Jamaica face Mexico challenge at Nations League
Published:Wednesday | April 6, 2022 | 12:12 AM
JAMAICA’S REGGAE Boyz will have it all to do if they are to make the final of the Concacaf Nations League (CNL) when the group stage gets under way in June.
The Reggae Boyz learnt that they were drawn in Group A of the Nations League A tournament, alongside Mexico and Suriname.
The Confederation’s 41-member associations had been divided into three leagues based on the results of the 2019 CNL group stage (this includes a promotion and relegation system between leagues).
The other groups, announced on Monday during the competition’s official draw on Monday, will see the other finalists from the recently concluded Concacaf World Cup qualifiers dispersed through groups B to D.
Costa Rica, Panama and Martinique make up Group B, while Canada, Honduras and Curaçao do battle in Group C and the United States, El Salvador, and Grenada are in D.
The 2022-23 CNL Group Stage will begin with home and away round robin play on the FIFA Match Windows of June 2022 (double window) and March 2023. The Group Stage will be followed by the Concacaf Nations League finals in June 2023, played between the four League A group winners.
Concacaf will announce the competition’s schedule in the coming days. Venues and kick-off times will also be confirmed at a later date.
The 2022-23 CNL Group Stage will continue to serve as the qualifier for the 2023 Gold Cup. Following round-robin group stage play, the League A group winners and runners-up (eight teams) and the League B group winners (four teams) will guarantee their participation in the 17th edition of the Gold Cup.
Furthermore, 12 other teams will have an opportunity to qualify for the tournament via the Gold Cup preliminaries.
The prelims will include the participation of the League A third-place finishers (four teams), the League B second-place finishers (four teams), and the League C group winners (four teams).
Additional details regarding the 2023 Gold Cup Prelims will also be announced at a later date.
- Courtesy of concacaf
Nations League draw results
League A
Group A: Mexico, Jamaica, Suriname
Group B: Costa Rica, Panama, Martinique
Group C: Canada, Honduras, Curaçao
Group D: United States, El Salvador, Grenada
League B
Group A: Cuba, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados
Group B: Haiti, Bermuda, Guyana, Montserrat
Group C: Trinidad & Tobago, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas
Group D: Guatemala, French Guiana, Dominican Republic, Belize
League C
Group A: Bonaire, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sint Maarten
Group B: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Aruba, Saint Martin
Group C: Saint Lucia, Dominica, Anguilla
Group D: Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands