Decisive quarterfinal fixtures scheduled for November window

Oct 19, 2023 Sports

SportsMax – Concacaf has confirmed the pairings for the 23/24 Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals. The four home-and-away series, scheduled for the FIFA Match Window of November 2023, will determine the four teams advancing to the Concacaf Nations League final, scheduled for March 2024, and the first four Concacaf teams that will qualify for next year’s CONMEBOL Copa America to be staged in United States.

Quarterfinal pairings. (Concacaf)

After the completion of group stage play for League A, which took place in September and October, the two top teams from each group: Panama and Trinidad and Tobago (Group A) and Jamaica and Honduras (Group B), advanced to the quarterfinals, joining the four top-ranked League A nations (based on the Concacaf Rankings of March 2023) that received a bye: Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States.

The four Quarterfinal pairings are as follows:

QF1: Costa Rica (4) vs Panama (best group winner)

QF2: Canada (3) vs Jamaica (next best group winner)

QF3: United States (2) vs Trinidad and Tobago (best runner-up)

QF4: Mexico (1) vs Honduras (next best runner-up)

After the matches played in the September and October FIFA Match Windows, the CNL League A Group Stage standing are as follows:

Group A

1. Panama (10 pts, +7 gd) – advances to Quarterfinals

2. Trinidad and Tobago (9 pts, +1 gd) – advances to Quarterfinals

3. Martinique (7 pts, -1 gd)

4. Guatemala (4 pts, -2 gd)

5. Curacao (3 pts, -1 gd) – relegated to League B

6. El Salvador (1 pts, -4 gd) – relegated to League B

Group B

1. Jamaica (10 pts, +5 gd) – advances to Quarterfinals

2. Honduras (7 pts, +7 gd) – advances to Quarterfinals

3. Suriname (5 pts, +3 gd)

4. Cuba (5 pts, -3 gd)

5. Haiti (3 pts, -1 gd) – relegated to League B

6. Grenada (1 pts, -11 gd) – relegated to League B

The schedule for the quarterfinals is as follows, with the home team for each match listed first. As per the competition regulations, the four pre-seeded federations, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, and United States, had the opportunity to decide whether they would play at home or away first.

Thursday, November 16, 2023

United States vs Trinidad and Tobago

Costa Rica vs Panama

Friday, November 17, 2023

Jamaica vs Canada

Honduras vs Mexico

Monday, November 20, 2023

Trinidad and Tobago vs United States

Panama vs Costa Rica

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Canada vs Jamaica

Mexico vs Honduras

After home-and-away play, the aggregate score winner in each pairing will advance to both the 23/24 Concacaf Nations League final and the CONMEBOL Copa America. The four losing quarterfinalists will still have an opportunity to qualify for next summer’s Copa America via a single-match direct elimination Play-In, where they will play for the two remaining slots for Concacaf nations. This Play-In will also take place in March 2024.

23/24 Concacaf Nations League Finals

The third edition of the Concacaf Nations League final is scheduled to take place in March 2024. The final four, between League A’s quarterfinal winners, includes semifinals, to be played on Thursday, March 21, 2024, followed by a third-place match and final on Sunday, March 24.

To determine the semifinal pairings, the four participating nations will be ranked 1-4, according to their performance in the quarterfinals (points, and if required, goal difference), with the highest-ranked team facing the lowest-ranked team (1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3).
More details on the 23/24 Concacaf Nations League Finals and the Concacaf Copa America Play-In will be announced in due course.

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