The 2023-24 edition of the Concacaf Nations League kicked off Thursday as a handful of North American teams began their quest for continental glory. Most of the confederation's teams will begin their Nations League journeys this month, all sorted into three groups. League A and League B will feature 16 teams each, while League C will have nine teams. League A features the top-ranked sides in Concacaf , including the U.S. men's national team, Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica. That quartet will enter the competition at the quarterfinal stage in November, while the remaining teams were split into two groups and will face off against each other for the remaining quarterfinal berths. The last two teams in both groups will be relegated to League B for the 2024-25 Nations League.
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League B teams are sorted into four groups of four, in which the group winners will win promotion to League A for the 2024-25 campaign. The last-place nation in each group will be relegated to League C for the subsequent edition of the competition.
League C squads are organized in three groups of three. The winner of each group will advance to League B next time around, as will the best second-place team out of all three groups.
Here's a schedule of play and results for the first batch of Nations League matches, which you can also find on Paramount+.
League A
Group A: Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Martinique, Curacao, Trinidad and Tobago
Group B: Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Cuba, Suriname, Grenada
Thursday, Sept. 7
Trinidad and Tobago 1, Curacao 0
Panama 3, Martinique 0
Guatemala 2, El Salvador 0
Friday, Sept. 8
Haiti 0, Cuba 0
Jamaica 1, Honduras 0
Grenada 1, Suriname 1
Sunday, Sept. 10
Martinique 1, Curacao 0
Guatemala 1, Panama 1
El Salvador 2, Trinidad and Tobago 3
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Cuba 1, Suriname 0
Jamaica 2, Haiti 2
Honduras 4, Grenada 0
League B
Group A: Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten
Group B: Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Montserrat, Barbados
Group C: French Guiana, Bermuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize
Group D: Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Bahamas
Thursday, Sept. 7
Sint Maarten 1, Saint Lucia 5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Guadeloupe 2
Friday, Sept. 8
Belize vs. Saint Vincent 1, Grenadines 2
Dominican Republic 0, Nicaragua 2
Barbados 2, Montserrat 3
Bermuda 0, French Guiana 0
Saturday, Sept. 9
Antigua and Barburda 1, Guyana 5
Bahamas 1, Puerto Rico 6
Sunday, Sept. 10
Guadeloupe 4, Sint Maarten 0
Saint Lucia 2, Saint Kitts and Nevis 0
Monday, Sept. 11
Dominican Republic 3, Montserrat 0
Nicaragua 5, Barbados 1
Tuesday, Sept. 12
French Guiana 0, Belize 2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4, Bermuda 3
Guyana 3, Bahamas 2
Puerto Rico 5, Antigua and Barbuda 0
League C
Group A: Bonaire, Saint Martin, Anguilla
Group B: Aruba, Cayman Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands
Group C: Dominica, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands
Thursday, Sept. 7
Anguilla 0, Saint Martin 6
U.S. Virgin Islands 2, Cayman Islands 2
Saturday, Sept. 9
British Virgin Islands 3, Turks and Caicos Islands 1
Monday, Sept. 11
Saint Martin 2, Bonaire 1
Cayman Islands 1, Aruba 2
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 vs. Dominica 3
Quarterfinals
The matchups will take place between League A teams, included the four top-ranked teams who were able to skip the group stage. The final ranking using the most recent FIFA world rankings for the seeded teams, and the Concacaf ranking index for the unseeded teams. The quartet that advanced straight to the quarterfinals -- the USMNT, Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica -- will be seeded.
Thursday, Nov. 16 or Friday, Nov. 17
First leg: Top ranked seeded team vs. Lowest ranked group stage winner
First leg: Second-ranked seeded teams vs. Third-highest ranked group stage winner
First leg: Third-highest ranked team vs. Second-highest ranked group stage winner
First leg: Lowest ranked seeded team vs. Top ranked group stage winner
Monday, Nov. 20 or Tuesday, Nov. 21
Second leg: Top ranked seeded team vs. Lowest ranked group stage winner
Second leg: Second-ranked seeded teams vs. Third-highest ranked group stage winner
Second leg: Third-highest ranked team vs. Second-highest ranked group stage winner
Second leg: Lowest ranked seeded team vs. Top ranked group stage winner
Semifinals, third-place match, final
The final rounds of the Nations League will take place in March 2024 at a yet-to-be announced location. The winners of the quarterfinals will be sorted into semifinal matchups, with the victors of those games advancing to the final. The losers of the semifinals will play in the third-place matchup.
