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| Organiser(s) | CONCACAF |
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| Founded | 2018; 7 years ago (2018) |
| Region | North America Central America Caribbean |
| Teams | 41 |
| Qualifier for | Gold Cup Copa América |
| Current champions |  Mexico(1st title) |
| Most championships |  United States(3 titles) |
| Website | Nations League |
 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League | |
TheCONCACAF Nations League (Spanish:Liga de Naciones de la CONCACAF,French:Ligue des Nations de la CONCACAF) is anassociation football competition organized byCONCACAF as its secondary continental tournament for men's senior national teams fromNorth America,Central America and theCaribbean. The tournament takes place on dates allocated for international friendlies on theFIFA International Match Calendar. A one-timequalifying tournament took place from September 2018 to March 2019, with its inaugural edition in 2019.[1][2]
The tournament was announced in November 2017.[3] It is divided into three tiered leagues, A, B, and C, of four groups each, withpromotion and relegation between the leagues based on finishing position within groups. The group winners of League A enter a four-team knockout competition to be crowned champion, while the group winners of Leagues B and C are promoted to the next tier. In Leagues A and B, the four teams at the bottom of the groups are relegated to the next lower tier.[4] The tournament also determines which national teams qualify for the next edition of theCONCACAF Gold Cup.[3]
The format proposals were first formally investigated at the XXXIICONCACAF Ordinary Congress inOranjestad, Aruba on April 8, 2017[5][6] and confirmed by CONCACAF on November 16, 2017.[3] CONCACAF presidentVictor Montagliani stated that the purpose of the competition is to have a regular schedule of international fixtures for CONCACAF's national teams, noting that some teams play fewer than 10 games in a four-year period and needed more competitive games to assist the sport's development in those nations.[7][8]
On 28 February 2023, CONCACAF announced a format change for the 2023–24 season of the CONCACAF Nations League. As a result, no teams were relegated from the2022–23 season.[9]
The size of League A was increased from 12 to 16 teams and featured a quarter-final round. The 12 lowest-ranked teams in theCONCACAF Rankings of March 2023 entered the group stage. The teams were divided into two groups of six, with each team playing four matches against group opponents (two at home and two away). The top four teams advanced to the quarter-finals and were joined by the four top-ranked teams in the CONCACAF Rankings. The teams advancing from the group stage were drawn into ties against the top-ranked teams, which were played on atwo-legged home-and-away basis.
League B remained unchanged, featuring sixteen teams divided into four groups of four. Each team played six matches in a doubleround-robin home-and-away format (three at home and three away). Following the format change, League C was reduced from 13 to 9 teams and from four to three groups. Teams were divided into three groups of three teams, with each team playing four matches in a double round-robin home-and-away format (two at home and two away).[9]
Promotion and relegation resumed for the 2023–24 season, with the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in League A and the fourth-placed teams in League B being relegated for the next season. The group winners of Leagues B and C were promoted, as was the best second-placed team of League C.[9]
The CONCACAF Nations League trophy was unveiled eight days before the inaugural Nations League Finals. The trophy represents all 41 CONCACAF national associations and is made of silver-plated brass and stone. The trophy weighs 8 kg (18 lb) and is 52 cm (20 in) tall.[10]
Each season of the CONCACAF Nations League is typically played from September to November (league phase), and March or June of the following year (Nations League Finals of League A). An exception was made in the 2022–23 season when the league phase was played from June 2022 to March 2023, due to the2022 FIFA World Cup played in Qatar at the end of the year.
| Ed. | Season | Hosts | Final | Third place play-off | ||||||
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| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1 | 2019–20 Finals | United States | United States | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Mexico |  Honduras | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4p) |  Costa Rica | ||
| 2 | 2022–23 Finals | United States | 2–0 |  Canada | Mexico | 1–0 |  Panama | |||
| 3 | 2023–24 Finals | United States | 2–0 | Mexico |  Jamaica | 1–0 | Panama | |||
| 4 | 2024–25 Finals | Mexico | 2–1 | Panama | Canada | 2–1 | United States | |||
| 5 | 2026–27 Finals | TBD | – | TBD | TBD | – | TBD | |||
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 (2021,2023,2024) | – | – | 1 (2025) | 4 |
| Mexico | 1 (2025) | 2 (2021,2024) | 1 (2023) | – | 4 |
| Canada | – | 1 (2023) | 1 (2025) | – | 2 |
| Panama | – | 1 (2025) | – | 2 (2023,2024) | 3 |
 Honduras | – | – | 1 (2021) | – | 1 |
| Jamaica | – | – | 1 (2024) | – | 1 |
| Costa Rica | – | – | – | 1 (2021) | 1 |
Italic — Hosts
– Promoted
– No movement
– Relegated| National Team | Seasons in league | Season | |||||||||||
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| 2019–20 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2026–27 | |||||||||
| A | B | C | LG | M | LG | M | LG | M | LG | M | LG | M | |
 Anguilla | – | – | 5 | C | | C | | C | | C | | C | |
 Antigua and Barbuda | – | 4 | 1 | B | | B | | B | | B | | C | |
 Aruba | – | 2 | 3 | B | | C | | C | | B | | C | |
 Bahamas | – | 2 | 3 | C | | B | | B | | C | | C | |
 Barbados | – | 3 | 2 | C | | B | | B | | C | | B | |
 Belize | – | 4 | 1 | B | | B | | B | | C | | B | |
 Bermuda | 1 | 4 | – | A | | B | | B | | B | | B | |
 Bonaire | – | 2 | 3 | C | | C | | C | | B | | B | |
 British Virgin Islands | – | – | 5 | C | | C | | C | | C | | C | |
| Canada | 5 | – | – | A | | A | 2 | A | | A | 3 | A | |
 Cayman Islands | – | 1 | 4 | C | | C | | C | | C | | B | |
| Costa Rica | 5 | – | – | A | 4 | A | | A | | A | | A | |
 Cuba | 3 | 2 | – | A | | B | | A | | A | | B | |
 Curaçao | 4 | 1 | – | A | | A | | A | | B | | A | |
 Dominica | – | 3 | 2 | B | | C | | C | | B | | B | |
 Dominican Republic | 1 | 4 | – | B | | B | | B | | B | | A | |
 El Salvador | 3 | 2 | – | B | | A | | A | | B | | A | |
 French Guiana | 1 | 4 | – | B | | B | | B | | A | | B | |
 Grenada | 2 | 3 | – | B | | A | | A | | B | | B | |
 Guadeloupe | 1 | 3 | 1 | C | | B | | B | | A | | B | |
 Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 1 | C | | B | | A | | A | | A | |
 Guyana | 1 | 4 | – | B | | B | | B | | A | | B | |
 Haiti | 3 | 2 | – | A | | B | | A | | B | | A | |
| Honduras | 5 | – | – | A | 3 | A | | A | | A | | A | |
| Jamaica | 4 | 1 | – | B | | A | | A | 3 | A | | A | |
 Martinique | 5 | – | – | A | | A | | A | | A | | A | |
| Mexico | 5 | – | – | A | 2 | A | 3 | A | 2 | A | 1 | A | |
 Montserrat | – | 4 | 1 | B | | B | | B | | B | | C | |
 Nicaragua | 2 | 3 | – | B | | B | [a] | B[a] | | A | | A | |
| Panama | 5 | – | – | A | | A | 4 | A | 4 | A | 2 | A | |
 Puerto Rico | – | 3 | 2 | C | | C | | B | | B | | B | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | – | 3 | 2 | B | | C | | B | | C | | B | |
 Saint Lucia | – | 4 | 1 | B | | C | | B | | B | | B | |
 Saint Martin | – | 1 | 4 | C | | C | | C | | B | | C | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | – | 5 | – | B | | B | | B | | B | | B | |
 Sint Maarten | – | 3 | 2 | C | | C | | B | | B | | B | |
 Suriname | 4 | 1 | – | B | | A | | A | | A | | A | |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1 | – | A | | B | [a] | A[a] | | A | | A | |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | – | – | 5 | C | | C | | C | | C | | C | |
| United States | 5 | – | – | A | 1 | A | 1 | A | 1 | A | 4 | A | |
 U.S. Virgin Islands | – | – | 5 | C | | C | | C | | C | | C | |
| Country/region | Broadcaster | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Pay | ||
| Aruba | Telearuba | ||
| Canada | OneSoccer | [12] | |
| TSN | |||
 Caribbean | Flow | [12] | |
| El Salvador | TCS | Millicom | [13] |
| Guatemala | RTVG | ||
| Nicaragua | Viva Nicaragua | ||
| Honduras | TVC | ||
| Costa Rica | Repretel | ||
| Teletica | |||
| Multimedios TV | |||
| Mexico | TV Azteca | ||
| TelevisaUnivision | |||
| Curaçao | TeleCuraçao | ||
| Jamaica | CVM (delayed) | ||
| Panama | RPC-TV | ||
| TVN | |||
| TVMax | |||
| Suriname | SCCN | ||
| SCCN | |||
 United States | CBS | Paramount+ (English) | [14][15][16] |
| CBS Sports Network (English, finals only) | |||
| Univision (Spanish) | VIX | ||
All matches are streamed through CONCACAF's streaming service CONCACAF GO.
| Country/region | Broadcaster | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Pay | ||
| Sport Klub | |||
 Brunei | Astro SuperSport | ||
 Malaysia | |||
 Czechia | Sport1 | ||
 Slovakia | |||
 Denmark | Viaplay | ||
 Finland | |||
 Iceland | |||
 Norway | |||
 Sweden | |||
| France | L'Équipe | ||
 Israel | Sport5 | ||
 MENA | Dubai Sports | ||
 Netherlands | ESPN | ||
| South America | |||
 Portugal | Sport TV | ||
 South Korea | Sky Sports | ||
 Turkey | Exxen | ||
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| Edition | Best Player | Top scorer | Best Goalkeeper | Best young player | Fair Play Award | Ref |
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| 2019–20 | Weston McKennie | Gleofilo Vlijter | Luis López | Barbados | [17] | |
| 2022–23 | Christian Pulisic | Gerwin Lake | Matt Turner | Panama | [18] | |
| 2023–24 | Gio Reyna | Omari Glasgow | Matt Turner | Omari Glasgow | Panama | [19] |
| 2024–25 | Raúl Jiménez | Raúl Jiménez | Luis Malagón |
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