The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region.

It also provided qualification places for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, to which the top three teams advanced.

Starting in 2008, all of the Central American nations have one or two teams qualifying directly to the expanded CONCACAF Champions League, thus this tournament ceased to be played.

In 2016, the Central American Football Union revived the competition by inaugurating a tournament open to women's clubs.

[1] As opposed to the men's cup, this tournament is played in a fixed host.