2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup


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. 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. As winners, Gotham FC qualified for both the 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup, and the 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup.

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 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.

Tiebreakers

Teams in the group stage were ranked according to points. If two or more teams were equal on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:
  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  5. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  6. Lower number of disciplinary points ;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Association team allocation

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.

Distribution

The following was the access list for the 2024–25 season.
RoundTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round

  • 1 team from Canada
  • 1 team from El Salvador
Group stage
  • 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
    • 2 group winners from the group stage
    • 2 group runners-up from the group stage

    Teams

    Teams qualified 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.

    Seeding

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

    Draw

    The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2024 at 20:00 EDT. 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 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 was as follows.
    PhaseRoundMatch date
    QualifyingPreliminary round13–15 August 2024
    Group stageMatchday 120–22 August 2024
    Group stageMatchday 22–5 September 2024
    Group stageMatchday 317–19 September 2024
    Group stageMatchday 41–3 October 2024
    Group stageMatchday 515–17 October 2024
    Knockout stageSemi-finals21 May 2025
    Knockout stageThird place play-off24 May 2025
    Knockout stageFinal24 May 2025

    Preliminary round

    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.

    Group stage

    Group A



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    Group B



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    Knockout stage

    In the knockout stage, if a match were level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played. 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.

    Semi-finals

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    Final

    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.

    Awards

    The following players and team earned top distinctions.


    Goalscorers

    RankPlayerTeamGoals
    1 Ana Dias Tigres UANL4
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