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CONCACAF has confirmed the pairings for the 23/24 CONCACAF Nations League Quarterfinals. The four home-and-away series, scheduled for the FIFA Match Window of November 2023, will determine the four teams advancing to the CONCACAF Nations League Finals, scheduled for March 2024, and the first four CONCACAF teams that will qualify for the CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024.
After the completion of Group Stage play for League A, which took place in September and October, the two top teams from each group: Panama and Trinidad and Tobago (Group A) and Jamaica and Honduras (Group B), have advanced to the Quarterfinals, joining the four top-ranked League A nations (based on the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023) that received a bye: Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States.
The four Quarterfinal pairings are as follows:
QF1: Costa Rica (4) vs Panama (best group winner)
QF2: Canada (3) vs Jamaica (next best group winner)
QF3: United States (2) vs Trinidad and Tobago (best runner-up)
QF4: Mexico (1) vs Honduras (next best runner-up)
After the matches played in the September and October FIFA Match Windows, the CNL League A Group Stage standings are as follows:
Group A
1. Panama (10 pts, +7 gd) – advances to Quarterfinals
2. Trinidad and Tobago (9 pts, +1 gd) – advances to Quarterfinals
3. Martinique (7 pts, -1 gd)
4. Guatemala (4 pts, -2 gd)
5. Curacao (3 pts, -1 gd) – relegated to League B
6. El Salvador (1 pts, -4 gd) – relegated to League B
Group B
1. Jamaica (10 pts, +5 gd) – advances to Quarterfinals
2. Honduras (7 pts, +7 gd) – advances to Quarterfinals
3. Suriname (5 pts, +3 gd)
4. Cuba (5 pts, -3 gd)
5. Haiti (3 pts, -1 gd) – relegated to League B
6. Grenada (1 pts, -11 gd) – relegated to League B
As previously announced and per the competition regulations, to determine the Quarterfinal pairings the four pre-seeded nations have been ranked according to the CONCACAF Rankings and the group winners and runners-up based on the number of points they accumulated during the Group Stage.
Pre-seeded nations ranking (based on the CONCACAF Rankings)
1. Mexico
2. United States
3. Canada
4. Costa Rica
Group winners ranking (based on the Group Stage results)
1. Panama (10 pts, +7 gd)
2. Jamaica (10 pts, +5 gd)
Group runners-up ranking (based on the Group Stage results)
1. Trinidad and Tobago (9 pts, +1 gd)
2. Honduras (7 pts, +7 gd)
The schedule for the Quarterfinals is as follows, with the home team for each match listed first (per the competition regulations, the four pre-seeded federations, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States, themselves had the opportunity to decide whether they would play first at home or away.):
Thursday, November 16, 2023
United States vs Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica vs Panama
Friday, November 17, 2023
Jamaica vs Canada
Honduras vs Mexico
Monday, November 20, 2023
Trinidad and Tobago vs United States
Panama vs Costa Rica
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Canada vs Jamaica
Mexico vs Honduras
After home-and-away play, the aggregate score winner in each pairing will advance to both the 23/24 CONCACAF Nations League Finals and the CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024. The four losing Quarterfinalists will still have an opportunity to qualify for next summer’s Copa America via a single-match direct elimination Play-In, where they will play for the two remaining slots for CONCACAF nations. This Play-In will also take place in March 2024.
23/24 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
The CONCACAF Nations League Finals’ third edition is scheduled to take place in March 2024. The final four, between League A’s Quarterfinal winners, includes semifinals, to be played on Thursday, March 21, 2024, followed by a Third Place Match and Final on Sunday, March 24.
To determine the semifinal pairings, the four participating nations will be ranked 1-4, according to their performance in the Quarterfinals (points, and if required, goal difference), with the highest-ranked team facing the lowest-ranked team (1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3).
More details on the 23/24 CONCACAF Nations League Finals and the CONCACAF Copa America Play-In will be announced in due course.
