concacaf champions league In February 2021, CONCACAF announced a major overhaul of the tournament which would have included 50 teams and a regional group stage. [ 11 ] Twenty teams from North America, twenty from Central America, and ten from the Caribbean would have been divided into groups of five, and a total of 16 teams would advance to the knockout stage. [ 12 ] This format was abandoned and was never used.. kẹo skittle Do khác biệt về điều kiện sân bãi, các đội từ Caribe thường gây bất ngờ lớn khi thi đấu trên sân nhà, gây khó cho đội mạnh. lịch bóng đá hạng 2 đức 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.