Tournament details | |
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Dates | Group phase: 2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023 Nations League Finals: 15–18 June 2023 |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 80 (2.86 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() (4 goals each) |
The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A was the top division of the 2022–23 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The initial group stage was held from 2 June 2022 to 28 March 2023.[1]
League A culminated with the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals in June 2023 to crown the champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.[2] These matches were played at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.[3]
The top eight teams qualified to the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the remaining four teams entered the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
Format
[edit]League A consisted of twelve teams. The league was split into four groups of three teams. The teams competed in a home-and-away, round-robin format over the course of the group phase, with matches being played in the official FIFA match windows in June 2022 and March 2023. The four group winners qualified for the Nations League Finals. As a result of a format change, no teams were relegated this season.[4]
Team changes
[edit]The following were the team changes of League A from the 2019–20 season:
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Seeding
[edit]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.[5][6]
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Groups
[edit]The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 April 2022.[7][1]
All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[8][9][10][11]
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Qualification for Gold Cup | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | Advance to Gold Cup prelims | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
Mexico ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Suriname ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Mexico ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 | Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Qualification for Gold Cup | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | Advance to Gold Cup prelims | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |
Panama ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Costa Rica ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Panama ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Martinique ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Martinique ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Biron ![]() |
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Costa Rica ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Fajardo ![]() |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup | — | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | Qualification for Gold Cup | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | Advance to Gold Cup prelims | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |
Honduras ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Quioto ![]() |
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Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 10 | Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Qualification for Gold Cup | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 | Advance to Gold Cup prelims | 1–7 | 2–2 | — |
El Salvador ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Grenada ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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El Salvador ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Larín ![]() |
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Grenada ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() |
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Hippolyte ![]() |
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United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pepi ![]() |
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Nations League Finals
[edit]Seeding
[edit]The four teams were ranked based on their results in the group stage to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed played the fourth seed and the second seed played the third seed.[15]
Seed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 10 |
2 | B | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 |
3 | C | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 |
4 | A | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 |
Bracket
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June 15Paradise, NV | –||||||
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June 18Paradise, NV | –||||||
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June 15Paradise, NV | –||||||
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June 18Paradise, NV | –||||||
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All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).
Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
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Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 80 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Lucas Cavallini
Jonathan Osorio
Steven Vitória
Francisco Calvo
Joel Campbell
Anthony Contreras
Aarón Suárez
Leandro Bacuna
Anthony van den Hurk
Cristian Gil
Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong
Jamal Charles
Myles Hippolyte
Alexander McQueen
Kervin Arriaga
Jorge Benguché
Kevin López
José Pinto
Romell Quioto
Leon Bailey
Bobby Decordova-Reid
Jamal Lowe
Ravel Morrison
Mickaël Biron
Jesús Gallardo
Hirving Lozano
Henry Martín
Orbelín Pineda
Israel Reyes
Luis Romo
Érick Sánchez
Johan Vásquez
Ismael Díaz
Fidel Escobar
José Fajardo
Gabriel Torres
Cecilio Waterman
Yanic Wildschut
Brenden Aaronson
Paul Arriola
Folarin Balogun
Jordan Morris
Chris Richards
Alejandro Zendejas
1 own goal
A. J. Paterson (against El Salvador)
Amal Knight (against Suriname)
Karl Vitulin (against Panama)
Edson Álvarez (against Jamaica)
Damil Dankerlui (against Mexico)
Best XI
[edit]CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of League A after the conclusion of the group stage.[16]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Referee Ismail Elfath from the United States, who was originally assigned to the Jamaica v Suriname match,[12][13] was replaced by Keylor Herrera from Costa Rica.[14]
- ^ Referee Francia González from Mexico, who was originally assigned to the El Salvador v Grenada match,[12][13] was replaced by José Torres from Puerto Rico.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CONCACAF Nations League 2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE" (PDF). CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Las Vegas to host 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Finals presented by Qatar Airways in June". CONCACAF. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Concacaf announces details for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League". CONCACAF. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Concacaf confirms procedures for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways draw". CONCACAF. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Concacaf announces schedule for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". Miami: CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "June 2022 match schedule confirmed for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". Miami: CONCACAF. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – JUNE 2022" (PDF). CONCACAF. 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Schedule set for 2022-23 CNL Group Stage matches in March". Miami: CONCACAF. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – MARCH 2023" (PDF). CONCACAF. 23 March 2023.
- ^ a b "2022/23 CNL Referee Appointments – Match Days 1-6". CONCACAF. 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b Urrutia, Alvaro (1 June 2022). "2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Referee Appointments" (PDF). CONCACAF.
- ^ Urrutia, Alvaro (6 June 2022). "2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Referee Appointments" (PDF). CONCACAF.
- ^ "Semifinal matchups and schedule confirmed for 2022/23 CNL Finals in Las Vegas". CONCACAF. 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Tamacas, Pepi, Reid and Larin headline CNL League A Best XI". CONCACAF. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.