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27-554: The CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup was an official international club competition organized by CONCACAF as its secondary continental football tournament (from 1991 to 1998), although the last 3 editions were declared unfinished. The participating clubs were the champions of the national cup tournaments. CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football , abbreviated as CONCACAF ( / ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ə k æ f / KONG -kə-kaf ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf ),

54-522: A club ranking index which will be used to seed teams in future club competitions. A league ranking index was also launched the same day. Rankings are calculated by CONCACAF. Top ten, last updated 15 May 2023 . Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Top ten, last updated 8 May 2023 . Ram%C3%B3n Coll Jaumet In 1953, he wrote to the International Olympic Committee to request recognition of

81-704: A result, they do not participate in the CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament or the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament. Some territories in the Northern , Central America and the Caribbean region have national teams with no affiliation. All play infrequently and/or are in the early stages of being founded. Although one of the three special municipalities of the Netherlands in the region

108-506: Is a member of CONCACAF ( [REDACTED]   Bonaire ), the other two are not: Elections at the CONCACAF Congress are mandated with a one-member, one-vote rule. The North American Football Union is the smallest association union in the region with only three members, but its nations have strong commercial and marketing support from sponsors and they are the most populous nations in the region. The Caribbean Football Union has

135-719: Is a non-profit company registered in Nassau , The Bahamas . The headquarters of the CONCACAF are located in Miami , United States. Previously it had been the Admiral Financial Center, George Town , Cayman Islands —the home city of former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and prior to that, they were based in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago under the presidency of Jack Warner . The administration office of CONCACAF

162-446: Is just behind with six. The following CONMEBOL tournaments have had CONCACAF competitors: Club América is the most titled club in the continent with a record of 7 CONCACAF Champions League titles, a continental record of 2 Copa Interamericana titles and a record of 1 CONCACAF Giants Cup title, 10 titles overall. The following table lists all the countries whose clubs have won at least one CONCACAF competition. Mexican clubs are

189-450: Is led by a general secretary, executive committee, congress, and several standing committees. The executive committee is composed of eight members — one president, three vice-presidents, three members, and one female member. Each of the three geographic zones in CONCACAF is represented by one vice-president and one member. The executive committee carries out the various statutes, regulations, and resolutions. The first leader of CONCACAF

216-450: Is never a liability in this sport". National teams: Clubs: National teams: Clubs: The CONCACAF Gold Cup, held since 1991, is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF. The Gold Cup is CONCACAF's flagship competition, and generates a significant part of CONCACAF's revenue. The Gold Cup determines the regional champion of North America , Central America , and

243-614: Is one of FIFA 's six continental governing bodies for association football . Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America , including the Caribbean and Central America , and, for geopolitical reasons, 3 nations from the Guianas subregion of South America - Guyana , Suriname , and French Guiana (an overseas region of France ). The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct

270-531: The CONCACAF Central American Cup and CONCACAF Caribbean Cup respectively The title has been won by 28 clubs, 13 of which have won the title more than once. Mexican clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, with 36 titles. The second most successful league has been Costa Rica's Primera División with six titles in total. The most successful club is Club América from Mexico, with seven titles; fellow Mexico side Cruz Azul

297-551: The Caribbean , and is held every two years. Starting with the 2019 edition , 16 teams compete for the Gold Cup (up from 12). All men's national teams of member associations take part in the CONCACAF Nations League, a competition created in 2017. National teams are placed into tiers and play matches against teams in the same tier. At the end of each season, teams can be promoted to the tier above or relegated to

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324-689: The Caribbean Football Union . The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit , acted as president until May 2012. In May 2012, Cayman Islands banker Jeffrey Webb was installed as president of CONCACAF. On 27 May 2015, Webb was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland on corruption charges in the U.S. Victor Montagliani , leader of the Canadian Soccer Association , was elected as president of CONCACAF in May 2016. CONCACAF

351-632: The Olympics (5), and the Algarve Cup (10). Canada is the only other member to win at least two of the major competitions, winning the 2016 Algarve Cup and the 2020 Olympics. According to the Coaches Across Continents (CAC) annual report for 2021, CONCACAF is a partner of CAC. CAC is a worldwide partnership of over 100 organizations that seeks to create active citizens and achieve social impact through sport. The CONCACAF

378-555: The United States were founding members. Mexico dominated CONCACAF men's competitions early on and has won the most Gold Cups . The Mexico national football team is the only men's CONCACAF team to win an official FIFA tournament by winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup . Mexico and the U.S. have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In 2014, Costa Rica became the 4th CONCACAF country after

405-684: The World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments. The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City , Mexico , with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF , which made it one of the then five, now six, continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. Canada , Costa Rica , Cuba , El Salvador , Guatemala , Haiti , Honduras , Mexico , Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Aruba) , Nicaragua , Panama , Suriname and

432-722: The suburb of Welches , in Bridgetown , Barbados . CONCACAF has 41 member associations: M = Men's National Team. W = Women's National Team Bonaire were promoted from an association member to a full member at the XXIX Ordinary CONCACAF Congress in São Paulo on 10 June 2014. Teams not affiliated to the IOC are not eligible to participate in the Summer Olympics football tournament , as

459-494: The CFU members voted together as a unit with Warner acting as a party whip . It happened with such regularity that sports political commentators referred to the CFU votes as the "Caribbean bloc" vote. Warner rejected the idea in 1993 of merging several smaller nations' national teams into a Pan-Caribbean team. His reasoning was that the nations were more powerful politically when separate than when together. He commented that "being small

486-687: The Champions Cup qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup . The knockout tournament spans February through April. From 2024, 27 teams compete in each Champions Cup; 18 from North America, 6 from Central America and 3 from the Caribbean. North American teams qualify via either their domestic leagues and cups or the Leagues Cup competition between American and Mexican clubs, while Central American and Caribbean clubs qualify via

513-619: The Costa Rican Olympic Committee. The request was granted in May 1954. On March 2 of 1967, the 1st Ordinary Congress of CONCACAF in Tegucigalpa , Honduras was held, under his presidency. He was a member of the executive committee of CONCACAF between 1961 and 1974. He died in 1984. He is a member of the CONCACAF Hall of Fame. This biographical article related to Costa Rican association football

540-611: The United States, Cuba, and Mexico to make the World Cup quarterfinals, while Panama became the eleventh country from the confederation to participate in the World Cup in 2018. The CONCACAF Nations League was established in 2018, with the United States winning all three editions. The United States has been the most successful team in the world in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win all three major worldwide competitions in women's football—the World Cup (4),

567-547: The ability to outvote NAFU and UNCAF with less than half of its membership. Consequently, there is a fractious relationship between members of CFU, UNCAF and NAFU. This provoked former Acting-President Alfredo Hawit to lobby for the CONCACAF Presidency to be rotated between the three unions in CONCACAF in 2011. Trinidad's Jack Warner presided over CONCACAF for 21 years, and there was little that non-Caribbean nations could do to elect an alternative. Under Warner,

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594-595: The continental level competitions. There are three main regions that operates under the CONCACAF banner, the NAFU (North America), the UNCAF (Central America) and the CFU (Caribbeans). Each of which runs their own competitions. The Ranking Index is calculated by CONCACAF. Last updated 20 November 2024 The Ranking Index is calculated by CONCACAF. Last updated 11 March 2024 On 16 May 2023, CONCACAF launched

621-749: The most successful, with a total of 45 titles. Mexican clubs hold a record number of wins in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup/CONCACAF Champions League (38), the CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup/CONCACAF Giants Cup (4) and Copa Interamericana (3). In second place Costa Rican clubs have 9 titles and they have the most victories in the CONCACAF League (3). In third place overall, Selvadoradian and American clubs have secured 4 titles each. The CONCACAF has also organized many regional-based competitions, which are mostly ran as qualifiers to

648-546: The tier below depending upon their results. The CONCACAF Champions Cup , originally known as the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and later the CONCACAF Champions League, is an annual continental club association football competition organized by CONCACAF since 1962 for the top football clubs in the region. It is the most prestigious international club competition in North American football. The winner of

675-585: Was Costa Rican Ramón Coll Jaumet ; he had overseen the merger between the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). In 1969, he was succeeded in the role by Mexican Joaquín Soria Terrazas , who served as president for 21 years. His successor Jack Warner was the CONCACAF president from 1990 to 2011, also for 21 years. Warner

702-764: Was previously located in Trump Tower , New York, when Chuck Blazer was the general secretary. In February 2017, a satellite office was opened in Kingston, Jamaica. In July 2017, a second satellite office was opened in Guatemala City, which is shared with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), and most recently another satellite office for the FIFA Caribbean Development Office was opened in

729-428: Was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football-related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations. Chuck Blazer was the general secretary during the same period. On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned from the presidency of CONCACAF, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from 10 May 2011 meeting of

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