The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League was the second season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The group phase of the tournament started on 2 June 2022, and the Finals, which decided the champions, was played from 15 to 18 June 2023 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The Nations League also served as a qualifier for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The United States were the defending champions, and successfully retained their title after defeating Canada 2–0 in the final.
Schedule The format for the 2022–23 Nations League was announced by CONCACAF on 27 July 2020. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar taking place at the end of the year, the league phase was played in June 2022 and March 2023.
Stage Round Dates League phase Matchday 1 2–4 June 2022 Matchday 2 5–7 June 2022 Matchday 3 9–11 June 2022 Matchday 4 12–14 June 2022 Matchday 5 23–25 March 2023 Matchday 6 26–28 March 2023 Finals Semi-finals 15 June 2023 Third place play-off 18 June 2023 Final
Format
Tiebreakers The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.3):
Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss); Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of away goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if the tie was only between two teams); Fair play points in all group 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; Drawing of lots.
Seeding
All 41 CONCACAF national teams entered the competition. The four teams which finished bottom of each group in Leagues A and B from the 2019–20 season moved down a league, while the four teams which finished top of each group in Leagues B and C moved up. The remaining teams stayed in their respective leagues.
The draw for the league phase took place in Miami, Florida, United States on 4 April 2022, 19:00 EDT. Each of the League's draws began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A of their respective league. The draws continued by selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and positioning them into Groups B, C and D in sequential order. The same procedure was done for the remaining pots. Teams were seeded into pots using CONCACAF Ranking.
+ Key Promoted in previous season Relegated in previous season
+ League A Pot Team Rank 1 2,020 1 1,917 2 1,821 3 1,805 4 2 1,624 5 1,471 6 1,390 9 1,350 10 3 1,252 11 1,249 12 1,089 15 834 25+ League B Pot Team Rank 1 1,432 7 1,417 8 1,232 13 1,096 14 2 1,030 16 1,011 17 986 18 973 19 3 953 20 924 21 872 23 865 24 4 795 26 767 27 674 31 538 33+ League C Pot Team Rank 1 910 22 725 28 718 29 709 30 2 625 32 528 34 512 35 448 36 3 381 37 296 38 246 39 218 40 152 41
League A
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Nations League Finals
Seeding
Bracket
All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
League B
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Ranking of second-placed teams Due to the disqualification of Nicaragua, the ranking of all second-placed teams was used to determine which team would replace them in League A.
Ranking of third-placed teams As Trinidad and Tobago replaced Nicaragua in the Gold Cup, the ranking of all third-placed teams was used to determine which team would replace them in the Gold Cup preliminary round.
League C
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Top goalscorers Source: + League ARankPlayerGoals1 Jonathan David4 Jesús Ferreira Ricardo Pepi4 Alphonso Davies3 Cyle Larin Christian Pulisic7 Nelson Bonilla2 Alexander Larín Junior Flemmings Yoel Bárcenas Weston McKennie+ League BRankPlayerGoals1 Carnejy Antoine52 Arichel Hernández4 Joel Sarrucco Mondy Prunier5 Thierry Ambrose3 Rubio Rubin Omari Glasgow Derrick Etienne Frantzdy Pierrot Lyle Taylor Matías Moldskred Jaime Moreno Ariagner Smith+ League CRankPlayerGoals1 Gerwin Lake82 Ricardo Rivera63 Ayrton Cicilia54 Billy Forbes45 Kurt Frederick3 Junior Paul
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