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The 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round will begin on 27 June and end on 23 August 2017. A total of 70 teams compete in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League.

Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States, unless stated otherwise).

Format
In the qualifying phase and play-off round, each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

In the draws for each round, teams are seeded based on their CONCACAF club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round is not known at the time of the draw), the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient is to advance, it simply takes the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, CONCACAF may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other, and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

Teams
There are two routes which the teams are separated into during qualifying:
 * Champions Route, which include all domestic champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage.
 * League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which include all domestic non-champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage.

A total of 70 teams (55 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) are involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) advance to the group stage to join the 22 teams which enter in the group stage. The 15 losers of the third qualifying round enter the CONCACAF SuperLiga play-off round, and the 10 losers of the play-off round enter the CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2016 club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Seeded
A total of twenty teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw will be held on 19 June 2017.

Summary
The first legs were played on 27–28 June 2017 and the second legs were played on 4–5 July 2017. 


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Matches
All kickoff times are local time

New Orleans Jesters won 11–1 on aggregate.

Mont-Royal Outremont won 16–0 on aggregate.

FC Tucson won 6–1 on aggregate.

Highlights won 5–2 on aggregate.

Reggae Lions won 6–3 on aggregate.

Terminal won 3–2 on aggregate.

St. Louis Stars won 5–4 on aggregate.

B-67 won 7–0 on aggregate.

Kingston Stockade won 10–3 on aggregate.

Seeding
A total of thirty-four teams will play in the second qualifying round. The draw will be held on 19 June 2017.


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 * Belize Defence Force was given the second leg at home for having a higher coefficient than Racing. These were the only two league route teams that entered in this round.

Summary
The first legs will be played on 11 and 12 July, and the second legs will be played on 18 and 19 July 2017. 

!colspan="5"|Champions Route

!colspan="5"|League Route


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Matches
''5–5 on aggregate. FICA won on away goals.''

Villa Clara won 6–1 on aggregate.

''1–1 on aggregate. Cayon Rockets won 5–4 on penalties.''

Dakota won 5–3 on aggregate.

USR won 8–2 on aggregate.

Barcelona Atlético won 7–3 on aggregate.

B-67 won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dublanc won 3–1 on aggregate.

FC Tucson won 4–2 on aggregate.

System 3 won 4–3 on aggregate.

Parham won 4–1 on aggregate.

Centro Dominguito won 16–1 on aggregate.

Matoury won 5–1 on aggregate.

Franciscain won 7–2 on aggregate.

Bodden Town won 4–1 on aggregate.

Hard Rock won 3–2 on aggregate.

Inter Moengotapoe won 4–3 on aggregate.

Belize Defence Force won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round
The draw was held on 14 July 2017, 12:00 EST, at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States.

Seeding
The third qualifying round will be split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2017–18 CONCACAF SuperLiga play-off round.  A total of 30 teams play in the third qualifying round:
 * Champions Route: three teams which enter in this round, and the 17 winners of the second qualifying round.
 * League Route: ten teams which enter in this round.


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Summary
The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2017. 

!colspan="5"|Champions Route

!colspan="5"|League Route


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Matches
Guyana Defence Force won 4–2 on aggregate.

Parham won 3–2 on aggregate.

Puerto Rico FC won 6–1 on aggregate.

FICA won 4–0 on aggregate.

''1–1 on aggregate. Dakota won on away goals.'' -->

Alianza won 6–4 on aggregate.

''3–3 on aggregate. W Connection won 7–6 on penalties.''

Walter Ferretti won 2–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona Atlético won 4–3 on aggregate.

FC Tucson won 4–3 on aggregate.

Inter Moengotapoe won 7–1 on aggregate.

Bodden Town won 5–4 on aggregate.

System 3 won 2–1 on aggregate. -->

Criollos de Caguas won 1–0 on aggregate. -->

Playoff round
The draw will be held on 4 August 2017. The first legs will be played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs will be played on 22 and 23 August 2017.

The play-off round is split into two separate sections: the Champions Route (for league champions) and the League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2017–18 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage.

A total of 20 teams will play in the play-off round.

Seeding
The play-off round is split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2017–18 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage.  A total of 20 teams will play in the play-off round:
 * Champions Route: the ten Champions Route winners of the third qualifying round.
 * League Route: five teams which entered in this round, and the five League Route winners of the third qualifying round.


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Summary
 The first legs will be played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs will be played on 22 and 23 August 2017.

!colspan=6|Champions Route

!colspan=6|League Route


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Matches
Inter Moengotapoe won 4–1 on aggregate.

Puerto Rico FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

''4–4 on aggregate. Barcelona Atlético won on away goals.''

System 3 won 2–1 on aggregate.

Bodden Town won 2–1 on aggregate.

Pachuca won 8–2 on aggregate.

Ottawa Fury won 4–2 on aggregate.

''2–2 on aggregate. Walter Ferretti won 5–4 on penalties.''

W Connection won 5–4 on aggregate.

Plaza Amador won 6–4 on aggregate.