User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga qualifying phase and play-offs (Champions Path)

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The Champions Path of 2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga qualifying phase and play-offs is scheduled to begin on 26 July and end on 30 August 2018. A total of 35 teams are expected to compete in the Champions Path to decide 8 of the 48 places in the group stage of the 2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

Times are Eastern Time (UTC&minus;5), as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Teams
The Champions Path includes all league champions which are eliminated from the Champions Path qualifying phase of the Champions League, and consists of the following rounds:
 * Second qualifying round (19 teams): 19 teams which enter in this round (3 losers of the Champions League preliminary round and 16 losers of the Champions League first qualifying round).
 * Third qualifying round (20 teams): 10 teams which enter in this round (losers of the Champions League second qualifying round), and 10 winners of the second qualifying round (including 1 team which receives a bye).
 * Play-off round (16 teams): 6 teams which enter in this round (losers of the Champions League third qualifying round), and 10 winners of the third qualifying round.

The 8 Champions Path winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage to join the 17 teams which enter in the group stage, the 13 Main Path winners of the play-off round, the 4 Champions Path losers of the Champions League play-off round, the 2 League Path losers of the Champions League play-off round, and the 4 League Path losers of the Champions League third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2018 CONCACAF club coefficients),


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Seeding
A total of 18 teams were involved in the second qualifying round Champions Path draw.
 * Seeded: 9 teams with the highest coefficients
 * Unseeded: 9 teams with the lowest coefficients

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Seeding
A total of 20 teams were involved in the third qualifying round Champions Path draw. They were divided into two groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.
 * Seeded: the 10 losers of the Champions League second qualifying round Champions Path
 * Unseeded: the 10 winners of the SuperLiga second qualifying round Champions Path (including the team which received a bye)

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Seeding
A total of 16 teams were involved in the play-off round Champions Path draw. They were divided into two groups of eight teams, where three teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.
 * Seeded: the six losers of the Champions League third qualifying round Champions Path
 * Unseeded: the 10 winners of the SuperLiga third qualifying round Champions Path

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