| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | Group phase: 5 September – 19 November 2019 Nations League Finals: 3–6 June 2021 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Mexico |
| Third place |  Honduras |
| Fourth place |  Costa Rica |
| Relegated |  Bermuda Cuba Haiti Trinidad and Tobago |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 83 (2.96 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Weston McKennieJordan Morris (4 goals each) |
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The2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A was the top division of the2019–20 edition of theCONCACAF Nations League, the inaugural season of the internationalfootball competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations ofCONCACAF. League A culminated with thefinal championship in June 2021 to crown the inaugural champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.[1]
League A consisted of twelve teams, with the six participants of the2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying hexagonal joined by the top six teams fromqualifying. 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 played in the official FIFA match windows in September, October and November 2019. The four group winners qualified to the Nations League final championship, while the four last-placed teams in each group were relegated to League B for the next edition of the tournament.[2][3][4]
TheNations League Finals took place in June 2021, and was played in a knockout format in the United States, the centralized location selected by CONCACAF. The four teams played the semi-finals, with the matchups determined by the group stage rankings (1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3), followed by the third place match and the final (Regulations Articles 12.8 and 12.10).[5]
In September 2019, it was announced that the Nations League would also provide qualification for the2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6] The top two teams from each of the four League A groups qualified for the Gold Cup, while the third-placed teams entered the first round ofGold Cup qualification.
Teams were seeded into the pots of League A according to their position in the November 2018CONCACAF Ranking Index.[7][8]
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The draw for the group phase took place atThe Chelsea inLas Vegas, Nevada, United States on 27 March 2019, 22:00EDT (19:00 local time,PDT).[9][10]
The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 21 May 2019.[11][12][13]
Times areEDT/EST,[note 1] as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[14][15][16]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |  | | |
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| 1 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 9 | Qualification forFinals andGold Cup | — | 4–1 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | Qualification forGold Cup | 2–0 | — | 6–0 | |
| 3 | Cuba(R) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | Gold Cup prelims andLeague B | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
| United States | 4–1 | Canada |
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| Cuba | 0–4 | United States |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |  | | |
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| 1 | Mexico | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Qualification forFinals andGold Cup | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Panama | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | Qualification forGold Cup | 0–3 | — | 0–2 | |
| 3 | Bermuda(R) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | Gold Cup prelims andLeague B | 1–5 | 1–4 | — |
| Mexico | 2–1 | Bermuda |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |  | | |
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| 1 | Honduras | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 10 | Qualification forFinals andGold Cup | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Martinique | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Qualification forGold Cup | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago(R) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | Gold Cup prelims andLeague B | 0–2 | 2–2 | — |
| Honduras | 1–0 | Martinique |
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| Martinique | 1–1 | Honduras |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |  | | |
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| 1 | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Qualification forFinals andGold Cup | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Curaçao | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Qualification forGold Cup, later withdrew[a] | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Haiti(R) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Gold Cup prelims andLeague B | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
| Haiti | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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| Curaçao | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
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| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Haiti |
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The four teams were ranked based on their results in thegroup stage to determine the semi-final matchups.
| Seed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | B | Mexico | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 |
| 2 | C | Honduras | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 10 |
| 3 | A | United States(H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 9 |
| 4 | D | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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| Honduras | 0 | |||||
| 6 June –Denver | ||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
| United States(a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| 3 June –Denver | ||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||
| Mexico(p) | 0 (5) | |||||
| Costa Rica | 0 (4) | |||||
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| 6 June –Denver | ||||||
| Honduras(p) | 2 (5) | |||||
| Costa Rica | 2 (4) | |||||
| Honduras | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Costa Rica |
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| Penalties | ||
| 5–4 | ||
There were 83 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match.
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Dante LeverockLucas CavalliniJonathan DavidDoneil HenryJonathan OsorioSteven VitóriaJoel CampbellJosé OrtizJohan VenegasRangelo JangaDuckens NazonDouglas MartínezJuan MejíaEdwin RodríguezJonathan ToroRoberto AlvaradoEdson ÁlvarezSebastián CórdovaJesús CoronaHéctor HerreraDiego LainezHirving LozanoRodolfo PizarroJordy DelemCyril MandoukiEmmanuel RivièreRolando BlackburnAdalberto CarrasquillaJoevin JonesKevin MolinoRyan TelferAaron LongGiovanni ReynaJordan Siebatcheu1 own goal
Darío Ramos (against United States)Romario Barthéléry (against Honduras)Carlos Salcedo (against Panama)Harold Cummings (against Bermuda)Daniel Carr (against Martinique)
