2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Nations League B
Year:2023–24
Num Teams:16
Promoted:


Relegated:


Matches:47
Goals:177
Top Scorer: Omari Glasgow
(7 goals)
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B was the second division of the 2023–24 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.[1] It was held from 7 September to 21 November 2023.[2] [3]

Format

Unlike Leagues A and C, League B maintained the same format as in previous editions. League B consisted of sixteen teams which were 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 September, October and November 2023. The first-placed team of each group was promoted to the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A and the fourth-placed team of each group was relegated to the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C.[1]

Teams

A total of sixteen national teams contested the League B, including twelve sides from the 2022–23 season and four promoted from the 2022–23 League C. As a result of the expansion to 16 teams in the League A, there were no teams relegated to the League C from the previous season, so the fourth placed team of each group from the 2022-23 season remained in the League B for this edition.

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League B from the 2022–23 season:

Nicaragua had originally qualified for promotion to League A as League B Group C winners, but they were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. As a result, on 12 June 2023, they were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago in League A, and they were forced to stay in League B, replacing Trinidad and Tobago.[4]

Teams promoted from League C

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia returned to the League B after a one-season absence. Puerto Rico and Sint Maarten reached the second division of the CONCACAF Nations League for the first time after spending the first two seasons in League C.

Seeding

The pots were confirmed on 2 May 2023, with the sixteen League B teams being split into four pots of four teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2023.[5]

+ Pot 1
Team
1,25411
1,08615
99418
96619
+ Pot 2
Team
94920
92321
91322
86323
+ Pot 3
Team
79524
79026
78027
72628
+ Pot 4
Team
71529
68130
53034
41337

Draw

The groups draw was held on 16 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States,[1] [6] where the sixteen involved teams were drawn into four groups of four. The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A and then selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and placling them into Groups B, C and D in sequential order. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.

The draw resulted in the following groups:[7]

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+ Group A
width=200Team
A1
A2
A3
A4
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+ Group B
width=202Team
B1
B2
B3
B4
width=25%
+ Group C
width=202Team
C1
C2
C3
C4
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+ Group D
width=202Team
D1
D2
D3
D4
Note

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 July 2023.[2] [3] All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) for September and October matches and EST (UTC−5) for November matches, as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle. CONCACAF. 28 February 2023. 28 February 2023.
  2. Web site: CONCACAF announces schedule for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League presented by Qatar Airways. CONCACAF. 6 July 2023. 6 July 2023.
  3. Web site: 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League Match Schedule. CONCACAF. PDF. 29 June 2023. 6 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Concacaf Disciplinary Committee decision regarding Nicaragua and the Eligibility of Players. CONCACAF. 12 June 2023. 12 June 2023.
  5. Web site: CONCACAF confirms details for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League official draw. CONCACAF. 2 May 2023. 2 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Concacaf Nations League 23/24 draw to be staged on 16 May. Diario AS. Reidy. Paul. 3 May 2023. 15 May 2023.
  7. Web site: Draw delivers groups for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League presented by Qatar Airways. CONCACAF. 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023.
  8. Web site: Concacaf confirms September schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage matches. CONCACAF. Miami. 10 August 2023. 12 August 2023.
  9. Web site: Concacaf confirms October schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage matches. CONCACAF. Miami. 21 September 2023. 23 September 2023.
  10. Web site: Concacaf confirms November schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League matches. CONCACAF. Miami. 31 October 2023. 31 October 2023.