2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League
The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League was the second season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The group phase of the tournament started on 2 June 2022, and the final tournament, which decided the champions, was played from 15 to 18 June 2023 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The Nations League also served as a qualifier for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The United States were the defending champions, and successfully retained their title after defeating Canada 2–0 in the final.
Schedule
The format for the 2022–23 Nations League was announced by CONCACAF on 27 July 2020. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar taking place at the end of the year, the league phase was played in June 2022 and March 2023.
Format
Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.3):
Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of away goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if the tie was only between two teams);
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
Yellow card: −1 points;
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
All 41 CONCACAF national teams entered the competition. The four teams which finished bottom of each group in Leagues A and B from the 2019–20 season moved down a league, while the four teams which finished top of each group in Leagues B and C moved up. The remaining teams stayed in their respective leagues.
The draw for the league phase took place in Miami, Florida, United States on 4 April 2022, 19:00 EDT. Each of the League's draws began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A of their respective league. The draws continued by selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and positioning them into Groups B, C and D in sequential order. The same procedure was done for the remaining pots. Teams were seeded into pots using CONCACAF Ranking.
League A
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Nations League Finals
Seeding
Bracket
All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
League B
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Ranking of second-placed teams
Due to the disqualification of Nicaragua, the ranking of all second-placed teams was used to determine which team would replace them in League A.
Ranking of third-placed teams
As Trinidad and Tobago replaced Nicaragua in the Gold Cup, the ranking of all third-placed teams was used to determine which team would replace them in the Gold Cup preliminary round.
League C
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Top goalscorers
Source:
References
External links
2022–23
2022–23 in CONCACAF football
June 2022 sports events in North America
March 2023 sports events in North America
June 2023 sports events in North America