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The 2020–21 CONCACAF SuperLiga qualifying phase and play-off round began on 17 August and ended on 22 August 2020.

A total of 23 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2020–21 SuperLiga, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round. The ten winners in the play-off round (fivefrom Champions Path, five from League Path) advance to the group stage, to join the 22 teams that enter in the group stage.

Times are CST (UTC−6), as listed by CONCACAF.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all qualification matches were held on a neutral site to create a "bubble" to minimize contamination of SARS-CoV-2. All qualification matches, for the 2020–21 edition only, were moved to Toyota Stadium, Dr. Pink Field, and the stadium complex around Toyota Stadium near Dallas, Texas, United States.

Teams

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Champions Path

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The Champions Path includes all league champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2020 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colors
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round enter Confederations League group stage
Losers of third qualifying round enter the Confederations League play-off round
Play-off round
Team Coeff.
Aruba Racing Club Aruba[Q3] 32.750
Dominican Republic Cibao[Q3] 30.600
Antigua and Barbuda Liberta[Q3] 18.302
Bermuda PHC Zebras[Q3] 15.302
United States Virgin Islands Helenites[Q3] 13.862
Cascadia (independence movement) IPS[Q3] 10.800
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Barbados BDF[Q2] 20.555
Saint Lucia Platinum[Q2] 16.800
French Guiana Agouado[Q2] 16.500
Martinique Franciscain[Q2] 14.624
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International[Q2] 8.400
Sint Maarten Flames United[Q2] 8.300
British Virgin Islands Islanders[Q2] 7.500
Saint Kitts and Nevis Village Superstars[Q2] 4.201
Acadiana Port City FC[Q2] 3.500
Bonaire Real Rincon[Q2] 1.333
Notes
  1. Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).

League Path

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The League Path includes all league non-champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:

  • Third qualifying round (8 teams): 4 teams which enter in this round, one of the teams being the champions of the CONCACAF Regions League.
  • Play-off round (12 teams): 8 team which enters in this round, and 4 winners of the third qualifying round.

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2020 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colors
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round enter Confederations League group stage
Losers of third qualifying round enter the Confederations League play-off round
Play-off round
Team Coeff.
Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 53.100
Nicaragua Diriangén 40.350
Jamaica Portmore United 34.500
Belize San Pedro Pirates 18.500
Haiti Capoise 16.400
Guyana Den Amstel 13.600
Guatemala Sanarate 6.250
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Mexico UNAM 91.200
Guyana Western Tigers 17.100
Haiti Don Bosco 16.300
Suriname Notch 4.500
Notes
  1. Q3 Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (Champions Path).
  2. Q2 Losers of Champions League second qualifying round (Champions Path).

Format

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In a change to the format as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, each tie will be played as a single-match held at a neutral location, and will be played behind closed doors. If scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the scores remain tied.

In each draw of the Champions Path, teams (whose identity may not be known at the time of the draws) are divided into seeded and unseeded pots, which may contain different numbers of teams, based on the following principles:

  • In the third qualifying round draw, five losers of the Champions League second qualifying round are seeded and five losers of the second qualifying round are unseeded based on coefficients.
  • In the play-off round draw, the six losers of the Champions League third qualifying round are seeded; the five winners of the third qualifying round are unseeded. One team joins the Main Path on a random draw.

In the beginning of the draws, a seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team until one of the pots is empty. Afterwards, the remaining teams from the non-empty pot are drawn against each other. For each tie, a draw is made between the two teams, and the first team drawn is the home team.

In each draw of the Main Path, teams are seeded based on their 2020 CONCACAF club coefficients. For any team whose club coefficients are not final at the time of a draw, their club coefficients at that time, taking into account of all 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League and SuperLiga matches played up to that point, are used (Regulations Article 13.03). Teams are divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams, and a seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team. For each tie, a draw is made between the two teams, and the first team drawn is the home team. If the identity of the winners of the previous round is not known at the time of the draws, the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient is to advance, it simply takes the seeding of its opponent. Teams from the same association or associations with political conflicts as decided by CONCACAF may not be drawn into the same tie. Prior to the draws, CONCACAF may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee and based on geographical, logistical and political reasons, and they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, the following special rules are applicable to the qualifying phase and play-offs:

  • Prior to each draw, CONCACAF will publish the list of known travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. All teams must inform CONCACAF if there are other existing restrictions other than those published. If a team fails to do so which as a consequence the match cannot take place, the team is considered responsible and to have forfeited the match.
  • If travel restrictions imposed by the home team's country prevent the away team from entering, the home team must propose an alternative venue that allows the match to take place without any restrictions. Otherwise they are considered to have forfeited the match.
  • If travel restrictions imposed by the away team's country prevent the away team from leaving or returning, the home team must propose an alternative venue that allows the match to take place without any restrictions. Otherwise CONCACAF will decide on a venue.
  • If after the draw, new restrictions imposed by either the home team's or away team's country prevent the match from taking place, the team of that country are considered to have forfeited the match.
  • If either team refuses to play the match, they are considered to have forfeited the match. If both teams refuse to play or are responsible for a match not taking place, both teams are disqualified.
  • If a team has players and/or officials tested positive for SARS-2 coronavirus preventing them from playing the match before the deadline set by CONCACAF, they are considered to have forfeited the match.

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States, unless stated otherwise). The tournament would originally have started in 6 August 2020, but had been delayed to 17 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America. The new schedule was announced by the CONCACAF Executive Committee on 17 June 2020.

Round Draw date Match date
Third qualifying round 14 August 2020 17 August 2020
Play-off round 19 August 2020

The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows (all draws held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States, unless stated otherwise).

Original schedule
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Third qualifying round 20 July 2020 6 August 2020 13 August 2020
Play-off round 3 August 2020 20 August 2020 27 August 2020

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 August 2020, 13:00 EDT.

Seeding

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A total of 14 teams are played in the third qualifying round. They were divided into two paths:

Seeding of teams in the Champions Path is based on the round they are eliminated from the Champions League. Seeding of teams in the Main Path is based on their 2020 CONCACAF club coefficients. For the winners of the second qualifying round (whose identity is not known at the time of draw), the club coefficient of the highest-ranked remaining team in each tie is used. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

Champions Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Main Path
Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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Third qualifying round matches were held on 17 August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, matches were played as a single leg at a neutral venue.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Franciscain Martinique 4–0 Sint Maarten Flames United
Agouado French Guiana 1–3 Acadiana Port City
BDF Barbados 2–1 Saint Lucia Platinum
Hope International Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3–0 British Virgin Islands Islanders
Village Superstars Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–1 (a.e.t.) Bonaire Real Rincon
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Main Path
Notch Suriname 2–0 Guyana Western Tigers
UNAM Mexico 6–2 Haiti Don Bosco

Champions Path

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Franciscain Martinique4–0Sint Maarten Flames United
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Saddler (United States)

Agouado French Guiana1–3Acadiana Port City
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Hustings (United States)

BDF Barbados2–1Saint Lucia Platinum
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brock Rawlins (United States)

Hope International Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3–0British Virgin Islands Islanders
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charlie Hope (United States)

Village Superstars Saint Kitts and Nevis0–1 (a.e.t.)Bonaire Real Rincon
Report Hierck 98'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Studebaker (United States)

Main Path

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Notch Suriname2–0Guyana Western Tigers
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kyle Atkinson (United States)

UNAM Mexico6–2Haiti Don Bosco
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Julio Lopez (United States)

Play-off round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 August 2020, 13:00 EDT.

Seeding

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Summary

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Play-off round matches were held on 19 August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, matches were played as a single leg at a neutral venue.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Liberta Antigua and Barbuda 4–1 Martinique Franciscain
Helenites United States Virgin Islands 3–2 Saint Lucia Platinum
Cibao Dominican Republic 2–0 Barbados BDF
PHC Zebras Bermuda 1–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International
Racing Club Aruba Aruba 4–2 Acadiana Port City
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Main Path
IPS Cascadia (independence movement) 0–3 Jamaica Portmore United
W Connection Trinidad and Tobago 3–0[A] Belize San Pedro Pirates
Den Amstel Guyana 2–3 Nicaragua Diriangén
Notch Suriname 2–1 (3–2 p) Haiti Capoise
Sanarate Guatemala 3–0[B] Mexico UNAM
A ^ : The play-off round match between W Connection and San Pedro Pirates, originally scheduled to be played on 19 August 2020, was postponed to 23 August 2020 due to several members from San Pedro Pirates' delegation testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. On 23 August, the match could not be played due to nine players from San Pedro Pirates testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole second team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. W Connection were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by CONCACAF according to the regulations related to COVID-19.
B ^ : The play-off round match between Sanarate and UNAM, originally scheduled to be played on 19 August 2020, was postponed to 24 August 2020 due to several members from UNAM's delegation testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. On 24 August, the match could not be played due to eleven players from UNAM testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole second team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. Sanarate were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by CONCACAF according to the regulations related to COVID-19.

Champions Path

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Helenites United States Virgin Islands3–2Saint Lucia Platinum
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Connor Connlley (United States)

Liberta Antigua and Barbuda4–1Martinique Franciscain
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jason Yarborough (United States)

Racing Club Aruba Aruba4–2Acadiana Port City
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alvin Enrique (United States)

PHC Zebras Bermuda1–2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hope International
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seba Salazar (United States)

Cibao Dominican Republic2–0Barbados BDF
Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Gib Jones (United States)

Main Path

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Notch Suriname1–1 (a.e.t.)Haiti Capoise
Lantveld 35' Report Wadson 52'
Penalties
3–2
Attendance: 0
Referee: Calvin Wentz (United States)

IPS Cascadia (independence movement)0–3Jamaica Portmore United
Report Willis 36', 58', 64'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Orlando Quintes (Mexico)

Den Amstel Guyana2–3Nicaragua Diriangén
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Bedker (United States)

W Connection Trinidad and Tobago3–0
(Walkover)
Belize San Pedro Pirates
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Franco Hernandez (United States)

Sanarate Guatemala3–0
(Walkover)
Mexico UNAM
Report
Attendance: 4,722
Referee: Ian Hutcherson (Canada)

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Notes

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  1. ^ The play-off round match between Cibao and BDF, originally scheduled to be played on 19 August 2020, was postponed to 23 August 2020 due to several members from Cibao's delegation testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. Cibao was cleared on 22 August 2020.
  2. ^ The play-off round match between Dem Amstel v Diriangén, originally scheduled to be played on 19 August 2020, was postponed to 20 August 2020 due to inclement weather.
  3. ^ The play-off round match between W Connection and San Pedro Pirates, originally scheduled to be played on 19 August 2020, was postponed to 23 August 2020 due to several members from San Pedro Pirates' delegation testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. On 23 August, the match could not be played due to nine players from San Pedro Pirates testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole second team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. W Connection were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by CONCACAF according to the regulations related to COVID-19.
  4. ^ The play-off round match between Sanarate and UNAM, originally scheduled to be played on 19 August 2020, was postponed to 24 August 2020 due to several members from UNAM's delegation testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. On 24 August, the match could not be played due to eleven players from UNAM testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole second team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. Sanarate were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by CONCACAF according to the regulations related to COVID-19.

See also

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