CONCACAF
Concacaf Nations League 23/24 draw to be staged on 16 May
The draw for the next instalment of the competition will go ahead on 16 May in Miami with proceedings starting at 7pm (ET).
Concacaf have confirmed the date, procedures, and pots for the 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League group stage draw. The event will take place on Tuesday, 16 May in Miami (Florida) with the action starting at 7:00 pm ET.
The 2023/24 competition format has been revamped to include more direct elimination matches that will see teams qualify for future continental summer competitions with both the 2023/24 and 2024/25 editions of the Nations League set to serve as the qualifying tournaments for the 2024 Copa America and the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. The 41 participating nations will continue to playe in a three-League format (A, B, and C).
League A: 16 national teams (Group Stage and Quarterfinals)
League A has been expanded from 12 to 16 teams with a new quarterfinal round having been created. For the group stage, the 12 lowest ranked League A national teams (based on the Concacaf Rankings) will be split into two groups of six teams each and will play in a “Swiss style” league system, with each team playing a total of four games (two at home and two away).
After the group stage, each group’s first and second-place finishers (four teams in total) will advance to the Nations League quarterfinals, where they will join the four top-ranked League A national teams (Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, and Canada).
This new stage will be played on a home-and-away basis with the winners progressing to the Final Four stage. The 2023/24 quarterfinal winners will also qualify for the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa America.
The other two participants will be determined via a single direct elimination play-in between the four League A losing quarterfinalists.
League B: 16 national teams (Group Stage)
The League B format remains unchanged and will continue to 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
League C: 9 national teams (Group Stage)
League C will include 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.
2023-24 Concacaf Nations League: 41 participating nations
League A (16 teams): Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba (promoted), Curaçao, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala (promoted), Haiti (promoted), Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua (promoted), Panama, Suriname, and the United States.
League B (16 teams): Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (promoted), Saint Kitts and Nevis (promoted), Saint Lucia (promoted), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten (promoted), and Trinidad & Tobago.
League C (9 teams): Anguilla, Aruba, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Saint Martin, Turks and Caicos Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands.