The 2023-24 version of the Concacaf Nations League kicked off Thursday as a handful of North American groups started their quest for continental glory. Many of the confederation’s groups will start their Nations League journeys this month, all sorted into three teams. League A and League B will function 16 groups every, whereas League C can have 9 groups. League A options the top-ranked sides in Concacaf , together with the U.S. males’s nationwide workforce, Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica. That quartet will enter the competitors on the quarterfinal stage in November, whereas the remaining groups have been break up into two teams and can face off towards one another for the remaining quarterfinal berths. The final two groups in each teams might be relegated to League B for the 2024-25 Nations League.
League B groups are sorted into 4 teams of 4, wherein the group winners will win promotion to League A for the 2024-25 marketing campaign. The last-place nation in every group might be relegated to League C for the next version of the competitors.
League C squads are organized in three teams of three. The winner of every group will advance to League B subsequent time round, as will the very best second-place workforce out of all three teams.
Here is a schedule of play and outcomes for the primary batch of Nations League matches, which you may as well discover on Paramount+.
League A
Group A: Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Martinique, Curacao, Trinidad and Tobago
Group B: Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Cuba, Suriname, Grenada
Thursday, Sept. 7
Trinidad and Tobago 1, Curacao 0
Panama 3, Martinique 0
Guatemala 2, El Salvador 0
Friday, Sept. 8
Haiti 0, Cuba 0
Jamaica 1, Honduras 0
Grenada 1, Suriname 1
Sunday, Sept. 10
Martinique 1, Curacao 0
Guatemala 1, Panama 1
El Salvador 2, Trinidad and Tobago 3
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Cuba 1, Suriname 0
Jamaica 2, Haiti 2
Honduras 4, Grenada 0
League B
Group A: Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten
Group B: Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Montserrat, Barbados
Group C: French Guiana, Bermuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize
Group D: Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Bahamas
Thursday, Sept. 7
Sint Maarten 1, Saint Lucia 5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Guadeloupe 2
Friday, Sept. 8
Belize vs. Saint Vincent 1, Grenadines 2
Dominican Republic 0, Nicaragua 2
Barbados 2, Montserrat 3
Bermuda 0, French Guiana 0
Saturday, Sept. 9
Antigua and Barburda 1, Guyana 5
Bahamas 1, Puerto Rico 6
Sunday, Sept. 10
Guadeloupe 4, Sint Maarten 0
Saint Lucia 2, Saint Kitts and Nevis 0
Monday, Sept. 11
Dominican Republic 3, Montserrat 0
Nicaragua 5, Barbados 1
Tuesday, Sept. 12
French Guiana 0, Belize 2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4, Bermuda 3
Guyana 3, Bahamas 2
Puerto Rico 5, Antigua and Barbuda 0
League C
Group A: Bonaire, Saint Martin, Anguilla
Group B: Aruba, Cayman Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands
Group C: Dominica, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands
Thursday, Sept. 7
Anguilla 0, Saint Martin 6
U.S. Virgin Islands 2, Cayman Islands 2
Saturday, Sept. 9
British Virgin Islands 3, Turks and Caicos Islands 1
Monday, Sept. 11
Saint Martin 2, Bonaire 1
Cayman Islands 1, Aruba 2
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 vs. Dominica 3
Quarterfinals
The matchups will happen between League A groups, included the 4 top-ranked groups who have been in a position to skip the group stage. The ultimate rating utilizing the latest FIFA world rankings for the seeded groups, and the Concacaf rating index for the unseeded groups. The quartet that superior straight to the quarterfinals — the USMNT, Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica — might be seeded.
Thursday, Nov. 16 or Friday, Nov. 17
First leg: Prime ranked seeded workforce vs. Lowest ranked group stage winner
First leg: Second-ranked seeded groups vs. Third-highest ranked group stage winner
First leg: Third-highest ranked workforce vs. Second-highest ranked group stage winner
First leg: Lowest ranked seeded workforce vs. Prime ranked group stage winner
Monday, Nov. 20 or Tuesday, Nov. 21
Second leg: Prime ranked seeded workforce vs. Lowest ranked group stage winner
Second leg: Second-ranked seeded groups vs. Third-highest ranked group stage winner
Second leg: Third-highest ranked workforce vs. Second-highest ranked group stage winner
Second leg: Lowest ranked seeded workforce vs. Prime ranked group stage winner
Semifinals, third-place match, last
The ultimate rounds of the Nations League will happen in March 2024 at a yet-to-be introduced location. The winners of the quarterfinals might be sorted into semifinal matchups, with the victors of these video games advancing to the ultimate. The losers of the semifinals will play within the third-place matchup.