The 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup was the first season of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the annual continental women's association football club competition organized by CONCACAF. The final was played on May 24, 2025, at Estadio Universitario in Nuevo León, Mexico. American club Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League defeated hosts Tigres UANL of the Liga MX Femenil 1–0. As winners, Gotham FC qualified for both the (inaugural) 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup, and the (inaugural) 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup.
Format On 12 March 2024, CONCACAF announced the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup. The tournament featured eleven teams from seven CONCACAF member associations. The winner of a preliminary round match between a club from Canada and El Salvador joined the remaining nine teams in the group stage. In the group stage, teams were split into two groups of five teams. Teams faced each other in a single round-robin format, with each team playing two matches at home and two matches away in August, September and October 2024. The top two clubs from each group advanced to the knockout stage, which was played at a centralized location on 21–24 May 2025. The knockout stage featured semi-finals, a final to determine the champions of the competition, and a third place play-off.
The tournament was originally intended to provide a pathway for a future FIFA Women's Club World Cup which FIFA had committed to launching in the future, but with the postponement of the Women's Club World Cup to 2028, FIFA awarded the winner of the 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup a semifinal spot in the 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup.
Tiebreakers Teams in the group stage were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings: Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Lower number of disciplinary points (single yellow card = 1 point, double yellow card = 3 points, direct red card = 4 points, direct red card after single yellow card = 5 points); Drawing of lots.
Association team allocation
CONCACAF allocated spots to seven of their member associations based on eligibility criteria. Each association had one spot in the tournament, with the exception of Mexico and the United States, which had three.
Distribution The following was the access list for the 2024–25 season.
+Access list for 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions CupRoundTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundPreliminary round(2 teams)1 team from Canada 1 team from El Salvador Group stage(10 teams)1 team from Costa Rica 1 team from Jamaica 3 teams from Mexico 1 team from Panama 3 teams from the United States1 winner from the preliminary roundKnockout phase(4 teams)2 group winners from the group stage 2 group runners-up from the group stage
Teams Teams qualified through their domestic leagues based on sporting merit. The qualification criteria, confirmed on 24 April 2024, were proposed by each member association and ratified by CONCACAF.
+Qualified teams for 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions CupAssociationTeamQualification methodTeams entering in group stageAlajuelense2023 Costa Rican Women's Premier Division and championsFrazsiers Whip2022–23 Jamaica Women's Premier League championsTigres UANL2023 Liga MX Femenil Apertura championsMonterrey2024 Liga MX Femenil Clausura championsAméricaBest runner-up of the 2023–24 Liga MX Femenil season based on accumulated points during the regular phase Santa Fe championsNJ/NY Gotham2023 National Women's Soccer League championsSan Diego Wave2023 National Women's Soccer League Shield winnersPortland Thorns2023 National Women's Soccer League Shield runners-upTeams entering in preliminary roundWhitecaps FC Girls Elite2023 League1 Canada Inter-Provincial Championship championsAlianza2023–24 Primera División Femenina de El Salvador Apertura–Clausura play-off winners
Seeding The pots were confirmed on 7 May 2024, with the qualifying teams being split into six pots of two teams.
Pot Team 1 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Alianza 2 NJ/NY Gotham San Diego Wave 3 Portland Thorns Tigres UANL 4 América Monterrey 5 Alajuelense Santa Fe 6 Frazsiers Whip Preliminary round winner
Draw The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2024 at 20:00 EDT (UTC−4). A team was randomly drawn from Pot 1, consisting of the two Preliminary Round teams, to determine the host of the Preliminary Round match. Then, the ten Group Stage teams (the nine direct qualifiers for the Group Stage plus the as-then-unknown winner of the Preliminary Round) were drawn into two groups of five. The Group Stage draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 2 and placing them into Group A and then selecting the remaining team from Pot 2 and placing them into Group B. The Group Stage draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+Schedule for 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions CupPhaseRoundMatch dateQualifyingPreliminary round13–15 August 2024Group stageMatchday 120–22 August 2024Matchday 22–5 September 2024Matchday 317–19 September 2024Matchday 41–3 October 2024Matchday 515–17 October 2024Knockout stageSemi-finals21 May 2025Third place play-off24 May 2025Final
Preliminary round The qualified teams from Canada and El Salvador participated in the preliminary round, with the winner joining the remaining nine teams in the group stage.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match were level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. On 26 December 2024, CONCACAF announced that Estadio Universitario in Nuevo León, Mexico would host the knockout stage of the tournament.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
The winners qualified for both the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup to be held in 2026 and the inaugural FIFA Women's Club World Cup to be held in 2028.
Awards The following players and team earned top distinctions.
Golden BallGolden BootGolden Glove Esther González(Gotham FC) Ana Dias(Tigres UANL) Itzel González(Tigres UANL)Young Player Award Olivia Moultrie(Portland Thorns) CONCACAF Fair Play Trophy América
Goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Ana Dias Tigres UANL4 María Sánchez San Diego Wave3 Izzy D'Aquila Portland Thorns3 Lucía García Monterrey Esther González NJ/NY Gotham Irene Guerrero América Thembi Kgatlana Tigres UANL Sarah Luebbert América Stephany Mayor Tigres UANL Kiana Palacios América Yazmeen Ryan NJ/NY Gotham Christine Sinclair Portland Thorns Lynn Williams NJ/NY Gotham
See also 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
References
External links
Preliminary round rosters