2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League

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2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League
Tournament details
DatesLeague A:
September – October 2023
Leagues B and C:
September – November 2023
League A quarter-finals:
November 2023
Nations League Finals:
March 2024
Teams41
2024–25 →

The 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League will be the third season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The competition will see a format change, with League A now featuring sixteen teams in two groups of a Swiss system, followed by a quarter-final round. The Nations League will begin with the group stage in September 2023, and will conclude with the Nations League Finals in March 2024. The Nations League also serves as qualification for CONCACAF teams to the 2024 Copa América in the United States.

The United States are the two-time defending champions.

Format

On 28 February 2023, CONCACAF announced a format change for the 2023–24 season of the CONCACAF Nations League. As a result, no teams will be relegated from the 2022–23 season.[1][2]

The size of League A will be increased from twelve to sixteen teams, and will now feature a quarter-final round. The twelve lowest-ranked teams in the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023 will enter the group stage, now using a Swiss-system tournament format. The teams will be divided into two groups of six teams, with each team playing four matches against group opponents (two at home and two away). The top four teams will advance to the quarter-finals, and will be joined by the four top-ranked teams in the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023. The teams advancing from the group stage will be drawn into ties against the top-ranked teams, which will be played on a two-legged home-and-away basis. The four quarter-final winners will advance to the Nations League Finals, which retains its previous format of a semi-final round, third place play-off and final match to determine the champions. In addition, the 2023–24 Nations League will determine the six CONCACAF teams which will qualify as guests for the 2024 Copa América in the United States. The quarter-final winners will qualify directly to the tournament, while the losers will advance to a qualifying play-off, featuring two single-leg matches.

League B will remain unchanged, featuring sixteen teams divided into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches in a double round-robin home-and-away format (three at home and three away). Following the format change, League C will be reduced from thirteen to nine teams and from four to three groups. Teams will be divided into three groups of three teams, with each team playing four matches in a double round-robin home-and-away format (two at home and two away).[1]

Promotion and relegation will resume for the 2023–24 season, with the fifth and sixth placed teams in League A and the fourth-placed teams in League B being relegated for the next season. The group winners of Leagues B and C will be promoted, as will the best second-placed team of League C.[1]

Entrants

All of CONCACAF's 41 member associations will enter in the competition. Teams will be divided into leagues based on their results of the 2022–23 season, while the pots were determined by the CONCACAF Ranking of March 2023.[3] The four top-ranked teams in League A will receive a bye to the quarter-finals. The group stage draw was held on 16 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States.[1][4][5] The pots were confirmed on 2 May 2023, with League A split into six pots of two teams, League B split into four pots of four teams and League C split into three pots of three teams.[6]

Nicaragua originally qualified for promotion to League A as winners of League B Group C, but were disqualified due to fielding an ineligible player. As a result, they were replaced on June 12, 2023, by Trinidad and Tobago. Nicaragua replaced Trinidad and Tobago in League B [7]

Key
Rise Promoted in previous season
League A
Pot Team Prv Pts Rank
QF  Mexico Same position 1,939 1
 United States Same position 1,919 2
 Costa Rica Same position 1,796 3
 Canada Same position 1,743 4
1  Panama Same position 1,695 5
 Haiti Rise 1,482 6
2  Jamaica Same position 1,479 7
 Guatemala Rise 1,405 8
3  Honduras Same position 1,403 9
 El Salvador Same position 1,330 10
4  Martinique Same position 1,246 12
 Cuba Rise 1,176 13
5  Curaçao Same position 1,171 14
 Suriname Same position 1,079 16
6  Trinidad and Tobago Rise 1,254 11
 Grenada Same position 791 25
League B
Pot Team Prv Pts Rank
1  Nicaragua Same position 1,067 17
 French Guiana Same position 1,086 15
 Guyana Same position 994 18
 Guadeloupe Same position 966 19
2  Antigua and Barbuda Same position 949 20
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Rise 923 21
 Dominican Republic Same position 913 22
 Bermuda Same position 863 23
3  Saint Lucia Rise 795 24
 Puerto Rico Rise 790 26
 Montserrat Same position 780 27
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Same position 726 28
4  Belize Same position 715 29
 Barbados Same position 681 30
 Bahamas Same position 530 34
 Sint Maarten Rise 413 37
League C
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Bonaire 627 31
 Dominica 572 32
 Aruba 564 33
2  Turks and Caicos Islands 461 35
 Cayman Islands 435 36
 Saint Martin 377 38
3  Anguilla 224 39
 U.S. Virgin Islands 193 40
 British Virgin Islands 163 41

Schedule

Below is the schedule of the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League.[1]

Round FIFA window[8]
League A League B and C
Matchday 1 4–12 September 2023
Matchday 2
Matchday 3 9–17 October 2023
Matchday 4
Quarter-finals, 1st leg Matchday 5 13–21 November 2023
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg Matchday 6
Semi-finals — 18–26 March 2024
Third place play-off —
Final —

League A

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals
2  Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Martinique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League B
6  Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals
2  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League B
6  Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final pairings are predetermined based on the ranking of the teams. The group winners and runners-up will be ranked based on their results in the group stage, while the seeded teams will be ranked based on the October 2023 CONCACAF Ranking Index.[5] The first and second legs will be played in November 2023. The winners will advance to the Nations League Finals and qualify for the 2024 Copa América, while the losers will advance to the Copa América qualifying play-offs.

Seeded teams

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Top-ranked group winner 1 4th ranked seeded team Nov Nov
Lower-ranked group winner 2 3rd ranked seeded team Nov Nov
Top ranked group runner-up 3 2nd ranked seeded team Nov Nov
Lower-ranked group runner-up 4 1st ranked seeded team Nov Nov

Nations League Finals

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
March – TBD
 
 
Winner quarter-final
 
March – TBD
 
Winner quarter-final
 
Winner Match 1
 
March – TBD
 
Winner Match 2
 
Winner quarter-final
 
 
Winner quarter-final
 
Third place play-off
 
 
March – TBD
 
 
Loser Match 1
 
 
Loser Match 2
 
Copa Play-InAdvanced to Copa America
 
      
 
March – TBD
 
 
Loser quarter-final
 
 
 
Loser quarter-final
 
Winner Match 1
 
March – TBD
 
Winner Match 2
 
Loser quarter-final
 
 
Loser quarter-final
 

Semi-finals

Winner quarter-finalMatch 1Winner quarter-final
Winner quarter-finalMatch 2Winner quarter-final

Third place play-off

Loser Match 1Match 3Loser Match 2

Final

Winner Match 1Match 4Winner Match 2

League B

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Guadeloupe Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Sint Maarten
1  Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A — TBD TBD TBD
2  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Sint Maarten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Dominican Republic Nicaragua Montserrat Barbados
1  Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A — TBD TBD TBD
2  Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation French Guiana Bermuda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Belize
1  French Guiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A — TBD TBD TBD
2  Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Guyana Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico The Bahamas
1  Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A — TBD TBD TBD
2  Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

League C

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Bonaire Collectivity of Saint Martin Anguilla
1  Bonaire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B — TBD TBD
2  Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible promotion to League B based on ranking TBD — TBD
3  Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Aruba Cayman Islands United States Virgin Islands
1  Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B — TBD TBD
2  Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible promotion to League B based on ranking TBD — TBD
3  U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Dominica Turks and Caicos Islands British Virgin Islands
1  Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B — TBD TBD
2  Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible promotion to League B based on ranking TBD — TBD
3  British Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 A Second place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B
2 B Second place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Second place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ Straus, Brian (28 February 2023). "Concacaf Revamps Nations League, Unveils Copa America and World Cup Qualifying". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. ^ "CONCACAF Ranking Index". CONCACAF. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. ^ Reidy, Paul (3 May 2023). "Concacaf Nations League 23/24 draw to be staged on 16 May". Diario AS. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Draw delivers groups for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". CONCACAF. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  6. ^ "CONCACAF confirms details for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League official draw". CONCACAF. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Concacaf Disciplinary Committee decision regarding Nicaragua and the Eligibility of Players" (Press release). CONCACAF. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Men's International Match Calendar 2020–2024" (PDF). FIFA. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

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