The 2025/26 Concacaf W Champions Cup beings this week, marking the start of the second edition of the tournament. With a bid for the 2027 FIFA Women’s Champions Cup and the 2028 FIFA Women’s Club World Cup on the line, here’s what you need to know!
When is the Concacaf W Champions Cup?
The Group Stage begins on August 19 and concludes on October 16. In May 2026, the tournament finals will commence, and the second-ever winners of the W Champions Cup will be decided.
The Group Stage of this year’s W Champions Cup will take place across five weeks:
- Group Stage Week 1: August 19-21, 2025
- Group Stage Week 2: September 2-4, 2025
- Group Stage Week 3: September 16-18, 2025
- Group Stage Week 4: September 30 – October 2, 2025
- Group Stage Week 5: October 14-16, 2025
Per Concacaf, the W Champions Cup Finals, including the Semifinals, Final and Third Place Match, will take place in a centralized location from May 20-23, 2026.
The complete schedule is available here on the Concacaf site.
What’s at stake?
The only way for Concacaf clubs to qualify for the upcoming FIFA Women’s Champions Cup and FIFA Women’s Club World Cup tournaments is through the W Champions Cup.
Winners of this year’s tournament will join fellow Concacaf club NJ/NY Gotham FC, who won the inaugural edition in 2024/25 of the W Champions Cup, at the FIFA tournaments.
How does it work?
Clubs have been drawn into two groups, with five teams in each. Each club will play four matches, two home and two away, in a single round robin tournament format, facing each team in their group.
The groups for the 2025/26 Concacaf W Champions Cup are:
Group A
Club América Femenil (MEX)
Orlando Pride (USA)
CF Pachuca Femenil (MEX)
LD Alajuelense (CRC)
Chorrillo FC (PAN)
Group B
NJ/NY Gotham FC (USA)
Washington Spirit (USA)
CF Monterrey Femenil (MEX)
Vancouver Rise FC Academy (CAN)
Alianza FC Women (SLV)
At the conclusion of the Group Stage, the top two teams from each group will move on to the Semifinals in May 2026.