Antigua GFC qualified for the 2025 Cocacaf Champions Cup

by times news cr

2024-10-02 19:01:36

The first in Central America! With his pass to the semifinal round of the Central American Cup 2024 Former GFC classified to the Cocacaf Champions Cup 2025 and became the first team in the area to say present.

The Antigüeños, after six games in the Central American tournament, remain undefeated and with their demonstration of football and effectiveness they have become a candidate to win the area title. Below we will tell you what the 2025 Champions Cup and which teams are already classified. What a chilero!

Concacaf Champions Cup 2025: Antigua GFC qualified for Guatemala

The night of October 1, 2024 will remain in the history of the Guatemalan sport and mainly from the Antigueños who, on their first visit to Deportivo Saprissa, beat them at home with a 3-0 win thanks to a double from Santiago Gómez and a goal from Dewinder Bradley.

With that presentation the team coach Javier López López showed his good football and because he remains undefeated in six games without losing in the Central American Cup. He Guatemalan squad qualified for this edition thanks to accumulated in the Apertura 2023 and Clausura 2024 tournaments of the National League who gave him the pass.

Description of the photo for people with visual disabilities: In the image the starting team with which Antigua GFC qualified for the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup. (Credit: TheChampions)

Now it has become the first team, of six Central Americanswhich may be in the Champions Cup. And they are waiting to meet the rival who will emerge from the series between LD Alajuelense and Comunicaciones.

What will the 2025 Champions Cup be like?

The 60th edition of the Champions Cupwhich will feature the participation of the best clubs in the regionis scheduled to be played between February and June 2025. Which will continue to be played in a direct elimination format of five rounds. The first four rounds (first phase, round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals) include home and away matches, while the final is played over a single match.

Of the 27 participating clubs, 22 will begin play in the first round and five will receive a direct pass to the round of 16. The most recent to qualify were the Inter Miami CF from the United States, where he plays Leo MessiVancouver Whitecaps FC of Canada, both active in the MLS y Former GFC for Guatemala.

How Central American clubs classify

According to the format of Concacaf six places are for Central American teams who participate in the Central American Cooa 2024. These places will be awarded to the champion, runner-up, two losing semi-finalists and two winners of the play-in of 2024, which will be played between the losing teams in the quarterfinals.

So far the clubs that have already qualified are: América, Tigres UANL, CF Monterrey, Chivas de Guadalajara, Pumas UNAM and Cruz Azul for Mexico, while in the MLS there are Colorado Rapids, the Columbus Crew where the goalkeeper plays Nicholas Hagen; Los Angeles FC, Sporting KC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Inter Miami by Leo Messi. Furthermore, the first Central American is Former GFC and the other five Central Americans remain to be defined. What a chilero!

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