Piala Champions CONCACAF: Perbedaan antara revisi

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'''Liga Champions CONCACAF''' adalah kejuaraan klub [[sepak bola]] internasional tahunan untuk tim-tim di wilayah [[CONCACAF]] (Amerika Utara, Amerika Tengah, dan Karibia). Pemenang Liga Champions CONCACAF berhak mengikuti [[Piala Dunia Antarklub FIFA]].

Sampai 2008, kompetisi level teratas untuk klub-klub di CONCACAF adalah Piala Champions CONCACAF. The tournament was played in a variety of formats over the years. In 2008, CONCACAF announced a change in both name and format, inviting twenty-four teams to participate in a preliminary round, group stage, and knockout tournament called the CONCACAF Champions' League.

Between 2008-09 and 2011–12, the tournament was played as a twenty-four team tournament with a preliminary round, followed by a sixteen-team group stage (four groups of four), followed by an eight-team home-and-away single-elimination tournament. In early 2012, CONCACAF announced a new format for the 2012–2013 CONCACAF Champions' League. Under the new format, the preliminary round would be eliminated, and group play would consist of eight groups of three teams each, with each group winner advancing to the quarterfinals.

The title has been won by 27 different clubs, 11 of which have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are [[Cruz Azul]] and [[Club América|América]], who have won the competition five times each. Mexico's [[Mexican Primera División|Primera División]] is, by far, the most successful league, amassing 27 wins in the tournament. Until 2011, when [[Major League Soccer]] team [[Real Salt Lake]] reached the finals, each CONCACAF Champions League final had been an all-Mexican affair. The Mexican Primera División also holds the record for most appearances in the final of both the Champions Cup and Champions League as well as the highest number of winning clubs.

=== Era Piala Champions (1962–2008) ===

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The competition's former format, a [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout tournament]] called the '''Champions' Cup''', was played under a variety of formats. The last format, used from 2004 to 2008, had eight teams competing – four from the ''[[North American Football Union|North American zone]]'' (two from [[Mexican Primera División|Mexico]], two from the [[Major League Soccer|United States/Canada]]), three from the ''[[UNCAF Club Tournament|Central American zone]]'', and one from the ''[[CFU Club Championship|Caribbean zone]]''. Since 2005, the champion of the competition also gained entry into the [[FIFA Club World Cup]], giving clubs an added incentive for a strong participation and greater interest from fans. Also the Champions' Cup Runner-up would be one of the three CONCACAF invitees to the [[Copa Sudamericana]].

=== Era Liga Champions (2008–sekarang) ===

The CONCACAF Executive Committee at their 2006 November meeting decided to "act upon" a proposal at their next meeting by the CONCACAF Secretariat to develop the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup into a larger "Champions League" style event. The CONCACAF Executive Committee reported on November 14, 2007 some of the details.<ref name="concacaf.com">[http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4025]</ref> The previous Champions' Cup format was used as planned in the Spring of 2008. Then, a newly expanded Champions League tournament was conducted starting in August 2008 and concluding in May 2009. The setup involves 24 teams initially and features a Preliminary Round contested by some of the teams to reduce the field to 16 teams, which are separated into 4 groups of four teams.<ref name="concacaf.com" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2007/11/we_are_the_champions_league.html|work=The Washington Post|title=We Are the Champions (League)}}</ref> After the Group Stage, the Championship Round are held from the Quarterfinal Round onward.

Dari ''[[Persatuan SepakbolaSepak bola Amerika Utara|zona Amerika Utara]]'':

Dari ''[[Persatuan SepakbolaSepak bola Amerika Tengah|zona Amerika Tengah]]'':

Dari ''[[Persatuan SepakbolaSepak bola Karibia|zona Karibia]]'':

* ''Central America'': If one or more of the twelve Central American clubs is precluded, it will be supplanted by a club from the best Central American league, based on results from the current Champions League.

* ''Caribbean'': If any Caribbean club is precluded, it will be supplanted by the club who finished 4th in the [[CFU Club Championship]].

There will be a two-legged Preliminary Round for 16 clubs, with the eight winners advancing to the Group Stage. The other eight teams (two from the United States, two from Mexico, and one each from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) will be seeded directly into the Group Stage. The winners of the Preliminary Round and the seeded clubs will play in the Group Stage in four groups of four, with each team playing the others in its group twice, both home and away. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Championship Round, which will consist of home-and-away elimination. The Final Round, in late April, will also be two-legged, home-and-away. In contrast to the Champions' Cup, the [[away goals rule]] '''''will''''' be used in the Champions League, but will not apply after a tie has gone into extra time.

== Lihat juga ==

* [[Interamerican Cup]]

* [[CONCACAF Giants Cup]]

* [[Piala Pemenang Piala CONCACAF]]

* [[Liga Super Amerika Utara]]

== Referensi ==

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/ca1.html CONCACAF Club competitions of rsssf]