2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Nations League B
Year:2019–20
Dates:5 September – 19 November 2019
Num Teams:16
Promoted:


Relegated:


Matches:48
Goals:131
Top Scorer: Gleofilo Vlijter
(10 goals)
Nextseason:2022–23

The 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B was the second 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.[1]

Format

League B consisted of sixteen teams from qualifying which finished from 7th to 22nd. The league was split into four groups of four 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 were promoted to League A, while the four last-placed teams in each group were relegated to League C for the next edition of the tournament.[2] [3] [4]

In September 2019, it was announced that the Nations League would also provide qualification for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5] The winners of each of the four League B groups qualified for the Gold Cup, while the second-placed teams entered the first round of Gold Cup qualification.

Seeding

Teams were seeded into the pots of League B according to their position in the November 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index.[6] [7]

+ Pot 1
Team
1,5076
1,3809
1,08314
1,05716
+ Pot 2
Team
1,01818
98319
97520
95321
+ Pot 3
Team
93022
83124
82125
81326
+ Pot 4
Team
74928
63831
59332
47835

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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Notes and References

  1. News: Las Vegas . Opportunity abounds for 16 teams in CONCACAF Nations League B . CONCACAFNationsLeague.com . . 27 March 2019 . 29 March 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329054215/https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/article/opportunity-abounds-for-16-teams-in-concacaf-nations-league-b . 29 March 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 .
  4. 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.
  5. 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 .
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.