2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
The 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals will be the final tournament 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. The tournament will be held from June 15 to 18, 2023 in the United States, and will be contested by the four group winners of Nations League A. The tournament will consist of two semi-finals, a third place play-off and final to determine the champions of the CONCACAF Nations League. All four matches will be hosted at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, near Las Vegas.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| Dates | June 15–18 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Format
The Nations League Finals will take place in June 2023 and will be contested by the four group winners of League A. The tournament will take place over four days and be played in single-leg knockout matches, consisting of two semi-finals on June 15, and a third place play-off and final three days after the second semi-final on June 18, 2023.
In the Nations League Finals, if the scores are level at the end of normal time:[1]
- In the semi-finals and final, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If the score is still level after extra time, the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.
- In the third place play-off, extra time will not be played, and the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out
Qualified teams
The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.
| Group | Winners | Date of qualification |
CONCACAF Rankings May 2023 |
FIFA Rankings April 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A |  Mexico |
March 26, 2023 | 1 | 15 |
| B |  Panama |
March 28, 2023 | 5 | 58 |
| C | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
March 28, 2023 | 4 | 47 |
| D |  United States (host) |
March 27, 2023 | 2 | 13 |
Seeding
The four teams were ranked based on their results in the group stage to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed plays the fourth seed and the second seed plays the third seed.
| Seed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D | United States (H) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 10 |
| 2 | B | Panama |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 |
| 3 | C | Canada |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 |
| 4 | A | Mexico |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 |
Venue
Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas area, was confirmed as the venue for the tournament on March 20, 2023.[2][3]
| Paradise |
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| Allegiant Stadium |
| Capacity: 61,000 |
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Squads
Each national team has to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom have to be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player becomes injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation from the tournament before his team's first match, he will be replaced by another player.[1]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| June 15 – Paradise | ||||||
| Panama | ||||||
| June 18 – Paradise | ||||||
| Canada | ||||||
| Winners Match 1 | ||||||
| June 15 – Paradise | ||||||
| Winners Match 2 | ||||||
| United States | ||||||
| Mexico | ||||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| June 18 – Paradise | ||||||
| Losers Match 1 | ||||||
| Losers Match 2 | ||||||
Third place play-off
| Losers Match 1 | Match 3 | Losers Match 2 |
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| Report |
Final
| Winners Match 1 | Match 4 | Winners Match 2 |
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| Report |
References
- "CONCACAF Nations League 2022–2023 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. pp. 14, 22. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- "Las Vegas to host 2022/23 CNL Finals in June". CONCACAF.com. Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football. March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- Akers, Mick (March 20, 2023). "Allegiant Stadium set to host CONCACAF Nations Finals". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 22, 2023.