CONCACAF

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Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
Logo of CONCACAF
CONCACAF member associations are in orange
Formation	1961
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	New York, United States of America
Membership	40 member associations
President	Jack A Warner
Website	http://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.

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.

1 World Cup Qualifiers
2 Member Nations
- 2.1 National teams
3 Competitions
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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 number of appearances.

Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	Total
Mexico	•			•	•	•	•	•	•		•		•		•	•	•	•	13
USA	•	•		•										•	•	•	•	•	8
Costa Rica														•			•	•	3
El Salvador									•			•							2
Cuba			•																1
Haiti										•									1
Honduras												•							1
Canada													•						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

[edit] Member Nations

[edit] National teams

North American Zone

Central American Zone

Caribbean Zone

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Confederation

CONCACAF Gold Cup - Premier international cup of CONCACAF region.
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup - Premier international women's cup of CONCACAF region.
CONCACAF U20 Tournament
CONCACAF Women's U20 Tournament
CONCACAF U17 Tournament

[edit] 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.

[edit] Beach Soccer

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

[edit] Defunct

NAFC Championship (1947,1949,1990,1991)
CCCF Championship (1941-1961)
CONCACAF Championship (1963-1971)

[edit] Club teams

[edit] Confederation

CONCACAF Champions League - To replace Champions Cup and begin play in 2008.

[edit] Regional

Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Club championship for Central America
CFU Club Championship - Club championship for Caribbean, top 3 qualify for Champions' League
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.
Nutrilite Canadian Championship - Club championship for Canada, winner qualifies for Champions League

[edit] 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.
CONCACAF Champions' Cup - Former premier club cup of CONCACAF region.