Miami, CMC: Concacaf has targeted next year for the launch of a women’s club football tournament. According to a media release from the football confederation, its council discussed the proposal for the tournament on Wednesday and agreed in principle to launch it early next year.
“The ongoing growth and development of women’s football is a major priority for Concacaf,” Concacaf president and Fifa vice president Victor Montagliani said.
“Since we launched our Concacaf W strategy in 2019, we have enhanced our women’s national team calendar and delivered tremendous competitions driving development across the region.
“The next phase of our strategy is to focus on a women’s club platform, and while there remains work to be done on the detail, this is a crucial step towards the launch of an exciting new competition next year.”
Concacaf indicated the tournament was in keeping with the work of the sport’s world governing body, FIFA, to develop a Women’s Club World Cup, announced last December.
The confederation added the new women’s club tournament following an entire revamp of its women’s national team calendar for 2021-2024, which includes more than double the number of official matches across the region compared with the previous cycle of tournaments.
Concacaf’s new women’s national team tournaments include the Concacaf W Qualifiers and W Championship, the upcoming Road to W Gold Cup, and the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup scheduled for February and March 2024.
The format and further details of the new women’s club tournament will be determined and communicated later this year once the confederation has received additional information regarding the design and slot allocation for the latest FIFA Women’s Club World Cup and has held further discussions with stakeholders.
The new women’s club tournament will include North America, Central America, and the Caribbean clubs. It will be the sole qualification route for Concacaf clubs to the FIFA Women’s Club World Cup.
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