, Mexico, on 1 June 2024.

2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup final

Event	2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Pachuca Columbus Crew 3 0
Date	1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)
Venue	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
Referee	Iván Barton (El Salvador)
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The final was a single match contested by Pachuca of Liga MX and the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Pachuca hosted the match due to their better record during the competition's earlier stages.^[1] The final was originally scheduled to take place on 2 June 2024. However, CONCACAF announced that the date would move if a Mexican team hosts the final due to the 2024 Mexican general election taking place that day.^[2] After determining that Pachuca was the host, the date was moved up one day to 1 June.^[3]

Background

Previous finals

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Pachuca	5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017)
Columbus Crew	0 (debut)

Venue

This was the fifth CONCACAF Champions Cup final to take place at Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca, Mexico, having previously been held in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2017. The stadium is notable for its high altitude, sitting around 8,000 feet above sea-level.^[4]

Host selection

In the final (winners of SF1 vs. winners of SF2), the finalist which had the better performances in previous rounds (excluding round one), Pachuca, hosted the single-leg match.^[5]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final
1	Pachuca (H)	6	4	2	0	16	3	+13	14	Host
2	Columbus Crew	6	3	3	0	9	5	+4	12

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.9.5).
(H) Hosts

Due to 2024 Mexican general election taking place that day, CONCACAF announced that if a Mexican team were to host the final, CONCACAF would move the match and/or venue to another date.^[6]

Road to the final

Further information: 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

Summary of results

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: Home; A: Away).

Pachuca				Round	Columbus Crew
Opponent	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	1st leg	2nd leg	Stages	Opponent	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				Round one	Bye
Philadelphia Union	6–0	0–0 (A)	6–0 (H)	Round of 16	Houston Dynamo	2–1	1–0 (A)	1–1 (H)
Herediano	7–1	5–0 (A)	2–1 (H)	Quarterfinals	UANL	2–2 (4–3 p)	1–1 (H)	1–1 (4–3 p) (A)
América	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (H)	Semifinals	Monterrey	5–2	2–1 (H)	3–1 (A)

Format

While the rest of the tournament was played as a home-and-away two-legged match pairing, the final was a single-leg match where the winner would be crowned the champion. The "home" team for the match was the team with the better performance in the round of 16 and beyond.

Match

Details

1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)^{[note 1]}

21:15 (19:15 UTC−6)

Pachuca	3–0	Columbus Crew
Rondón 12', 67' E. Rodríguez 32'	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Match rules[7] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 2]

Post-match

After the match, Columbus head coach Wilfried Nancy reported that members of the team and coaching staff had contracted a stomach illness—believed to be food poisoning—prior to the match while in Pachuca.^[8] Days later, Columbus president and general manager Tim Bezbatchenko suggested that the team may have been victims of "subterfuge".^[4]

Pachuca appeared in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup in December, winning their first match 3–0 against Botafogo. The team next upset Al-Ahly after a penalty shootout.^[9] In the final, Pachuca were defeated 3–0 by Real Madrid.^[10]

Pachuca also qualified for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup due to their performance in the Champions Cup. On March 21, 2025, FIFA announced that Club Leon, who had similarly qualified due to a Champions Cup title, were disqualified from the competition, as both clubs were owned by Grupo Pachuca.^[11]

Notes

1. The final match (originally scheduled for 2 June 2024) was moved back to 1 June 2024 due to a Mexican team hosting the final due to the 2024 Mexican general election taking place that day.^[5]
2. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.