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 six 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. The format for the qualifying stage was based on the Pots System, developed by Chilean Leandro Shara. ^[4] Under that format, the teams are divided into pots for scheduling purposes only, and all teams face rivals from each pot, and all teams are placed under one general standing (without groups). Subsequently, the 34 teams were divided into four pots, and each team played four matches, two home and two away. Based on their results in the general standing, the teams were divided into tiers for the group phase of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Nations League: ^{[2] [5]}

• The top six teams qualified for League A to join the six hexagonal participants.
• The next sixteen teams qualified for League B.
• The last twelve teams qualified for League C to join Guatemala.

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

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in qualifying was determined as follows: ^[6]

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. Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. ^{[1] [7]}

Pot A Team Rank   Jamaica 6   Canada 7   Haiti 9   El Salvador 10   Martinique 12   Cuba 13   French Guiana 14   Guadeloupe 15

Pot B Team Rank   Nicaragua 16   Saint Kitts and Nevis 17   Curaçao 18   Suriname 19   Antigua and Barbuda 20   Dominican Republic 21   Bermuda 22   Guyana 23   Belize 24

Pot C Team Rank   Bonaire 25   Grenada 26   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27   Saint Lucia 28   Barbados 29   Puerto Rico 30   Bahamas 31   Dominica 32   Aruba 33

Pot D Team Rank   Cayman Islands 34   Turks and Caicos Islands 35   Montserrat 36   U.S. Virgin Islands 37   Saint Martin 38   Sint Maarten 39   Anguilla 40   British Virgin Islands 41

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: ^[8]

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   Sint Maarten D2   Saint Martin D3   U.S. Virgin Islands D4   Cayman Islands D5   British Virgin Islands D6   Turks and Caicos Islands D7   Montserrat D8   Anguilla

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	4	4	0	0	19	2	+17	12	Qualification for League A and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	Canada	4	4	0	0	18	1	+17	12
3	Martinique	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12
4	Curaçao	4	3	0	1	22	2	+20	9
5	Bermuda	4	3	0	1	17	4	+13	9
6	Cuba	4	3	0	1	15	2	+13	9
7	Guyana	4	3	0	1	14	3	+11	9	Qualification for League B and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
8	Jamaica	4	3	0	1	12	3	+9	9
9	Nicaragua	4	3	0	1	9	2	+7	9
10	El Salvador	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9
11	Montserrat	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Qualification for League B
12	Suriname	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	7
13	Saint Lucia	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7
14	Dominica	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
15	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	2	0	2	11	3	+8	6
16	Dominican Republic	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
17	Belize	4	2	0	2	6	3	+3	6
18	Antigua and Barbuda	4	2	0	2	10	8	+2	6
19	French Guiana	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6
21	Grenada	4	2	0	2	7	14	−7	6
22	Aruba	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
23	Guadeloupe	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4	Qualification for League C
24	Turks and Caicos Islands	4	1	1	2	5	23	−18	4
25	Barbados	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	3
26	Bonaire	4	1	0	3	3	14	−11	3
27	U.S. Virgin Islands	4	1	0	3	3	16	−13	3
28	Sint Maarten	4	1	0	3	4	30	−26	3
29	Cayman Islands	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1
30	British Virgin Islands	4	0	1	3	3	13	−10	1
31	Anguilla	4	0	1	3	1	15	−14	1 [a]
32	Bahamas	4	0	1	3	1	15	−14	1 [a]
33	Puerto Rico	4	0	0	4	0	5	−5	0
34	Saint Martin	4	0	0	4	5	22	−17	0

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	Sint Maarten
Curaçao	10–0	Grenada
Saint Martin	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	Sint Maarten
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
Saint Martin	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	Saint Martin
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
Sint Maarten	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
Sint Maarten	4–3	Saint Martin
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, ^{[11] [12] [13]} with the venues announced in August and September 2018. ^{[14] [15] [16]} The March 2019 match schedule was revised by CONCACAF in January 2019. ^[17]

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

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Goalscorers

There were 264 goals scored in 68 matches, for an average of 3.88 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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). ^[8]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 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

References

External links

• Official website