# 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

The 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup is the first season of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the annual continental women's football club competition organized by CONCACAF. The winner will qualify for the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup to be held in January and February 2026.

## Format

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 will join the remaining nine teams in the group stage. In the group stage, 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 2024. The top two clubs from each group will advance to the knockout stage, played at a centralized location in May 2025. The knockout stage will feature semi-finals, a third place play-off and a final to determine the champions of the competition. 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.

### Tiebreakers

Teams in the group stage are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:
* 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

CONCACAF allocated spots to seven 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.

### Distribution

The following is the access list for the 2024–25 season.
Access list for 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup :
| Round | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| Preliminary round (2 teams) | 1 team from Canada 1 team from El Salvador | — |
| Group stage (10 teams) | 1 team from Costa Rica 1 team from Jamaica 3 teams from Mexico 1 team from Panama 3 teams from the United States | 1 winner from the preliminary round |
| Knockout phase (4 teams) | — | 2 group winners from the group stage 2 group runners-up from the group stage |

### Teams

Teams will qualify through their domestic leagues based on sporting merit. The qualification criteria, confirmed on 24 April 2024, were proposed by each member association and ratified by CONCACAF.
Qualified teams for 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup :
| Association | Team | Qualification method |
| Teams entering in group stage |||
| Costa Rica (1 berth) | Alajuelense | 2023 Costa Rican Women's Premier Division Apertura [es] and Clausura [es] champions |
| Jamaica (1 berth) | Frazsiers Whip | 2022–23 Jamaica Women's Premier League champions |
| Mexico (3 berths) | UANL | 2023 Liga MX Femenil Apertura champions |
| Mexico (3 berths) | Monterrey | 2024 Liga MX Femenil Clausura champions |
| Mexico (3 berths) | América | Best runner-up of the 2023–24 Liga MX Femenil season based on accumulated points during the regular phase |
| Panama (1 berth) | Santa Fe | 2024 Panamanian Women's Football League Apertura [es] champions |
| United States (3 berths) | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 2023 National Women's Soccer League champions |
| United States (3 berths) | San Diego Wave FC | 2023 National Women's Soccer League Shield winners |
| United States (3 berths) | Portland Thorns FC | 2023 National Women's Soccer League Shield runners-up |
| Teams entering in preliminary round |||
| Canada (1 berth) | Whitecaps FC Girls Elite | 2023 League1 Canada Inter-Provincial Championship champions |
| El Salvador (1 berth) | Alianza | 2023–24 Primera División Femenina de El Salvador Apertura–Clausura play-off winners |

### Seeding

The pots were confirmed on 7 May 2024, with the qualifying teams being split into six pots of two teams.
| Pot | Team |
| 1 | Whitecaps FC Girls Elite |
| 1 | Alianza |
| 2 | NJ/NY Gotham FC |
| 2 | San Diego Wave FC |
| 3 | Portland Thorns FC |
| 3 | UANL |
| 4 | América |
| 4 | Monterrey |
| 5 | Alajuelense |
| 5 | Santa Fe |
| 6 | Frazsiers Whip |
| 6 | Preliminary round winner |

### Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2024 at 20:00 EDT (UTC−4). 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

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
Schedule for 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup :
| Phase | Round | Match date |
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 13–15 August 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 20–22 August 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 2–5 September 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 17–19 September 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 1–3 October 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 15–17 October 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 21 May 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Third place play-off | 24 May 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 24 May 2025 |

## Preliminary round

The qualified teams from Canada and El Salvador will participate in the preliminary round, with the winner joining the remaining nine teams in the group stage.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TUA | NYJ | MON | LDA | FRA |
| 1 | UANL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | — |
| 2 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 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 | — | — | — |

### Group B

| 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 FC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | San Diego Wave FC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Whitecaps FC 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 | — |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match is 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.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 21 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza | 21 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza |
| UANL | |
| UANL | | 24 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza | 24 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza |
| Portland Thorns FC | | 24 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza | 24 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza |
| Portland Thorns FC | | Winner semi-final 1 | |
| 21 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza | 21 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza | | Winner semi-final 1 |
| 21 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza | 21 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza | Winner semi-final 2 | |
| América | | Winner semi-final 2 | |
| NJ/NY Gotham FC | | | |
| NJ/NY Gotham FC | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 24 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza | 24 May – Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza |
| | | Loser semi-final 1 | |
| | | Loser semi-final 2 | |

### Final
## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Ana Dias | Tigres UANL | 4 |
| 1 | María Sánchez | San Diego Wave FC | 4 |
| 3 | Izzy D'Aquila | Portland Thorns FC | 3 |
| 3 | Lucía García | Monterrey | 3 |
| 3 | Sarah Luebbert | América | 3 |
| 3 | Stephany Mayor | Tigres UANL | 3 |
| 3 | Kiana Palacios | América | 3 |
| 3 | Yazmeen Ryan | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 3 |
| 3 | Christine Sinclair | Portland Thorns FC | 3 |
| 3 | Lynn Williams | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 3 |