2005 Champions Cup Draw to Take Place on Wednesday, December 15th
December 10, 2004 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release
KANSAS CITY, MO (Friday, December 10, 2004) - The Confederation of North,
Central American and Caribbean Association Football has announced that the
draw for the final phase of the 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup will be held at
the offices of the CONCACAF General Secretariat in New York City on
Wednesday, December 15th. The results of the draw will be available on
www.kcwizards.com The eight teams in the draw will be paired to play two-leg, straight
knockout, home-and-away series, from March 9 - May 11, 2005. The CONCACAF
Champions' Cup draw procedure will have two pots of four teams each; one
containing two teams each from Mexico and USA and the other with the
Caribbean representative and three from Central America. Teams will be
paired by selecting one team from each pot. The clubs that have qualified for the 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup are: the
Kansas City Wizards and D.C. United from the USA; CF Monterrey and Pumas
UNAM from Mexico; CD OlÃmpia (HON), CSD Municipal (GUA) and Deportivo
Saprissa (CRC) from Central America; with the eighth spot to be claimed by
the winner of the 2004 Caribbean Club Championship Final between Harbour
View FC and Tivoli Gardens FC, both from Jamaica. The Champions' Cup winner will earn a berth in the 2005 FIFA World Club
Championship, a six-team tournament to be held in Japan in December 2005.
The champion of each of the six Confederations - CONCACAF (North & Central
America & Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), UEFA (Europe), AFC (Asia),
CAF (Africa) and OFC (Oceania) - will take part in the World Club
Championship. For more information on the 2005 CONCACAF Champions Cup, log on to
www.concacaf.com The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
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