Concacaf champions league: prior to 2008

concacaf champions league Prior to 2008, the tournament was called the CONCACAF Champions' Cup , but was usually referred to simply as the Champions' Cup. The competition was initially created as a possible measure to enter the South American Copa Libertadores , a competition organized by CONMEBOL . [ citation needed ] The competition had several different formats over its lifetime. Initially, only the champions of the North American leagues participated. In 1971, the runners-up of a few North American leagues began to join and the tournament began to be expanded, incorporating round-robin group phases and more teams.. xoso 3 mien Không chỉ nam, CONCACAF cũng tổ chức giải Champions League dành cho bóng đá nữ, tạo cơ hội phát triển toàn diện. daga88 net The last eight-team Champions' Cup format was used as planned in March and April 2008. Then, a newly expanded 24-team Champions League tournament was conducted starting in August 2008 and concluding in May 2009. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The expanded tournament meant that Central American clubs would qualify directly and thus the UNCAF Interclub Cup was ended after 2007.