2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B

2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates2 September – 19 November 2024
Teams16
2026–27 →
International football competition

The 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B will be the second division of the 2024–25 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the fourth season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.[1] It will be held from 2 September to 21 November 2024.[2][3]

This edition of the CONCACAF Nations League B will serve to determine four teams that will qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States and two teams that will qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.[4]

Format

League B maintains the same format introduced since the inaugural edition,[5] except that matches will be played at a centralized venues instead of the previous home-and-away format.[1]

The sixteen participating teams were split into four groups of four teams and each group is played on a double round-robin basis, with matches being held in the official FIFA match windows in September, October and November 2024. The first-placed team of each group will be promoted to the 2026–27 CONCACAF Nations League A and the fourth-placed team of each group will be relegated to the 2026–27 CONCACAF Nations League C.[1]

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

As announced by CONCACAF in February 2023, the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League will serve as a qualifier for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5] League B teams may qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament or the Gold Cup qualification tournament (also called CONCACAF Gold Cup prelims), as follows:[4]

  • The four group winners (i.e., the 4 teams that will be promoted to the League A) will qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
  • The best two second-placed teams will qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

Teams

A total of sixteen national teams contest the League B, including eight sides from the 2023–24 season, four relegated teams from the 2023–24 League A and four promoted teams from the 2023–24 League C.

Team changes

The following were the team changes in League B regarding the 2023–24 season:

Incoming
Relegated from
Nations League A 		Promoted from
Nations League C
Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League A 		Relegated to
Nations League C

Seeding

The pots were confirmed on 19 April 2024, with the sixteen League B teams being split into three pots of three teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2024.[1][6]

Pot 1
Team Rank Pts
 Haiti 8 1,409
 El Salvador 12 1,230
 Curaçao 14 1,134
 Dominican Republic 20 933
Pot 2
Team Rank Pts
 Bermuda 21 854
 Puerto Rico 22 849
 Montserrat 23 815
 Saint Lucia 24 798
Pot 3
Team Rank Pts
 Grenada 26 774
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 769
 Antigua and Barbuda 28 768
 Aruba 30 641
Pot 4
Team Rank Pts
 Dominica 31 638
 Bonaire 32 590
 Saint Martin 34 522
 Sint Maarten 35 487

Draw

The draw for the groups composition was held on 6 May 2024, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami, Florida, United States, where the nine sixteen involved teams were drawn into four groups of four.[1] The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A and then selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and placing them into groups B, C and D in sequential order. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.

The draw resulted in the following groups:[7]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  El Salvador
A2  Montserrat
A3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A4  Bonaire
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Curaçao
B2  Saint Lucia
B3  Grenada
B4  Saint Martin
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Haiti
C2  Puerto Rico
C3  Aruba
C4  Sint Maarten
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Dominican Republic
D2  Bermuda
D3  Antigua and Barbuda
D4  Dominica

Groups

In an effort to reduce the travel disruptions faced by teams in previous editions, CONCACAF decided that the League B matches scheduled in each FIFA match window will be held at a centralized venue.[1]

In this way, the National Association of the third-highest ranked team in each group, once the draw has been made, will be responsible for hosting all matches in its group scheduled for the September FIFA match window. The second-highest ranked team in each group, once the draw has been made, will be responsible for hosting all matches in its group scheduled for the October FIFA match window. Likewise, the top-ranked team in each group, once the draw has been made, will be responsible for hosting all matches in its group scheduled in the November FIFA match window.[4]

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 23 May 2024.[2][3] All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) for September and October dates and EST (UTC−5) for November dates, as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[8]

Group A

By regulation, September's Group A matches had to be held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as the third highest-ranked team in the group. However, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was unable to host the matches and CONCACAF designated Bonaire as the venue.

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation El Salvador Montserrat Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bonaire
1  El Salvador (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A and qualification for Gold Cup — 17 Nov 13 Oct 8 Sep
2  Montserrat (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for Gold Cup prelims based on ranking 5 Sep — 14 Nov 13 Oct
3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Oct 8 Sep — 17 Nov
4  Bonaire (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 14 Nov 10 Oct 5 Sep —
First match(es) will be played: 5 September 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Montserrat Match 7 El Salvador
Bonaire Match 8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Match 22 Montserrat
El Salvador Match 21 Bonaire
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Match 44 El Salvador
TBC, TBC, Montserrat
Bonaire Match 45 Montserrat
TBC, TBC, Montserrat
El Salvador Match 58 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
TBC, TBC, Montserrat
Montserrat Match 59 Bonaire
TBC, TBC, Montserrat
Montserrat Match 79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
TBC, TBC, El Salvador
Bonaire Match 80 El Salvador
TBC, TBC, El Salvador
El Salvador Match 91 Montserrat
TBC, TBC, El Salvador
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Match 92 Bonaire
TBC, TBC, El Salvador

Group B

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Curaçao Saint Lucia Grenada Collectivity of Saint Martin
1  Curaçao (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A and qualification for Gold Cup — 18 Nov 14 Oct 9 Sep
2  Saint Lucia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for Gold Cup prelims based on ranking 6 Sep — 15 Nov 14 Oct
3  Grenada (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Oct 9 Sep — 18 Nov
4  Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 15 Nov 11 Oct 6 Sep —
First match(es) will be played: 6 September 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Saint Lucia Match 12 Curaçao
Saint Martin Match 13 Grenada
Curaçao Match 26 Saint Martin
Grenada Match 27 Saint Lucia
Grenada Match 49 Curaçao
TBC, TBC, Saint Lucia
Saint Martin Match 50 Saint Lucia
TBC, TBC, Saint Lucia
Curaçao Match 63 Grenada
TBC, TBC, Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia Match 64 Saint Martin
TBC, TBC, Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia Match 85 Grenada
TBC, TBC, Curaçao
Saint Martin Match 86 Curaçao
TBC, TBC, Curaçao
Curaçao Match 97 Saint Lucia
TBC, TBC, Curaçao
Grenada Match 98 Saint Martin
TBC, TBC, Curaçao

Group C

By regulation, September's Group A matches had to be held in Aruba as the third highest-ranked team in the group. However, Aruba was unable to host the matches and CONCACAF designated Puerto Rico as the venue.

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Haiti Puerto Rico Aruba Sint Maarten
1  Haiti (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A and qualification for Gold Cup — 18 Nov 14 Oct 9 Sep
2  Puerto Rico (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for Gold Cup prelims based on ranking 6 Sep — 15 Nov 14 Oct
3  Aruba (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Oct 9 Sep — 18 Nov
4  Sint Maarten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 15 Nov 11 Oct 6 Sep —
First match(es) will be played: 6 September 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sint Maarten Match 15 Aruba
Puerto Rico Match 14 Haiti
Haiti Match 28 Sint Maarten
Aruba Match 29 Puerto Rico
Aruba Match 51 Haiti
Sint Maarten Match 52 Puerto Rico
Haiti Match 65 Aruba
Puerto Rico Match 66 Sint Maarten
Puerto Rico Match 87 Aruba
TBC, TBC, Haiti
Sint Maarten Match 88 Haiti
TBC, TBC, Haiti
Haiti Match 99 Puerto Rico
TBC, TBC, Haiti
Aruba Match 100 Sint Maarten
TBC, TBC, Haiti

Group D

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Dominican Republic Bermuda Antigua and Barbuda Dominica
1  Dominican Republic (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A and qualification for Gold Cup — 19 Nov 15 Oct 10 Sep
2  Bermuda (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for Gold Cup prelims based on ranking 7 Sep — 16 Nov 15 Oct
3  Antigua and Barbuda (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Oct 10 Sep — 19 Nov
4  Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 16 Nov 12 Oct 7 Sep —
First match(es) will be played: 7 September 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bermuda Match 16 Dominican Republic
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica Match 17 Antigua and Barbuda
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
Dominican Republic Match 33 Dominica
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda Match 34 Bermuda
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda Match 53 Dominican Republic
TBC, TBC, Bermuda
Dominica Match 54 Bermuda
TBC, TBC, Bermuda
Dominican Republic Match 70 Antigua and Barbuda
TBC, TBC, Bermuda
Bermuda Match 71 Dominica
TBC, TBC, Bermuda
Bermuda Match 89 Antigua and Barbuda
TBC, TBC, Dominican Republic
Dominica Match 90 Dominican Republic
TBC, TBC, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic Match 105 Bermuda
TBC, TBC, Dominican Republic
Antigua and Barbuda Match 106 Dominica
TBC, TBC, Dominican Republic

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Group A runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Gold Cup prelims
2 B Group B runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Group C runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D Group D runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 September 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

References

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  2. ^ a b "Concacaf announces match schedule for 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League". Miami: CONCACAF. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "CONCACAF Nations League Regulations 2024" (PDF). CONCACAF. 17 April 2024 [Approved on March 2024]. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Men's National Team CONCACAF RANKING INDEX". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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