2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023
Teams16
Promoted Cuba
 Haiti
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored127 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Haiti Carnejy Antoine (5 goals)

The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B was the second 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 four teams in the Nations League B qualified to the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the next best four teams entered the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

Format

League B consisted of sixteen teams. The league was split into four groups of four 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 A and qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the second-placed teams entering the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament. As a result of a format change, no teams were relegated this season.[3]

Team changes

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

Incoming
Relegated from
Nations League A 		Promoted from
Nations League C
Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League A 		Relegated to
Nations League C

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.[4][5]

Pot 1
Team Pts Rank
 Haiti 1,432 7
 Guatemala 1,417 8
 Trinidad and Tobago 1,232 13
 Cuba 1,096 14
Pot 2
Team Pts Rank
 French Guiana 1,030 16
 Guadeloupe 1,011 17
 Nicaragua 986 18
 Bermuda 973 19
Pot 3
Team Pts Rank
 Antigua and Barbuda 953 20
 Guyana 924 21
 Dominican Republic 872 23
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 865 24
Pot 4
Team Pts Rank
 Belize 795 26
 Montserrat 767 27
 Barbados 674 31
 Bahamas 538 33

Groups

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

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[7][8][9][10]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Cuba Guadeloupe Antigua and Barbuda Barbados
1  Cuba (P) 6 5 0 1 11 3 +8 15 Promotion and Gold Cup — 1–0 3–1 3–0
2  Guadeloupe 6 3 0 3 5 5 0 9 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 2–1 — 0–1 2–1
3  Antigua and Barbuda[a] 6 3 0 3 5 7 −2 9 0–2 1–0 — 1–2
4  Barbados 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 0–1 0–1 0–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Antigua and Barbuda was awarded a Gold Cup preliminary round berth as the best-performing third place team.[11]
Barbados 0–1 Antigua and Barbuda
Report Philip 90+1'
Guadeloupe 2–1 Cuba
 Report M. Reyes 74'
Cuba 3–0 Barbados
 Report
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)
Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 Guadeloupe
Weston 55' Report
Warner Park, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Barbados 0–1 Guadeloupe
Report Ambrose 16'
Antigua and Barbuda 0–2 Cuba
Report
Warner Park, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Cuba 3–1 Antigua and Barbuda
A. Hernández 16', 21', 63' Report Bishop 51'
Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Guadeloupe 2–1 Barbados
 Report Atkins 59'
Barbados 0–1 Cuba
Report M. Reyes 3'
Cuba 1–0 Guadeloupe
Matos 45+2' Report
Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Haiti Guyana Bermuda Montserrat
1  Haiti (P) 6 5 1 0 22 5 +17 16 Promotion and Gold Cup — 6–0 3–1 3–2
2  Guyana 6 3 1 2 8 14 −6 10 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 2–6 — 2–1 0–0
3  Bermuda 6 1 1 4 7 10 −3 4 0–0 0–2 — 3–0
4  Montserrat 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4 0–4 1–2 3–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Bermuda 0–0 Haiti
Report
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Montserrat 1–2 Guyana
Clifton 21' Report Glasgow 61', 71'
Guyana 2–1 Bermuda
 Report Leverock 42'
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Haiti 3–2 Montserrat
 Report
Guyana 2–6 Haiti
 Report
Montserrat 3–2 Bermuda
 Report
Bermuda 3–0
Awarded[note 5]		 Montserrat
Report
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Haiti 6–0 Guyana
 Report
Bermuda 0–2 Guyana
Report
Montserrat 0–4 Haiti
Report
Attendance: 650
Haiti 3–1 Bermuda
 Report Bean 75'
Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic)
Guyana 0–0 Montserrat
Report
Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Nicaragua Trinidad and Tobago The Bahamas Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1  Nicaragua 6 4 2 0 15 5 +10 14 Disqualified[a] — 2–1 4–0 4–1
2  Trinidad and Tobago (P) 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Promotion and Gold Cup 1–1 — 1–0 4–1
3  Bahamas 6 1 1 4 2 11 −9 4 0–2 0–3 — 1–0
4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2 2–2 0–2 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Nicaragua was disqualified from the 2023 Gold Cup and Nations League A promotion due to fielding an ineligible player. Trinidad and Tobago took their place in both tournaments as the best runner-up in League B.[11]
Nicaragua 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report Reyes 46' (o.g.)
Bahamas 0–2 Nicaragua
Report
Nicaragua 4–0 Bahamas
 Report
Bahamas 0–3 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Nicaragua 4–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Report Edwards 18' (pen.)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Nicaragua
J. Jones 42' Report Smith 27'

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification Guatemala French Guiana Dominican Republic Belize
1  Guatemala (P) 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Promotion and Gold Cup — 4–0 2–0 2–0
2  French Guiana 6 3 2 1 8 8 0 11 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 2–0 — 1–1 1–0
3  Dominican Republic 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 1–1 2–3 — 2–0
4  Belize 6 0 1 5 2 10 −8 1 1–2 1–1 0–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Belize 0–2 Dominican Republic
Report
Guatemala 2–0 Belize
 Report
Belize 1–1 French Guiana
Avila 74' Report Sarrucco 89'
Guatemala 2–0 Dominican Republic
Méndez 32', 78' (pen.) Report
French Guiana 1–0 Belize
Sarrucco 80' Report
Belize 1–2 Guatemala
Polanco 45+1' Report
Dominican Republic 2–0 Belize
 Report
Guatemala 4–0 French Guiana
 Report
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 127 goals scored in 47 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.

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 B after the conclusion of the competition.[26]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Antigua and Barbuda Nick Townsend Guatemala Nicolás Samayoa
Dominican Republic Edarlyn Reyes
Trinidad and Tobago Alvin Jones 		Haiti Derrick Etienne
Nicaragua Matías Moldskred Belli
Barbados Shaquan Clarke
Trinidad and Tobago Joevin Jones 		Cuba Yasniel Matos
Haiti Frantzdy Pierrot
Nicaragua Ariagner Smith

Notes

  1. ^ a b Barbados played their home matches against Antigua and Barbuda and Guadeloupe at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet (Saint Lucia) due to health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados.[12]
  2. ^ a b The Antigua and Barbuda v Barbados and Cuba v Guadeloupe matches, originally scheduled at 15:00 EDT (UTC−4),[10] were rescheduled to 16:00 EDT.[13]
  3. ^ a b Montserrat played their home matches against Guyana and Bermuda at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) due to their regular Blakes Estate Stadium not meeting CONCACAF requirements.[14]
  4. ^ a b Haiti played their home matches against Montserrat and Guyana at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) due to security reasons.[14]
  5. ^ The Bermuda v Montserrat match, scheduled for 14 June 2022, was cancelled due to Montserrat deciding to withdraw from the match.[15][16] The match was later awarded to Bermuda as a 3–0 win.[17]
  6. ^ Referee Benjamin Whitty from Cayman Islands, who was originally assigned to the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v Nicaragua match,[18][19] was replaced by Ken Pennyfeather from Antigua and Barbuda.[20]
  7. ^ a b The French Guiana v Guatemala match, originally scheduled for 2 June 2022, 15:00 EDT (UTC−4) at Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama, Remire-Montjoly,[8] was first rescheduled to 17:00 EDT[21][22] and later to 18:00 EDT at Stade Georges-Chaumet, Cayenne due to adverse weather conditions that affected the Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama's field.[23][24]
  8. ^ a b The French Guiana v Belize match, originally scheduled for 14 June 2022, 15:00 EDT (UTC−4) at Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama, Remire-Montjoly,[8] was rescheduled to 18:00 EDT at Stade Georges-Chaumet, Cayenne.[25]

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