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2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
Tournament details
DatesGroup phase:
7 September – 17 October 2023
Nations League Finals:
March 2024
Teams16
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored9 (1.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Eight players (1 goal each)
All statistics correct as of 8 September 2023.

The 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A is the top division of the 2023–24 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The initial group stage is being held from 7 September 2022 to 17 October 2023.[1][2]

League A will culminate with the 2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals in March 2024 to crown the champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.[3]

This edition of the CONCACAF Nations League A serves to determine the six CONCACAF representatives that will qualify as guests for the 2024 Copa América in the United States. The four quarter-finals winners and two play-in winners between the four quarter-finals losers will qualify to the CONMEBOL tournament.[4]

Format

Starting from this edition, the League A was increased from twelve to sixteen teams and a new quarters-final round was introduced. The group stage became two groups of six teams instead of the four groups of three teams of previous editions, and four teams received a direct bye to the quarter-finals. The twelve lowest-ranked teams in the CONCACAF Rankings as of March 2023 entered the group stage and were divided into two groups of six teams, with each team playing four matches against group opponents (two at home and two away) on a Swiss-system format. The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals, and will be joined by the four top-ranked teams in the CONCACAF Rankings as of March 2023. The quarter-finals will be played on a two-legged home-and-away basis with the four winners advancing to the Nations League Finals and qualifying directly to the 2024 Copa America, while the four losers will play two play-in matches on a single-leg for the last two berths to the CONMEBOL tournament.[3]

The Nations League Finals retains its previous format of a semi-final round, third place play-off and final match to determine the champions.

Teams

A total of sixteen national teams contest the League A, including the twelve sides from the 2022–23 season and four promoted from the 2022–23 League B. As a result of the expansion to 16 teams, there were no teams relegated from the previous season, so the twelve teams from the 2022-23 season remained in the League A for this edition.

Teams promoted from League B

Cuba, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago returned to the League A after a one-season absence. Guatemala reached the top division of the CONCACAF Nations League for the first time after starting in League C in the inaugural edition and moving up from League B the previous season.

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.[5]

Incoming
Promoted from
Nations League B

Seeding

The pots were confirmed on 2 May 2023, with the lowest twelve League A ranked teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2023, being split into six pots of two teams. The top four ranked teams (Mexico, the United States, Canada and Costa Rica) were directly seeded in the quarter-finals.[6]

Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Panama 1,695 5
 Haiti 1,482 6
2  Jamaica 1,479 7
 Guatemala 1,405 8
3  Honduras 1,403 9
 El Salvador 1,330 10
4  Martinique 1,246 12
 Cuba 1,176 13
5  Curaçao 1,171 14
 Suriname 1,079 16
6  Trinidad and Tobago 1,254 11
 Grenada 791 25

Draw

The group stage draw was held on 16 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States.[3][7] where the twelve involved teams were drawn into two group of six. The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A and then selecting the remaining team from Pot 1 and placling them in Group B. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.

The draw resulted in the following groups:[8]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Panama
A2  Guatemala
A3  El Salvador
A4  Martinique
A5  Curaçao
A6  Trinidad and Tobago
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Haiti
B2  Jamaica
B3  Honduras
B4  Cuba
B5  Suriname
B6  Grenada

Group stage

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 July 2023.[1][2] All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[9]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Panama Trinidad and Tobago Martinique Guatemala Curaçao El Salvador
1  Panama 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7 10 Advance to quarter-finals — — 3–0 3–0 — —
2  Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 0 1 10 9 +1 9 — — — 3–2 1–0 —
3  Martinique 4 2 1 1 2 3 −1 7 — — — — 1–0 1–0
4  Guatemala 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 1–1 — — — — 2–0
5  Curaçao (R) 4 1 0 3 6 7 −1 3 Relegation to League B 1–2 5–3 — — — —
6  El Salvador (R) 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1 — 2–3 0–0 — — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Curaçao
James 87' Report
Attendance: 5,181[10]
Panama 3–0 Martinique
 Report
Attendance: 3,145[11]
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)
Guatemala 2–0 El Salvador
 Report
Attendance: 18,313[12]
Martinique Match 19 Curaçao
Report
Guatemala Match 18 Panama
Report
El Salvador Match 20 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Curaçao Match 42 Panama
Report
Martinique Match 43 El Salvador
Report
Trinidad and Tobago Match 44 Guatemala
Report
Panama Match 61 Guatemala
Report
El Salvador Match 62 Martinique
Report
Curaçao Match 63 Trinidad and Tobago
Report

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Jamaica Honduras Suriname Cuba Haiti Grenada
1  Jamaica 4 3 1 0 10 5 +5 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–0 — — 2–2 —
2  Honduras 4 2 1 1 8 1 +7 7 — — — 4–0 — 4–0
3  Suriname 4 1 2 1 6 3 +3 5 — — — — 1–1 4–0
4  Cuba 4 1 2 1 1 4 −3 5 — 0–0 1–0 — — —
5  Haiti (R) 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1 3 Relegation to League B 2–3 — — 0–0 — —
6  Grenada (R) 4 0 1 3 2 13 −11 1 1–4 — 1–1 — — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Haiti 0–0 Cuba
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic)
Grenada 1–1 Suriname
Lewis 85' Report Te Vrede 87'
Attendance: 2,994[13]
Jamaica 1–0 Honduras
Gray 64' Report
Cuba Match 28 Suriname
Report
Jamaica Match 27 Haiti
Report
Honduras Match 28 Grenada
Report
Suriname Match 35 Haiti
Report
Cuba Match 36 Honduras
Report
Grenada Match 37 Jamaica
Report
Haiti Match 52 Jamaica
Report
Honduras Match 53 Cuba
Report
Suriname Match 54 Grenada
Report

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals pairings will be determined based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of October 2023 for the four seeded teams and the group stage results for the winners and runners-up of each group.[4]

Seeded teams
Rank Team Pts
TBD  Canada TBD
TBD  Costa Rica TBD
TBD  Mexico TBD
TBD  United States TBD
Group stage winners and runners-up
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Best ranked group winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Next ranked group winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Best ranked group runner-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Next ranked group runner-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

The match-ups will be as follows:

  • Quarter-final 1 (QF1): Fourth ranked seeded team vs Best ranked group winner
  • Quarter-final 2 (QF2): Third ranked seeded team vs Next ranked group winner
  • Quarter-final 3 (QF3): Second ranked seeded team vs Best ranked group runner-up
  • Quarter-final 4 (QF4): First ranked seeded team vs Next ranked group runner-up

Summary

The first legs will be played on 16 and 17 November, and the second legs will be played on 20 and 21 November 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fourth ranked seeded team QF1 Best ranked group winner 16–17 Nov 20–21 Nov
Third ranked seeded team QF2 Next ranked group winner 16–17 Nov 20–21 Nov
Second ranked seeded team QF3 Best ranked group runner-up 16–17 Nov 20–21 Nov
First ranked seeded team QF4 Next ranked group runner-up 16–17 Nov 20–21 Nov

Note: Order of legs has not been announced.


Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 July 2023.[1][2] All match times are in EST (UTC−5) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Match 69
Match 86

Winner advances to the Finals and qualifies for the 2024 Copa América.

Match 70
Match 87

Winner advances to the Finals and qualifies for the 2024 Copa América.

Match 75
Match 92

Winner advances to the Finals and qualifies for the 2024 Copa América.

Match 76
Match 93

Winner advances to the Finals and qualifies for the 2024 Copa América.

Nations League Finals

Main article: 2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals


Goalscorers

There have been 9 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.5 goals per match (as of 8 September 2023).

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b c "CONCACAF announces schedule for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". CONCACAF. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b "CONCACAF Nations League Regulations 2023" (PDF). CONCACAF. May 2023 [Approved on 27 April 2023]. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Concacaf Disciplinary Committee decision regarding Nicaragua and the Eligibility of Players" (Press release). CONCACAF. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ^ "CONCACAF confirms details for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League official draw". CONCACAF. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ Reidy, Paul (3 May 2023). "Concacaf Nations League 23/24 draw to be staged on 16 May". Diario AS. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Draw delivers groups for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". CONCACAF. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Concacaf confirms September schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage matches". Miami: CONCACAF. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 Curacao (Sep 7, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Panama 3-0 Martinique (Sep 7, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Guatemala 2-0 El Salvador (Sep 7, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Grenada 1-1 Suriname (Sep 8, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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