Concacaf announces schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways

• All 41 Concacaf Member associations will participate in a revamped competition that now includes more direct elimination matches.

• Tournament serves as the qualifier for Concacaf teams participating in the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024.

• **Group stage play begins in September 2023.

• All 41 Concacaf Member associations will participate in a revamped competition that now includes more direct elimination matches.

• Tournament serves as the qualifier for Concacaf teams participating in the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024.

• **Group stage play begins in September 2023. Miami, FL (Thursday, July 6, 2023) – Concacaf has announced the schedule for the 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League (CNL). The competition’s third edition will take place during the FIFA International Match Windows of September, October, and November 2023, followed by the CNL Finals in March 2024.

The CNL was introduced by the Confederation in 2018 and provides all member associations with the opportunity to compete consistently in a regular schedule of official matches during the four-year cycle between FIFA World Cups. It drives development and delivers a compelling tournament for fans across the entire region.

The first two editions each saw 106 official matches played across the entire region, providing competitive opportunities for every Concacaf men’s national team. The 2022/23 edition concluded last month with a thrilling CNL Finals between Canada, Mexico, Panama, and the United States. The United States emerged as the Champion after defeating Canada in the final match.

NEW COMPETITION FORMAT

As previously announced , beginning with the 2023/24 CNL, which commences in September 2023, the competition’s format has been revamped to include more direct elimination matches that will qualify teams to continental summer competitions. This includes the qualification route for Concacaf’s six competing teams in the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024.

The 2023/24 CNL will continue to be played in a three-League format (A, B, and C), with the region’s 41 men’s senior national teams distributed into the Leagues according to the results of the 2022/23 CNL.

League A: 16 National Teams (Group Stage and Quarterfinals)

League A has been expanded to include 16 teams (up from 12) and a new quarterfinal round has been created to deliver more direct elimination matches.

For Group Stage play, the 12 lowest ranked teams were drawn into two groups of six teams each and will play in a “Swiss style” league system. In total, each team will play four games (two at home and two away). The groups are as follows: * Group A: Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Martinique, Curaçao, and Trinidad and Tobago.

• Group B: Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Cuba, Suriname, and Grenada. After Group Stage play, in the FIFA Match Windows of September and October 2023, each group’s first and second-place finishers will advance to the CNL Quarterfinals, where they will join the four top-ranked League A national teams.

The Quarterfinal round will be played in a home-and-away format in the FIFA Match Window of November 2023, with the aggregate score winners in each Quarterfinal matchup advancing to the 2024 CNL Finals and qualifying for the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024.

The four seeded nations in the Quarterfinals are (in alphabetical order): Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States.

The pairings for the Quarterfinals will be determined based on the Concacaf Rankings of October 2023 (after the FIFA Window) and the 2023/24 CNL Group Stage results, as follows: * Quarterfinal 1: Fourth-ranked seeded team vs Best first place (1A/1B)

• Quarterfinal 2: Third-ranked seeded team vs Next first place (1A/1B)
• Quarterfinal 3: Second-ranked seeded team vs Best second place (2A/2B)
• Quarterfinal 4: Best-ranked seeded team vs Next second place (2A/2B) The remaining two Concacaf nations that will participate in the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 will be determined via a single-match direct elimination Play-In between the four League A losing Quarterfinalists. This Play-In will also take place in March 2024.

League B: 16 National Teams (Group Stage)

League B will feature 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each team will play every other team in their group, home and away, for a total of six matches per team (three at home and three away).

The groups are as follows: * Group A: Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Sint Maarten.

• Group B: Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Montserrat, and Barbados.
• Group C: French Guiana, Bermuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Belize.
• Group D: Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Puerto Rico, and Bahamas. League C: 9 National Teams (Group Stage)

League C now includes nine teams divided into three groups of three teams. Each team will play every team in their group, home and away, for a total of four matches per team (two at home and two away).

The groups are as follows: * Group A: Bonaire, Saint Martin, and Anguilla.

• Group B: Aruba, Cayman Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Group C: Dominica, Turks and Caicos Islands, and British Virgin Islands. Promotion and relegation between Leagues will fully resume at the conclusion of the third edition.

2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Schedule *Home team listed first (venues and kickoff times to be announced at a later date)

Thursday, September 7, 2023 M1: (A ) Panama vs Martinique M2: (A) Trinidad & Tobago vs Curacao M3: (A) Guatemala vs El Salvador M4: (B) St. Kitts & Nevis vs Guadeloupe M5: (B) Sint Maarten vs Saint Lucia M6: (C) Anguilla vs Saint Martin M7: (C) US Virgin Islands vs Cayman Islands

Friday, September 8, 2023 M8: (A) Haiti vs Cuba M9: (A) Grenada vs Suriname M10: (A) Jamaica vs Honduras M11: (B) Dominican Republic vs Nicaragua M12: (B) Barbados vs Montserrat M13: (B) Bermuda vs French Guiana M14: (B) Belize vs St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Saturday, September 9, 2023 M15: (B) Antigua & Barbuda vs Guyana M16: (B) Bahamas vs Puerto Rico M17: (C) British Virgin Islands vs Turks & Caicos Islands

Sunday, September 10, 2023 M18: (A) Guatemala vs Panama M19: (A) Martinique vs Curacao M20: (A) El Salvador vs Trinidad & Tobago M21: (B) Guadeloupe vs Sint Maarten M22: (B) Saint Lucia vs St. Kitts & Nevis

Monday, September 11, 2023 M23: (B) Nicaragua vs Barbados M24: (B) Montserrat vs Dominican Republic M25: (C) Saint Martin vs Bonaire M26: (C) Cayman Islands vs Aruba

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 M27: (A) Jamaica vs Haiti M28: (A) Cuba vs Suriname M29: (A) Honduras vs Grenada M30: (B) French Guiana vs Belize M31: (B) St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs Bermuda M32: (B) Guyana vs Bahamas M33: (B) Puerto Rico vs Antigua & Barbuda M34: (C) Turks & Caicos Islands vs Dominica

Thursday, October 12, 2023 M35: (A) Suriname vs Haiti M36: (A) Cuba vs Honduras M37: (A) Grenada vs Jamaica M38: (B) Saint Lucia vs Guadeloupe M39: (B) Sint Maarten vs St. Kitts & Nevis M40: (C) Bonaire vs Anguilla M41: (C) Dominica vs British Virgin Islands

Friday, October 13, 2023 M42: (A) Curacao vs Panama M43: (A) Martinique vs El Salvador M44: (A) Trinidad & Tobago vs Guatemala M45: (B) Montserrat vs Nicaragua M46: (B) Barbados vs Dominican Republic M47: (B) St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs French Guiana M48: (B) Belize vs Bermuda

Saturday, October 14, 2023 M49: (B) Puerto Rico vs Guyana M50: (B) Bahamas vs Antigua & Barbuda M51: (C) Aruba vs US Virgin Islands

Sunday, October 15, 2023 M52: (A) Haiti vs Jamaica M53: (A) Honduras vs Cuba M54: (A) Suriname vs Grenada M55: (B) Guadeloupe vs Saint Lucia M56: (B) St. Kitts & Nevis vs Sint Maarten

Monday, October 16, 2023 M57: (B) Nicaragua vs Montserrat M58: (B) Dominican Republic vs Barbados M59: (C) Saint Martin vs Anguilla M60: (C) Turks & Caicos Islands vs British Virgin Islands

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 M61: (A) Panama vs Guatemala M62: (A) El Salvador vs Martinique M63: (A) Curacao vs Trinidad & Tobago M64: (B) French Guiana vs St. Vincent & the Grenadines M65: (B) Bermuda vs Belize M66: (B) Guyana vs Puerto Rico M67: (B) Antigua & Barbuda vs Bahamas M68: (C) Cayman Islands vs US Virgin Islands

Thursday, November 16, 2023 M69: (A-QF) TBC vs TBC M70: (A-QF) TBC vs TBC M71: (B) St. Kitts & Nevis vs Saint Lucia M72: (B) Sint Maarten vs Guadeloupe M73: (C) US Virgin Islands vs Aruba M74: (C) British Virgin Islands vs Dominica

Friday, November 17, 2023 M75: (A-QF) TBC vs TBC M76: (A-QF) TBC vs TBC M77: (B) Dominican Republic vs Montserrat M78: (B) Barbados vs Nicaragua M79: (B) Bermuda vs St. Vincent & the Grenadines M80: (B) Belize vs French Guiana

Saturday, November 18, 2023 M81: (B) Antigua & Barbuda vs Puerto Rico M82: (B) Bahamas vs Guyana M83: (C) Anguilla vs Bonaire

Sunday, November 19, 2023 M84: (B) Guadeloupe vs St. Kitts & Nevis M85: (B) Saint Lucia vs Sint Maarten

Monday, November 20, 2023 M86: (A-QF) TBC vs TBC M87: (A-QF) TBC vs TBC M88: (B) Nicaragua vs Dominican Republic M89: (B) Montserrat vs Barbados M90: (C) Aruba vs Cayman Islands M91: (C) Dominica vs Turks & Caicos Islands

Tuesday, November 21, 2023 M92: (A-QF) TBC vs TBC M93: (A-QF) TBC vs TBC M94: (B) French Guiana vs Bermuda M95: (B) St. Vincent & the Grenadines vs Belize M96: (B) Guyana vs Antigua & Barbuda M97: (B) Puerto Rico vs Bahamas M98: (C) Bonaire vs Saint Martin