The format of the Leagues Cup 2024 has been defined

The Leagues Cup 2024 is almost here, and the competition’s format offers a month’s worth of football matches for fans to enjoy this summer.

Both Major League Soccer and Liga MX are suspending their seasons for the second year in a row to participate in the League Cup 2024, a month-long tournament that includes all 29 MLS clubs and 18 Liga MX clubs. The tournament highlights the best talent from across Canada, the United States and Mexico, but only one side will emerge victorious as the new League Cup champions.

Now, even after Copa America 2024 and Euro 2024, football fans still have plenty of top-flight matches to watch before Europe’s top five leagues return for the 2024/25 season. In fact, the first leg of the League Cup kicks off on Friday, July 26, and the competition continues through August.

Here is a breakdown of the 2024 Sports Cup format.

The Le League Cup 2024 format may sound a little confusing on paper, but it is very similar to any other football tournament in the world, with a few exceptions. This competition opens with a group stage, and continues to the finals until only two teams are left to face each other in the finals.

The group stage has 15 teams of three teams each while the reigning MLS champions, Columbus Crew, and Liga MX champions, Club America, have a bye in the Round of 32. The tournament is divided into two regions, the East. (seven teams) and the West (eight teams).

The remaining 45 teams must earn enough points in the group stage to advance to the knockout stage. Like last year, this contest still features a “No Ties” format. If the match ends in a draw after 90 minutes, both teams will receive one point before going straight to penalties. The winner of the shootout will get an extra point.

The top two clubs in each group will advance to the next stage of the competition while the bottom 15 teams will be eliminated early.

The knockout stages of the League Cup 2024 start with the round of 32, followed by the Round of 16, then the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the biggest game of all, the final.

The two teams that lost in the semi-final will face each other in the third place qualifier, while the winner and the two teams in the final will be the three teams that will enter the Concacaf Champions Cup.