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2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup knockout stage

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The 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup knockout stage will be played from 24 September to 4 December 2024.[1] A total of 8 teams compete in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup.[2]

Qualified teams

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The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group Winners Runners-up
A Costa Rica Herediano Honduras Motagua
B Costa Rica Alajuelense Guatemala Comunicaciones
C El Salvador Águila Guatemala Antigua
D Costa Rica Saprissa Nicaragua Real Estelí

Seeding

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Teams were seeded 1–8 based on results in the group stage and assigned a position in a fixed bracket. For example, the first semi-final was contested between the winner of the 1 vs. 8 quarter-final and the winner of the 4 vs. 5 quarter-final. For each round, the host of the second leg was determined based on performance in all previous rounds, including the group stage.

Format

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The knockout stage will be played on a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[2]

  • Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The home team of the second leg in each tie was determined separately for each round as follows (Regulations Article 12.11):
    • In the quarter-finals, the group winners hosted the second leg.
    • In the semi-finals and play-in, the higher-ranked teams based on total points accumulated in the group stage and the quarterfinals hosted the second leg.
    • In the finals, the higher-ranked team based on total points accumulated in the group stage, quarterfinals and semi-finals will host the second leg.
  • In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be directly used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 12.10.2).
  • In the play-in and finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would also be used. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time would be played but the away goals scored during this time would not serve as a tie-breaking criteria. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.10.3).

Bracket

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The bracket of the final stages was determined as follows:[2]

Round Matchups
Quarter-finals (Group winner team host second leg)
Play-in round (Higher-ranked team in each tie host second leg)
Semi-finals (Higher-ranked team in each tie host second leg)
Finals (Higher-ranked team host second leg)
  • Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

The bracket was decided based on the quarter-finals seeding.


Quarter-finals

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In the quarter-finals, the teams were seeded based on their results in the group stage, with the group winners seeded 1–4, and the group runners-up seeded 5–8. The group winners hosted the second leg.[3]

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Matchups
1 B Costa Rica Alajuelense 4 4 0 0 11 6 +5 12 Match QF1
2 C El Salvador Águila 4 3 1 0 10 1 +9 10 Match QF3
3 A Costa Rica Herediano 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Match QF4
4 D Costa Rica Saprissa 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9 Match QF2
5 C Guatemala Antigua 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8 Match QF2
6 A Honduras Motagua 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7 Match QF4
7 D Nicaragua Real Estelí 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 Match QF3
8 B Guatemala Comunicaciones 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Match QF1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for second yellow card/indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.11.4).[2]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 24–26 September, and the second legs were played on 1–3 October 2024.[3]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala2–3Costa Rica Alajuelense1–21–1
Antigua Guatemala3–0Costa Rica Saprissa0–03–0
Real Estelí Nicaragua2–1El Salvador Águila2–10–0
Motagua Honduras2–2 (a)Costa Rica Herediano2–20–0

Matches

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Comunicaciones Guatemala1–2Costa Rica Alajuelense
  • Mejía 3'
 Report
Referee: Iván Bárton (El Salvador)
Alajuelense Costa Rica1–1Guatemala Comunicaciones
 Report
Referee: Rubiel Vázquez (United States)

Alajuelense won 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to the semi-finals (Match SF1) and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Comunicaciones advanced to the play-in.

Antigua Guatemala0–0Costa Rica Saprissa
Report
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Saprissa Costa Rica0–3Guatemala Antigua
Report
Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)

Antigua won 3–0 on aggregate, advanced to the semi-finals (Match SF1) and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Saprissa advanced to the play-in.

Real Estelí Nicaragua2–1El Salvador Águila
 Report Sosa 4'
Referee: Cristopher Corado (Guatemala)
Águila El Salvador0–0Nicaragua Real Estelí
Report
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Real Estelí won 2–1 on aggregate, advanced to the semi-finals (Match SF2) and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Águila advanced to the play-in.

Motagua Honduras2–2Costa Rica Herediano
 Report
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
Herediano Costa Rica0–0Honduras Motagua
Report
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

Herediano advanced to the semi-finals (Match SF2), on away goals, and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Motagua advanced to the play-in.

Play-in

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In the play-in, the team in each tie which have the better performance across all previous rounds (group stage and quarter-finals) host the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 (PI1) Costa Rica Saprissa 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Second leg
2 (PI1) Guatemala Comunicaciones 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 First leg
1 (PI2) El Salvador Águila 6 3 2 1 11 3 +8 11 Second leg
2 (PI2) Honduras Motagua 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9 First leg
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for second yellow card/indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.11.4).[2]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 22 and 23 October, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 October 2024.[4]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala2–4Costa Rica Saprissa1–11–3
Motagua Honduras4–2El Salvador Águila2–02–2

Matches

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Comunicaciones Guatemala1–1Costa Rica Saprissa
Casas 57' Report East 63'
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Saprissa Costa Rica3–1Guatemala Comunicaciones
 Report Londoño 83'

Saprissa won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One.

Motagua Honduras2–0El Salvador Águila
 Report
Águila El Salvador2–2Honduras Motagua
 Report
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One.

Semi-finals

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In the semi-finals, the team in each tie which have the better performance across all previous rounds (group stage and quarter-finals) host the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 (SF1) Costa Rica Alajuelense 6 5 1 0 14 8 +6 16 Second leg
2 (SF1) Guatemala Antigua 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12 First leg
1 (SF2) Costa Rica Herediano 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 12 Second leg
2 (SF2) Nicaragua Real Estelí 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 First leg
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for second yellow card/indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.11.4).[2]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 22 and 24 October, and the second legs were played on 30 and 31 October 2024.[4]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Antigua Guatemala0–1Costa Rica Alajuelense0–00–1
Real Estelí Nicaragua2–2 (a)Costa Rica Herediano0–02–2

Matches

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Antigua Guatemala0–0Costa Rica Alajuelense
Report
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Alajuelense Costa Rica1–0Guatemala Antigua
Parkins 45+4' Report

Alajuelense won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Real Estelí Nicaragua0–0Costa Rica Herediano
Report
Herediano Costa Rica2–2Nicaragua Real Estelí
 Report Ochoa 86', 90+8'
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

Real Estelí advanced to the finals on away goals.

Finals

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In the finals, the team which has the better performances across all previous rounds (group stage, quarter-finals and semi-finals) host the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Costa Rica Alajuelense 8 6 2 0 15 8 +7 20 Second leg
2 Nicaragua Real Estelí 8 3 4 1 10 6 +4 13 First leg
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for second yellow card/indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.11.4).[2]

Summary

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Estelí NicaraguaFCosta Rica Alajuelense27 Nov4 Dec

Matches

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Real Estelí NicaraguavCosta Rica Alajuelense
Alajuelense Costa RicavNicaragua Real Estelí

Winner qualifies for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16.

References

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  1. ^ "Concacaf confirms important details for 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup". CONCACAF. 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "CONCACAF Central American Cup 2024 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 11 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Concacaf confirms 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup Quarterfinal pairings and schedule". CONCACAF. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "2024 Concacaf Central American Cup Semifinals and Play-In matchups and schedule confirmed". CONCACAF. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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