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Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
Confederación de Fútbol Asociación de Norte, Centro América y el Caribe
Formation1961
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersNew York, United States of America
Membership
40 member associations
Jack A Warner
Websitehttp://www.concacaf.com/

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

A full list of member nations can be seen here.

CONCACAF was founded in its current form in 1961, with the fusion of CCCF and NAFC, and is 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.

World Cup Qualifiers

See also: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the FIFA World Cup, sorted by first appearance.


Team Uruguay
1930		 Italy
1934		 France
1938		 Brazil
1950		 Switzerland
1954		 Sweden
1958		 Chile
1962		 England
1966		 Mexico
1970		 West Germany
1974		 Argentina
1978		 Spain
1982		 Mexico
1986		 Italy
1990		 United States
1994		 France
1998		 South KoreaJapan
2002		 Germany
2006		 Total
 Mexico • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13
 United States • • • • • • • • 8
 Costa Rica • • • 3
 El Salvador • • 2
 Haiti • 1
 Honduras • 1
 Canada • 1
 Cuba • 1
 Jamaica • 1
 Trinidad and Tobago • 1
Total 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 32

Competitions

National teams

North American Zone

Central American Zone

Caribbean Zone

Confederation

Regional

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

Beach Soccer

Defunct

Club teams

Confederation

Regional

  • Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Club championship for Central America, top 3 teams qualify for Champions' Cup
  • CFU Club Championship - Club championship for Caribbean, winner qualifies for Champions' Cup
  • SuperLiga - Club championship for North America between 8 teams from the FMF (Mexico) and the MLS (USA/Canada), by invitation the first year and by merit from the second year forward. First tournament held in 2007.

Defunct

  • CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup Was for teams that won their nations domestic cup competitions; Held from 1991-1998, replaced by CONCACAF Giants Cup.
  • CONCACAF Giants Cup Was for teams with highest attendance, held in 2001 only.

See also

CONCACAF All-Time Rankings

Top 10

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