CONCACAF

'CONCACAF' (the 'Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football') is the continent-wide governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Three South American entities, the independent nations of Guyana and Suriname, and the French department of French Guiana, are also members.
A full list of member nations can be seen
here.
CONCACAF was founded in its current form in 1961 and is one of the six continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. Its primary administrative functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct World Cup qualifying tournaments.

Contents

World Cup Qualifiers

Totals (current members)

Competitions

National teams

Confederation

Regional

Beach Soccer

Defunct

Club teams

Confederation

Regional

Defunct

See also

External links

World Cup Qualifiers

★ 1930 - Mexico, USA

★ 1934 - USA

★ 1938 - Cuba

★ 1950 - Mexico, USA

★ 1954 - Mexico

★ 1958 - Mexico

★ 1962 - Mexico

★ 1966 - Mexico

★ 1970 - El Salvador, Mexico (host)

★ 1974 - Haiti

★ 1978 - Mexico

★ 1982 - El Salvador, Honduras

★ 1986 - Canada, Mexico (host)

★ 1990 - Costa Rica, USA

★ 1994 - Mexico, USA (host)

★ 1998 - USA, Mexico, Jamaica

★ 2002 - Costa Rica, Mexico, USA

★ 2006 - USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago

Totals (current members)

★ 13:


★ 8:


★ 3:


★ 2:


★ 1:

Competitions

National teams

'North American Zone' ★ ★ ★ 'Central American Zone' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Caribbean Zone' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Confederation

★ CONCACAF Gold Cup - Premier international cup of CONCACAF region.

★ CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup - Premier international women's cup of CONCACAF region.

★ CONCACAF U20 Tournament

★ CONCACAF Women's U20 Tournament

★ CONCACAF U17 Tournament

★ CONCACAF Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

★ CONCACAF Women Pre-Olympic Tournament

Regional

★ UNCAF Nations Cup - International cup for Central America, top 5 qualify for the 'Gold Cup'.

★ Caribbean Cup - International cup for the Caribbean, top 4 qualify for the 'Gold Cup'.

Beach Soccer

★ CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

Defunct

★ NAFC Championship (1947,1949,1990,1991)

★ CCCF Championship (1941-1961)

★ CONCACAF Championship (1963-1971)

Club teams

Confederation

★ CONCACAF Champions' Cup - Premier club cup of CONCACAF region.

Regional

★ Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Club championship for Central America, top 3 teams qualify for Champions' Cup

★ CFU Club Championship - Club championship for Caribbean, winner qualifies for Champions' Cup

★ Superliga - Club championship between 8 teams from the FMF (Mexico) and the MLS (USA/Canada), by invitation only. First tournament due in 2007. (Not CONCACAF Sanctioned)

Defunct

★ CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup Was for teams that won their nations domestic cup competitions; Held from 1991-1998, replaced by CONCACAF Giants Cup.

★ CONCACAF Giants Cup Was for teams with highest attendance, held in 2001 only.

See also

★ UNCAF

★ CFU

★ NAFC

★ CCCF

External links

★ Official site

★ Open Directory Project - ''CONCACAF'' directory category