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Concacaf Confirms Pots and Procedures for 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League Draw

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Pots defined for the Draw

Live coverage of the draw will be available through Concacaf’s YouTube channel.

  • Live made-for-TV event will take place on Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. ET
  • Draw will determine groups for Leagues A, B, and C
  • Competition to serve as the qualification pathway for the 2027 Concacaf Gold Cup

Miami, FL – Concacaf has confirmed the draw pots and procedures for the official draw of the 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League. The live, made-for-TV event will take place on Thursday, July 23, at 7 p.m. ET, from Miami, Florida, and will determine the groups for Leagues A, B, and C of the 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League.

The draw will be conducted using the Concacaf Men’s National Team Ranking as of July 20, 2026, with the Confederation’s 41 participating Member Associations allocated into the League A, B, and C draw pots based on their ranking.

Live coverage of the draw will be available through Concacaf’s YouTube channel and the confederation’s broadcast partners across the region.

League A

The Confederation’s four highest-ranked teams – Mexico (1), United States (2), Canada (3), and Panama (4) – have automatically qualified for the Quarterfinals.

The remaining 12 participating teams have been divided into six pots and will be drawn into two groups. The pots are as follows:

  • Pot 1: Costa Rica, Honduras
  • Pot 2: Jamaica, Haitiç
  • Pot 3: Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobagoç
  • Pot 4: Curaçao, Suriname
  • Pot 5: Martinique, Nicaragua
  • Pot 6: El Salvador, Dominican Republic

League B

League B will feature 16 teams divided into four groups of four. The teams have been split into four pots as follows:

  • Pot 1: Guadeloupe, Guyana, Cuba, French Guiana
  • Pot 2: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Grenada
  • Pot 3: Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Dominica
  • Pot 4: Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Barbados, Cayman Islands

League C

League C will feature nine teams divided into three groups of three. The teams have been allocated to three pots, as follows:

  • Pot 1: Montserrat, Saint Martin, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Pot 2: Aruba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Pot 3: British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, US Virgin Islands

Draw Procedures

For each league, teams from Pot 1 through the final pot will be drawn and assigned to their corresponding group positions. The first team drawn from each pot will be assigned to Group A, with the remaining teams drawn into the corresponding positions in the remaining groups until all teams in that pot have been allocated.

League A will use six pots, each containing two teams. One team from each pot will be drawn into the corresponding position in Group A, with the remaining team assigned to the same position in Group B.

League B will use four pots, each containing four teams. Teams from each pot will be drawn into positions A1, B1, C1, and D1, followed by A2, B2, C2, and D2, then A3, B3, C3, and D3, and finally A4, B4, C4, and D4.

League C will use three pots, each containing three teams. Teams from each pot will be drawn into positions A1, B1, and C1, followed by A2, B2, and C2, and finally A3, B3, and C3.

Once all teams have been assigned a group, the draw will conclude.

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