The CONCACAF Men’s Nations League is a tournament that gives all 41 men’s national teams in CONCACAF an opportunity to play competitive matches on a regular basis. The 2024-5 edition also serves as a qualifying tournament for the 2025 CONCACAF Men’s Gold Cup.

All 41 CONCACAF member nations take part in the Men’s Nations League, including the six that are not FIFA members [Bonaire, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Sint Maarten, and St Martin].

Teams in the Men’s Nations League are divided into three leagues. There are sixteen teams in League A, sixteen in League B, and nine in League C. Teams in League A play for the Men’s Nations League championship, and teams in Leagues B and C play for promotion to the next higher league.

ALLOCATION TO LEAGUES

Teams have been allocated to the leagues based upon their performances in the 2023-4 CONCACAF Men’s Nations League.

• League A:
  • Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, United States
  • Promoted from League B: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Nicaragua
• League B:
  • Antigua-Barbuda, Bermuda, Dominican Rep, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, St Lucia, St Vincent-Grenadines
  • Promoted from League C: Aruba, Bonaire, Dominica, St Martin
  • Relegated from League A: Curaçao, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti
• League C:
  • Anguilla, British Virgin Is, Cayman Is, Turks-Caicos Is, US Virgin Is
  • Relegated from League B: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, St Kitts-Nevis

LEAGUE PHASE

In the league phase, each league is divided into groups. The league phase will be played SEP-NOV 2024.

The draw for the league phase will be held on MON 06 MAY 2024 in Miami, FL, USA.

In League A, the top four teams in the CONCACAF rankings [Canada, Mexico, Panama, and the United States] receive byes to the elimination phase.

The remaining twelve teams in the league play in two groups, each containing six teams. Each team plays four matches, two at home and two away. The top two teams in each group advance to the elimination phase, and the last two teams in each group are relegated to League B for the next edition of the tournament.

LEAGUE A CRC SUR GUA MTQ GLP GUY JAM HON NCA TRI CUB GUF		ADVANCE TO ELIMINATION PHASE CRC HON JAM SUR
		RELEGATED TO LEAGUE B CUB GUF GLP GUY

In League B, there are four groups, each containing four teams. The first placed teams in each group are promoted to League A, and the last placed teams are relegated to League C.

LEAGUE B SLV VIN BOE MSR CUW LCA GRN SMN HAI PUR SMA ARU DOM BER DMA ATG		PROMOTED TO LEAGUE A CUW DOM SLV HAI
		RELEGATED TO LEAGUE C ATG ARU MSR SMN

In League C, there are three groups, each containing three teams. The first placed teams in each group, plus the best second placed team, are promoted to League B.

LEAGUE C BRB BAH VIR BLZ AIA TCA SKN CAY VGB

PROMOTED TO LEAGUE B BRB BLZ CAY SKN

ELIMINATION PHASE

The top two teams in each League A group advance to the elimination phase, joining the four byed teams.

The elimination phase begins with the quarterfinals, played in NOV 2024. Each quarterfinal is played over two legs, between one of the byed teams and one of the teams that advanced from the league phase.

The quarterfinal winners advance to the final round, to be played in MAR 2025 in Inglewood, CA, USA. These four teams are ranked by their performance in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal matches, the highest ranked team plays the lowest ranked team, and the second ranked team plays the third ranked team. The winners contest the final match, and the losers contest the third place match.

QUARTERFINALS CRC PAN JAM USA SUR CAN HON MEX

FINAL ROUND CAN MEX [W-SF2] [W-SF1] USA PAN   [L-SF2] [L-SF1]

CHAMPION

MEN’S GOLD CUP QUALIFICATION

The 2024-5 Men’s Nations League serves as the qualifying competition for the 2025 Men’s Gold Cup.

The winners of the League A quarterfinals, plus the first placed teams in each League B group, qualify for the group phase of the Men’s Gold Cup.

The losers of the League A quarterfinals, the third and fourth placed teams in each League A group, and the top two second placed teams in League B advance to the preliminary round of the Men’s Gold Cup.

The fifth and sixth placed teams in each League A group, the first placed teams in each League C group, and the top second placed team in League C advance to playoffs for the Men’s Gold Cup, played in NOV 2024. Each playoff, between a League A team and a League C team, is played over two legs, with the winners advancing to the preliminary round of the Men’s Gold Cup.

In the preliminary round, the fourteen teams play off in seven pairs, each played over two legs in MAR 2025. The winners qualify for the Men’s Gold Cup.