MIAMI, Florida – The third edition of the Concacaf Nations League begins on Thursday, September 7 with a new look, as 41 teams over the course of the next seven months will square off across League A, League B and League C.
When
The 2023-24 Concacaf Nations League will begin on September 7 and will conclude with the Concacaf Nations League Finals in March 2024.
The match schedule for the first international window in September is available HERE:
Qualification for Copa America
The 2023-24 Concacaf Nations League will serve as a qualifier for the 2024 Copa America to be held within the United States. Six teams from the Concacaf region will represent Concacaf in the 16-team tournament.
New Format
The 2023-24 Concacaf Nations League will feature a new format in League A, which will feature a total of 16 teams.
League A will begin with 12 teams divided into two groups of six teams, with each team playing four matches against group opponents and the top two finishers in each group advancing to the 2023-24 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinals, where they will join the top four seeded teams: United States, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica.
The winners of the four Quarterfinal match-ups not only will advance to the Concacaf Nations League Finals in March, but they will also qualify for the 2024 Copa America, while the defeated teams from the quarterfinals will meet in a pair of Play-In matches to determine the final two spots in the 2024 Copa America.
While League B remains unchanged with 16 teams divided into four groups of four, League C has a new look, with nine teams divided into three groups of three teams.
Promotion and Relegation
The 2023-24 Concacaf Nations League will also see the return of both Promotion and Relegation to the competition. The bottom two teams from the six-team groups in League A will be relegated to League B, while the last-place team in each of the four League B groups will be relegated to League C.
The winners of each group in League B will be promoted to League A, while the winners of each group in League C and the best-ranked second-place team will be promoted to League B.
Participating Teams
League A
Top Seeds: United States, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica
Group A: Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Martinique, Curacao, Trinidad and Tobago
Group B: Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Cuba, Suriname, Grenada
League B
Group A: Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten
Group B: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Montserrat, Barbados
Group C: French Guiana, Bermuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize
Group D: Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Bahamas
League C
Group A: Bonaire, Saint Martin, Anguilla
Group B: Aruba, Cayman Islands, US Virgin Islands
Group C: Dominica, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands
