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2025–26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup
2nd season of CONCACAF women's club football tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2025–26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup is the second season of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the annual continental women's football club competition organized by CONCACAF.[1] On 12 May 2025 CONCACAF released key details of the competition including a reduction in the number of teams from 11 to 10 and the elimination of the preliminary round.[2]
The competition is scheduled to begin in August 2025.[1]
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The second edition of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup will feature ten teams from six CONCACAF member associations. Teams will be split into two groups of five teams. Teams will face each other in a single round-robin format, with each team playing two matches at home and two matches away in August, September and October 2025. The top two clubs from each group will advance to the knockout stage, played at a centralized location in May 2026. The knockout stage will feature semi-finals, a third place play-off and a final to determine the champions of the competition. The champions will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's Champions Cup and 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup.[3][2]
Tiebreakers
Teams in the group stage were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:[4]
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- Lower number of disciplinary points (single yellow card = 1 point, double yellow card = 3 points, direct red card = 4 points, direct red card after single yellow card = 5 points);
- Drawing of lots.
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Association team allocation
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CONCACAF allocated spots to six of their member associations, based on eligibility criteria. Each association has one spot in the tournament, with the exception of Mexico and the United States, which have three.[2]
Distribution
The following is the access list for the 2025–26 season.[2]
Teams
Teams will qualify through their domestic leagues based on sporting merit. The qualification criteria were proposed by each member association and ratified by CONCACAF.[2]
- ^ Mexico (MEX): América was semifinalist in 2024 Liga MX Femenil Apertura and runners-up in 2025 Liga MX Femenil Clausura.
- ^ United States (USA): With Orlando Pride winning both the 2024 National Women's Soccer League Championship and 2024 National Women's Soccer League Shield, the third qualifying spot for the United States went to the next best club in 2024 National Women's Soccer League Shield standings not already qualified, Gotham FC.
Seeding
The seeding for the tournament was confirmed on 2 June 2025. Teams were split into five pots based on the Concacaf Women’s club Rankings.[3][5]
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 3 June 2025 at 20:00 EDT (UTC−4).[2] The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1, placing them into Group A and then selecting the remaining team from Pot 1 and placing them into Group B. It then continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.[3]
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[2]
Group stage
Group A
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)
Referee: Dilia Bradley (Guatemala)
Attendance: Mexico City
Attendance: Mexico City
Group B
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)
Referee: Vimarest Diaz (Dominican Republic)
TBC
TBC
TBC
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
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