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Concacaf confirms details for 2023/24 CNL official draw on May 16
– Guyana selected as Pot for League B
Kaieteur Sports – Concacaf has yesterday confirmed the date, procedures and pots for the 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League (CNL) official draw which includes sub-divide Leagues A, B, and C into groups. The draws will take place on Tuesday, May 16, in Miami, FL, at 7:00 pm.
The draws will be executed using a single-blind system involving six pots for League A, four pots for League B, and three pots for League C.
The competition’s format has also been revamped to include more direct elimination matches that will qualify teams for continental summer competitions.
Furthermore, Concacaf also confirmed that the 2023/24 and 2024/25 CNL editions will serve as the qualifying tournaments for the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa America (six Concacaf nations will participate) and the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup, respectively.
The CNL will continue to be played in a three-League format (A, B, and C) as the region’s 41 men’s senior national teams will be distributed into the Leagues according to the results of the preceding CNL edition.
It was also revealed that the 2023/24 CNL Group Stage will be played during the official FIFA Match Windows in September, October, and November 2023.
League A has been expanded to include 16 teams (up from 12), and a new quarterfinal round has been created.
The League B format remains unchanged and will continue to feature 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each team will play every other team in their group, home and away, for a total of six matches per team (three at home and three away).
League C will include nine teams divided into three groups of three teams. Each team will play every team in their group, home-and-away, for a total of four matches per team (two at home and two away).
Leagues’ Teams…
The distribution of teams for Leagues A, B, and C has been determined based on the results of the 2022/23 CNL Group Stage, including a promotion system from Leagues B and C to Leagues A and B, respectively.
League A (16 teams): Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba (promoted), Curaçao, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala (promoted), Haiti (promoted), Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua (promoted), Panama, Suriname, and the United States.
Guyana has been selected as a team for Pot 1 in League B; Pots determined are based on the Concacaf Men’s Rankings as of March 31, 2023. (Photo: SKNFA)
League B (16 teams): Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (promoted), Saint Kitts and Nevis (promoted), Saint Lucia (promoted), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Maarten (promoted), and Trinidad and Tobago.
League C (9 teams): Anguilla, Aruba, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Saint Martin, Turks and Caicos Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
All Concacaf Member Associations participating in the CNL Group Stage have been allocated in a League pot based on the Concacaf Men’s Rankings as of March 31, 2023.
The draw for each league will begin by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing that nation in Group A of their respective league. The draw will continue by selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and positioning them into a group in sequential order. The same process will be done for the remaining pots.
At the end of each draw, each group will contain one nation from each pot. (CONCACAF)
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