00:02the confederation of north central america and caribbean association football better known as
00:10concacaf is one of fifa's six continental governing bodies its 41 member associations
00:19represent countries and territories in north and central america and for geopolitical reasons three
00:26nations from south america guiana suriname and french guiana
00:37concacaf was founded in 1961 in mexico city more than 60 years later mexico remains the dominant
00:45partner until 1998 the region regularly received only one birth at the world cup finals it was
00:56routinely taken by el tree so much so that mexico boasts the best world cup qualification record
01:03of any men's international side with 121 wins from 189 matches
01:13their 18 finals appearances is behind only brazil and germany
01:21since france 98 concacaf's world cup allocation has increased to at least three sides allowing the
01:30likes of jamaica panama and trinidad and tobago their moment on the biggest stage mexico are also record
01:39nine-time winners of the regional tournament the concacaf gold cup and the only nation to parlay that
01:46success into something greater when they won the 1999 confederations cup with a 4-3 final victory over
01:54brazil in front of 110 000 fans at the estadio azteca
02:03the azteca has also hosted two world cup finals in 1970 and 1986 with the rose bowl in pasadena the
02:13only other venue in the region to host the biggest match in football that was in 1994 when the usa
02:20hosted
02:21the world cup for the first time but the region was handed the chance to shine again in 2026 with
02:30mexico
02:31the us and canada all sharing hosting duties and concacaf enjoying unprecedented participation at the finals
02:44it will provide an opportunity for some of the smaller nations in the area to improve on historically
02:50poor world cup records
02:54of the 11 sides to appear at a world cup and not earn a point four are concacaf members this
03:02includes canada
03:03and el salvador the only countries to appear at multiple finals without securing at least a draw
03:13el salvador were also on the wrong end of the heaviest defeat in world cup history
03:18back in 1982 when they were thumped 10-1 by hungary
03:27at club level teams from mexico have dominated the concacaf champions cup winning almost two-thirds
03:34of the titles on offer since 1962
03:39and liga mx sides have only failed to win the competition once since 2005.
03:45in 2015.
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