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CONCACAF has announced the match schedule for the 2024/25 CONCACAF Nations League. The fourth edition of the competition will feature the region’s 41 men’s senior national teams and take place during the FIFA Match Windows of September, October, and November 2024. The CONCACAF Nations League Finals, where a new champion will be crowned, are scheduled for March 2025.
The CONCACAF Nations League will continue to be played in a three-league format (A, B, and C), with the teams distributed into the Leagues according to the results of the preceding edition (2023/24).
The official draw, which determined the groups for all three leagues, was conducted on Monday, May 6, in Miami, FL.
LEAGUE A: 16 TEAMS (GROUP STAGE AND QUARTERFINALS)
League A includes 16 teams and a Quarterfinal round. For Group Stage play, the 12 lowest-ranked League A national teams (based on the CONCACAF Rankings) were 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). The groups are as follows:
Group A: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Suriname, and Guyana
Group B: Jamaica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Nicaragua, and French Guiana
After Group Stage play in September and October 2024, the first and second-place finishers of each group (four teams in total) will advance to the Quarterfinals, where they will join the four top-ranked League A teams (Mexico, United States, Panama, and Canada). The Quarterfinal pairings will be as follows:
QF: Best-ranked seeded team (Mexico) vs Next second place (2A/2B)
QF: Second-ranked seeded team (United States) vs Best second place (2A/2B)
QF: Third-ranked seeded team (Panama) vs Next first place (1A/1B)
QF: Fourth-ranked seeded team (Canada) vs Best first place (1A/1B)
The Quarterfinals will be played in November 2024, in a home-and-away format, with the aggregate score winner in each matchup advancing to the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.
LEAGUE B: 16 TEAMS (GROUP STAGE)
League B features 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. During the FIFA Match Windows of September, October, and November, each team will play every team in its group twice, for a total of six matches per team. The groups are as follows:
Group A: El Salvador, Montserrat, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Bonaire
Group B: Curacao, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Saint Martin
Group C: Haiti, Puerto Rico, Aruba, and Sint Maarten
Group D: Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, and Dominica
For each FIFA Match Window, matches will be played at a centralized venue per group instead of the previous home-and-away format. This format change will alleviate some of the travel challenges that Member Associations face due to our region’s unique geography and allow them to focus on delivering the best possible football.
The third-best-ranked teams in each group will host the September matches, the second-best-ranked teams will host the October matches, and the best-ranked teams will host the decisive November matches. If a team is unable to host matches, CONCACAF will reserve the right to select a venue.
LEAGUE C: 9 TEAMS (GROUP STAGE)
League C includes nine teams divided into three groups of three teams. During the FIFA Match Windows of September and October, each team will play every team in its group twice, for a total of four matches per team. The groups are as follows:
Group A: Barbados, Bahamas, and US Virgin Islands
Group B: Belize, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Anguilla
Group C: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Cayman Islands, and British Virgin Islands
Similar to League B, matches in each group will be played at a centralized venue. The second-highest-ranked teams in each group will host the September matches, and the highest-ranked teams will host the October matches.
MATCH SCHEDULE
The 2024/25 CONCACAF Nations League will be played during the September, October, and November 2024 FIFA Match Windows. For League A, the Quarterfinals will occur in November 2024. The CONCACAF Nations League Finals, where the competition’s fourth champion will be crowned, will take place in March 2025.
The match schedule is as follows (venues and kickoff times will be confirmed at a later date):
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
(C) US Virgin Islands vs Bahamas
(C) Anguilla vs Turks and Caicos Islands
(C) British Virgin Islands vs Cayman Islands
Thursday, September 5, 2024
(A) Costa Rica vs Guadeloupe
(A) Guyana vs Suriname
(A) Guatemala vs Martinique
(B) Montserrat vs El Salvador
(B) Bonaire vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Friday, September 6, 2024
(A) Jamaica vs Cuba
(A) French Guiana vs Nicaragua
(A) Honduras vs Trinidad and Tobago
(B) Saint Lucia vs Curacao
(B) Saint Martin vs Grenada
(B) Puerto Rico vs Haiti
(B) Sint Maarten vs Aruba
Saturday, September 7, 2024
(B) Bermuda vs Dominican Republic
(B) Dominica vs Antigua and Barbuda
(C) Bahamas vs Barbados
(C) Turks and Caicos Islands vs Belize
(C) Cayman Islands vs Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sunday, September 8, 2024
(B) El Salvador vs Bonaire
(B) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs Montserrat
Monday, September 9, 2024
(A) Guatemala vs Costa Rica
(A) Guadeloupe vs Suriname
(A) Martinique vs Guyana
(B) Curacao vs Saint Martin
(B) Grenada vs Saint Lucia
(B) Haiti vs Sint Maarten
(B) Aruba vs Puerto Rico
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
(A) Honduras vs Jamaica
(A) Cuba vs Nicaragua
(A) Trinidad & Tobago vs French Guiana
(B) Dominican Republic vs Dominica
(B) Antigua and Barbuda vs Bermuda
(C) Barbados vs US Virgin Islands
(C) Belize vs Anguilla
(C) Saint Kitts and Nevis vs British Virgin Islands
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
(C) Bahamas vs US Virgin Islands
(C) Turks and Caicos Islands vs Anguilla
(C) Cayman Islands vs British Virgin Islands
Thursday, October 10, 2024
(A) Nicaragua vs Jamaica
(A) Cuba vs Trinidad and Tobago
(A) French Guiana vs Honduras
(B) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs El Salvador
(B) Bonaire vs Montserrat
Friday, October 11, 2024
(A) Suriname vs Costa Rica
(A) Guadeloupe vs Martinique
(A) Guyana vs Guatemala
(B) Grenada vs Curacao
(B) Saint Martin vs Saint Lucia
(B) Aruba vs Haiti
(B) Sint Maarten vs Puerto Rico
Saturday, October 12, 2024
(B) Antigua and Barbuda vs Dominican Republic
(B) Dominica vs Bermuda
(C) US Virgin Islands vs Barbados
(C) Anguilla vs Belize
(C) British Virgin Islands vs Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sunday, October 13, 2024
(B) El Salvador vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(B) Montserrat vs Bonaire
Monday, October 14, 2024
(A) Jamaica vs Honduras
(A) Trinidad and Tobago vs Cuba
(A) Nicaragua vs French Guiana
(B) Curacao vs Grenada
(B) Saint Lucia vs Saint Martin
(B) Haiti vs Aruba
(B) Puerto Rico vs Sint Maarten
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
(A) Costa Rica vs Guatemala
(A) Martinique vs Guadeloupe
(A) Suriname vs Guyana
(B) Dominican Republic vs Antigua and Barbuda
(B) Bermuda vs Dominica
(C) Barbados vs Bahamas
(C) Belize vs Turks and Caicos Islands
(C) Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Cayman Islands
Thursday, November 14, 2024
(A/QF) TBD vs TBD
(A/QF) TBD vs TBD
(B) Montserrat vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(B) Bonaire vs El Salvador
Friday, November 15, 2024
(A/QF) TBD vs TBD
(A/QF) TBD vs TBD
(B) Saint Lucia vs Grenada
(B) Saint Martin vs Curacao
(B) Puerto Rico vs Aruba
(B) Sint Maarten vs Haiti
Saturday, November 16, 2024
(B) Bermuda vs Antigua and Barbuda
(B) Dominica vs Dominican Republic
Sunday, November 17, 2024
(B) El Salvador vs Montserrat
(B) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs Bonaire
Monday, November 18, 2024
(A/QF) TBD vs TBD
(A/QF) TBD vs TBD
(B) Curacao vs Saint Lucia
(B) Grenada vs Saint Martin
(B) Haiti vs Puerto Rico
(B) Aruba vs Sint Maarten
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
(A/QF) TBD vs TBD
(A/QF) TBD vs TBD
(B) Dominican Republic vs Bermuda
(B) Antigua and Barbuda vs Dominica
Thursday, March 20, 2025
(SF) TBD vs TBD
(SF) TBD vs TBD
Sunday, March 23, 2025
(3RD) Loser SF1 vs Loser SF2
(F) Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2
