The CCL tournament currently employs a 16 team knockout format and is played between February and May.
Each round consists of a two-leg home-and-away series with the winner determined by aggregate goal differential.
Fifteen teams qualify automatically based on domestic performance, along with the winners of the CONCACAF League, played at the end of the previous calendar year.

A total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF Champions League:
- nine from the North American Zone (from three associations)
- at least five from the Central American Zone (the champions of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, and El Salvador)
- at least one team from the Caribbean Zone (the champions of the CFU Club Championship).[8]
- the remaining berth goes the winners of the Scotiabank CONCACAF League, played between 13 teams from the Central American Zone and 3 from the Caribbean Zone.

TEAMS:
Mexico: UANL Tigres; Club América; Chivas Guadalajara; Tijuana XOLOS
Canada: Toronto FC
USA: Seattle Sounders FC; FC Dallas; New York Red Bulls; Colorado Rapids
Costa Rica: Saprissa; Herediano
Honduras: Motagua
Panama: Tauro
El Salvador: Santa Tecla
Dominican Republic: Cibao
CL winner: Olimpia Honduras or Costa Rica Santos de Guápiles