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The 2021–22 CONCACAF Confederations League was the second season of the CONCACAF Confederations League, a tertiary competition for teams that do not qualify for the SuperLiga or the Champions League.

City Stadium in Richmond, Virginia, United States hosted the final. American club, Portland Timbers won the final, defeating Pachuca, 2–1.

Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
 * CW: Domestic cup winners
 * 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position of the previous season
 * LC: League cup winners
 * RW: Regular season winners
 * PW: End-of-season SuperLiga Conference League play-offs winners
 * CCL: Transferred from the Champions League
 * Q1: Losers from the first qualifying round
 * PR: Losers from the preliminary round (F: final; SF: semi-finals)
 * CSL: Transferred from the SuperLiga
 * GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
 * PO: Losers from the play-off round
 * CH/MP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/Main Path)
 * Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America as determined by the national association; all teams are subject to approval by CONCACAF as per the guidelines for entry to CONCACAF competitions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * Lic.: Club's domestic competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was granted a license by CONCACAF to participate in the competition.

The second qualifying round, third qualifying round and play-off round are divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).

CC: 2021 UEFA club coefficients.


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Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Due to the delays of the 2020–21 editions of CONCACAF competitions, along with ongoing issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifying rounds remained a one-legged affair for the second consecutive year, although the group stage returned to all matches being played at the club's respective home ground. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts (especially featuring teams from countries where there were very few sufficient stadiums). Scheduled kick-off times starting from the group stage were 18:45 (instead of 18:55 previously) and 21:00 EST/EDT, though exceptionally could take place at 16:30 due to geographical reasons.

All draws started at 13:00 or 14:00 CEST/CET and were held at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States.

Qualifying rounds

 * ''Main article: 2021–22 CONCACAF Confederations League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round
To minimize travel and to allow for competitive fixtures, clubs from the same countries played against each other. Matches were a single leg played on either 28 or 29 July 2021.


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Second qualifying round
Matches were a single leg and played on 11 or 12 August 2021.


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Third qualifying round
Matches were a single leg and played on 19 or 20 August 2021.


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Play-off round
Matches were a single leg and played on 25 or 26 August 2021.


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Group stage

 * Main article: 2021–22 CONCACAF Confederations League group stage

Knock-out round

 * ''Main article: 2021–22 CONCACAF Confederations League knockout phase

Preliminary knock-out round
The preliminary knockout round featured the eight fourth place finishers from the 2021–22 CONCACAF Champions League group stage and the eight third place finishers from the 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage. The tournament saw a return to the two-legged series with the first legs played on 17 February 2022 and the second legs played on 24 February 2022.


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Second round
The second round featured the eight preliminary round winners and the eight second place finishers from the group stage. The first legs were played on 10 March 2022 and the second legs were played on 17 March 2022.


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Round of 16
The first legs were played on 7 April 2022 and the second legs were played on 14 April 2022.


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Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 28 April 2022 and the second legs were played on 5 May 2022.


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Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 12 May 2022 and the second legs were played on 19 May 2022.


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Final
The final was played on 1 June 2022.