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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 5 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 will be seeded 1–8 based on results in the group stage and assigned a position in a fixed bracket. For example, the first semi-final will be 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 will be 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 will be determined separately for each round as follows (Regulations Article 12.11):
    • In the quarter-finals, the group winners will host 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 will host 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.

Play-inQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
7Nicaragua Real Estelí
2El Salvador Águila
Loser QF1/QF2[†] Winner QF1/QF2[†]
Loser QF2/QF1[†]' Winner QF2/QF1[†]
6Honduras Motagua
3Costa Rica Herediano
SF1/SF2[†]
SF2/SF1[†]
5Guatemala Antigua
4Costa Rica Saprissa
Loser QF3/QF4[†] Winner QF3/QF4[†]
Loser QF4/QF3[†] Winner QF4/QF3[†]
8Guatemala Comunicaciones
1Costa Rica Alajuelense
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the higher-ranked team in each tie hosting the second leg.

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 will host 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 will be played on 24–26 September, and the second legs will be played on 1–3 October 2024.[3]

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Comunicaciones GuatemalaQF1Costa Rica Alajuelense26 Sep3 Oct
Antigua GuatemalaQF2Costa Rica Saprissa24 Sep1 Oct
Real Estelí NicaraguaQF3El Salvador Águila25 Sep2 Oct
Motagua HondurasQF4Costa Rica Herediano25 Sep2 Oct

Matches

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Comunicaciones GuatemalavCosta Rica Alajuelense
Report
Alajuelense Costa RicavGuatemala Comunicaciones
Report

Winner advances to the semi-finals (Match SF1) and qualifies for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Loser advances to the play-in.

Antigua GuatemalavCosta Rica Saprissa
Report
Saprissa Costa RicavGuatemala Antigua
Report

Winner advances to the semi-finals (Match SF1) and qualifies for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Loser advances to the play-in.

Real Estelí NicaraguavEl Salvador Águila
Report
Águila El SalvadorvNicaragua Real Estelí
Report

Winner advances to the semi-finals (Match SF2) and qualifies for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Loser advances to the play-in.

Motagua HondurasvCosta Rica Herediano
Report
Herediano Costa RicavHonduras Motagua
Report

Winner advances to the semi-finals (Match SF2) and qualifies for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Loser advances 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) Loser QF1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second leg
2 (PI1) Loser QF2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First leg
1 (PI2) Loser QF3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second leg
2 (PI2) Loser QF4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First leg
First match(es) will be played: TBD. 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
Loser QF1PI1Loser QF222–24 Oct29–31 Oct
Loser QF3PI2Loser QF422–24 Oct29–31 Oct

Matches

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Loser QF1vLoser QF2
Loser QF2vLoser QF1

Winner qualifies for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One.

Loser QF3vLoser QF4
Loser QF4vLoser QF3

Winner qualifies 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) Winner QF1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second leg
2 (SF1) Winner QF2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First leg
1 (SF2) Winner QF3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second leg
2 (SF2) Winner QF4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First leg
First match(es) will be played: TBD. 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
Winner QF1SF1Winner QF222–24 Oct29–31 Oct
Winner QF3SF2Winner QF422–24 Oct29–31 Oct

Matches

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Winner QF1vWinner QF2
Winner QF2vWinner QF1

Winner advances to the finals.

Winner QF3vWinner QF4
Winner QF4vWinner QF3

Winner advances to the finals.

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 Winner SF1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Second leg
2 Winner SF2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First leg
First match(es) will be played: TBD. 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
Winner SF1FWinner SF226–28 Nov3–5 Dec

Matches

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Winner SF1vWinner SF2
Winner SF2vWinner SF1

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.
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