CONCACAF

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

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football

Abbreviation	CONCACAF
Formation	18 September 1961 (1961-09-18)
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Miami, Florida, United States
Membership	41 member associations
Official languages	English
President	Victor Montagliani
General Secretary	Philippe Moggio (Acting)
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	www.concacaf.com

FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF, /ˈkɒn.kəkæf/ KON-kə-kaf) is the continental governing body for association football in North America, that includes Central America and the Caribbean regions. Three South American entities—the independent nations of Guyana and Suriname and the French department of French Guiana—are also members. CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct Men's World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments.

CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, which made it one of the then five, now six continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao), Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname and United States were founding members.

CONCACAF is the third-most successful FIFA confederation. Mexico dominated CONCACAF men's competition early on and has since won the most Gold Cups since the beginning of the tournament in its current format. The Mexican national team is the only CONCACAF team to win an official FIFA tournament by winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. They have also reached the Round of 16 for the past 6 World Cups. While the U.S. is the only country outside of Europe and South America to receive a medal in the World Cup, finishing third in 1930, they also reached the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals and the 2009 Confederations Cup final. Between them, Mexico and the U.S. have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In recent years Costa Rica has become a power in the region and in 2014 became the 4th CONCACAF country after the United States, Cuba, and Mexico to make the World Cup quarterfinals. The United States has been very successful in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win any of the three major worldwide competitions in women's football—the World Cup (3), the Olympics (4), and the Algarve Cup (10).

Governance

CONCACAF is led by a General Secretary, Executive Committee, Congress, and several standing committees. The Executive Committee is composed of eight members — one president, three vice-presidents, three members, and one female member. Each of the three geographic zones in CONCACAF is represented by one vice-president and one member. The Executive Committee carries out the various statutes, regulations, and resolutions.

Leadership

See also: List of Presidents of CONCACAF

The first leader of CONCACAF was Costa Rican Ramón Coll Jaumet; he had overseen the merger between the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). In 1969, he was succeeded in the role by Mexican Joaquín Soria Terrazas, who served as president for 21 years.

His successor Jack Warner was the CONCACAF president from 1990 to 2011, also for 21 years. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations. Chuck Blazer was the General Secretary during the same period.

On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned from the presidency of CONCACAF, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from the 10 May 2011 meeting of the Caribbean Football Union. The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, acted as president until May 2012.

In May 2012, Cayman Islands banker Jeffrey Webb was installed as President of CONCACAF. On 27 May 2015, Webb was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland on corruption charges in the U.S.

Victor Montagliani, leader of the Canadian Soccer Association, was elected as president of CONCACAF in May 2016.

Corporate structure

Nassau, Bahamas

Miami, United States

New York, United States

George Town, Cayman Islands

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Locations of CONCACAF offices

CONCACAF is a non-profit company registered in Nassau, Bahamas.

The headquarters of the CONCACAF (referred to as the office of the president) are currently located in the Admiral Financial Center, George Town, Cayman Islands—the home city of CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb. Previously, they were based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago under the presidency of Jack Warner.

The administration office of CONCACAF (referred to as the primary office) is located in Miami—the "home town" of Enrique Sanz, the general secretary. Enrique Sanz was appointed as the CONCACAF General Secretary in July 2012. It was previously located in Trump Tower, New York when Chuck Blazer was the General Secretary.

There is also an office in Guatemala City, which is shared with UNCAF and an office in New York.

Members

CONCACAF has 41 member associations:

• 27 from the Caribbean
• 7 from Central America
• 4 from North America
• 3 from South America

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CONCACAF affiliation	IOC member
North American Zone (NAFU)
CAN	Canada	(M, W)	1912	1913	1961	Yes
MEX	Mexico	(M, W)	1927	1929	1961	Yes
USA	United States	(M, W)	1913	1914	1961	Yes
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
BLZ	Belize	(M, W)	1980	1986	1986	Yes
CRC	Costa Rica	(M, W)	1921	1927	1961	Yes
SLV	El Salvador	(M, W)	1935	1938	1961	Yes
GUA	Guatemala	(M, W)	1919	1946	1961	Yes
HON	Honduras	(M, W)	1951	1951	1961	Yes
NCA	Nicaragua	(M, W)	1931	1950	1961	Yes
PAN	Panama	(M, W)	1937	1938	1961	Yes
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
AIA	Anguilla	(M, W)	1990	1996	1996	No
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	(M, W)	1928	1972	in 1973 or before	Yes
ARU	Aruba	(M, W)	1932	1988	1986	Yes
BAH	Bahamas	(M, W)	1967	1968	in 1973 or before	Yes
BRB	Barbados	(M, W)	1910	1968	1967	Yes
BER	Bermuda1	(M, W)	1928	1962	1967	Yes
BON	Bonaire3	(M, W)	1960	N/A	2014	No
VGB	British Virgin Islands	(M, W)	1974	1996	1996	Yes
CAY	Cayman Islands	(M, W)	1966	1992	1990	Yes
CUB	Cuba	(M, W)	1924	1929	1961	Yes
CUW	Curaçao	(M, W)	1921	1932	1961	No
DMA	Dominica	(M, W)	1970	1994	1994	Yes
DOM	Dominican Republic	(M, W)	1953	1958	1964	Yes
GYF	French Guiana2,3	(M, W)	1962	N/A	2013	No
GRN	Grenada	(M, W)	1924	1978	1978	Yes
GPE	Guadeloupe3	(M, W)	1958	N/A	2013	No
GUY	Guyana2	(M, W)	1902	1970	between 1969 and 1971	Yes
HAI	Haiti	(M, W)	1904	1934	1961	Yes
JAM	Jamaica	(M, W)	1910	1962	1963	Yes
MTQ	Martinique3	(M, W)	1953	N/A	2013	No
MSR	Montserrat	(M, W)	1994	1996	1996	No
PUR	Puerto Rico	(M, W)	1940	1960	1964	Yes
SKN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	(M, W)	1932	1992	1992	Yes
LCA	Saint Lucia	(M, W)	1979	1988	1986	Yes
MAF	Saint-Martin3	(M, W)	1999	N/A	2013	No
VIN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	(M, W)	1979	1988	1986	Yes
SXM	Sint Maarten3	(M, W)	1986	N/A	2013	No
SUR	Suriname2	(M, W)	1920	1929	1961	Yes
TRI	Trinidad and Tobago	(M, W)	1908	1964	1964	Yes
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	(M, W)	1996	1998	1996	No
VIR	U.S. Virgin Islands	(M, W)	1992	1998	1987	Yes

M = Men's National Team. W = Women's National Team
1:Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
2:South American country or territory, but CONCACAF member.
3:Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.
N/A:not applicable,not available or no answer.

Bonaire were promoted from an association member to a full member at the XXIX Ordinary CONCACAF Congress in São Paulo on 10 June 2014.

Potential future members of CONCACAF include the Dutch territories of Saba and Sint Eustatius, the French territories of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the Danish territory of Greenland. Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Greenland have functioning international teams.

Teams not affiliated to the IOC are not eligible to participate in the Summer Olympics football tournament, as a result they do not participate in the CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament or the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Membership relation

Elections at the CONCACAF Congress are mandated with a one-member, one-vote rule. The North American Football Union is the smallest association union in the region with only three members, but its nations have strong commercial and marketing support from sponsors and they are the most populous nations in the region.

The Caribbean Football Union has the ability to outvote NAFU and UNCAF with less than half of its membership. Consequently, there is a fractious relationship between members of CFU, UNCAF and NAFU. This provoked former Acting-President Alfredo Hawit to lobby for the CONCACAF Presidency to be rotated between the three unions in CONCACAF in 2011.

Trinidad's Jack Warner presided over CONCACAF for 21 years, and there was little that non-Caribbean nations could do to elect an alternative. Under Warner, the CFU members voted together as a unit with Warner acting as a party whip. It happened with such regularity that sports political commentators referred to the CFU votes as the "Caribbean bloc" vote. Warner rejected the idea in 1993 of merging several smaller nations' national teams into a Pan-Caribbean team. His reasoning was that the nations were more powerful politically when separate than when together. He commented that "being small is never a liability in this sport".

Competitions

The Gold Cup and the Champions League are the two most visible CONCACAF tournaments.

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, held since 1991. The Gold Cup is CONCACAF's flagship competition, and the Gold Cup generates a significant part of CONCACAF's revenue.

The Gold Cup determines the regional champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The Gold Cup is held every two years. Twelve teams compete for the Gold Cup — three from North America, five from Central America, and four from the Caribbean. The Central American teams qualify through the Central American Cup, and the Caribbean teams qualify through the Caribbean Cup.

The winners of two successive Gold Cups (for example, the 2013 and 2015 editions) face each other in a playoff to determine the CONCACAF entrant to the next Confederations Cup. If the same team has won the Gold Cup on both relevant occasions, there will be no playoff and that team automatically qualifies for the Confederations Cup.

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: CONCACAF Champions League

The CONCACAF Champions League, originally known as the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, is an annual continental club association football competition organised by CONCACAF since 1962 for the top football clubs in the region. It is the most prestigious international club competition in North American football. The winner of the Champions League qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup. The tournament consists of two stages. The group stage is played from August to October, and the knockout phase spans March through May.

Twenty-four teams compete in each Champions League — 9 from North America, 12 from Central America, and 3 teams from the Caribbean. The North American and Central American teams qualify through their national leagues or other national tournaments, while the Caribbean teams qualify through the CFU Club Championship.

The title has been won by 28 different clubs, 17 of which have won the title more than once. Mexican clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, with 31 titles. The second most successful league has been Costa Rica's Primera División with six titles in total. The most successful club is the reigning champion, Club América from Mexico, with seven titles; fellow Mexico side Cruz Azul is just behind with six.

Current title holders

Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next Edition
Clubs
CONCACAF Champions League	Club América	7th	Tigres UANL	2016–17
CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship	Glucosoral	1st	Borussia	2015
Nations Men
CONCACAF Gold Cup	Mexico	7th	Jamaica	2017
CONCACAF Cup	Mexico	1st	United States	2019
CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Mexico	13th	Panama	2017
CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico	6th	Honduras	2017
CONCACAF U-15 Championship	Honduras	1st	Guatemala	2015
CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament	Mexico	7th	Honduras	2019
CONCACAF Futsal Championship	Costa Rica	3rd	Panama	2020
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship	Mexico	3rd	Costa Rica	2017
Nations Women
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup	United States	7th	Costa Rica	2018
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship	United States	5th	Canada	2017
CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	United States	3rd	Mexico	2018
CONCACAF Girls U-15 Championship	United States	1st	Canada	2018
CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament	United States	4th	Canada	2020

Other competitions

• CONCACAF U-20 Championship
• CONCACAF U-17 Championship
• CONCACAF U-15 Championship
• CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
• CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
• CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
• CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship
• CONCACAF U-13 Champions League
• CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
• CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• CONCACAF Futsal Championship
• CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
• CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship

Defunct Competitions

• NAFC Championship (1947,1949).
• CCCF Championship (1941–1961).
• CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989).
• CFU Championship (1978–1985).
• North American Nations Cup (1990,1991).
• Interamerican Cup
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup
• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
• CONCACAF Giants Cup
• SuperLiga – North America regional championship
• Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Central America regional championship

CONMEBOL tournaments

The following CONMEBOL tournaments have CONCACAF competitors:

National teams

• Copa América

Clubs

• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Sudamericana – (2005–2008).
• Copa Merconorte – (2000–2001) (Defunct)

Rankings – national teams

• Last updates:
  • Men's national teams: 25 November 2016
  • Women's national teams: 26 August 2016

Top men's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.				____	Top women's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
CCF	FIFA	Nation	Points		CCF	FIFA	Nation	Points
1	17	Costa Rica	1041		1	1	United States	2137
2	18	Mexico	1012		2	4	Canada	2031
3	28	United States	822		3	27	Mexico	1732
4	58	Panama	584		4	29	Costa Rica	1658
5	69	Haiti	505		5	45	Trinidad and Tobago	1494
6	75	Curaçao	467		6	65	Haiti	1372
7	76	Jamaica	461		7	67	Jamaica	1352
8	76	Honduras	461		8	74	Guatemala	1297
9	78	Trinidad and Tobago	454		9	83	Guyana	1274
10	79	Guatemala	450		10	93	Cuba	1217
11	80	Saint Kitts and Nevis	443		11	96	El Salvador	1198
12	82	Antigua and Barbuda	433		12	98	Dominican Republic	1191
13	99	Nicaragua	346		13	104	Puerto Rico	1156
14	118	Canada	282		14	114	Nicaragua	1073
15	125	Cuba	264		15	120	Saint Lucia	989
16	126	Dominican Republic	263		16	126	Saint Kitts and Nevis	942
17	135	Guyana	221		17	127	Grenada	914
18	138	El Salvador	216		18	128	Dominica	900
19	145	Puerto Rico	194		19	133	Aruba	745
20	151	Suriname	183		20	135**	Panama	1363
21	155	Barbados	163		21		Honduras	1152
22	167	Grenada	150				Suriname
23	159	Aruba	147		23		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1000
24	161	Belize	141		24		Barbados	979
25	173	Dominica	110		25		Bermuda	943
26	177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102		26		British Virgin Islands	867
27	180	Saint Lucia	95		27		U.S. Virgin Islands	852
28	187	Bermuda	77		28		Cayman Islands	849
29	195	U.S. Virgin Islands	44		29		Curaçao	831
30	199	Montserrat	30		30		Belize	825
31	200	Cayman Islands	21		31		Antigua and Barbuda	767
32	201	Turks and Caicos Islands	20		32		Turks and Caicos Islands	704

• For a complete list of national rankings see the FIFA Rankings website.
• *Provisionally listed due to not having played more than 5 matches against officially ranked teams.
• **Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore are not officially ranked

Rankings – clubs

Football Database Rankings

CCF	Club	Points
1	América	1629
2	Tigres UANL	1608
3	Pachuca	1575
4	Toluca	1561
5	UNAM	1550
6	Monterrey	1549
7	Herediano	1541
8	Saprissa	1539
9	León	1519
10	Guadalajara	1511

Last updated: 18 December 2016

IFFHS Rankings

CCF	IFFHS	Club	Points
1	16	Tigres	213.5
2	66	América	146
3	124	Herediano	116

Last updated: 31 December 2015

Corruption

See also: Caribbean Football Union corruption scandal and 2015 FIFA corruption case

At the CONCACAF Congress in May 2012 in Budapest, Hungary, legal counsel John P. Collins informed the members of CONCACAF of several financial irregularities. Collins revealed that Jack Warner, the former CONCACAF President, had registered the $22 million 'Dr. João Havelange Centre of Excellence' development in Port-of-Spain under the name of two companies that Warner owned. In addition, Warner had secured a mortgage against the asset in 2007 which the CONCACAF members were also unaware of; the mortgage was co-signed by Lisle Austin, a former vice-president of CONCACAF. The loan defaulted.

Collins also revealed that CONCACAF, despite most of its income coming from the United States, had not paid any tax to the Internal Revenue Service since at least 2007 and had never filed a return in the United States. Although CONCACAF is a registered non-profit organisation in the Bahamas and headquartered in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, they have an administration office in New York, and BDO and CONCACAF invited the IRS to investigate potential liabilities. It is thought that CONCACAF may have to pay up to $2 million plus penalties.

Chuck Blazer stated that a full financial audit into CONCACAF by New-York based consultancy BDO was delayed due to the actions of Jack Warner and his personal accountant, and the accounts could not be "signed off" as a consequence.

In addition, Blazer is to sue CONCACAF for unpaid commission of sponsorship and marketing deals which he had made in 2010 during his time as General Secretary. Blazer received a 10% commission on any deal that he made on behalf of CONCACAF.

The Bermuda FA asked members of CONCACAF to lobby FIFA to remove Blazer from his position on the FIFA Executive Committee. Blazer suggested that it was less to do with financial irregularities and more for his role in the removal of Jack Warner in the Caribbean Football Union corruption scandal: "I spent 21 years building the confederation and its competitions and its revenues and I'm the one responsible for its good levels of income . . . I think this is a reflection of those who were angry at me having caused the action against Warner. This is also a reaction by people who have their own agenda."

Jack Warner presided over CONCACAF for 21 years. Warner was one of the most controversial figures in world football. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations. A power struggle developed at CONCACAF following the allegations against Warner. The allegations against Warner were reported to the FIFA Ethics Committee by Chuck Blazer, the secretary general of CONCACAF. The acting president of CONCACAF, Lisle Austin, sent Blazer a letter saying he was "terminated as general secretary with immediate effect". Austin described Blazer's actions as "inexcusable and a gross misconduct of duty and judgement" and said the American was no longer fit to hold the post. The executive committee of CONCACAF later issued a statement saying that Austin did not have the authority to fire Blazer, and the decision was unauthorized. On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned from the presidency of CONCACAF, all posts with FIFA, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from the 10 May 2011 meeting of the Caribbean Football Union. The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, acted as president until May 2012.

Indicted CONCACAF individuals

Several CONCACAF officials have been indicted.

Name	Nationality	FIFA Position	CONCACAF Position	Regional or National Position	Status	Ref.
Blazer, ChuckChuck Blazer	United States		Former General Secretary		Guilty plea
Hawit, AlfredoAlfredo Hawit	Honduras	Vice-President	President		Arrested
Li, EduardoEduardo Li	Costa Rica	member-elect of executive committee	member of executive committee	President of the Costa Rican Football Federation	Arrested
Takkas, CostasCostas Takkas	Cayman Islands		Attaché to the President	Former General Secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association	Arrested
Warner, DaryanDaryan Warner	Trinidad and Tobago  Grenada			Son of Jack Warner	Guilty plea
Warner, DaryllDaryll Warner	Trinidad and Tobago  United States	former development officer		Son of Jack Warner	Guilty plea
Warner, JackJack Warner	Trinidad and Tobago	Former Vice President	former President	former Minister of National Security	Bailed
Webb, JeffreyJeffrey Webb	Cayman Islands	Vice President	President	President of the Cayman Islands Football Association	Bailed

Hall of fame

• Hubert Tromp
• Gerard Bean
• Matthew Hogan
• João Havelange
• Rudy Gittens
• Hiram Sosa Lopez
• Isaac Sasso
• Julio Moya
• Ramón Coll Jaumet
• Andres Avelino Constansia
• Patrick John
• Mavis Derflinger
• Clive Toye
• Guillermo Cañedo
• Oscar Thamar
• Carlos Carrera
• Jacques Rugard
• Federico Fortin
• Rafael L. Callejas Romero
• Anthony James
• George Abrahams
• Ricardo Gardener
• Lincoln "Happy" Sutherland
• Aaron Padilla Gutierrez
• Arturo Yamasaki
• Javier Arriaga
• Jesus Martinez
• Joaquín Soria Terrazas
• Joseph Ursulet
• Júlio Rocha
• Mordy Maduro
• Ariel Alvarado
• Sepp Blatter
• André Kamperveen
• Gene Edwards
• Jim Fleming
• Kurt Lamm
• Werner Fricker
• Ricardo Gardener

Source:

Team of the Century

The CONCACAF Team of the Century was announced as part of the festivities associated with the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

1. GK — Antonio Carbajal (Mexico)
2. DF — Marcelo Balboa (USA)
3. DF — Gilberto Yearwood (Honduras)
4. DF — Bruce Wilson (Canada)
5. DF — Gustavo Pena (Mexico)
6. MF — Ramon Ramirez (Mexico)
7. MF — Magico Gonzalez (El Salvador)
8. MF — Tab Ramos (USA)
9. FW — Julio Cesar Dely Valdes (Panama)
10. FW — Hugo Sanchez (Mexico)
11. FW — Hernan Medford (Costa Rica)

President's award

2013

• Carlos Ruiz for speaking out against match-fixing in Guatemala.
• Ian Gaynair for reporting an offer of a bribe

2015

• United States for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's football tournament
• Mexico for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament

World Cup participation

Legend

•  1st  – Champion
•  2nd  – Runner-up
•  3rd  – Third place
•  4th  – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
• GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
• 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
•  •  — Did not qualify
•     — Did not enter / withdrew / banned
•     — Hosts

World Cup results

See also: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Only ten CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, five 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 reached the semifinals in the inaugural edition, for which they were awarded third place. CONCACAF members have reached the quarterfinals five times: Cuba in 1938, Mexico as hosts in 1970 and 1986, the United States in 2002, and most recently, Costa Rica in 2014. Jamaica is the smallest country to ever win a World Cup match, by virtue of their 2–1 victory over Japan in 1998.

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	2018	2022	Total	inclusive WC Qual.
Mexico	GS	•		GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	•	GS	•	QF		R16	R16	R16	R16	R16	R16			15	18
United States	3rd	1S		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	GS	QF	GS	R16	R16			10	19
Costa Rica						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	GS	GS	•	QF			4	15
Honduras							•	•	•	•		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS			3	13
El Salvador									GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2	13
Cuba		•	QF	•				•			•	•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•		1	13
Haiti		•			•				•	GS	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	14
Canada						•			•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	14
Jamaica								•	•		•	•		•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•		1	12
Trinidad and Tobago								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•			1	13
Total	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4			39

World Cup hosting

CONCACAF nations have hosted the FIFA World Cup three times.

The 1970 FIFA World Cup took place in Mexico, the first World Cup tournament to be staged in North America, and the first held outside Europe and South America. Mexico was chosen as the host nation in 1964 by FIFA's congress ahead of the only other submitted bid from Argentina. The tournament was won by Brazil. The victorious team led by Carlos Alberto, and featuring players such as Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivelino, and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest-ever World Cup team. They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals. Despite the issues of altitude and high temperature, the finals produced attacking football which created an average goals per game record not since bettered by any subsequent World Cup Finals. The 1970 Finals attracted a new record television audience for the FIFA World Cup and, for the first time, in colour.

In 1986, Mexico became the first country to host the FIFA World Cup twice when it stepped in to stage the 1986 FIFA World Cup after the original host selection, Colombia, suffered financial problems. Colombia was originally chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1974. However, the Colombian authorities eventually declared in November 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup because of economic concerns. Mexico was selected on 20 May 1983 as the replacement hosts, beating the bids of Canada and the United States, and thereby became the first nation to host two World Cups. This second World Cup in Mexico came 16 years after the first one in 1970.

The United States won the right to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating bids from Brazil and Morocco. The vote was held in Zurich on July 4, 1988, and only took one round with the United States bid receiving a little over half of the votes by the Exco members. FIFA hoped that by staging the world's most prestigious football tournament there, it would lead to a growth of interest in the sport – one condition FIFA imposed was the creation of a professional football league; Major League Soccer, starting in 1996. The U.S. staged a hugely successful tournament, with average attendance of nearly 69,000 breaking a record that surpassed the 1966 FIFA World Cup average attendance of 51,000 thanks to the large seating capacities the American stadiums provided for the spectators in comparison to the smaller venues of Europe and Latin America. To this day, the total attendance for the final tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the highest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition to 32 teams at the 1998 World Cup.

CONCACAF is considered a favorite to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, given that Europe will host in 2018, Asia in 2022, and South America is pushing for the 2030 centenary bid.

Women's World Cup results

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	2015	2019	Total	inclusive WC Qual.
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st		7	7
Canada	•	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	QF		6	7
Mexico	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS		3	7
Costa Rica	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		1	7
Total	1	2	3	2	2	3	4		14

Other international tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	2021	Total
Canada	•	•	•	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•		1
Mexico	•	3rd	GS	1st	GS	•	4th	•	GS	Q		7
United States	3rd	•	•	3rd	•	GS	•	2nd	•	•		4
Total	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1		12

Copa América

Mexico has finished runners up twice and 3rd place three times at the Copa América making El Tri the most successful non-CONMEBOL nation. The US national team have reached the semifinal stage in the South American tournament twice, followed by Honduras who have reached it once. Costa Rica has reached the quarter finals twice.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Years
Canada	R1								1
Costa Rica		R1		R1			R1	R2	4
Cuba			R1	R1	R1	R1		R1	5
Guatemala				R1		R1	R1	R1	4
Mexico							R1		1
Panama							R2	R1	2
Nations	1	1	1	3	1	2	4	4

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

	1995 (8)	1996 (8)	1997 (8)	1998 (10)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2001 (12)	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (12)	2005 (12)	2006 (12)	2007 (16)	2008 (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	Total Participations
Bahamas	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1/19
Canada	•	R1 7th	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•	•	•	•		3/18
Costa Rica	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 16th		2/18
El Salvador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th	R1 14th	4th	QF 6th	•		4/18
Mexico	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	R1 11th	•	QF 8th	•	R1 15th		4/18

See also

Competitions

Clubs: CONCACAF Champions League CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship

National teams: CONCACAF Gold Cup CONCACAF U-20 Championship CONCACAF U-17 Championship CONCACAF U-15 Championship CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship CONCACAF Futsal Championship

Resolutions

Awards: CONCACAF Awards — In November 2013, CONCACAF announced that they would create annual awards for the best players, coaches, and referees. List of CONCACAF competitions

CONCACAF presidents

• List of Presidents of CONCACAF

Related links

• Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol
• Football in Mexico
• North American Football Confederation
• Soccer in the United States
• Soccer in Canada
• Timeline of football

External links

• Official website
• CONCACAF at DMOZ
• CONCACAF Statutes
• Confederation of North Central American & Caribbean Association Football, Soccerlens.com.