2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C explained

Tourney Name:	CONCACAF Nations League C
Year:	2023–24
Num Teams:	9
Promoted:
Matches:	18
Goals:	69
Top Scorer:	Axel Raga (8 goals)
Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C was the third and lowest 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

Starting from this edition, League C was reduced from thirteen to nine teams which were split into three groups of three teams instead the four groups of previous editions. The teams competed on a home-and-away round-robin basis within each group, with matches being played in the official FIFA match windows in September, October and November 2023. The first-placed team of each group and the best second-placed team among all groups were promoted to the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B.^[1]

Teams

A total of nine national teams contested League C. As a result of the reduction to 9 teams, there were no teams relegated from League B the previous season, so the nine teams that failed to be promoted last season conformed the League C for this edition.

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League C regarding the 2022–23 season:

Seeding

The pots were confirmed on 2 May 2023, with the sixteen League C teams being split into three pots of three teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2023.^[4]

+ Pot 1 Team 627 31 572 32 564 33

+ Pot 2 Team 461 35 435 36 377 38

+ Pot 3 Team 224 39 193 40 163 41

Draw

The groups draw was held on 16 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States,^{[1] [5]} where the nine involved teams were drawn into three groups of three. 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 and C in sequential order. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.

The draw resulted in the following groups:^[6]

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+ Group A width=200 Team A1 A2 A3

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+ Group B width=202 Team B1 B2 B3

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+ Group C width=202 Team C1 C2 C3

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).^{[7] [8] [9]}

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Notes and References

1. News: 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 confirms details for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League official draw. CONCACAF. 2 May 2023. 2 May 2023.
5. Web site: Concacaf Nations League 23/24 draw to be staged on 16 May. Diario AS. Reidy. Paul. 3 May 2023. 15 May 2023.
6. Web site: Draw delivers groups for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League presented by Qatar Airways. CONCACAF. 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023.
7. Web site: Concacaf confirms September schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage matches. CONCACAF. Miami. 10 August 2023. 12 August 2023.
8. Web site: Concacaf confirms October schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage matches. CONCACAF. Miami. 21 September 2023. 23 September 2023.
9. Web site: Concacaf confirms November schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League matches. CONCACAF. Miami. 31 October 2023. 31 October 2023.