The 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup will be the 61st season of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club association football tournament for North, Central America, and the Caribbean's organized by CONCACAF. It is a five-round knockout tournament, with 27 teams that 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.
Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.
In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths will determined by international competitions, including the revamped North American zonal competition, the 2025 Leagues Cup (three), and the existing regional or zonal championships in the Caribbean and Central America, the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three) and CONCACAF Central American Cup (six), respectively.
The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2025 and the champion of the 2024–25 Liga MX season, will recieve the five byes into the round of 16.
Five teams will recieve a bye into the round of 16.
The champion of the regional competitions for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American, and Caribbean
The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada (Liga MX had a split Clausura and Apertura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points took this place. If a team wins both Apertura and Clausura, they take this place.)
The remaining 22 teams will enter round one.
The runners-up and third-place team from the MLS–Liga MX Leagues Cup
The runners-up and third-place team from the Caribbean Cup
The runners-up, remaining semi-finalists, and two play-in winners from the Central American Cup
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, will recieve a bye to the round of 16. The three remaining highest-ranked clubs will be pre-seeded into a round one bracket position.
In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4
The semi-finalists in each tie which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) host the second leg.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Host
1 (SF1)
QF1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Second leg
2 (SF1)
QF2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
First leg
1 (SF2)
QF3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Second leg
2 (SF2)
QF4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
First leg
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).
North American Zone 
Central American Zone 
Caribbean Zone