2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League

The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League is the second 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 group phase of the tournament started on 2 June 2022, and the final tournament, which will decide the champions, will be played in June 2023.[1] The Nations League also serves as a qualifier for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[2]

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League
Tournament details
DatesLeague phase:
2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023
Nations League Finals:
June 2023
Teams41
Tournament statistics
Matches played67
Goals scored194 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ayrton Cicilia
(5 goals)

The United States are the defending champions.

Schedule

The format for the 2022–23 Nations League was announced by CONCACAF on 27 July 2020.[1] Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar taking place at the end of the year, the league phase will be played in June 2022 and March 2023.[2]

Stage Round Dates
League phase Matchday 1 2–4 June 2022
Matchday 2 5–7 June 2022
Matchday 3 9–11 June 2022
Matchday 4 12–14 June 2022
Matchday 5 23–25 March 2023
Matchday 6 26–28 March 2023
Finals Semi-finals June 2023
Third place play-off
Final

Format

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.3):[3]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Number of away goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if the tie was only between two teams);
  8. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Teams
Map showing the leagues each national team will participate in.
  League A
  League B
  League C

All 41 CONCACAF national teams will enter the competition. The four teams which finished bottom of each group in Leagues A and B from the 2019–20 season will move down a league, while the four teams which finished top of each group in Leagues B and C will move up. The remaining teams will stay in their respective leagues.

Key
Promoted in previous season
Relegated in previous season
League A
Team Prv
 Canada
 Costa Rica
 Curaçao
 Honduras
 Mexico
 Martinique
 Panama
 United States
 El Salvador
 Grenada
 Jamaica
 Suriname
League B
Team Prv
 Bermuda
 Cuba
 Haiti
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Belize
 Dominican Republic
 French Guiana
 Guyana
 Montserrat
 Nicaragua
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Bahamas
 Barbados
 Guadeloupe
 Guatemala
League C
Team Prv
 Aruba
 Dominica
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Anguilla
 Bonaire
 British Virgin Islands
 Cayman Islands
 Puerto Rico
 Sint Maarten
 Saint Martin
 Turks and Caicos Islands
 U.S. Virgin Islands

    Seeding

    The draw for the league phase took place in Miami, Florida, United States on 4 April 2022, 19:00 EDT.[2] Each of the League's draws began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A of their respective league. The draws continued by selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and positioning them into Groups B, C and D in sequential order. The same procedure was done for the remaining pots. Teams were seeded into pots using CONCACAF Ranking.[4]

    League A
    Pot Team Pts Rank
    1  Mexico 2,020 1
     United States 1,917 2
     Canada 1,821 3
     Costa Rica 1,805 4
    2  Panama 1,624 5
     Jamaica 1,471 6
     El Salvador 1,390 9
     Honduras 1,350 10
    3  Martinique 1,252 11
     Curaçao 1,249 12
     Suriname 1,089 15
     Grenada 834 25
    League B
    Pot Team Pts Rank
    1  Haiti 1,432 7
     Guatemala 1,417 8
     Trinidad and Tobago 1,232 13
     Cuba 1,096 14
    2  French Guiana 1,030 16
     Guadeloupe 1,011 17
     Nicaragua 986 18
     Bermuda 973 19
    3  Antigua and Barbuda 953 20
     Guyana 924 21
     Dominican Republic 872 23
     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 865 24
    4  Belize 795 26
     Montserrat 767 27
     Barbados 674 31
     Bahamas 538 33
    League C
    Pot Team Pts Rank
    1  Saint Kitts and Nevis 910 22
     Puerto Rico 725 28
     Bonaire 718 29
     Saint Lucia 709 30
    2  Dominica 625 32
     Aruba 528 34
     Cayman Islands 512 35
     Turks and Caicos Islands 448 36
    3  Saint Martin 381 37
     Sint Maarten 296 38
     U.S. Virgin Islands 246 39
     Anguilla 218 40
     British Virgin Islands 152 41

    League A
    Main article: 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A

    Group A
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1  Jamaica (X) 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 Qualification for Nations League Finals and Gold Cup — 1–1 3–1
    2  Mexico 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Qualification for Gold Cup 26 Mar — 3–0
    3  Suriname (Y) 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
    Advance to Gold Cup Preliminary Round
    Relegation to League B
    		 1–1 23 Mar —
    Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (X) Qualified for Gold Cup; (Y) Cannot qualify for semi-finals, may still qualify for Gold Cup

    Group B
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1  Panama (X) 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Qualification for Nations League Finals and Gold Cup — 2–0 5–0
    2  Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Qualification for Gold Cup 28 Mar — 2–0
    3  Martinique (Y) 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
    Advance to Gold Cup Preliminary Round
    Relegation to League B
    		 0–0 25 Mar —
    Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (X) Qualified for Gold Cup; (Y) Cannot qualify for semi-finals, may still qualify for Gold Cup

    Group C
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1  Honduras 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Qualification for Nations League Finals and Gold Cup — 2–1 1–2
    2  Canada 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3 Qualification for Gold Cup 28 Mar — 4–0
    3  Curaçao 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
    Advance to Gold Cup Preliminary Round
    Relegation to League B
    		 0–1 25 Mar —
    Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF

    Group D
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1  El Salvador (X) 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Qualification for Nations League Finals and Gold Cup — 1–1 3–1
    2  United States 2 1 1 0 6 1 +5 4 Qualification for Gold Cup 27 Mar — 5–0
    3  Grenada (Y) 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
    Advance to Gold Cup Preliminary Round
    Relegation to League B
    		 2–2 24 Mar —
    Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (X) Qualified for Gold Cup; (Y) Cannot qualify for semi-finals, may still qualify for Gold Cup

    League B
    Main article: 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B

    Group A
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
    1  Cuba (W) 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 9 Promotion to League A and Gold Cup — 26 Mar 3–1 3–0
    2  Guadeloupe (W) 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Gold Cup Preliminary Round 2–1 — 23 Mar 2–1
    3  Antigua and Barbuda 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 6 0–2 1–0 — 26 Mar
    4  Barbados (Z) 4 0 0 4 1 7 −6 0 Relegation to League C 23 Mar 0–1 0–1 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (W) Safe from relegation; (Z) Cannot qualify for the Gold Cup, but may still remain in League B

    Group B
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
    1  Haiti (V) 4 3 1 0 15 4 +11 10 Promotion to League A and Gold Cup — 6–0 28 Mar 3–2
    2  Guyana 4 2 0 2 6 14 −8 6 Gold Cup Preliminary Round 2–6 — 2–1 28 Mar
    3  Bermuda 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 4 0–0 25 Mar — 3–0
    4  Montserrat (Y) 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 3 Relegation to League C 25 Mar 1–2 3–2 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (V) At least qualified for the Gold Cup qualifiers, but may still be promoted; (Y) Cannot be promoted

    Group C
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
    1  Nicaragua (V) 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10 Promotion to League A and Gold Cup — 2–1 4–0 24 Mar
    2  Trinidad and Tobago (W) 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 9 Gold Cup Preliminary Round 27 Mar — 1–0 4–1
    3  Bahamas (Y) 4 1 0 3 1 7 −6 3 0–2 24 Mar — 1–0
    4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Z) 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6 1 Relegation to League C 2–2 0–2 27 Mar —
    Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (V) At least qualified for the Gold Cup qualifiers, but may still be promoted; (W) Safe from relegation; (Y) Cannot be promoted; (Z) Cannot qualify for the Gold Cup, but may still remain in League B

    Group D
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
    1  French Guiana (V) 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 10 Promotion to League A and Gold Cup — 2–0 24 Mar 1–0
    2  Guatemala (W) 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7 Gold Cup Preliminary Round 27 Mar — 2–0 2–0
    3  Dominican Republic (Y) 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 2–3 1–1 — 27 Mar
    4  Belize (Z) 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1 Relegation to League C 1–1 24 Mar 0–2 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (V) At least qualified for the Gold Cup qualifiers, but may still be promoted; (W) Safe from relegation; (Y) Cannot be promoted; (Z) Cannot qualify for the Gold Cup, but may still remain in League B

    League C
    Main article: 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C

    Group A
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
    1  Bonaire 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10 Promotion to Nations League B and Gold Cup Preliminary Round — 2–2 2–0 28 Mar
    2  Sint Maarten 4 1 2 1 11 7 +4 5 25 Mar — 1–1 8–2
    3  U.S. Virgin Islands 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4 0–2 28 Mar — 3–2
    4  Turks and Caicos Islands (E) 4 1 0 3 7 15 −8 3 1–4 2–0 25 Mar —
    Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (E) Eliminated

    Group B
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
    1  Aruba 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4 Promotion to Nations League B and Gold Cup Preliminary Round — 2–3 3–0
    2  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 26 Mar — 1–1
    3  Saint Martin 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2 0–0 23 Mar —
    Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF

    Group C
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
    1  Saint Lucia (Q) 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Promotion to Nations League B and Gold Cup Preliminary Round — 27 Mar 2–0
    2  Dominica (E) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2 0–1 — 1–1
    3  Anguilla (E) 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2 24 Mar 0–0 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

    Group D
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
    1  Puerto Rico (Q) 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Promotion to Nations League B and Gold Cup Preliminary Round — 26 Mar 6–0
    2  Cayman Islands (E) 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2 0–3 — 1–1
    3  British Virgin Islands (E) 3 0 2 1 2 8 −6 2 23 Mar 1–1 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2022. Source: CONCACAF
    (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

    Top goalscorers
    As of 14 June 2022[5]
    League A
    Rank Player Goals
    1 Jesús Ferreira 4
    2 Alphonso Davies 2
    Nelson Bonilla
    Alexander Larín
    Junior Flemmings
    Yoel Bárcenas
    League B
    Rank Player Goals
    1 Arichel Hernández 4
    Joel Sarrucco
    Carnejy Antoine
    4 Thierry Ambrose 3
    Omari Glasgow
    Mondy Prunier
    Lyle Taylor
    Jaime Moreno
    League C
    Rank Player Goals
    1 Ayrton Cicilia 5
    2 Ricardo Rivera 4
    Gerwin Lake
    4 Junior Paul 3

    References
    1. "New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
    2. "Concacaf announces details for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League". Concacaf. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
    3. "CONCACAF Nations League regulations" (PDF). res.cloudinary.com. CONCACAF.
    4. "Concacaf confirms procedures for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways draw". CONCACAF. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
    5. "CONCACAF Nations League Stats". CONCACAF. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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