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 Finals, which decided the champions, was played from 15 to 18 June 2023 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States. 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.
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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.
StageRoundDates
League phaseMatchday 12–4 June 2022
League phaseMatchday 25–7 June 2022
League phaseMatchday 39–11 June 2022
League phaseMatchday 412–14 June 2022
League phaseMatchday 523–25 March 2023
League phaseMatchday 626–28 March 2023
FinalsSemi-finals15 June 2023
FinalsThird place play-off18 June 2023
FinalsFinal18 June 2023

Format

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows :
  1. Points obtained in all group matches ;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Number of away goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question ;
  8. Fair play points in all group matches :
  9. * Yellow card: −1 points;
  10. * Indirect red card : −3 points;
  11. * Direct red card: −4 points;
  12. * Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  13. 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.
Promoted in previous season
Relegated in previous season


League A

Nations League Finals

Bracket

All times are local, PDT.

Semi-finals

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League B

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.

Top goalscorers

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