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Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
	; CONCACAF member associations are in pink
Formation	1961
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Membership	40 national associations
President	Jack Warner
Website	www.concacaf.com

This article is about CONCACAF. For CONCACAF Champions League, see CONCACAF Champions League.

CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for football (soccer) 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.

CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 December 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, by the fusion of the NAFC and the CCCF, and it became 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. In recent years, the region has been dominated by the United States and Mexico, who have each qualified for the last 6 World Cup tournaments and have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

[edit] Member nations

[edit] National teams

North American Zone (NAFU)

Canada

Mexico

United States

Central American Zone (UNCAF)

Caribbean Zone (CFU)

1.Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
2.South American country, but CONCACAF member.
3.Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

[edit] Competitions

[edit] National teams

[edit] Confederation

CONCACAF Gold Cup - Senior CONCACAF tournament.
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup - Senior women's tournament.
CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
CONCACAF U-17 Championship

[edit] Regional unions

UNCAF Nations Cup - Central America, top 5 qualify for the Gold Cup.
Caribbean Cup - Caribbean, top 4 qualify for the Gold Cup.

[edit] Beach Football

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

[edit] Defunct

NAFC Championship (1947,1949).
CCCF Championship (1941-1961).
CONCACAF Championship (1963-1989).
CFU Championship (1978-1985).
North American Nations Cup (1990,1991).

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Confederation

CONCACAF Champions League

[edit] Regional unions

SuperLiga - North America.
Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Central America. (Defunct)
CFU Club Championship - Caribbean, top 3 qualify for the Champions League.

[edit] CONMEBOL tournaments with CONCACAF competitors

Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana - (2005-2008).

[edit] Defunct

[edit] World Cup Qualifiers

Only ten CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, six of them accomplishing the feat only once. No team from the region has ever reached the final at the World Cup, but the United States has reached the semifinal in a FIFA World Cup in the first edition in 1930, where they were awarded third place, and they also reached the quarterfinal round in 2002. Mexico, and Cuba have also reached the quarterfinal round. Cuba advanced to the quarterfinals in their only appearance, the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Mexico did so both times they hosted the World Cup, 1970 and 1986.

The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the World Cup, sorted by number of appearances:

Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	Total
Mexico	GS			GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF		GS		QF		R16	R16	R16	R16	Q		14
United States	3rd	R16		GS										GS	R16	GS	QF	GS	Q		9
Costa Rica														R16			GS	GS			3
El Salvador									GS			GS									2
Honduras												GS							Q		2
Cuba			QF																		1
Haiti										GS											1
Canada													GS								1
Jamaica																GS					1
Trinidad and Tobago																		GS			1
Total	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	TBD	35

Legend

3rd – Third Place^[1]
QF – Quarterfinals
R16 – Round of 16^[2]
GS – Group Stage^[3]
Q - Qualified for the 2010 World Cup
— Hosts

[edit] Women's World Cup Qualifiers

The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, sorted by number of appearances.

Team	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	Total
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd		5
Canada		GS	GS	4th	GS		4
Mexico			GS				1
Total	1	2	3	2	2	TBD	10

Legend

1st – Winners
3rd – Third Place
4th – Fourth Place
GS – Group Stage

[edit] Confederations Cup Qualifiers

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	Total
Mexico		3rd	R1	1st	R1		4th		5
United States	3rd			3rd		R1		2nd	4
Canada					R1				1

Legend

1st – Winners
2nd – Runner-up
3rd – Third Place
4th – Fourth Place
R1 – Round 1

[edit] Rankings

[edit] National teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years. ^[4]^[5]

[edit] Top men's national teams

CONCACAF	FIFA	Nation	Points
1	14	United States	980
2	15	Mexico	931
3	38	Honduras	738
4	44	Costa Rica	694
5	57	Canada	573
6	69	Panama	468
7	74	Jamaica	451
8	81	Trinidad and Tobago	421
9	82	El Salvador	407
10	85	Haiti	384

Last updated 20 November 2009

[edit] Top women's national teams

CONCACAF	FIFA	Nation	Points
1	1	United States	2197
2	13	Canada	1939
3	22	Mexico	1775
4	43	Trinidad and Tobago	1536
5	46	Costa Rica	1518
6	65	Jamaica	1339
7	87	Cuba	1166

Last updated 25 September 2009

[edit] Top clubs

Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS based on matches played over the last year.^[6]

CONCACAF	IFFHS	Club	Points
1	56	Pachuca	151.5
2	59	Cruz Azul	148.5
3	79	Deportivo Toluca	129.0
4	145	UNAM	102.0
5	152	W Connection	99.5
6	162	Guadalajara	97.0
7	203	D.C. United	85.5
8	211	Atlante	84.0
8	211	San Luis	84.0
10	220	Árabe Unido	83.5
11	223	Santos Laguna	82.5
12	226	Marathón	82.0
13	248	Real España	79.0
14	272	Comunicaciones	74.0
15	279	Columbus Crew	73.5
16	288	Houston Dynamo	72.0
17	312	Saprissa	68.0
18	322	Olimpia	67.0

Last updated 1 November 2009

[edit] See also

[edit] Regional Federations

[edit] Related articles

IFFHS Central and North America's best clubs of the 20th century

[edit] References

^ There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semifinals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
^ There was no Group Stage in the 1934 and 1938 World Cup; the whole tournament was a knockout competition. The United States was eliminated in the first round of the 16-team tournament in 1934.
^ There was no Knockout Round in the 1930 World Cup, but rather a second Group Stage that served as the final round. The United States and Mexico were eliminated after the first Group Stage.
^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.com. FIFA. 16 October 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.com. FIFA. 25 September 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=23914&rank=527. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
^ "Club World Ranking by IFFHS: Top 350 (1st November 2008 - 30th October 2009)". IFFHS.de. IFFHS. 1 November 2009. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512. Retrieved 5 November 2009.

[edit] External links

Official site
CONCACAF Statutes
Open Directory Project - CONCACAF directory category

[1930_World_Cup-0] There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semifinals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

[1934_World_Cup-1] There was no Group Stage in the 1934 and 1938 World Cup; the whole tournament was a knockout competition. The United States was eliminated in the first round of the 16-team tournament in 1934.

[1950_World_Cup-2] There was no Knockout Round in the 1930 World Cup, but rather a second Group Stage that served as the final round. The United States and Mexico were eliminated after the first Group Stage.

[3] "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.com. FIFA. 16 October 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html. Retrieved 27 October 2009.

[4] "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.com. FIFA. 25 September 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=23914&rank=527. Retrieved 27 October 2009.

[5] "Club World Ranking by IFFHS: Top 350 (1st November 2008 - 30th October 2009)". IFFHS.de. IFFHS. 1 November 2009. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512. Retrieved 5 November 2009.

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Contents

[edit] Member nations

[edit] National teams

[edit] Competitions

[edit] National teams

[edit] Confederation

[edit] Regional unions

[edit] Beach Football

[edit] Defunct

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Confederation

[edit] Regional unions

[edit] CONMEBOL tournaments with CONCACAF competitors

[edit] Defunct

[edit] World Cup Qualifiers

[edit] Women's World Cup Qualifiers

[edit] Confederations Cup Qualifiers

[edit] Rankings

[edit] National teams

[edit] Top men's national teams

[edit] Top women's national teams

[edit] Top clubs

[edit] See also

[edit] Regional Federations

[edit] Related articles

[edit] References

[edit] External links