2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C
Tournament details
Dates2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023
Teams13
Promoted Sint Maarten
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored97 (3.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sint Maarten Gerwin Lake (8 goals)

The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C was the lowest division of the 2022–23 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.[1] It was held from 2 June 2022 to 28 March 2023.[2]

The top team in each group entered the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.

Format

League C consisted of thirteen teams. The league was split into one group of four teams and three groups of three teams. The teams competed in a home-and-away, round-robin format over the course of the group phase, with matches being played in the official FIFA match windows in June 2022 and March 2023. The first-placed team in each group was promoted to League B and qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League C from the 2019–20 season:

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

Seeding

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.[3][4]

Pot 1
Team Pts Rank
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 910 22
 Puerto Rico 725 28
 Bonaire 718 29
 Saint Lucia 709 30
Pot 2
Team Pts Rank
 Dominica 625 32
 Aruba 528 34
 Cayman Islands 512 35
 Turks and Caicos Islands 448 36
Pot 3
Team Pts Rank
 Saint Martin 381 37
 Sint Maarten 296 38
 U.S. Virgin Islands 246 39
 Anguilla 218 40
 British Virgin Islands 152 41

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 April 2022.[5][2]

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[6][7][8][9]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Sint Maarten Bonaire Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands
1  Sint Maarten (P) 6 3 2 1 19 9 +10 11 Promotion and Gold Cup prelims — 6–1 8–2 1–1
2  Bonaire 6 3 1 2 12 11 +1 10 2–2 — 1–2 2–0
3  Turks and Caicos Islands 6 3 0 3 10 16 −6 9 2–0 1–4 — 1–0
4  U.S. Virgin Islands 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 1–2 0–2 3–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Sint Maarten 1–1 U.S. Virgin Islands
Gerritsen 83' Report Mack 8'
Bonaire 2–2 Sint Maarten
 Report
U.S. Virgin Islands 3–2 Turks and Caicos Islands
 Report
Sint Maarten 8–2 Turks and Caicos Islands
 Report
Bonaire 2–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
 Report
Turks and Caicos Islands 2–0 Sint Maarten
Paul 48', 70' Report
Sint Maarten 6–1 Bonaire
 Report Montero 69'

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Saint Kitts and Nevis Aruba Collectivity of Saint Martin
1  Saint Kitts and Nevis (P) 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 10 Promotion and Gold Cup prelims — 2–0 1–1
2  Aruba 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4 2–3 — 3–0
3  Saint Martin 4 0 2 2 2 7 −5 2 1–3 0–0 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Saint Martin 0–0 Aruba
Report
Aruba 3–0 Saint Martin
 Report
Aruba 2–3 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–1 Saint Martin
Clarke 90+2' Report Arné 34'
Saint Martin 1–3 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Arné 31' Report
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–0 Aruba
Freeman 45+1', 80' Report

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Saint Lucia Anguilla Dominica
1  Saint Lucia (P) 4 4 0 0 8 2 +6 12 Promotion and Gold Cup prelims — 2–0 3–1
2  Anguilla 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 1–2 — 0–0
3  Dominica 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 0–1 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Dominica 1–1 Anguilla
Wade 4' Report Guishard 57'
Warner Park, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Dominica 0–1 Saint Lucia
Report MacFarlane 54'
Saint Lucia 3–1 Dominica
 Report Thomas 84'

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Puerto Rico Cayman Islands British Virgin Islands
1  Puerto Rico (P) 4 4 0 0 17 2 +15 12 Promotion and Gold Cup prelims — 5–1 6–0
2  Cayman Islands 4 0 2 2 3 10 −7 2 0–3 — 1–1
3  British Virgin Islands 4 0 2 2 3 11 −8 2 1–3 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Cayman Islands 0–3 Puerto Rico
Report
Puerto Rico 6–0 British Virgin Islands
 Report
British Virgin Islands 1–3 Puerto Rico
T. Forbes 36' (pen.) Report
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Puerto Rico 5–1 Cayman Islands
 Report Studenhofft 85'

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 97 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.23 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Best XI

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of League C after the conclusion of the competition.[10]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
United States Virgin Islands Ramius Stiehler Puerto Rico Sidney Paris
Sint Maarten Mitchell de Nooijer
Saint Lucia Kurt Frederick 		Saint Lucia Gregson President
Sint Maarten Oliver Hobgood
Puerto Rico Devin Vega
Turks and Caicos Islands Jeff Beljour 		Sint Maarten Gerwin Lake
Turks and Caicos Islands Billy Forbes
Saint Kitts and Nevis Keithroy Freeman

Notes

  1. ^ The U.S. Virgin Islands v Sint Maarten match, originally scheduled at 16:00 EDT (UTC−4),[9] was re-scheduled to 19:00 EDT.
  2. ^ The Bonaire v Turks and Caicos Islands match, originally scheduled at 15:00 EDT (UTC−4),[9] was re-scheduled to 19:00 EDT.

References

  1. ^ "New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "CONCACAF Nations League 2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE" (PDF). CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Concacaf announces details for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League". CONCACAF. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Concacaf confirms procedures for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways draw". CONCACAF. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Concacaf announces schedule for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". Miami: CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  6. ^ "June 2022 match schedule confirmed for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". Miami: CONCACAF. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. ^ "2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – JUNE 2022" (PDF). CONCACAF. 6 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Schedule set for 2022-23 CNL Group Stage matches in March". Miami: CONCACAF. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – MARCH 2023" (PDF). CONCACAF. 23 March 2023.
  10. ^ "CNL League C Best XI led by Forbes, Lake and Frederick". CONCACAF. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.