2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying

2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying
Tournament details
Dates 6 September 2018 – 26 March 2019
Teams 34
Tournament statistics
Matches played 26
Goals scored 126 (4.85 per match)
Top scorer(s) Haiti Duckens Nazon (5 goals)

The qualifying phase of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League is a one-off tournament that is being played from 6 September 2018 to 26 March 2019.[1] The qualifying will determine the seeding for the group phase of the inaugural tournament, as well as determining the remaining ten teams which will qualify 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. Each team will play four matches, two home and two away. Based on their results, the teams will be divided into tiers for the group phase of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Nations League:[2][4]

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

Moreover, the top 10 teams will qualify 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 points;
    • 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)
Pot C Pot D

Schedule and match pairings

The order of the match pairings per each FIFA match window is 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 21–26 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
PosTeam
A1  French Guiana
A2  El Salvador
A3  Jamaica
A4  Cuba
A5  Guadeloupe
A6  Martinique
A7  Haiti
A8  Canada
Pot B
PosTeam
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
PosTeam
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
PosTeam
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Curaçao 2 2 0 0 15 0 +15 6 Qualification to League A
and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2  Cuba 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 6
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 6
4  Jamaica 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 6
5  Dominican Republic 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6[lower-alpha 1]
6  Nicaragua 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6[lower-alpha 1]
7  El Salvador 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Qualification to League B
and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
8  Guyana 2 1 1 0 10 2 +8 4
9  Suriname 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 4
10  Haiti 1 1 0 0 13 0 +13 3
11  Bermuda 2 1 0 1 13 3 +10 3 Qualification to League B
12  Canada 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8 3
13  French Guiana 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 3
14  Antigua and Barbuda 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
15  Belize 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
16  Guadeloupe 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3[lower-alpha 2]
17  Saint Lucia 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3[lower-alpha 2]
18  Aruba 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3
19  Martinique 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
20  Montserrat 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
21  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
22  Dominica 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
23  Barbados 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1 Qualification to League C
24  Puerto Rico 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
25  British Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0
26  Cayman Islands 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
27  Bahamas 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
28  Anguilla 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0[lower-alpha 3]
29  Bonaire 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0[lower-alpha 3]
30  Grenada 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
31  Saint Martin 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
31  U.S. Virgin Islands 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
33  Turks and Caicos Islands 2 0 0 2 0 19 −19 0
34  Sint Maarten 2 0 0 2 0 25 −25 0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2018. Source: CONCACAF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Away goals: Dominican Republic 5, Nicaragua 2.
  2. 1 2 Fair play points: Guadeloupe 0, Saint Lucia −2.
  3. 1 2 Fair play points: Anguilla −1, Bonaire −5.

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Matchday 1
Dominica  0–0  Suriname
Guyana  2–2  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  16 Oct '18  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  14 Oct '18  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Montserrat  14 Oct '18  Belize
Bonaire  14 Oct '18  Jamaica
Nicaragua  14 Oct '18  Anguilla
Canada  16 Oct '18  Dominica
Guadeloupe  16 Oct '18  Aruba
Saint Lucia  16 Oct '18  Haiti
Matchday 3
British Virgin Islands  16 Nov '18  Bonaire
Grenada  16 Nov '18  Saint Martin
Bermuda  16 Nov '18  El Salvador
Aruba  16 Nov '18  Montserrat
Belize  16 Nov '18  Puerto Rico
Cuba  17 Nov '18  Dominican Republic
Nicaragua  17 Nov '18  Haiti
Jamaica  17 Nov '18  Suriname
Cayman Islands  17 Nov '18  Saint Lucia
Turks and Caicos Islands  18 Nov '18  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Bahamas  18 Nov '18  Anguilla
Barbados  18 Nov '18  U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Kitts and Nevis  18 Nov '18  Canada
Curaçao  19 Nov '18  Guadeloupe
Martinique  19 Nov '18  Antigua and Barbuda
Sint Maarten  20 Nov '18  Dominica
French Guiana  20 Nov '18  Guyana
Matchday 4
British Virgin Islands  21 Mar '19  Turks and Caicos Islands
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  22 Mar '19  Bonaire
Anguilla  22 Mar '19  U.S. Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands  22 Mar '19  Montserrat
Guyana  23 Mar '19  Belize
Suriname  23 Mar '19  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Guadeloupe  23 Mar '19  Martinique
El Salvador  23 Mar '19  Jamaica
Puerto Rico  24 Mar '19  Grenada
Haiti  24 Mar '19  Cuba
Dominican Republic  24 Mar '19  Bermuda
Barbados  24 Mar '19  Nicaragua
Antigua and Barbuda  25 Mar '19  Curaçao
Saint Lucia  25 Mar '19  Aruba
Sint Maarten  25 Mar '19  Saint Martin
Dominica  26 Mar '19  Bahamas
Canada  26 Mar '19  French Guiana

Matches

The match dates were announced on 29 May 2018,[8][9][10] with the venues announced in August and September 2018.[11][12][13]

Times on matchdays 1, 2, and 4 are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4), while times on matchday 3 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

Dominica  0–0  Suriname
Report
Referee: Tristley Bassue (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Guyana  2–2  Barbados
 Report
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Anguilla  0–5  French Guiana
Report
Referee: Karl Tyrell (Jamaica)
Antigua and Barbuda  0–3  Saint Lucia
Report
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)
Belize  4–0  Bahamas
 Report
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0–2  Nicaragua
Report
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Cuba  11–0  Turks and Caicos Islands
 Report
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
Montserrat  1–2  El Salvador
 Report
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)
U.S. Virgin Islands  0–8  Canada
Report
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Bonaire  0–5  Dominican Republic
Report
Referee: Patrick Senecharles (Haiti)
Aruba  3–1  Bermuda
 Report
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
Saint Kitts and Nevis  1–0  Puerto Rico
 Report
Referee: Johannes Dolaini (Suriname)
Jamaica  4–0  Cayman Islands
 Report
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Haiti  13–0  Sint Maarten
 Report
Referee: Nitzar Sandoval (Nicaragua)
Curaçao  10–0  Grenada
 Report
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Saint Martin  0–3  Guadeloupe
Report
  • David  7'
  • Gendrey  27'
  • Passape  65'
Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

Matchday 2

French Guiana  0–1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
U.S. Virgin Islands  0–5  Curaçao
Report
Referee: Jamar Springer (Barbados)
Bahamas  0–6  Antigua and Barbuda
Report
Referee: Raúl Castro (Honduras)
Bermuda  12–0  Sint Maarten
 Report
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Dominican Republic  3–0  Cayman Islands
 Report
Referee: Carl-Henry Elie (Haiti)
Grenada  0–2  Cuba
Report
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)
Turks and Caicos Islands  0–8  Guyana
Report
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Puerto Rico  0–1  Martinique
Report
Suriname  5–0  British Virgin Islands
  • Rijssel  23', 76'
  • Elshot  43'
  • Fer  66'
  • Comvalius  82'
 Report
El Salvador  3–0  Barbados
 Report
Referee: Gladwyn Johnson (Guyana)
Montserrat  v  Belize
Report
Bonaire  v  Jamaica
Report
Nicaragua  v  Anguilla
Report
Canada  v  Dominica
Report
Guadeloupe  v  Aruba
Report
Saint Lucia  v  Haiti
Report

Matchday 3

British Virgin Islands  v  Bonaire
Report
Grenada  v  Saint Martin
Report
Bermuda  v  El Salvador
Report
Aruba  v  Montserrat
Report
Belize  v  Puerto Rico
Report
Cuba  v  Dominican Republic
Report
Nicaragua  v  Haiti
Report
Jamaica  v  Suriname
Report
Cayman Islands  v  Saint Lucia
Report
Bahamas  v  Anguilla
Report
Barbados  v  U.S. Virgin Islands
Report
Wildey Astro Turf, Wildey
Saint Kitts and Nevis  v  Canada
Report
Curaçao  v  Guadeloupe
Report
Martinique  v  Antigua and Barbuda
Report
Sint Maarten  v  Dominica
Report
French Guiana  v  Guyana
Report

Matchday 4

Cayman Islands  v  Montserrat
Report
Guyana  v  Belize
Report
Suriname  v  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report
Guadeloupe  v  Martinique
Report
El Salvador  v  Jamaica
Report
Puerto Rico  v  Grenada
Report
Haiti  v  Cuba
Report
Dominican Republic  v  Bermuda
Report
Barbados  v  Nicaragua
Report
Wildey Astro Turf, Wildey
Antigua and Barbuda  v  Curaçao
Report
Saint Lucia  v  Aruba
Report
Sint Maarten  v  Saint Martin
Report
Dominica  v  Bahamas
Report
Canada  v  French Guiana
Report

Goalscorers

There have been 126 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 4.85 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 Dominica will play their home matches in Guadeloupe.
  2. 1 2 The U.S. Virgin Islands will play their home matches in the United States.
  3. 1 2 Bonaire will play their home matches in Curaçao.
  4. 1 2 Aruba will play their home matches in Curaçao.
  5. 1 2 Saint Martin will play their home matches in Anguilla.
  6. ↑ 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.[14] The match was rescheduled to 16 October 2018, 19:00 EDT.[15]
  7. ↑ 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.[16]
  8. ↑ Nicaragua will play their home matches in Costa Rica due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.
  9. 1 2 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.[17]
  10. 1 2 The British Virgin Islands will play their home matches in Puerto Rico.
  11. 1 2 Sint Maarten will play their home matches in Anguilla.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CONCACAF Nations League to Kickoff this September with Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "CONCACAF Nations League Officially Launched". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Suspensión de la Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala" [Suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala]. CONCACAF.com (in Spanish). The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "CONCACAF Nations League Draw Procedure". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "CONCACAF Nations League FAQ". canadasoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "CONCACAF Launches New Ranking Index". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "2018 CONCACAF Nations League Qualifying Draw". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Schedule Confirmed for Qualifying Phase of the Concacaf Nations League". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Concacaf Nations League Qualifying Schedule 2018/19". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "CONCACAF Nations League – Qualifying Schedule 2018/2019" (PDF). The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 29 May 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Schedule and Kick Off Times Confirmed for the Inaugural Matches of the Concacaf Nations League Qualifying". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "CONCACAF Nations League – Qualifying Schedule 2018/2019: September 2018" (PDF). The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 9 August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "CONCACAF Nations League – Qualifying Schedule 2018/2019" (PDF). The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "CONCACAF Nations League Qualifying Match in Martinique Postponed". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 9 September 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Concacaf Nations League Qualifying Match Between Martinique and British Virgin Islands to take Place in October". CONCACAFNationsLeague.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 24 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "CONCACAF Nations League Qualifying Schedule 2018/19 (October 2018)". CONCACAF. 24 September 2018.
  17. ↑ "Saint Lucia's At-Home Game vs Haiti Now Shifted to Martinique!". The Voice. 4 October 2018.
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