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The 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League will be the 53rd season of North Americas's premier club
The winners of the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League will qualify as the CONCACAF representative at the
Association team allocation
Association ranking
For the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 CONCACAF country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in North American competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
- (CL) – Additional berth for Champions League participants
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- ^ Acadiana (ADA): On May 1, 2017, the Falkland Islands Football Association withdrew their provisional status from CONCACAF competitions, citing travel concerns. On June 1, 2017, the American cultural region of Acadiana received provisional status to send local teams to the Champions League and SuperLiga.
- Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions. CONCACAF set the deadline of May 1, 2017 for the suspension to be lifted, and expelled all Guatemalan teams from the tournament on May 4, 2017 after the federation failed to be reinstated by FIFA.
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.
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| First qualifying round (20 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (34 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round | Champions Route (20 teams) |
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| League Route (10 teams) |
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| Play-off round | Champions Route (10 teams) |
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| League Route (10 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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The access list above is provisional, as changes will be made depending on whether the Champions League and Europa League title holders qualify for the tournament via their domestic leagues. The Champions League title holders always enter directly into the group stage. The Europa League title holders also enter directly into the group stage if either they or the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues (if both teams qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues, the champions of association 13 enter directly into the group stage). Otherwise, the Europa League title holders enter directly the play-off round, with the route they enter depending on the Champions League title holders:
- League Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the League Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 1–12 in the access list.
- Champions Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the Champions Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 13–54 in the access list.
The final access list will then be adjusted accordingly, with teams entering either earlier or later into the competition in order to ensure that the group stage consists of 32 teams and the play-off round consists of 20 teams. UEFA has published a detailed document outlining several possible qualification scenarios, which are also covered in the regulations.
Teams
- Notes
- ^ Aruba (ARU): The 2016–17 Aruban Division di Honor championship was postponed and wsa not completed in time for the Champions League, so the Calle 4 standings were used to determine the qualifiers.
- ^ Bonaire (BOE): The 2016–17 Bonaire League Kaya 6 were not completed in time for the Champions League, so the regular season standings were used to determine the qualifiers.
- ^ Haiti (HAI): Racing due to vacated spots from Guatemala
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- ^ Panama (PAN): Plaza Amador qualified for having the best aggregate record during the 2016–17 season that did not win either the Apertura or Clausura title.
- ^ El Salvador (SLV): Alianza qualified in the third place El Salvador spot by having the best aggregate record over the season. Santa Tecla earned the top seed for El Salvador by winning the Apertura tournament and having a better regular season record.
- ^ Saint-Martin (SMT): The winner of the 2017 Saint-Martin Senior League will enter in the second qualifying ronud instead of the first qualifying round due the vacancy from Grenada through the suspension of Guatemala.
- ^ United States (USA):
- Seattle Sounders vacated their SuperLiga spot to qualify for the Champions League by reaching MLS Cup 2016. MLS Cup 2016 will be contested against a Canadian team. Canadian MLS teams cannot qualify for CONCACAF competitions through MLS, but rather the Canadian Championship. Seattle Sounders will be given the MLS Cup berth by being the American club to reach the furthest in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
- Seattle Sounders also won the 2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga, which earns the team a berth into the group stages of Champions League. As a result, New York City FC being the highest finishing American club in MLS not to qualify for Group Stage took the vacated spot, and LA Galaxy, being the highest finishing American club in MLS to not qualify for Champions League took New York City FC's vacated spot.
Qualifying rounds
- Main article: 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying phase
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
First qualifying round
The first legs were played on 27–28 June 2017 and the second legs were played on 4–5 July 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Orange Hill 
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1–11 |  New Orleans Jesters
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1–3 | 0–8 |
Brig Bay 
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0–16 |  Mont-Royal Outremont
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0–6 | 0–10 |
FC Tucson 
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5–2 |  Saint Pierraise
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4–0 | 1–2 |
Gran Roque 
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2–5 |  Highlights
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2–4 | 0–1 |
Rankin 
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3–6 |  Reggae Lions
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2–3 | 1–3 |
Terminal 
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3–2 |  Margarita
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0–1 | 3–1 |
ASPSB 
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4–5 |  St. Louis Stars
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2–2 | 2–3 |
Windwardside 
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0–7 | B-67
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0–3 | 0–4 |
Police
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3–10 |  Kingston Stockade
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1–5 | 2–5 |
Second qualifying round
The first legs were played on 11 and 12 July, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 July 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Champions Route | ||||
| New Orleans Jesters
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5–5 (a) |  FICA
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3–4 | 2–1 |
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1–6 | Villa Clara
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0–2 | 1–4 |
Islanders 
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1–1 (4–5 p) |  Cayon Rockets
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1–0 | a.e.t. )
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Dakota 
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5–3 |  Vespo
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3–1 | 2–2 |
Roaring Lions 
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2–8 |  USR
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1–1 | 1–7 |
Survivals 
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3–7 |  Barcelona Atlético
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1–2 | 2–5 |
B-67
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3–2 |  UWI Blackbirds
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3–0 | 0–2 |
| Highlights
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1–3 | Dublanc
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0–0 | 1–3 |
| FC Tucson
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4–2 | Mont-Royal Outremont
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1–1 | 3–1 |
Washington Crossfire
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3–4 |  System 3
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1–0 | 2–4 |
| Reggae Lions
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1–4 | Parham
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1–4 | 0–0 |
| Terminal
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1–16 |  Centro Dominguito
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0–6 | 1–10 |
Matoury
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5–1 |  Raymix
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3–0 | 2–1 |
Franciscain 
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7–3 |  Bears
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5–1 | 2–1 |
Academy 
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1–4 |  Bodden Town
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0–0 | 1–4 |
Robin Hood
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2–3 |  Hard Rock
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2–0 | 0–3 |
| Kingston Stockade
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3–4 ( a.e.t. )
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 Inter Moengotapoe
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2–1 | a.e.t. )
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| League Route | ||||
Belize Defence Force 
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5–4 | Racing
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3–2 | 2–2 |
Third qualifying round
The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 August 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Champions Route | ||||
Guyana Defence Force 
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4–2 | Franciscain
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0–1 | 4–1 |
Parham
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3–2 | USR
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1–2 | 2–0 |
Dublanc
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1–6 |  Puerto Rico FC
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0–4 | 1–2 |
| FICA
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4–0 | Hard Rock
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2–0 | 2–0 |
Villa Clara
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1–1 (a) | Dakota
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0–0 | 1–1 |
B-67
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1–2 | System 3
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0–2 | 1–0 |
Belmopan Bandits
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3–4 | Barcelona Atlético
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1–2 | 2–2 |
Matoury
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3–4 | FC Tucson
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0–3 | 3–1 |
| Inter Moengotapoe
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7–1 | Cayon Rockets
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3–0 | 4–1 |
| Centro Dominguito
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4–5 ( a.e.t. )
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Bodden Town
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2–2 | a.e.t. )
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| League Route | ||||
Alianza 
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6–4 |  UWI Pelicans
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2–2 | 4–2 |
W Connection 
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3–3 (7–6 p) | Fruta Conquerors
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1–2 | a.e.t. )
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Walter Ferretti 
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2–1 | Municipal Limeño
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1–1 | 1–0 |
| San Juan Jabloteh
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0–1 | Criollos de Caguas
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0–1 | 0–0 |
Plaza Amador 
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5–3 | Belize Defence Force
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3–2 | 2–1 |
Play-off round
The first legs were played on 15 and 16 August, and the second legs will be played on 22 and 23 August 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
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| Champions Route | |||||
| Inter Moengotapoe
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4–1 | FC Tucson
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1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Guyana Defence Force
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2–3 | Puerto Rico FC
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0–2 | 2–1 | |
| FICA
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4–4 (a) | Barcelona Atlético
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1–2 | 3–2 | |
| System 3
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2–1 ( a.e.t. )
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Dakota
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0–1 | a.e.t. )
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Parham
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1–2 | Bodden Town
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1–1 | 0–1 | |
| League Route | |||||
Pachuca 
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8–2 | Criollos de Caguas
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2–1 | 6–1 | |
Olimpia 
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2–4 |  Ottawa Fury
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0–3 | 2–1 | |
| Walter Ferretti
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1–1 (5–4 p) | Alianza
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1–1 | a.e.t. )
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| W Connection
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5–4 ( a.e.t. )
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 Santos de Guápiles
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2–2 | a.e.t. )
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LA Galaxy 
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4–6 | Plaza Amador
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0–2 | 4–4 | |
Group stage
Brown: Group A; 
Red: Group B; 
Orange: Group C; 
Yellow: Group D; 
Green: Group E; 
Blue: Group F; 
Purple: Group G; 
