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2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga
Tournament details
Dates
June – August 2018 (qualifying) September 2018 – May 2019 (competition proper)
A total of 191 teams from all 40 CONCACAF member associations, and 22 invitee associations geographically located in Noth America are expected to participate in the 2017–18 CONCACAF SuperLiga. The association ranking based on the CONCACAF country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
Associations 1–43 each have three teams qualify.
Associations 44–50 each have two teams qualify.
Associations 52–54 each have two teams qualify.
Associations 55–62 each have one team qualify.
Moreover, five teams qualify based on CONCACAF Fair Play ranking, which is measured by association clubs that have the highest displinary scores. The top five associations send a team with the best domestic fair play ranking that has not already qualified for North American competitions.
For the 2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 CONCACAF country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in North American competitions from 2011–12 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
(FP) – Additional berth for Fair Play/Invitee participants
The Supporters Shield and MLS Cup was won by Toronto FC, a Canadian club, which caused reallocation of American club berths in the Champions League, allowing the Portland Timbers to transfer from the SuperLiga to the Champions League
The reallocation of teams allowed 9th place finishers, New York Red Bulls to earn a group stage berth, and allowed Portland Timbers to qualify for the SuperLiga on the virtue of having the best regular season record of American-based MLS clubs to have not already qualified for CONCACAF competitions.
In the preliminary, qualifying and play-off rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 CONCACAF club coefficients (used for Main Path only), and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018. The first legs will be played on 26 and 28 June, and the second legs will be played on 5 July 2018.
The first legs were played on 26 and 28 June, and the second legs were played on 5 July 2018.
In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw is also held to determine which semi-final winner is designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it is played at a neutral venue).
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2018. The first legs were played on 21 February, and the second legs were played on 28 February 2019.
The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 28 February 2019. The first legs were played on 7 March, and the second legs were played on 14 March 2019.