2025–26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup


The 2025–26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup is the second season of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the annual continental women's football club competition organized by CONCACAF. On 12 May 2025 CONCACAF released key details of the competition including a reduction in the number of teams from 11 to 10 and the elimination of the preliminary round. Gotham FC is the defending champion, having defeated Tigres UANL 1–0 in the inaugural final.
The competition began in August 2025 and the final will be held in May 2026.
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Format

The second edition of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup will feature ten teams from six CONCACAF member associations. 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 2025. The top two clubs from each group will advance to the knockout stage, played at a centralized location in May 2026. The knockout stage will feature semi-finals, a third place play-off and a final to determine the champions of the competition. The champions will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's Champions Cup and 2028 FIFA Women's Club World 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 six 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 2025–26 season.
RoundTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
Group stage

  • 1 team from Canada
  • 1 team from Costa Rica
  • 1 team from El Salvador
  • 3 teams from Mexico
  • 1 team from Panama
  • 3 teams from the United States
Knockout phase
  • 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 were proposed by each member association and ratified by CONCACAF.
AssociationTeamQualification method Previous best

Vancouver Rise Academy2024 League1 Canada Inter-Provincial Championship champions2nd Group stage

Alajuelense2024 Costa Rican Women's Premier Division and champions2nd Group stage

Alianza2024–25 Primera División Femenina de El Salvador Apertura and Clausura champions2nd Preliminary round

Monterrey2024 Liga MX Femenil Apertura champions2nd Group stage

Pachuca2025 Liga MX Femenil Clausura champions1stDebut

AméricaBest runners-up of the 2024–25 Liga MX Femenil season based on accumulated points during the regular phase2nd 4th

ChorrilloWinner of the 2024 Clausura and 2025 Apertura Champions play-off1stDebut

Orlando Pride2024 National Women's Soccer League champions and 2024 National Women's Soccer League Shield winners1stDebut

Washington Spirit2024 National Women's Soccer League Shield runners-up1stDebut

Gotham FCNext best club in 2024 National Women's Soccer League Shield standings2nd Champions

Seeding

The seeding for the tournament was confirmed on 2 June 2025. Teams were split into five pots based on the Concacaf Women’s club Rankings.
PotTeamPts
1 Gotham FC2,500.25
1 América1,630.15
2 Orlando Pride1,320.07
2 Washington Spirit1,320.07
3 Pachuca1,120.08
3 Monterrey1,120.08
4 Alajuelense680.06
4 Vancouver Rise Academy630.02
5 Chorrillo355.02
5 Alianza0

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 3 June 2025 at 20:00 EDT. The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1, placing them into Group A and then selecting the remaining team from Pot 1 and placing them into Group B. It then continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
PhaseRoundMatch date
Group stageMatchday 119–21 August 2025
Group stageMatchday 22–4 September 2025
Group stageMatchday 316–18 September 2025
Group stageMatchday 430 September–2 October 2025
Group stageMatchday 514–16 October 2025
Knockout stageSemi-finals20–23 May 2026
Knockout stageThird place play-off20–23 May 2026
Knockout stageFinal20–23 May 2026

Group stage

Group A



Group B



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 20 January 2026, CONCACAF announced that Estadio Hidalgo in Hidalgo, Mexico would host the knockout stage of the tournament.

Semi-finals

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