2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B


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The 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B was the second division of the 2019–20 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.[1]

2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates5 September – 19 November 2019
Teams16
Promoted El Salvador
 Grenada
 Jamaica
 Suriname
Relegated Aruba
 Dominica
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored131 (2.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)Suriname Gleofilo Vlijter
(10 goals)

League B consisted of sixteen teams from qualifying which finished from 7th to 22nd. 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 played in the official FIFA match windows in September, October and November 2019. The four group winners were promoted to League A, while the four last-placed teams in each group were relegated to League C for the next edition of the tournament.[2][3][4]

In September 2019, it was announced that the Nations League would also provide qualification for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5] The winners of each of the four League B groups qualified for the Gold Cup, while the second-placed teams entered the first round of Gold Cup qualification.

Teams were seeded into the pots of League B according to their position in the November 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index.[6][7]

Pot 1
Team Pts Rank
  Jamaica 1,507 6
  El Salvador 1,380 9
  Nicaragua 1,083 14
  French Guiana 1,057 16
Pot 2
Team Pts Rank
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,018 18
  Dominican Republic 983 19
  Suriname 975 20
  Guyana 953 21
Pot 3
Team Pts Rank
  Antigua and Barbuda 930 22
  Belize 831 24
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 821 25
  Saint Lucia 813 26
Pot 4
Team Pts Rank
  Grenada 749 28
  Aruba 638 31
  Dominica 593 32
  Montserrat 478 35

The draw for the group phase took place at The Chelsea in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on 27 March 2019, 22:00 EDT (19:00 local time, PDT).[8][9]

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 21 May 2019.[10][11][12]

Times are EDT/EST,[note 1] as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[13][14][15]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation        
1   Grenada (P) 6 4 2 0 8 4 +4 14 League A and Gold Cup — 1–0 3–2 2–1
2   French Guiana 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 0–0 — 3–0 3–1
3   Belize 6 2 0 4 6 12 −6 6 1–2 2–0 — 0–4
4   Saint Kitts and Nevis (R) 6 1 2 3 8 8 0 5 Relegation to League C 0–0 2–2 0–1 —

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation        
1   El Salvador (P) 6 5 0 1 10 1 +9 15 League A and Gold Cup — 1–0 2–0 3–0
2   Montserrat 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 0–2 — 2–1 1–1
3   Dominican Republic 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 7 1–0 0–0 — 3–0
4   Saint Lucia (R) 6 1 1 4 2 10 −8 4 Relegation to League C 0–2 0–1 1–0 —

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation        
1   Jamaica (P) 6 5 1 0 21 1 +20 16 League A and Gold Cup — 1–1 6–0 2–0
2   Guyana 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 0–4 — 5–1 4–2
3   Antigua and Barbuda 6 3 0 3 8 17 −9 9 0–2 2–1 — 2–1
4   Aruba (R) 6 0 0 6 5 18 −13 0 Relegation to League C 0–6 0–1 2–3 —

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation        
1   Suriname (P) 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13 League A and Gold Cup — 0–1 6–0 4–0
2   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 2–2 — 1–0 1–0
3   Nicaragua 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7 1–2 1–1 — 3–1
4   Dominica (R) 6 1 0 5 3 14 −11 3 Relegation to League C 1–2 1–0 0–4 —

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

There were 131 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  •   Noah Harms (against Antigua and Barbuda)
  •   Jamal Yorke (against Nicaragua)
  1. ^ EDT (UTC−4) for matches in September and October 2019, and EST (UTC−5) for matches in November 2019.
  2. ^ CONCACAF awarded French Guiana a 3–0 win as a result of Belize not being able to report to the match due to logistical issues.[16]
  3. ^ a b c Aruba played their home matches in Curaçao.
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