Big D Soccer · Feb 4, 2021
Concacaf Champions League announces expanded format beginning in 2023
The Concacaf Champions League is getting a massive overhaul. Beginning in the fall of 2023, the tournament get a revamped format, including a bigger, but more regionalized group stage in the fall and a 16-team knockout round in the spring.
The expanded group stage in the fall will regionalize clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. North America will include 20 teams from Canada, Mexico and the U.S., with the teams split into four groups of five teams each. Each team will play a total of four group stage matches, two home and two away. The top two teams will advance from each group, along with three more teams that will qualify via a play-in round.