2020 CONCACAF Champions League

2020 CONCACAF Champions League
2020 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League
Exploria Stadium in Orlando hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates18 February – 12 March 2020;
15–22 December 2020
Teams16 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMexico UANL (1st title)
Runners-upUnited States Los Angeles FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored77 (2.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)France André-Pierre Gignac
(6 goals)
Best player(s)France André-Pierre Gignac
Best young playerEcuador Diego Palacios
Best goalkeeperArgentina Nahuel Guzmán
Fair play awardMexico UANL
2019
2021

The 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2020 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 55th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.[1]

Starting from this season, only 10 of the 16 teams directly qualified for the tournament, with the other six berths allocated through the CONCACAF League, where previously only the winners would have qualified.[2]

UANL defeated Los Angeles FC in the final to win their first CONCACAF club title. As the winners of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, they qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. Monterrey were the title holders, but did not qualify for this tournament and were unable to defend their title.

On 12 March 2020, CONCACAF suspended the tournament with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On 13 March, CONCACAF suspended all competitions scheduled over the next 30 days.[4]

On 2 November 2020, it was announced that the tournament would resume at a centralized location in the United States from 15 to 22 December 2020, with the sole quarter-final to have not completed a first leg, semi-finals, and final played as single-leg matches.[5] On 10 November, Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida, United States was designated as the host for the remainder of the tournament, which consisted of seven matches, including the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final.[6]

  1. ^ "Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2020 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  2. ^ "Concacaf Announces Scotiabank Concacaf League Expansion". www.concacafleague.com. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Concacaf suspends Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League with immediate effect". CONCACAF Champions League. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Concacaf suspends all its competitions scheduled to take place over the next 30 days". CONCACAF. 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference resumption2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Orlando's Exploria Stadium to host final stages of 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League". Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.