CONCACAF today unveiled the complete quarterfinal home-and-away series fixtures for the 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with the opening games scheduled for 22 February and the return matches set for 8 March.
Quarterfinal pairings were determined by a draw conducted today during the CONCACAF Executive Committee Meeting in New York City.
The 2005 Mexican Torneo de Clausura Winner, Club América, will travel to face the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Champion (which will be determined in December) in the first-leg of the Quarterfinal (QF) Series 1, while the second encounter is set for Mexico.
The QF Series 2 has the USA's Major League Soccer 2005 Runners-up, New England Revolution, visiting Costa Rica's LD Alajuelense of the Union Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF), in Alajuela for the opening-leg, with the second-leg being a home game for the Revolution.
CD Olímpia of Honduras will host the 2005 Mexican Torneo de Apertura Winner, in the first-leg of the QF Series 3, while the second-leg will take place in Mexico.
The QF Series 4 will feature the 2005 MLS Champions Los Angeles Galaxy hosting the winner of the series between Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) and Municipal Pérez Zeledón (CRC), in the opening-leg, while the second match will be held in Costa Rica.
The quarterfinal winners will advance to the Champions' Cup Semifinal Series scheduled for 22 and 29 March.
The Semifinal Series victors will play for the 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup on 12 & 19 April, with the winner also qualifying to the FIFA Club World Championship in Japan next year. The Champions' Cup Runner-up will be one of the three CONCACAF invitees to the 2006 Copa Nissan Sudamericana.
Meanwhile, the defending CONCACAF Champions' Cup winner, Deportivo Saprissa, will face the world's best in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship to be held in Japan next month.
The 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup will be broadcast on television by the FoxSports International regional programming channels (Fox Soccer Channel USA; FoxSports en Español USA; Fox Sports Latin America Northern Cone Caribbean, Central America & Mexico).
The CONCACAF Champions' Cup is the longest running international club competition in the region and has crowned the champion club of the Confederation since its inception in 1962.
2006 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS' CUP
Quarterfinal Series
QF1
22.02.2006: TBD;
CFU CHAMPION/CAMPEN CLUB AMÉRICA (MEX)
08.03.2006: Ciudad de México, MEXICO;
CLUB AMÉRICA (MEX) CFU CHAMPION/CAMPEN
QF2
22.02.2006: Alajuela, COSTA RICA;
LD ALAJUELENSE (CRC) NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (USA)
08.03.2006: Foxboro, Massachusetts USA;
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (USA) LD ALAJUELENSE (CRC)
QF3
22.02.2006: Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS;
CD OLMPIA (HON) MEXICO 2
08.03.2006: TBD, MEXICO;
MEXICO 2 CD OLMPIA (HON)
QF4
22.02.2006: Carson, California USA;
LOS ANGELES GALAXY (USA) SAPRISSA (CRC)/PÉREZ ZELEDN (CRC)
08.03.2006: TBD, COSTA RICA;
SAPRISSA (CRC)/PÉREZ ZELEDN (CRC) LOS ANGELES GALAXY (USA)
Semifinal Series
First-leg: 22 March
Second-leg: 29 March
Final Series
First-leg: 12 April
Second-leg: 19 April
CONCACAF Champions' Cup All-Time Winners
Year Winners
1962 CD Guadalajara (MEX)
1963 Racing Club Haiten (HAI)
1967 Alianza FC (SLV)
1968 CD Toluca (MEX)
1969 CDSC Cruz Azul (MEX)
1970 CDSC Cruz Azul (MEX)
1971 CDSC Cruz Azul (MEX)
1972 CD Olimpia (HON)
1973 SV Transvaal (SUR)
1974 CSD Municipal (GUA)
1975 Atlético Español (MEX)
1976 CD Aguila (SLV)
1977 Club América (MEX)
1978 Universidad de Guadalajara (MEX), CSD Comunicaciones (GUA), Defence Force (TRI)
1979 Deportivo FAS (SLV)
1980 Pumas UNAM (MEX)
1981 SV Transvaal (SUR)
1982 Pumas UNAM (MEX)
1983 Altante (MEX)
1984 Violette AC (HAI)
1985 Defence Force (TRI)
1986 LD Alajuelense (CRC)
1987 Club América (MEX)
1988 CD Olimpia (HON)
1989 Pumas UNAM (MEX)
1990 Club América (MEX)
1991 Puebla (MEX)
1992 Club América (MEX)
1993 Deportivo Saprissa (CRC)
1994 CS Cartaginés (CRC)
1995 Deportivo Saprissa (CRC)
1996 CDSC Cruz Azul (MEX)
1997 CDSC Cruz Azul (MEX)
1998 D.C. United (USA)
1999 CID Necaxa (MEX)
2000 Los Angeles Galaxy (USA)
2002 CF Pachuca (MEX)
2003 CD Toluca (MEX)
2004 LD Alajuelense (CRC)
2005 Deportivo Saprissa (CRC)
