2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup
The 2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup will be the 62nd 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 2027 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Qualification
Twenty-seven teams will qualify 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 are determined by international competitions, including the 2026 Leagues Cup (three), 2026 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three) and 2026 CONCACAF Central American Cup (six).
Two Canadian Premier League teams qualify automatically, while the United States-only 2026 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and Canada-only equivalent, the 2026 Canadian Championship, provide one berth each.
The winners of the 3 international competitions, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2026 and the champion of the 2025-26 Liga MX season, receive byes into the round of 16.
DISTRIBUTION
Twenty-seven teams qualify for the tournament.
- North American Zone:18 teams (from 3 associations)
- Central American Zone:Six teams
- Caribbean Zone :Three teams
Five teams receive a bye into the round of 16
- The champion of the regional competition for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American and Carribean
- The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada (Liga MX had a split clasura and aputera system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points took this place. If a team won both Aputera and Clasura, they took this place.)
The remaining 22 teams enter in 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 semifinalists, and two play-in winners from the Central American Cup
- The U.S. Open Cup winners
- The Canadian Championship winners
- The Canadian Premier League regular season winners and playoff champions
- The remaining winner with the worse record, two runners-up, and the two best next clubs by season aggregate from Liga MX
- The MLS Supporters' Shield winners
- The remaining MLS Conference regular-season leader, and the next two teams in the Supporters' Shield table
Teams
The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament
| Competition | Team | Qualifying method | App.
(last) |
Previous best
(last) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Cup | 2026 Caribbean Cup champions | |||
| Central American Cup | 2026 Central American Cup champions | |||
| Leagues Cup | 2026 Leagues Cup champions | |||
| Liga MX | 
|
2025-26 Liga MX Aputera and/or Clasura winners with the higher aggregate table points | ||
| Major League Soccer | MLS Cup 2026 champions |
| Competition | Team | Qualifying method | App.
(last) |
Previous best
(last) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Championship | 
|
2026 Canadian Championship champions | ||
| Canadian Premier League
(2 berths) |
|
2026 Canadian Premier League champions | ||
|
|
2026 CPL Shield winners | |||
| Carribean Cup
(2 berths) |
2026 Carribean Cup runners-up | |||
| 2026 Carribean Cup third place | ||||
| Central American Cup
(5 berths) |
2026 Central American Cup runners-up | |||
| 2026 Central American Cup semifinalists | ||||
| 2026 Central American Cup play-in winners | ||||
| Leagues Cup
(2 berths) |
2026 Leagues Cup runners-up | |||
| 2026 Leagues Cup third place | ||||
| Liga MX
(5 berths) |
|
2025-26 Liga MX Aputera or Clasura champions with the lower aggregate table points | ||
|
|
2025-26 Liga MX Aputera runner up | |||
|
|
2025-26 Liga MX Clasura runner up | |||
|
|
Next two best clubs in 2025-26 Liga MX aggregate table | |||
|
|
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| Major League Soccer
(4 berths) |
2026 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners | |||
| 2026 Major League Soccer Eastern/Western Conference regular season winners | ||||
| Next best clubs in the 2026 Supporters' Shield Standings | ||||
| U.S. Open Cup | 
|
2026 U.S. Open Cup champions |
Toluca or UANL are taking the Apuetra spot, team will be confirmed 14th December
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