- Source: 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup knockout stage
The 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup knockout stage will be played from 24 September to 4 December 2024. A total of eight teams compete in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup.
Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.
= Seeding
=Teams were seeded 1–8 based on results in the group stage and assigned a position in a fixed bracket. For example, the first semi-final was contested between the winner of the 1 vs. 8 quarter-final and the winner of the 4 vs. 5 quarter-final. For each round, the host of the second leg was determined based on performance in all previous rounds, including the group stage.
Format
The knockout stage will be played on a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:
Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The home team of the second leg in each tie was determined separately for each round as follows (Regulations Article 12.11):
In the quarter-finals, the group winners hosted the second leg.
In the semi-finals and play-in, the higher-ranked teams based on total points accumulated in the group stage and the quarterfinals hosted the second leg.
In the finals, the higher-ranked team based on total points accumulated in the group stage, quarterfinals and semi-finals will host the second leg.
In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be directly used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 12.10.2).
In the play-in and finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would also be used. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time would be played but the away goals scored during this time would not serve as a tie-breaking criteria. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.10.3).
Bracket
The bracket of the final stages was determined as follows:
The bracket was decided based on the quarter-finals seeding.
Quarter-finals
In the quarter-finals, the teams were seeded based on their results in the group stage, with the group winners seeded 1–4, and the group runners-up seeded 5–8. The group winners hosted the second leg.
= Summary
=The first legs were played on 24–26 September, and the second legs were played on 1–3 October 2024.
= Matches
=Alajuelense won 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to the semi-finals (Match SF1) and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Comunicaciones advanced to the play-in.
Antigua won 3–0 on aggregate, advanced to the semi-finals (Match SF1) and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Saprissa advanced to the play-in.
Real Estelí won 2–1 on aggregate, advanced to the semi-finals (Match SF2) and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Águila advanced to the play-in.
Herediano advanced to the semi-finals (Match SF2), on away goals, and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One, at minimum. Motagua advanced to the play-in.
Play-in
In the play-in, the team in each tie which have the better performance across all previous rounds (group stage and quarter-finals) host the second leg.
= Summary
=The first legs were played on 22 and 23 October, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 October 2024.
= Matches
=Saprissa won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One.
Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One.
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the team in each tie which have the better performance across all previous rounds (group stage and quarter-finals) host the second leg.
= Summary
=The first legs were played on 22 and 24 October, and the second legs were played on 30 and 31 October 2024.
= Matches
=Alajuelense won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.
Real Estelí advanced to the finals on away goals.
Finals
In the finals, the team which has the better performances across all previous rounds (group stage, quarter-finals and semi-finals) host the second leg.
= Summary
== Matches
=Winner qualifies for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16.
References
External links
Official website
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- 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup knockout stage
- 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup
- 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
- CONCACAF Champions Cup
- 2024 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
- 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup
- CONCACAF W Champions Cup
- CONCACAF Gold Cup
- 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup knockout stage
- 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage
