2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C

2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C
Tournament details
Dates4 September – 15 October 2024
Teams9
Promoted Barbados
 Belize
 Cayman Islands
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored60 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)The Bahamas Brandon Adderley
Barbados Niall Reid-Stephen
(6 goals each)
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The 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C was the third and lowest division of the 2024–25 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the fourth season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.[1] It was held from 4 September to 15 October 2024.[2][3]

Format

League C maintained the same format introduced for the 2023–24 season,[4] but this edition included a play-in round after the conclusion of the groups. In addition, the group matches were played at centralized venues instead of the previous home-and-away format.[1]

The nine participating teams were split into three groups of three teams and each group was played on a double round-robin basis, with matches being held in the official FIFA match windows in September and October 2024. The first-placed team of each group and the best second-placed team among all groups were not promoted to the 2026–27 CONCACAF Nations League B, but also advanced to the play-in round, in which they joined four teams from League A in order to compete to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.[1]

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

As announced by CONCACAF in February 2023, the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League served as a qualifier for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[4] League C teams could not qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament, but could qualify via the Gold Cup qualification tournament (also called CONCACAF Gold Cup prelims).[5]

Teams

A total of nine national teams contested League C, including the five sides that failed to be promoted last season and four teams relegated from the 2023–24 League B.

Team changes

The following were the team changes in League C regarding the 2023–24 season:

Incoming
Relegated from
Nations League B
Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League B

Seeding

The pots were confirmed on 19 April 2024, with the nine League C teams being split into three pots of three teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2024.[1][6]

Pot 1
Team Rank Pts
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 779
 Belize 29 737
 Barbados 33 558
Pot 2
Team Rank Pts
 Bahamas 36 479
 Cayman Islands 37 393
 Turks and Caicos Islands 38 324
Pot 3
Team Rank Pts
 British Virgin Islands 39 207
 U.S. Virgin Islands 40 155
 Anguilla 41 150

Draw

The draw for the groups composition was held on 6 May 2024, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami, Florida, United States, where the nine involved teams were drawn into three groups of three.[1] The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A and then selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and placing them into groups B and C in sequential order. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.

The draw resulted in the following groups:[7]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Barbados
A2  Bahamas
A3  U.S. Virgin Islands
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Belize
B2  Turks and Caicos Islands
B3  Anguilla
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Saint Kitts and Nevis
C2  Cayman Islands
C3  British Virgin Islands

Groups

In an effort to reduce the travel disruptions faced by teams in previous editions, CONCACAF decided that the League C matches scheduled in each FIFA match window would be held at a centralized venue.[1]

In this way, the national association of the second-highest ranked team in each group, once the draw was made, was responsible for hosting all matches in its group scheduled for the September FIFA match window. Likewise, the top-ranked team in each group, once the draw was made, was responsible for hosting all matches in its group scheduled in the October FIFA match window. If a national association was unable to host matches, CONCACAF reserved the right to select another venue. The match schedule (including days) was predetermined to provide proper rest time in between matches.[5]

September FIFA Window[8]
Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8 Mon 9 Tue 10
— 3 v 2 Rest days 2 v 1 Rest days 1 v 3
October FIFA Window[8]
Mon 7 Tue 8 Wed 9 Thu 10 Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15
— 2 v 3 Rest days 3 v 1 Rest days 1 v 2

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 23 May 2024.[2][3][9] All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[10][11]

Group A

By regulation, September's Group A matches had to be held in Bahamas as the second highest-ranked team in the group. However, the Bahamas was unable to host the matches, and thus CONCACAF designated the U.S. Virgin Islands as the venue.[12]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Barbados The Bahamas United States Virgin Islands
1  Barbados (H, P) 4 4 0 0 17 4 +13 12 Promotion to League B and advance to play-in round — 6–2 3–0
2  Bahamas 4 1 1 2 10 13 −3 4 2–3 — 3–1
3  U.S. Virgin Islands (H) 4 0 1 3 4 14 −10 1 0–5 3–3 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts; (P) Promoted
U.S. Virgin Islands 3–3 Bahamas
  • Henry 27'
  • Joseph 77'
  • Catone-Highfield 86'
 Report
Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Upper Bethlehem, United States Virgin Islands
Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
Bahamas 2–3 Barbados
Adderley 42', 66' Report
Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Upper Bethlehem, United States Virgin Islands
Referee: Shavin Greene (Guyana)
Barbados 3–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
 Report
Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Upper Bethlehem, United States Virgin Islands
Referee: Sergio Rozenhout (Suriname)
U.S. Virgin Islands 0–5 Barbados
Report
Wildey Turf, Wildey, Barbados
Referee: José Valladares (Honduras)
Bahamas 3–1 U.S. Virgin Islands
 Report Edgar 69'
Wildey Turf, Wildey, Barbados
Attendance: 65[13]
Referee: Benjamin Whitty (Cayman Islands)
Barbados 6–2 Bahamas
 Report
Wildey Turf, Wildey, Barbados
Referee: Micheal Akangou (Cayman Islands)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Belize Anguilla Turks and Caicos Islands
1  Belize (H, P) 4 4 0 0 9 0 +9 12 Promotion to League B and advance to play-in round — 1–0 3–0
2  Anguilla 4 1 0 3 3 4 −1 3 0–1 — 2–0
3  Turks and Caicos Islands (H) 4 1 0 3 2 10 −8 3 0–4 2–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts; (P) Promoted
Anguilla 2–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
 Report
TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Referee: José Fuentes (Guatemala)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–4 Belize
Report
  • Velasquez 12'
  • Polanco 43', 73'
  • Palacio 66'
TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Attendance: 271[14]
Referee: Cleon Culley (Barbados)
Belize 1–0 Anguilla
Polanco 27' Report
TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)
Anguilla 0–1 Belize
Report Velasquez 56'
Attendance: 522[15]
Referee: Ray Torres (Puerto Rico)
Turks and Caicos Islands 2–1 Anguilla
  • Martin 3'
  • Jerome 90+5' (pen.)
 Report Carpenter 59'
Belize 3–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Polanco 28'
  • Hernández 40'
  • Lopez 57'
 Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayman Islands British Virgin Islands
1  Saint Kitts and Nevis (H, P) 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10 Promotion to League B and advance to play-in round — 1–1 2–0
2  Cayman Islands (H, P) 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7 1–4 — 1–0
3  British Virgin Islands 4 0 0 4 1 7 −6 0 1–3 0–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts; (P) Promoted
British Virgin Islands 0–1 Cayman Islands
Report Seymour 84'
Referee: Jonathan Leiton (Costa Rica)
Cayman Islands 1–4 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Duval 51' Report
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–0 British Virgin Islands
Williams 11', 64' Report
Referee: Andrew Samuel (Puerto Rico)
British Virgin Islands 1–3 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Javier 46' Report
  • Roberts 25'
  • Amory 37'
  • I. Williams 90+5' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,004[16]
Referee: Vimarest Díaz (Dominican Republic)
Cayman Islands 1–0 British Virgin Islands
Douglas 69' Report
Attendance: 100[17]
Referee: Ricangel De Leça (Aruba)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–1 Cayman Islands
Campbell 90+9' (o.g.) Report Scott 61'
Referee: Shekiel Jokil (Suriname)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 C  Cayman Islands (P) 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7 Promotion to League B and advance to play-in round
2 A  Bahamas 4 1 1 2 10 13 −3 4
3 B  Anguilla 4 1 0 3 3 4 −1 3
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Anguilla Lamar Carpenter
  • Barbados Sheran Hoyte
  • Barbados Omani Leacock
  • Belize Orlando Velasquez

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Barbados Nicoli Brathwaite (against Bahamas)
  • British Virgin Islands Ikyjah Williams (against Saint Kitts and Nevis)
  • Cayman Islands Joshwa Campbell (against Saint Kitts and Nevis)

References

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  13. ^ "Bahamas 3-1 U.S. Virgin Islands (Oct 12, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Belize 4-0 Turks and Caicos (Sep 7, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Belize 1-0 Anguilla (Oct 9, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  16. ^ "St Kitts & Nevis 3-1 Br Virgin Isl (Oct 9, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Cayman Islands 3-1 British Virgin Islands (Oct 12, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
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