2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying

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2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying
Tournament details
Dates 6 September 2018 – 24 March 2019
Teams 34
Tournament statistics
Matches played 68
Goals scored 264 (3.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rangelo Janga
Duckens Nazon
(6 goals each)

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.[1] 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.[2]

Format

Apart from the 6 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)[3] entered qualifying. Subsequently, each team played four matches, two home and two away. Based on their results, the teams were divided into tiers for the group phase of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Nations League:[2][4]

  • The top 6 teams qualified for League A to join the 6 hexagonal participants.
  • The next 16 teams qualified for League B.
  • The last 12 teams qualified for League C to join Guatemala.

Moreover, the top 10 teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup to join the 6 hexagonal participants.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in qualifying is determined as follows:[5]

  1. Points obtained in all qualifying matches;
  2. Goal difference in all qualifying matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all qualifying matches;
  4. Number of away goals scored in all qualifying matches;
  5. 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;
  6. 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.[1][6]

Pot A Pot B
  1.  Jamaica (6)
  2.  Canada (7)
  3.  Haiti (9)
  4.  El Salvador (10)
  5.  Martinique (12)
  6.  Cuba (13)
  7.  French Guiana (14)
  8.  Guadeloupe (15)
  1.  Nicaragua (16)
  2.  Saint Kitts and Nevis (17)
  3.  Curaçao (18)
  4.  Suriname (19)
  5.  Antigua and Barbuda (20)
  6.  Dominican Republic (21)
  7.  Bermuda (22)
  8.  Guyana (23)
  9.  Belize (24)
Pot C Pot D
  1.  Bonaire (25)
  2.  Grenada (26)
  3.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (27)
  4.  Saint Lucia (28)
  5.  Barbados (29)
  6.  Puerto Rico (30)
  7.  Bahamas (31)
  8.  Dominica (32)
  9.  Aruba (33)

Schedule and match pairings

The order of the match pairings per each FIFA match window was as follows:[1]

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:[7]

Pot A
Pos Team
A1  French Guiana
A2  El Salvador
A3  Jamaica
A4  Cuba
A5  Guadeloupe
A6  Martinique
A7  Haiti
A8  Canada
Pot B
Pos Team
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
Pos Team
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
Pos Team
D1 Template:Country data SMA
D2 Template:Country data SMN
D3  U.S. Virgin Islands
D4  Cayman Islands
D5  British Virgin Islands
D6  Turks and Caicos Islands
D7  Montserrat
D8  Anguilla

Standings

Template:2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying table

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Matchday 1
Dominica  0–0  Suriname
Guyana  3–0[note 1]  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 Template:Country data SMA
Curaçao  10–0  Grenada
Template:Country data SMN 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 Template:Country data SMA
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
Template:Country data SMN 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 Template:Country data SMN
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
Template:Country data SMA 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
Template:Country data SMA 4–3 Template:Country data SMN
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,[10][11][12] with the venues announced in August and September 2018.[13][14][15] The March 2019 match schedule was revised by CONCACAF in January 2019.[16]

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 is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.

Matchday 1















10 September 2018 (2018-09-10)
20:00
Curaçao  10–0  Grenada
https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/nations-league-qualifying/game-detail/440454


Matchday 2















16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)
19:00
Canada  5–0  Dominica
https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/nations-league-qualifying/game-detail/440474
BMO Field, Toronto
Attendance: 10,253[21]
Referee: Oscar Macías (Mexico)


Matchday 3

















Matchday 4

















Goalscorers

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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).[7]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in CONCACAF Gold Cup1
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.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 CONCACAF awarded Guyana a 3–0 win as a result of Barbados fielding the ineligible players Hallam Hope and Krystian Pearce. The Barbados FA had not completed a request with FIFA to change association of the former England youth internationals.[8] The match originally ended 2–2.[9]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dominica played their home match against Suriname in Guadeloupe.
  3. 3.0 3.1 The U.S. Virgin Islands played their home matches in the United States.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Bonaire played their home matches in Curaçao.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Aruba played their home matches in Curaçao.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Saint Martin played their home matches in Anguilla.
  7. The Martinique v British Virgin Islands match, originally scheduled on 11 September 2018, 20:00 EDT, was postponed due to the potential impact of Hurricane Isaac on Martinique.[18] The match was rescheduled to 16 October 2018, 19:00 EDT.[19]
  8. The Puerto Rico v Martinique match, originally scheduled on 15 October 2018, 16:00 EDT, was rescheduled to 13 October 2018, 16:00 EDT, due to the rescheduling of the Martinique v British Virgin Islands match.[20]
  9. Nicaragua played their home match against Anguilla in Costa Rica due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.
  10. 10.0 10.1 The Saint Lucia v Haiti match, originally scheduled on 13 October 2018, 20:00 EDT, was rescheduled to 16 October 2018, 21:15 EDT, and moved from Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet to Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France in Martinique.[22]
  11. Sint Maarten played their home matches in Anguilla.
  12. The British Virgin Islands v Bonaire match, originally scheduled on 16 November 2018, 13:45 EST (14:45 UTC−4), was rescheduled to 24 March 2019, 15:00 EDT, due to canceled flights of the teams.[23]
  13. 13.0 13.1 The British Virgin Islands played their home matches in Anguilla.
  14. The British Virgin Islands v Turks and Caicos Islands match, originally scheduled on 21 March 2019, 16:00 EDT, was later moved to 15:00 EDT.
  15. The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v Bonaire match, originally scheduled on 22 March 2019, 15:00 EDT, was rescheduled to 21 March 2019, 15:00 EDT, due to the rescheduling of the British Virgin Islands v Bonaire match.
  16. The Anguilla v U.S. Virgin Islands match, originally scheduled on 22 March 2019, 18:00 EDT, was later moved to 15:00 EDT.
  17. 17.0 17.1 The Saint Lucia v Aruba match, originally scheduled on 25 March 2019, 18:00 EDT, was rescheduled to 22 March 2019, 18:00 EDT, and moved from Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet to Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound (Antigua and Barbuda).
  18. 18.0 18.1 The Dominica v Bahamas match, originally scheduled on 26 March 2019, 18:00 EDT, was rescheduled to 23 March 2019, 14:30 EDT, and moved from Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes (Guadeloupe)[note 2] to Windsor Park, Roseau.
  19. The Sint Maarten v Saint Martin match, originally scheduled on 25 March 2019, 20:00 EDT, was rescheduled to 23 March 2019, 15:00 EDT.
  20. The Antigua and Barbuda v Curaçao match, originally scheduled on 25 March 2019, 18:00 EDT, was rescheduled to 23 March 2019, 18:00 EDT.
  21. The Guyana v Belize match, originally scheduled on 23 March 2019, 18:00 EDT, was later moved to 18:30 EDT.
  22. The Dominican Republic v Bermuda match, originally scheduled to be held at the Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, was later moved to the Estadio Cibao, Santiago de los Caballeros.
  23. The Canada v French Guiana match, originally scheduled on 26 March 2019, 19:00 EDT, was rescheduled to 24 March 2019, 18:00 (15:00 UTC−7).[24]

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