CONCACAF

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

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
CONCACAF member associations are in pink
Formation	1961
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Membership	40 member associations
Secretary General	Chuck Blazer
President	Lisle Austin, Acting President (suspended by CONCACAF executive committee) Alfredo Hawit, Acting President
Website	www.concacaf.com

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF;  /ˈkɒn.kəkæf/ kon-kə-kaf) is the continental governing body for association 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.^[1]

CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico by the fusion of the NAFC and the CCCF, and it became 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. In recent years, men's football in the region has been dominated by the United States and Mexico, who have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. 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 (twice), the Olympics (three times), and the Algarve Cup (eight times).

Leadership

Since 1990 Jack Warner has been the President of CONCACAF. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations.^[2] 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".^[3] 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.^[4] The executive committee of CONCACAF later issued a statement saying that Austin did not have the authority to fire Blazer, and the decision was unauthorised.^[3] The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, is now the acting president.^[5] On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned 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.^[6]

Member nations

National teams

North American Zone (NAFU)

Canada

Mexico

United States

Central American Zone (UNCAF)

Belize  Costa Rica  El Salvador

Guatemala  Honduras

Nicaragua  Panama

Caribbean Zone (CFU)

Anguilla  Bahamas  British Virgin Islands  Curaçao French Guiana2,3  Guyana2  Martinique3  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint-Martin3  Trinidad and Tobago

Antigua and Barbuda  Barbados  Cayman Islands  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Montserrat  Saint Lucia  Sint Maarten3  Turks and Caicos Islands

Aruba  Bermuda1  Cuba  Dominican Republic Guadeloupe3  Jamaica  Puerto Rico  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Suriname2  U.S. Virgin Islands

1:Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
2:South American country, but CONCACAF member.
3:Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

Competitions

National teams

Confederation

• CONCACAF Gold Cup – Official CONCACAF tournament.
• CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup – Official women's tournament.
• CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
• CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
• CONCACAF U-20 Championship
• CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
• CONCACAF U-17 Championship
• CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Regional unions

• Central American Cup – Central America, top 5 qualify for the Gold Cup.
• Caribbean Cup – Caribbean, top 4 qualify for the Gold Cup.

Beach Soccer

• CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

Defunct

• NAFC Championship (1947,1949).
• CCCF Championship (1941–1961).
• CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989).
• CFU Championship (1978–1985).
• North American Nations Cup (1990,1991).

Clubs

Confederation

• CONCACAF Champions League

Regional unions

• CFU Club Championship – Caribbean, top 3 qualify for the Champions League.

Defunct

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup
• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
• CONCACAF Giants Cup
• SuperLiga – North America regional championship
• Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Central America regional championship

CONMEBOL tournaments with CONCACAF competitors

National teams

• Copa America

Clubs

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

World Cup Participation and Results

Legend

• 1st – Champion
• 2nd – Runner-up
•  3rd  – Third Place^[7]
• 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)
•    — Hosts

World Cup Qualifiers

See also: 2014 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 has reached the semifinal in a FIFA World Cup in the first edition in 1930, where they were awarded third place, and they also reached the quarterfinal round in 2002. Mexico and Cuba have also reached the quarterfinal round. Cuba advanced to the quarterfinals in their only appearance, the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Mexico did so both times they hosted the World Cup, 1970 and 1986.

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	Total
Mexico	GS			GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF		GS		QF		R16	R16	R16	R16	R16		14
United States	3rd	1S		GS										GS	R16	GS	QF	GS	R16		9
Costa Rica														R16			GS	GS			3
Honduras												GS							GS		2
El Salvador									GS			GS									2
Cuba			QF																		1
Haiti										GS											1
Canada													GS								1
Jamaica																GS					1
Trinidad and Tobago																		GS			1
Total	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	TBD	35

Women's World Cup Qualifiers

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	Total
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	6
Canada		GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	5
Mexico			GS			GS	2
Total	1	2	3	2	2	3	13

Confederations Cup Qualifiers

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	Total
Mexico		3rd	GS	1st	GS		4th		Q	5
United States	3rd			3rd		GS		2nd		4
Canada					GS					1

• Q – Qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederation's Cup

Rankings

• Last updates:
  • Men's national teams: 19 October 2011
  • Women's national teams: 23 September 2011
  • Clubs: 31 October 2011

Top men's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.					Top women's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.				Top clubs Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS based on matches played over the last year.
C	F	Nation	Pts	Ch	C	F	Nation	Pts	C	I	Club	Pts
1	22	Mexico	860		1	1	United States	2151	1	63	Monterrey	145.5
2	34	United States	720		2	9	Canada	1964	2	96	Monarcas Morelia	124.5
3	50	Jamaica	592		3	22	Mexico	1792	3	103	UNAM	121.5
4	53	Panama	579		4	44	Costa Rica	1533	4	120	Santos Laguna	115.5
5	57	Honduras	555		5	48	Trinidad and Tobago	1502	5	134	América	110.0
6	62	Costa Rica	522		6	61	Haiti	1396	6	143	Seattle Sounders	105.5
7	79	Trinidad and Tobago	433		7	86	Guatemala	1288	7	162	Chiapas	98.5
8	82	El Salvador	426		8	87	Dominican Republic	1256	8	177	Comunicaciones	94.5
9	83	Canada	425		8	87	Guyana	1256			Cruz Azul
10	90	Antigua and Barbuda	381		10	94	Cuba	1200	10	179	Alajuelense	94.0
11	97	Guyana	346		11	99	Honduras	1175	11	182	Los Angeles Galaxy	93.0
12	99	Guatemala	340		12	102	Suriname	1159	12	194	FC Dallas	90.5
13	100	Cuba	332		13	103	El Salvador	1148	13	209	Sport Herediano	86.5
14	104	Suriname	313		14	104	Nicaragua	1135	14	214	Isidro Metapan	84.0
15	107	Haiti	307		15	110	Puerto Rico	1108	15	233	Toronto FC	81.0
16	109	Saint Kitts and Nevis	289		16	123	Bermuda	1008
17	116	Grenada	270		17	127	Dominica	950
18	128	Dominican Republic	245		18	130	Belize	908
19	132	Bermuda	225		19	131	Antigua and Barbuda	756
20	137	Puerto Rico	199
21	143	Belize	177
22	146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	171
23	148	Barbados	164
24	152	Dominican Republic	151
25	154	Bahamas	141
26	160	Nicaragua	115
27	169	U.S. Virgin Islands	104
28	171	Curaçao	99
29	172	Aruba	92
30	179	Saint Lucia	78
31	185	Cayman Islands	51
32	192	British Virgin Islands	23
33	194	Turks and Caicos Islands	13
34	197	Anguilla	9
35	203	Montserrat	0

Titles by national team

North America

Mexico, the United States, and Canada have not participated in regional union tournaments since 1991

Canada

Men

Regional Honors

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (2): 1985, 2000

• North American Nations Cup

Winners (1): 1990

International Honors

• Summer Olympics^*

Gold Medal (1): 1904

Women

Regional Honors

• CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Winners (2): 1998, 2010

Mexico

Men

International Honors

• King Fahd Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup: 1

1999

Third Place (1): 1995

Regional Honors

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (9): 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011

• North American Nations Cup

Winners (1): 1991

Runners-Up (1): 1990

• Pan Am Games Gold Medals

Winners (3): 1967, 1975, 1999

U-20 Men

International Honors

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-ups

1977

Third Place (1): 2011

U-17 Men

International Honors

• FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2

2005, 2011

United States

Men

• Summer Olympics^*

Silver Medal (1): 1904

Bronze Medal (1): 1904

• FIFA World Cup

Third Place (1): 1930

• King Fahd Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup

Runners-Up (1): 2009

Third Place (2): 1992, 1999

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (4): 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007

• North American Nations Cup

Runners-Up (1): 1991

• Pan American Games

Gold Medal (1): 1991

Women

International Honors

• FIFA Women's World Cup: 2

1991, 1999

• Olympic Games: 3

1996, 2004, 2008

• Algarve Cup: 8

2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

Regional Honors

• CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Winners (6): 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006

• Pan American Games

Gold Medal (1): 1999

U-20 Women

International Honors

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2

2002, 2008

Central America

Costa Rica

Regional

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (3): 1963, 1969, 1989

• UNCAF Nations Cup

Winners (6): 1991 Champions, 1997 Champions, 1999 Champions, 2003 Champions, 2005 Champions, 2007 Champions

• World Cup qualification First place (2): 1990,2002:

Main articles: 1989 CONCACAF Championship and 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF final round

• CCCF Championship

Winners (7): 1941, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1961

Honduras

• CONCACAF Gold Cup  :Winners (1): 1981

• UNCAF Nations Cup  :Winners (3): 1993 Champions, 1995 Champions, 2011 Champions,

Guatemala

Regional

• UNCAF Nations Cup

Winners (1): 2001 Champions

Panama

Regional

• UNCAF Nations Cup

Winners (1): 2009 Champions

Caribbean

Haiti

Regional

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (1): 1973 Champions

See also

Regional Unions

• NAFU
• UNCAF
• CFU

Former Confederations

• NAFC
• CCCF

Related articles

• IFFHS Central and North America's best clubs of the 20th century
• List of CONCACAF competitions

References

1. ^ Concacaf Main | CONCACAF Home | About Us | National Associations. Concacaf.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-14.
2. ^ "Bin Hammam and Warner suspended after FIFA investigation". CNN. 29 May 2011. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/05/29/football.fifa.hammam.warner/index.html. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Chuck Blazer 'survives sacking attempt', says Concacaf". BBC News Online. 1 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13608081.stm. 
4. ^ "Concacaf bans president Austin after Blazer 'sacking'". BBC News Online. 4 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13653437.stm. 
5. ^ "Concacaf Suspends Its Acting President on Eve of Gold Cup". The New York Times. 4 June 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/sports/soccer/concacaf-suspends-its-acting-president-lisle-austin.html. 
6. ^ FIFA announces Jack Warner resignation 20 June 2011. Fifa.com (2011-06-20). Retrieved on 2011-10-14.
7. ^ There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semifinals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

External links

• Official site
• CONCACAF Statutes
• Confederation of North Central American & Caribbean Association Football, Soccerlens.com. Retrieved: 09/10/2010.
• CONCACAF at the Open Directory Project