2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A explained
Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Nations League A |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Dates: | Group phase: 5 September – 19 November 2019 Nations League Finals: 3–6 June 2021 |
Num Teams: | 12 |
Champion: | USA |
Count: | 1 |
Second: | MEX |
Third: | HON |
Third-Flagvar: | 1949 |
Fourth: | CRC |
Relegated: |
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Matches: | 28 |
Goals: | 83 |
Top Scorer: | Weston McKennie Jordan Morris (4 goals each) |
Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A was the top division of the 2019–20 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. League A culminated with the final championship in June 2021 to crown the inaugural champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.[1]
Format
League A consisted of twelve teams, with the six participants of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying hexagonal joined by the top six teams from qualifying. The league was split into four groups of three teams. The teams competed in a home-and-away, round-robin format over the course of the group phase, with matches played in the official FIFA match windows in September, October and November 2019. The four group winners qualified to the Nations League final championship, while the four last-placed teams in each group were relegated to League B for the next edition of the tournament.[2] [3] [4]
The Nations League Finals took place in June 2021, and was played in a knockout format in the United States, the centralized location selected by CONCACAF. The four teams played the semi-finals, with the matchups determined by the group stage rankings (1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3), followed by the third place match and the final (Regulations Articles 12.8 and 12.10).
In September 2019, it was announced that the Nations League would also provide qualification for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5] The top two teams from each of the four League A groups qualified for the Gold Cup, while the third-placed teams entered the first round of Gold Cup qualification.
Seeding
Teams were seeded into the pots of League A according to their position in the November 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index.[6] [7]
+ Pot 1 | Team | | |
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| 1,998 | 1 | | 1,863 | 2 | | 1,752 | 3 | | 1,630 | 4 | |
| + Pot 2 | Team | | |
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| 1,579 | 5 | | 1,471 | 7 | | 1,359 | 10 | | 1,342 | 11 | |
| + Pot 3 | Team | | |
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| 1,286 | 12 | | 1,152 | 13 | | 1,079 | 15 | | 865 | 23 | |
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The draw for the group phase took place at The Chelsea in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on 27 March 2019, 22:00 EDT (19:00 local time, PDT).[8] [9]
Groups
The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 21 May 2019.[10] [11] [12]
Times are EDT/EST, as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[13] [14] [15]
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Nations League Finals
See main article: 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.
Semi-finals
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Final
See main article: 2021 CONCACAF Nations League final.
Notes and References
- News: Las Vegas . CONCACAF's top teams gear up for Nations League A . CONCACAFNationsLeague.com . . 27 March 2019 . 29 March 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329054212/https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/article/concacaf-s-top-teams-gear-up-for-nations-league-a . 29 March 2019.
- News: CONCACAF Nations League to Kickoff this September with Qualifiers . CONCACAF.com . The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football . 5 March 2018 . 5 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180306082549/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-nations-league-to-kickoff-this-september-with-qualifiers-featuring-34-national-teams . 6 March 2018.
- News: CONCACAF Nations League Officially Launched . CONCACAFNationsLeague.com . The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football . 7 March 2018 . 7 March 2018 . 21 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181121173530/https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/article/concacaf-nations-league-officially-launched . dead .
- Web site: Regulations CONCACAF Nations League 2018/20 Edition. res.cloudinary.com. CONCACAF. 4 September 2019. 11 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200911175201/https://res.cloudinary.com/concacaf-production/image/upload/v1567616650/nationsleague-prod/assets/CONCACAF_Nations_League_2018-2020_ENG.pdf. dead.
- News: CONCACAF Nations League to Serve as Pathway for 2021 Gold Cup . CONCACAF.com . The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football . 4 September 2019 . 4 September 2019 . 11 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200911175634/https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/article/concacaf-nations-league-to-serve-as-pathway-for-2021-gold-cup . dead .
- Web site: CONCACAF Ranking: As of November 2018 . . PDF . 6 March 2019 . 7 March 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190307021321/https://gallery.mailchimp.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/310e06d1-efdb-4a2f-9e14-0a4cc06edd7b/Concacaf_Ranking_as_of_November_2018.pdf . 7 March 2019.
- News: Miami . Stage set for 2019 CONCACAF Nations League draw . CONCACAFNationsLeague . . 25 March 2019 . 26 March 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326001226/https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/article/stage-set-for-2019-concacaf-nations-league-draw . 26 March 2019.
- News: Miami . 2019 CONCACAF Nations League Draw to Take Place March 27 . CONCACAFNationsLeague.com . . 6 March 2019 . 7 March 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190307020946/https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/article/2019-concacaf-nations-league-draw-to-take-place-march-27 . 7 March 2019.
- News: Miami . Draw Delivers Groups for the Inaugural Edition of the CONCACAF Nations League . CONCACAFNationsLeague.com . . 28 March 2019 . 29 March 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329053819/https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/article/draw-delivers-groups-for-the-inaugural-edition-of-the-concacaf-nations-league . 29 March 2019.
- News: Miami . Schedule confirmed for the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Nations League . CONCACAFNationsLeague.com . . 21 May 2019 . 21 May 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190521182145/https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/article/calendario-confirmado-para-la-edicion-inaugural-de-la-liga-de-naciones-concacaf . 21 May 2019.
- Web site: 2019 CONCACAF Nations League schedule . . PDF . 21 May 2019 . 21 May 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190521181744/https://gallery.mailchimp.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/02a9e681-94b1-452b-9684-a5406c796292/19_CNL_Schedule_final.pdf . 21 May 2019.
- Web site: CONCACAF Nations League: Official schedule 2019 . . PDF . 21 May 2019 . 21 May 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190521182133/https://res.cloudinary.com/concacaf-production/image/upload/v1558448173/nationsleague-prod/assets/Concacaf_Nations_League_Group_Phase_Schedule.pdf . 21 May 2019.
- Web site: 2019-2020 Concacaf Nations League September Group Stage Schedule. CONCACAF. 2 October 2019. 6 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190906215024/https://res.cloudinary.com/concacaf-production/image/upload/v1567790692/nationsleague-prod/assets/19_CNL_GS_Schedule_Final.png. dead.
- Web site: 2019-2020 Concacaf Nations League October Group Stage Schedule. CONCACAF. 2 October 2019. 11 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200911174854/https://res.cloudinary.com/concacaf-production/image/upload/v1568738716/nationsleague-prod/assets/19_CNL_GS_Schedule_OCT2019.pdf. dead.
- Web site: 2019-2020 Concacaf Nations League November Group Stage Schedule. CONCACAF. 25 October 2019. 11 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200911174044/https://res.cloudinary.com/concacaf-production/image/upload/v1571924509/nationsleague-prod/assets/CNL2019_Nations_League_November_Schedule_10-24-19.pdf. dead.