# 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying

The qualifying phase of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League was a one-off tournament that took place from 6 September 2018 to 24 March 2019. The qualifying determined the seeding for the group phase of the inaugural tournament, as well as determining the remaining ten teams that qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

## Format

Apart from the six teams which participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying hexagonal, the other 34 teams (Guatemala could not enter due to FIFA suspension after missing the deadline of 1 March 2018) entered qualifying. The format for the qualifying stage was based on the Pots System, developed by Chilean Leandro Shara. Under that format, the teams are divided into pots for scheduling purposes only, and all teams face rivals from each pot, and all teams are placed under one general standing (without groups). Subsequently, the 34 teams were divided into four pots, and each team played four matches, two home and two away. Based on their results in the general standing, the teams were divided into tiers for the group phase of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Nations League:
* The top six teams qualified for League A to join the six hexagonal participants.
* The next sixteen teams qualified for League B.
* The last twelve teams qualified for League C to join Guatemala.
Moreover, the top ten teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup to join the six hexagonal participants.

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in qualifying was determined as follows:
* Points obtained in all qualifying matches;
* Goal difference in all qualifying matches;
* Number of goals scored in all qualifying matches;
* Number of away goals scored in all qualifying matches;
* Fair play points in all qualifying matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Yellow card: –1 point;Indirect red card (second yellow card): –3 points;Direct red card: –4 points;Yellow card and direct red card: –5 points;
* Drawing of lots.

## Seeding

The 34 teams were seeded into four pots based on their position in the March 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index (shown in parentheses). Pots A and D contained 8 teams, while pots B and C contained 9 teams. Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Pot A :
| Team | Rank |
| Jamaica | 6 |
| Canada | 7 |
| Haiti | 9 |
| El Salvador | 10 |
| Martinique | 12 |
| Cuba | 13 |
| French Guiana | 14 |
| Guadeloupe | 15 |
Pot B :
| Team | Rank |
| Nicaragua | 16 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 |
| Curaçao | 18 |
| Suriname | 19 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 20 |
| Dominican Republic | 21 |
| Bermuda | 22 |
| Guyana | 23 |
| Belize | 24 |
Pot C :
| Team | Rank |
| Bonaire | 25 |
| Grenada | 26 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27 |
| Saint Lucia | 28 |
| Barbados | 29 |
| Puerto Rico | 30 |
| Bahamas | 31 |
| Dominica | 32 |
| Aruba | 33 |
Pot D :
| Team | Rank |
| Cayman Islands | 34 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 35 |
| Montserrat | 36 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 37 |
| Saint Martin | 38 |
| Sint Maarten | 39 |
| Anguilla | 40 |
| British Virgin Islands | 41 |

## Schedule and match pairings

The order of the match pairings per each FIFA match window was as follows:
| Matchday | Dates | Pot pairings | Matches |
| Matchday 1 | 6–11 September 2018 | Pot A v Pot D, Pot B v Pot C | B2 v C7, A6 v D5, D3 v A8, D8 v A1, C9 v B6, C1 v B8, B3 v C6, A3 v D4, A4 v D6, B9 v C2, D7 v A2, C5 v B4, D2 v A5, A7 v D1, B7 v C8, B1 v C3, C4 v B5 |
| Matchday 2 | 11–16 October 2018 | Pot A v Pot C, Pot B v Pot D, 1 team from Pot B v 1 team from Pot C | D6 v B7, A2 v C8, B6 v D1, B4 v D4, C6 v A7, B5 v D8, B8 v D5, C3 v B3, D7 v B1, A5 v C9, C7 v A6, C2 v A4, A8 v C1, D2 v B2, D3 v B9, A1 v C4, C5 v A3 |
| Matchday 3 | 16–20 November 2018 | Pot A v Pot B, Pot C v Pot D, 1 team from Pot B v 1 team from Pot C | C2 v D2, D6 v C4, A1 v B7, D5 v C5, B2 v A8, A4 v B4, B5 v A7, C3 v D8, C8 v D3, D1 v C1, B9 v A5, A3 v B8, C9 v D7, D4 v C6, A6 v B3, B6 v A2, B1 v C7 |
| Matchday 4 | 21–24 March 2019 | Pot A v Pot A, Pot B v Pot B, Pot C v Pot C, Pot D v Pot D, 1 team from Pot B v 1 team from Pot C | A8 v A1, B3 v B9, B4 v B6, A7 v A4, C8 v B5, D1 v D2, D4 v D7, B8 v B2, C6 v C9, C7 v C2, A5 v A6, C1 v C3, D5 v D6, B7 v B1, A2 v A3, C4 v C5, D8 v D3 |
The draw of the qualifying fixtures was held on 7 March 2018, 10:00 EST (UTC−5), at The Temple House in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, directly after the launch event of the CONCACAF Nations League. A computerized pre-draw produced a "master schedule", creating 17 fixtures for each matchday. The teams in each pot were then drawn to the corresponding positions in the schedule (A1–A8, B1–B9, C1–C9, D1–D8). The computer model assured that no teams face each other more than once, and that each team plays two home and two away matches.
The result of the draw was as follows:
Pot A :
| Pot A PosTeam A1  French Guiana A2  El Salvador A3  Jamaica A4  Cuba A5  Guadeloupe A6  Martinique A7  Haiti A8  Canada | Pot B PosTeam B1  Belize B2  Saint Kitts and Nevis B3  Antigua and Barbuda B4  Dominican Republic B5  Nicaragua B6  Bermuda B7  Guyana B8  Suriname B9  Curaçao | Pot C PosTeam C1  Dominica C2  Grenada C3  Bahamas C4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines C5  Bonaire C6  Saint Lucia C7  Puerto Rico C8  Barbados C9  Aruba | Pot D PosTeam D1  Sint Maarten D2  Saint Martin D3  U.S. Virgin Islands D4  Cayman Islands D5  British Virgin Islands D6  Turks and Caicos Islands D7  Montserrat D8  Anguilla |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Haiti | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 12 | Qualification for League A and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 12 | Qualification for League A and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 3 | Martinique | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Qualification for League A and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 4 | Curaçao | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | +20 | 9 | Qualification for League A and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 5 | Bermuda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 9 | Qualification for League A and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 6 | Cuba | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Qualification for League A and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 7 | Guyana | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Qualification for League B and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 8 | Jamaica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Qualification for League B and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Qualification for League B and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 10 | El Salvador | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for League B and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 11 | Montserrat | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for League B |
| 12 | Suriname | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Qualification for League B |
| 13 | Saint Lucia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Qualification for League B |
| 14 | Dominica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Qualification for League B |
| 15 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | Qualification for League B |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Qualification for League B |
| 17 | Belize | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Qualification for League B |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | Qualification for League B |
| 19 | French Guiana | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Qualification for League B |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Qualification for League B |
| 21 | Grenada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | Qualification for League B |
| 22 | Aruba | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Qualification for League B |
| 23 | Guadeloupe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | Qualification for League C |
| 24 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 4 | Qualification for League C |
| 25 | Barbados | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | Qualification for League C |
| 26 | Bonaire | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 3 | Qualification for League C |
| 27 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 3 | Qualification for League C |
| 28 | Sint Maarten | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 3 | Qualification for League C |
| 29 | Cayman Islands | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | Qualification for League C |
| 30 | British Virgin Islands | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | Qualification for League C |
| 31 | Anguilla | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 1 | Qualification for League C |
| 32 | Bahamas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 1 | Qualification for League C |
| 33 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | Qualification for League C |
| 34 | Saint Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 | −17 | 0 | Qualification for League C |
* 1 2 Away goals: Anguilla 1, Bahamas 0.

## Summary

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Matchday 1 |||
| Dominica | 0–0 | Suriname |
| Guyana | 3–0 | Barbados |
| Anguilla | 0–5 | French Guiana |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0–3 | Saint Lucia |
| Belize | 4–0 | Bahamas |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0–2 | Nicaragua |
| Cuba | 11–0 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Montserrat | 1–2 | El Salvador |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–8 | Canada |
| Bonaire | 0–5 | Dominican Republic |
| Aruba | 3–1 | Bermuda |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–0 | Puerto Rico |
| Jamaica | 4–0 | Cayman Islands |
| Haiti | 13–0 | Sint Maarten |
| Curaçao | 10–0 | Grenada |
| Saint Martin | 0–3 | Guadeloupe |
| Martinique | 4–0 | British Virgin Islands |
| Matchday 2 |||
| French Guiana | 0–1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–5 | Curaçao |
| Bahamas | 0–6 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Bermuda | 12–0 | Sint Maarten |
| Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Cayman Islands |
| Grenada | 0–2 | Cuba |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 0–8 | Guyana |
| Puerto Rico | 0–1 | Martinique |
| Suriname | 5–0 | British Virgin Islands |
| El Salvador | 3–0 | Barbados |
| Saint Martin | 0–10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Montserrat | 1–0 | Belize |
| Bonaire | 0–6 | Jamaica |
| Nicaragua | 6–0 | Anguilla |
| Canada | 5–0 | Dominica |
| Guadeloupe | 0–0 | Aruba |
| Saint Lucia | 1–2 | Haiti |
| Matchday 3 |||
| Grenada | 5–2 | Saint Martin |
| Bermuda | 1–0 | El Salvador |
| Aruba | 0–2 | Montserrat |
| Belize | 1–0 | Puerto Rico |
| Cuba | 1–0 | Dominican Republic |
| Jamaica | 2–1 | Suriname |
| Nicaragua | 0–2 | Haiti |
| Cayman Islands | 0–0 | Saint Lucia |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 3–2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Bahamas | 1–1 | Anguilla |
| Barbados | 3–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0–1 | Canada |
| Martinique | 4–2 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Curaçao | 6–0 | Guadeloupe |
| Sint Maarten | 0–2 | Dominica |
| French Guiana | 2–1 | Guyana |
| British Virgin Islands | 1–2 | Bonaire |
| Matchday 4 |||
| British Virgin Islands | 2–2 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2–1 | Bonaire |
| Anguilla | 0–3 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Saint Lucia | 3–2 | Aruba |
| Cayman Islands | 1–2 | Montserrat |
| Dominica | 4–0 | Bahamas |
| Sint Maarten | 4–3 | Saint Martin |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2–1 | Curaçao |
| Suriname | 2–0 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Guyana | 2–1 | Belize |
| Guadeloupe | 0–1 | Martinique |
| El Salvador | 2–0 | Jamaica |
| Puerto Rico | 0–2 | Grenada |
| Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Bermuda |
| Canada | 4–1 | French Guiana |
| Haiti | 2–1 | Cuba |
| Barbados | 0–1 | Nicaragua |

## Matches

The match dates were announced on 29 May 2018, with the venues announced in August and September 2018. The March 2019 match schedule was revised by CONCACAF in January 2019.
Times in September, October and March are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4), while times in November are Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue was located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.

### Matchday 4
## Goalscorers

There were 264 goals scored in 68 matches, for an average of 3.88 goals per match.
6 goals
* Rangelo Janga
* Duckens Nazon
5 goals
* Lucas Cavallini
* Luis Paradela
* Juan Barrera
4 goals
* Myles Weston
* Zeiko Lewis
* Jonathan David
* Yordan Santa Cruz
* Gevaro Nepomuceno
* Emery Welshman
* Cory Burke
* Kévin Parsemain
3 goals
* Reggie Lambe
* Junior Hoilett
* Cyle Larin
* Leandro Bacuna
* Elson Hooi
* Julian Wade
* Domingo Peralta
* A. J. Paterson
* Neil Danns
* Sheldon Holder
* Darren Mattocks
* Atiba Harris
* Harry Panayiotou
* Jevick Macfarlane
* Stefano Rijssel
* Billy Forbes
2 goals
* Calaum Jahraldo-Martin
* Hallam Hope
* Krisean Lopez
* Nahki Wells
* Jermaine Windster
* Andy Baquero
* Roberney Caballero
* Luismel Morris
* Enmy Peña
* Nelson Bonilla
* Óscar Cerén
* Jules Haabo
* Kévin Rimane
* Jamal Charles
* Trayon Bobb
* Derrick Etienne
* Charles Hérold Jr.
* Soni Mustivar
* Frantzdy Pierrot
* Ricardo Morris
* Mickaël Biron
* Spencer Weir-Daley
* Bradley Woods-Garness
* Jaime Moreno
* Theo Wharton
* Pernal Williams
* Danilo Cocks
* Gerwin Lake
* Ivenzo Comvalius
* Donnegy Fer
1 goal
* Glenville Rogers
* Junior Benjamin
* Peter Byers
* Quinton Griffith
* Carl Osbourne
* Raymond Baten
* Ronald Gómez
* Josh Gross
* Joshua John
* Erik Santos de Gouveia
* Nesley Jean
* Mario Harte
* Hadan Holligan
* Raheim Sargeant
* Denmark Casey Jr.
* Elroy Kuylen
* Deon McCaulay
* Osagi Bascome
* Justin Donawa
* Liam Evans
* Dante Leverock
* Tre Ming
* Lejuan Simmons
* Jonte Smith
* Tehvan Tyrell
* Jurven Koffy
* Troy Caesar
* Jamie Wilson
* Jerry Wiltshire
* Atiba Hutchinson
* Jonathan Osorio
* Mark Ebanks
* Gervane Kastaneer
* Brandley Kuwas
* Ruensley Leuteria
* Cuco Martina
* Quenten Martinus
* Travist Joseph
* Randolph Peltier
* Briel Thomas
* Tano Bonnín
* Carlos Heredia
* Jean Carlos López
* Edipo Rodríguez
* Gilberto Baires
* Gerson Mayen
* Alex Éric
* Thomas Issorat
* Jean-Eudes Lauristin
* Warren Rino
* Joffrey Torvic
* Antonio German
* Kennedy Hinkson
* Florian David
* Grégory Gendrey
* Yannick Passape
* Kadell Daniel
* Carlens Arcus
* Mikaël Cantave
* Kevin Lafrance
* Jeff Louis
* Owayne Gordon
* Dane Kelly
* Peter-Lee Vassell
* Stéphane Abaul
* Sébastien Crétinoir
* Wesley Jobello
* Christophe Jougon
* Adrian Clifton
* Joey Taylor
* Oscar López
* Henry Niño
* Kimaree Rogers
* Omari Sterling-James
* Lester Joseph
* Andrus Remy
* Akim Arrondell
* Wrubens Dupalus
* Ylaire Joachim
* Remsley Boelijn
* Chavel Cunningham
* Nazir McBurnette
* Azinho Solomon
* Jahvin Sutherland
* Brian Elshot
* Fred Dorvil
* Jepthe Francois
* Aaron Dennis
* J. C. Mack
* Bryce Pierre
1 own goal
* Jonathan Miller (against Belize)
* Jermaine Windster (against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
* Malcolm Joseph (against Canada)
* Damion Lowe (against El Salvador)
* Danilo Cocks (against Sint Maarten)
* Brice Noubon (against Saint Kitts and Nevis)
* Diaro Forsythe (against Haiti)
* Kassall Greene (against Curaçao)

## Qualified teams for CONCACAF Gold Cup

At the end of the CONCACAF Nations League qualifying, the top ten teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup together with the six participants of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal (with their Gold Cup qualification confirmed at the draw of CONCACAF Nations League qualifying on 7 March 2018).
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in CONCACAF Gold Cup only Gold Cup era (since 1991) |
| Mexico | Hexagonal 1st place | 7 March 2018 | 14 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Costa Rica | Hexagonal 2nd place | 7 March 2018 | 13 (1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Panama | Hexagonal 3rd place | 7 March 2018 | 8 (1993, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Honduras | Hexagonal 4th place | 7 March 2018 | 13 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
| United States | Hexagonal 5th place | 7 March 2018 | 14 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Hexagonal 6th place | 7 March 2018 | 9 (1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015) |
| Haiti | Qualifying 1st place | 24 March 2019 | 6 (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015) |
| Canada | Qualifying 2nd place | 24 March 2019 | 13 (1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Martinique | Qualifying 3rd place | 23 March 2019 | 5 (1993, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2017) |
| Curaçao | Qualifying 4th place | 23 March 2019 | 1 (2017) |
| Bermuda | Qualifying 5th place | 24 March 2019 | 0 (debut) |
| Cuba | Qualifying 6th place | 24 March 2019 | 8 (1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Guyana | Qualifying 7th place | 23 March 2019 | 0 (debut) |
| Jamaica | Qualifying 8th place | 23 March 2019 | 10 (1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017) |
| Nicaragua | Qualifying 9th place | 24 March 2019 | 2 (2009, 2017) |
| El Salvador | Qualifying 10th place | 24 March 2019 | 10 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.