On January 23, 2017 the Concacaf entity that regulates the
continental competitions announced the change of format of the Champions League
that will be effective from this edition whose reasons were due to the favoring
of the clubs regarding the calendar of their respective national leagues
including the Mexican League to contest the Conmebol Libertadores. The main
novelty is the creation of the Concacaf League to be played in the first half
of each season.In the Champions League of the CONCACAF 2018 will participate
the champion of the League Concacaf 2017 the champions of Costa Rica El
Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Panama the champion of the Championship of Club
of the CFU the champion of Canada and four teams of Mexico and the United
States.The elimination rounds system will be used from the round of 16 to the
final all round format. In these encounters rule the visitor's goal rule that
determines that the team that has scored the most visitors as a scorer wins the
tie if there is a draw in the difference of goals. In case of the tie tied
after the 180 'minutes of both matches will be played an extension of 30
minutes and if this ends without goals the series will be decided on a penalty
shootout.For the knockout round the clubs that were drawn from Bombo 1 (listed
first) will play as visitors first and then will be the hosts in the second
leg.
The winners of the 1 3 5 and 7 series will host the return
games of the quarterfinals. For the semi-finals, the clubs will be ranked
according to their performance (points scored difference goals and goals
scored) in the eighth and quarter-finals using the championship tiebreaker
procedure.
The top-ranked club in each semifinal series
will host the second leg. The same tiebreaker procedure will be applied to
determine who will host the return leg of the finals.
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