2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B explained

Tourney Name:	CONCACAF Nations League B
Year:	2022–23
Num Teams:	16
Promoted:
Matches:	47
Goals:	127
Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2023–24

The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B was the second division of the 2022–23 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.^[1] It was held from 2 June 2022 to 28 March 2023.^[2]

The top four teams in the Nations League B qualified to the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the next best four teams entered the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

Format

League B consisted of sixteen teams. 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 being played in the official FIFA match windows in June 2022 and March 2023. The first-placed team in each group was promoted to League A and qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the second-placed teams entering the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament. As a result of a format change, no teams were relegated this season.^[3]

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League B from the 2019–20 season:

Seeding

The draw for the league phase took place in Miami, Florida, United States on 4 April 2022, 19:00 EDT. Each of the League's draws began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A of their respective league. The draws continued by selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and positioning them into Groups B, C and D in sequential order. The same procedure was done for the remaining pots. Teams were seeded into pots using CONCACAF Ranking.^{[4] [5]}

+ Pot 1 Team 1,432 7 1,417 8 1,232 13 1,096 14

+ Pot 2 Team 1,030 16 1,011 17 986 18 973 19

+ Pot 3 Team 953 20 924 21 872 23 865 24

+ Pot 4 Team 795 26 767 27 674 31 538 33

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 April 2022.^[6]

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Statistics

Best XI

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of League B after the conclusion of the competition.^[11]

Notes and References

1. News: New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. CONCACAF. 27 July 2020.
2. Web site: CONCACAF Nations League 2022–2023 MATCH SCHEDULE. CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. 6 April 2022.
3. News: CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle . CONCACAF . 28 February 2023 . 28 February 2023.
4. Web site: Concacaf announces details for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League . CONCACAF . 4 February 2022 . 3 February 2022.
5. News: Concacaf confirms procedures for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways draw. CONCACAF. 3 April 2022. 3 April 2022.
6. Web site: Concacaf announces schedule for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways. CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. 6 April 2022. Miami.
7. Web site: June 2022 match schedule confirmed for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways. CONCACAF. 9 May 2022. 10 May 2022. Miami.
8. Web site: 2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – JUNE 2022. CONCACAF. 6 May 2022.
9. Web site: Schedule set for 2022-23 CNL Group Stage matches in March. CONCACAF. 1 March 2023. 23 March 2023. Miami.
10. Web site: 2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – MARCH 2023. CONCACAF. 23 March 2023.
11. News: Matos, Pierrot and Clarke star in CNL League B Best XI Finals. CONCACAF. 30 March 2023. 1 April 2023.