2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup
 The Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza hosted the final stage. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Preliminary round: 15 August 2024 Competition proper: 20 August 2024 – 24 May 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 10 Total: 11 (from 7 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Gotham FC (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Tigres UANL |
| Third place | Portland Thorns |
| Fourth place | América |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 102 (4.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Ana Dias (Tigres UANL) María Sánchez (San Diego Wave)(4 goals each) |
| Best player(s) |  Esther González (Gotham FC) |
| Best young player | Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns) |
| Best goalkeeper | Itzel González (Tigres UANL) |
| Fair play award | América |
2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup was the first season of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the annual continental women's association football club competition organized by CONCACAF.[1] The final was played on May 24, 2025, at Estadio Universitario in Nuevo León, Mexico. American club Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League defeated hosts Tigres UANL of the Liga MX Femenil 1–0.[2] As winners, Gotham FC qualified for both the inaugural 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup,[3] and the inaugural 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup.[4]
Format
[edit]On 12 March 2024, CONCACAF announced the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup. The tournament will feature eleven teams from seven CONCACAF member associations. The winner of a preliminary round match between a club from Canada and El Salvador joined the remaining nine teams in the group stage. In the group stage, teams were split into two groups of five teams. Teams faced 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 2024. The top two clubs from each group advanced to the knockout stage, which will be played at a centralized location on 21–24 May 2025. The knockout stage will feature semi-finals, a final to determine the champions of the competition, and a third place play-off.
The tournament was originally intended to provide a pathway for a future FIFA Women's Club World Cup which FIFA had committed to launching in the future, but with the postponement of the Women's Club World Cup to 2028, FIFA awarded the winner of the 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup a semifinal spot in the 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup.[1][5][3]
Tiebreakers
[edit]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:[6]
- 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.
Association team allocation
[edit]CONCACAF allocated spots to seven of their member associations based on eligibility criteria. Each association had one spot in the tournament, with the exception of Mexico and the United States, which had three.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The following was the access list for the 2024–25 season.[1]
| Round | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round (2 teams) |
|
— |
| Group stage (10 teams) |
|
|
| Knockout phase (4 teams) |
— |
|
Teams
[edit]Teams qualified through their domestic leagues based on sporting merit. The qualification criteria, confirmed on 24 April 2024,[7] were proposed by each member association and ratified by CONCACAF.[1]
Seeding
[edit]The pots were confirmed on 7 May 2024, with the qualifying teams being split into six pots of two teams.[8]
| Pot | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
|
 Alianza
| |
| 2 | NJ/NY Gotham
|
| San Diego Wave
| |
| 3 | Portland Thorns
|
| Tigres UANL
| |
| 4 | América
|
| Monterrey
| |
| 5 |  Alajuelense
|
 Santa Fe
| |
| 6 |  Frazsiers Whip
|
| Preliminary round winner |
Draw
[edit]The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2024 at 20:00 EDT (UTC−4).[5][8][9] A team was randomly drawn from Pot 1, consisting of the two Preliminary Round teams, to determine the host of the Preliminary Round match. Then, the ten Group Stage teams (the nine direct qualifiers for the Group Stage plus the as-then-unknown winner of the Preliminary Round) were drawn into two groups of five. The Group Stage draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 2 and placing them into Group A and then selecting the remaining team from Pot 2 and placing them into Group B. The Group Stage draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.
Schedule
[edit]The schedule of the competition was as follows.[5]
| Phase | Round | Match date |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 13–15 August 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 20–22 August 2024 |
| Matchday 2 | 2–5 September 2024 | |
| Matchday 3 | 17–19 September 2024 | |
| Matchday 4 | 1–3 October 2024 | |
| Matchday 5 | 15–17 October 2024 | |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 21 May 2025 |
| Third place play-off | 24 May 2025 | |
| Final |
Preliminary round
[edit]The qualified teams from Canada and El Salvador participated in the preliminary round, with the winner joining the remaining nine teams in the group stage.[9]
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TUA | NYJ | MON | LDA | FRA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigres UANL
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | |
| 2 | NJ/NY Gotham
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 8 | 4–4 | — | 0–0 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Monterrey
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | — | — | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 4 | Alajuelense
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | — | 0–4 | — | — | 5–0 | ||
| 5 | Frazsiers Whip
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | −29 | 0 | 1–7 | 0–13 | — | — | — |
| Alajuelense | 5–0 | Frazsiers Whip |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Alajuelense | 0–4 | NJ/NY Gotham |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
| Monterrey | 5–0 | Frazsiers Whip |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Frazsiers Whip | 1–7 | Tigres UANL |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
| NJ/NY Gotham | 0–0 | Monterrey |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Frazsiers Whip | 0–13 | NJ/NY Gotham |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Tigres UANL | 3–1 | Alajuelense |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
| NJ/NY Gotham | 4–4 | Tigres UANL |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Monterrey | 3–0 | Alajuelense |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Group B
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AME | POR | SDW | WFC | SFE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | América
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 7–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Portland Thorns
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | 3–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | San Diego Wave
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Whitecaps Girls Elite
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 3 | — | 0–6 | 0–2 | — | — | ||
| 5 | Santa Fe
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | — | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
| Portland Thorns | 3–1 | América |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Guerrero  53' |
| San Diego Wave | 3–2 | Portland Thorns |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| América | 5–0 | Santa Fe |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Portland Thorns | 2–1 | Santa Fe |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Márquez 82' |
| San Diego Wave | 0–1 | América |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Knockout stage
[edit]In the knockout stage, if a match were level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. On 26 December 2024, CONCACAF announced that Estadio Universitario in Nuevo León, Mexico would host the knockout stage of the tournament.[10]
Bracket
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 21 May – San Nicolás | ||||||
| Tigres UANL | 2 | |||||
| 24 May – San Nicolás | ||||||
| Portland Thorns | 0 | |||||
| Tigres UANL | 0 | |||||
| 21 May – San Nicolás | ||||||
| Gotham FC | 1 | |||||
| América | 1 | |||||
| Gotham FC | 3 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 24 May – San Nicolás | ||||||
| América | 0 | |||||
| Portland Thorns | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]| Tigres UANL | 2–0 | Portland Thorns |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Third place play-off
[edit]| América | 0–3 | Portland Thorns |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Final
[edit]The winners qualified for both the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup to be held in 2026 and the inaugural FIFA Women's Club World Cup to be held in 2028.
| Tigres UANL | 0–1 | Gotham FC |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Awards
[edit]The following players and team earned top distinctions.
| Golden Ball | Golden Boot | Golden Glove |
|---|---|---|
| Esther González (Gotham FC) |
Ana Dias (Tigres UANL) |
Itzel González (Tigres UANL) |
| Young Player Award | ||
| Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns) | ||
| CONCACAF Fair Play Trophy | ||
| América
| ||
Goalscorers
[edit]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "CONCACAF launches region's first official women's continental club competition with annual W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Griffin, Tamerra (24 May 2025). "Gotham FC wins inaugural Concacaf Champions Cup, 1-0 over Tigres UANL". The Athletic. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Timelines and formats of landmark FIFA women's club competitions confirmed". FIFA. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Concacaf confirms key details for 2025/26 W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. 12 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "2024/25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup Draw Scheduled for June 6; match-dates confirmed". CONCACAF. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "CONCACAF announces qualification criteria for Confederation's 2024/25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b "2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup official draw details announced". CONCACAF. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Draw delivers groups for inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Estadio Universitario in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, awarded 2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup Finals". Concacaf. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Stats". CONCACAF. Retrieved 4 October 2024.