2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C

2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C
Tournament details
Dates7 September 2023 – 21 November 2023
Teams9
Promoted Aruba
 Bonaire
 Dominica
 Saint Martin
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored69 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Collectivity of Saint Martin Axel Raga
(8 goals)
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International football competition

The 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C was the third and lowest division 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.[1] It was held from 7 September to 21 November 2023.[2][3]

Format

Starting from this edition, League C was reduced from thirteen to nine teams which were split into three groups of three teams instead the four groups of previous editions. The teams competed on a home-and-away round-robin basis within each group, with matches being played in the official FIFA match windows in September, October and November 2023. The first-placed team of each group and the best second-placed team among all groups were promoted to the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B.[1]

Teams

A total of nine national teams contested League C. As a result of the reduction to 9 teams, there were no teams relegated from League B the previous season, so the nine teams that failed to be promoted last season conformed the League C for this edition.

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League C regarding the 2022–23 season:

Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League B

Seeding

The pots were confirmed on 2 May 2023, with the sixteen League C teams being split into three pots of three teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2023.[4]

Pot 1
Team Pts Rank
 Bonaire 627 31
 Dominica 572 32
 Aruba 564 33
Pot 2
Team Pts Rank
 Turks and Caicos Islands 461 35
 Cayman Islands 435 36
 Saint Martin 377 38
Pot 3
Team Pts Rank
 Anguilla 224 39
 U.S. Virgin Islands 193 40
 British Virgin Islands 163 41

Draw

The groups draw was held on 16 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States,[1][5] where the nine involved teams were drawn into three groups of three. 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 placling them into Groups B and C in sequential order. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.

The draw resulted in the following groups:[6]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Bonaire
A2  Saint Martin
A3  Anguilla
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Aruba
B2  Cayman Islands
B3  U.S. Virgin Islands
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Dominica
C2  Turks and Caicos Islands
C3  British Virgin Islands

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 July 2023.[2][3] All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) for September and October matches and EST (UTC−5) for November matches, as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[7][8][9]

Group A

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Collectivity of Saint Martin Bonaire Anguilla
1  Saint Martin (P) 4 4 0 0 20 1 +19 12 Promotion to League B — 2–1 8–0
2  Bonaire (P) 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 0–4 — 2–0
3  Anguilla 4 0 0 4 0 19 −19 0 0–6 0–3 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Anguilla 0–6 Saint Martin
Report
Saint Martin 2–1 Bonaire
 Report Martinus 67'
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Referee: Reginald Gumbs (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Bonaire 2–0 Anguilla
 Report
Attendance: 660[11]
Referee: Norberto da Silva (Curaçao)
Saint Martin 8–0 Anguilla
  • Segarel 17', 32' (pen.), 39', 47'
  • Richardson 49'
  • Raga 65', 70', 88'
 Report
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
Anguilla 0–3 Bonaire
Report
  • Anthony 2', 6' (pen.)
  • Michiel 73'
Bonaire 0–4 Saint Martin
Report
  • Gentes 3', 45+2'
  • Lebon 13'
  • Richardson 46'

Group B

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Aruba Cayman Islands United States Virgin Islands
1  Aruba (P) 4 4 0 0 14 4 +10 12 Promotion to League B — 5–1 3–1
2  Cayman Islands 4 1 1 2 6 10 −4 4 1–2 — 2–1
3  U.S. Virgin Islands 4 0 1 3 5 11 −6 1 1–4 2–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
U.S. Virgin Islands 2–2 Cayman Islands
 Report
Cayman Islands 1–2 Aruba
Reeves 6' Report
Aruba 3–1 U.S. Virgin Islands
 Report Henry 63'
Cayman Islands 2–1 U.S. Virgin Islands
 Report Joseph 84'
Attendance: 647
Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)
U.S. Virgin Islands 1–4 Aruba
Farrell 47' Report
  • Dania 23'
  • Ostiana 41', 52'
  • Maria 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 286[13]
Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)
Aruba 5–1 Cayman Islands
 Report
Referee: Norberto da Silva (Curaçao)

Group C

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion Dominica British Virgin Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
1  Dominica (P) 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Promotion to League B — 1–1 2–0
2  British Virgin Islands 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 5 1–2 — 3–1
3  Turks and Caicos Islands 4 0 1 3 3 10 −7 1 0–3 2–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
British Virgin Islands 3–1 Turks and Caicos Islands
 Report Forbes 45+4' (pen.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–3 Dominica
Report
Dominica 1–1 British Virgin Islands
Thomas 82' Report Chalwell 29'
Attendance: 726[15]
Turks and Caicos Islands 2–2 British Virgin Islands
Forbes 26' (pen.), 76' Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Hakeem Harvey (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
British Virgin Islands 1–2 Dominica
Gallimore 63' Report
Dominica 2–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
 Report
A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town (British Virgin Islands)
Referee: Timothy Derry (Trinidad and Tobago)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 A  Bonaire (P) 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 Promotion to League B
2 C  British Virgin Islands 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 5
3 B  Cayman Islands 4 1 1 2 6 10 −4 4
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Bonaire Daymerick Casper (against Saint Martin)
  • Cayman Islands Casey McLaughlin (against U.S. Virgin Islands)

Notes

  1. ^ The Saint Martin v Bonaire match, originally scheduled at 15:30 EDT (UTC−4),[7] was re-scheduled to 19:00 EDT.[10]
  2. ^ The Dominica v British Virgin Islands match, originally scheduled at 20:00 EDT (UTC−4),[8] was re-scheduled to 17:00 EDT.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "CONCACAF announces schedule for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". CONCACAF. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  4. ^ "CONCACAF confirms details for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League official draw". CONCACAF. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  5. ^ Reidy, Paul (3 May 2023). "Concacaf Nations League 23/24 draw to be staged on 16 May". Diario AS. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Draw delivers groups for 2023/24 CONCACAF Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". CONCACAF. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Concacaf confirms September schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage matches". Miami: CONCACAF. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Concacaf confirms October schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage matches". Miami: CONCACAF. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Concacaf confirms November schedule for 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League matches". Miami: CONCACAF. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  10. ^ CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (11 September 2023). "More CNL action today!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Bonaire 2-1 Anguilla (Oct 12, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Anguilla 0-3 Bonaire (Nov 18, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  13. ^ "US Virgin Islands 1-4 Aruba (Nov 16, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  14. ^ CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (12 October 2023). "CNL action today!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Dominica 1-1 British Virgin Islands (Oct 12, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  16. ^ "British Virgin Islands 1-2 Dominica (Nov 16, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

External links

  • Official website