2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
The 2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals will be the final tournament of the 2023–24 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The tournament will be held from 21 to 24 March 2024 in a centralized venue to be confirmed.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 21–24 March |
Teams | 4 |
The United States are the two-time defending champions.
Format
The Nations League Finals was contested by the four quarter-finals winners of League A. The tournament took place over four days and was played in single-leg knockout matches, consisting of two semi-finals on 21 March, and a third place play-off and final three days after the second semi-final on 24 March 2024.
In the Nations League Finals, if the scores were level at the end of normal time:[2]
- In the semi-finals and final, 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, the winner was determined by a penalty shoot-out.
- In the third place play-off, extra time would not be played, and the winner would be determined by a penalty shoot-out.
Qualified teams
The four quarter-finals winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.
Match | Winners | Date of qualification |
CONCACAF Rankings February 2024 |
FIFA Rankings November 2023 |
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QF1 | Costa Rica or Panama | November 20, 2023 | ||
QF2 | Jamaica or Canada | November 21, 2023 | ||
QF3 | United States or Trinidad and Tobago | November 20, 2023 | ||
QF4 | Honduras or Mexico | November 21, 2023 |
Seeding
The four teams were ranked based on their results in the two quarter-finals legs to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed played the fourth seed and the second seed played the third seed.
Seed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | QF1 | QF1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | QF2 | QF2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | QF3 | QF3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | QF4 | QF4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Squads
Each national team had to submit a final squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, no later than ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player presents medical reasons or became injured severely enough to prevent his participation from the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.[2]
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
21 March – TBD | ||||||
Quarter-final winner ranked 2 | ||||||
24 March – TBD | ||||||
Quarter-final winner ranked 3 | ||||||
Winner Match 1 | ||||||
21 March – TBD | ||||||
Winner Match 2 | ||||||
Quarter-final winner ranked 1 | ||||||
Quarter-final winner ranked 4 | ||||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
24 March – TBD | ||||||
Loser Match 1 | ||||||
Loser Match 2 |
Semi-finals
Quarter-final winner ranked 2 | Match 1 | Quarter-final winner ranked 3 |
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Quarter-final winner ranked 1 | Match 2 | Quarter-final winner ranked 4 |
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Third place play-off
Loser Match 1 | Match 3 | Loser Match 2 |
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Final
Winner Match 1 | Match 4 | Winner Match 2 |
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References
- "Concacaf confirms 23/24 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal pairings". Miami: CONCACAF. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- "CONCACAF Nations League Regulations 2023" (PDF). CONCACAF. May 2023 [Approved on 27 April 2023]. Retrieved 2 August 2023.