2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B

The 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B is the second division of the 2019–20 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.[1]

2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates5 September – 19 November 2019
Teams16
Promoted El Salvador
 Grenada
 Jamaica
 Suriname
Relegated Aruba
 Dominica
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored131 (2.73 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gleofilo Vlijter
(10 goals)

Format

League B consists of 16 teams from qualifying which finished from 7th to 22nd. The league will be split into four groups of four teams. The teams will compete in a home-and-away, round-robin format over the course of the group phase, with matches played in the official FIFA match windows in September, October and November 2019. The four group winners will be promoted to League A, while the four last-placed teams in each group will be relegated to League C for the next edition of the tournament.[2][3][4]

In September 2019, it was announced that the Nations League would also provide qualification for all 16 teams participating in the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup (no teams would qualify automatically).[5] The winners of each of the four League B groups will qualify for the Gold Cup, while the second-placed teams will enter the first round of the Gold Cup Qualifiers.

Seeding

Teams were seeded into the pots of League B according to their position in the November 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index.[6][7]

Pot 1
Team Pts Rank
 Jamaica 1,507 6
 El Salvador 1,380 9
 Nicaragua 1,083 14
 French Guiana 1,057 16
Pot 2
Team Pts Rank
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,018 18
 Dominican Republic 983 19
 Suriname 975 20
 Guyana 953 21
Pot 3
Team Pts Rank
 Antigua and Barbuda 930 22
 Belize 831 24
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 821 25
 Saint Lucia 813 26
Pot 4
Team Pts Rank
 Grenada 749 28
 Aruba 638 31
 Dominica 593 32
 Montserrat 478 35

The draw for the group phase took place at The Chelsea in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on 27 March 2019, 22:00 EDT (19:00 local time, PDT).[8][9]

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 21 May 2019.[10][11][12]

Times are EDT/EST,[note 1] as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[13][14][15]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1  Grenada 6 4 2 0 8 4 +4 14
Promotion to League A
Qualification to 2021 Gold Cup
 — 1–0 3–2 2–1
2  French Guiana 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8 Advance to Gold Cup qualification first round 0–0 — 3–0 3–1
3  Belize 6 2 0 4 6 12 −6 6 1–2 2–0 — 0–4
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 1 2 3 8 8 0 5 Relegation to League C 0–0 2–2 0–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Grenada 2–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
French Guiana 3–0
Awarded[note 2]		 Belize
Report
Belize 1–2 Grenada
McCaulay  24' Report
Referee: Erick Lezama (Nicaragua)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–2 French Guiana
 Report
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)
French Guiana 0–0 Grenada
Report
Referee: Tristley Bassue (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Belize 0–4 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–1 Belize
Report
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
Grenada 1–0 French Guiana
 Report
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–0 Grenada
Report
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Belize 2–0 French Guiana
 Report
Referee: Erick Lezama (Nicaragua)
French Guiana 3–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Marigard  19', 28'
  • Sarrucco  76'
 Report
Referee: Oscar Macías (Mexico)
Grenada 3–2 Belize
 Report
Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1  El Salvador 6 5 0 1 10 1 +9 15
Promotion to League A
Qualification to 2021 Gold Cup
 — 1–0 2–0 3–0
2  Montserrat 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 Advance to Gold Cup qualification first round 0–2 — 2–1 1–1
3  Dominican Republic 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 7 1–0 0–0 — 3–0
4  Saint Lucia 6 1 1 4 2 10 −8 4 Relegation to League C 0–2 0–1 1–0 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Montserrat 2–1 Dominican Republic
 Report
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
El Salvador 3–0 Saint Lucia
 Report
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
Montserrat 1–1 Saint Lucia
 Report
Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)
Dominican Republic 1–0 El Salvador
 Report
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Dominican Republic 3–0 Saint Lucia
 Report
Referee: Nitzar Sandoval (Nicaragua)
Montserrat 0–2 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)
Saint Lucia 0–2 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Erick Lezama (Nicaragua)
Dominican Republic 0–0 Montserrat
Report
Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)
Saint Lucia 1–0 Dominican Republic
 Report
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
El Salvador 1–0 Montserrat
 Report
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Saint Lucia 0–1 Montserrat
Report
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
El Salvador 2–0 Dominican Republic
 Report
Referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1  Jamaica 6 5 1 0 21 1 +20 16
Promotion to League A
Qualification to 2021 Gold Cup
 — 1–1 6–0 2–0
2  Guyana 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10 Advance to Gold Cup qualification first round 0–4 — 5–1 4–2
3  Antigua and Barbuda 6 3 0 3 8 17 −9 9 0–2 2–1 — 2–1
4  Aruba 6 0 0 6 5 18 −13 0 Relegation to League C 0–6 0–1 2–3 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Aruba 0–1 Guyana
Report
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
Jamaica 6–0 Antigua and Barbuda
 Report
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 Aruba
 Report Groothusen  45+5'
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
Guyana 0–4 Jamaica
Report
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 Guyana
 Report
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
Jamaica 2–0 Aruba
 Report
Referee: Jorge Pérez (Mexico)
Guyana 5–1 Antigua and Barbuda
 Report
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Aruba 0–6 Jamaica
Report
Antigua and Barbuda 0–2 Jamaica
Report
Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)
Guyana 4–2 Aruba
 Report
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
Aruba 2–3 Antigua and Barbuda
 Report
Referee: Jorge Pérez (Mexico)
Jamaica 1–1 Guyana
 Report
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1  Suriname 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13
Promotion to League A
Qualification to 2021 Gold Cup
 — 0–1 6–0 4–0
2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 Advance to Gold Cup qualification first round 2–2 — 1–0 1–0
3  Nicaragua 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7 1–2 1–1 — 3–1
4  Dominica 6 1 0 5 3 14 −11 3 Relegation to League C 1–2 1–0 0–4 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Dominica 1–2 Suriname
 Report
Referee: Jamar Springer (Barbados)
Nicaragua 1–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Yorke  87' (o.g.) Report Anderson  45+2'
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 Dominica
Cunningham  45+2' Report
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)
Suriname 6–0 Nicaragua
 Report
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2–2 Suriname
 Report
Nicaragua 3–1 Dominica
 Report
Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)
Dominica 0–4 Nicaragua
Report
Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Suriname 0–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 Nicaragua
 Report
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Suriname 4–0 Dominica
 Report
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)
Dominica 1–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Report
Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)
Nicaragua 1–2 Suriname
 Report
Referee: Patrick Senecharles (Haiti)

Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes
  1. EDT (UTC−4) for matches in September and October 2019, and EST (UTC−5) for matches in November 2019.
  2. CONCACAF awarded French Guiana a 3–0 win as a result of Belize not being able to report to the match due to logistical issues.[16]
  3. Aruba will play their home matches in Curaçao.

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