User:Rylesbourne/sandbox/2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League

The 2021–22 CONCACAF Champions League was the 58th season of North Americas's premier club football tournament organised by CONCACAF, and the 15th season since it was renamed from the CONCACAF Champions' Cup to the CONCACAF Champions League.

The final will be played at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The winner of the 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2023–24 CONCACAF Champions League group stage, and also earn the right to play against the winner of the CONCACAF SuperLiga in the 2023 CONCACAF Super Cup.

Orlando City are the defending champions, and reached the final, losing to Mexican club UANL. It was UANL's first title.

Association team allocation
A total of 78 teams from the 41 CONCACAF member associations, and 9 guest associations participate in the 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League. The association ranking based on the CONCACAF association coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
 * Associations 1–4 each have four teams qualify.
 * Associations 5–6 each have three teams qualify.
 * Associations 7–14 each have two teams qualify.
 * Associations 15–52 each have one team qualify.
 * The winners of the 2021–22 CONCACAF Champions League and 2021–22 CONCACAF SuperLiga are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League through their domestic league.

Association ranking
For the 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2021 CONCACAF association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in North American competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21. This is the first time in CONCACAF history that Mexico has not occupied the top spot.

Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
 * TH: Champions League title holders
 * SL: SuperLiga title holders
 * LC: League Cup winner
 * PW: Playoff winner/postseason tournament winner
 * RU: Playoff/postseason tournament runner-up
 * Ap.: Apertura
 * Cl.: Clausura
 * 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
 * Abd-: League positions of abandoned season as determined by the national association; all teams are subject to approval by CONCACAF
 * Lic.: Qualified by obtaining a Champions League competitions license.

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

CC: 2022 CONCACAF club coefficients.


 * Notes

Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows. All matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Scheduled kick-off times starting from the play-off round are 18:45 and 21:00 EST/EDT.

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup takes place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, the group stage commenced in the first week of September 2022 and will conclude in the first week of November 2022 to make way for the World Cup.

The draws for the qualifying round started at 12:00 CEST/CET and were held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States. The group stage draw took place in Nashville, United States at the Music City Center. After a three-year gap of a truncated qualification due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, the qualification rounds returned to a two-legged series, although the away goals rule was abolished.

Qualifying rounds

 * Main article: 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Preliminary round
The first leg was played on 21 June 2022 and the second leg was played on 28 June 2022.

First qualifying round
The first legs were played on 5–6 July 2022 and the second leg was played on 12–13 July 2022. For the third straight season, pairings were determined by their geographic location, as opposed to their CONCACAF coefficient.

Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 19–20 July 2022 and the second leg was played on 26–27 July 2022.


 * +Champions Path


 * +League Path

Third qualifying round
The first legs were played on 2–3 August, and the second legs were played on 9–10 August 2022.


 * +Champions Path


 * +League Path

Play-off round
The first legs were played on 16–17 August, and the second legs were played on 23–24 August 2022.


 * +Champions Path


 * +League Path

Group stage

 * Main article: 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

Knockout round

 * Main article: 2022–23 CONCACAF Champions League knockout phase

Bracket


Round of 16
The first legs were played on 21–22 February 2023, and the return legs were played on 7–8 March 2023.


 * }

Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 11–12 April 2023, and the return legs were played on 23–24 April 2023.


 * }

Semifinal
The first legs were played on 9–10 May 2023, and the return legs were played on 16–17 May 2023.


 * }

Final
The final will be played on 8 June 2023 at Geodis Park, in Nashville, United States.