2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B
International football competition
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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]
Cuba
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
Guatemala| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Promoted | Cuba Haiti Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 47 |
| Goals scored | 127 (2.7 per match) |
| Top scorer | Carnejy Antoine (5 goals) |
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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:
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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]
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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
Barbados  | 0–1 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
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| Report | Philip  90+1' |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1–0 |  Guadeloupe |
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| Weston 55' |
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| Barbados | 0–1 | Guadeloupe |
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| Report | Ambrose 16' |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0–2 | Cuba |
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| Cuba | 3–1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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| A. Hernández 16', 21', 63' |
Report | Bishop 51' |
| Cuba | 1–0 | Guadeloupe |
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| Matos 45+2' |
Report |
Group B
Montserrat  | 1–2 |  Guyana |
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| Clifton 21' |
Report | Glasgow 61', 71' |
| Guyana | 2–6 | Haiti |
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Bermuda  | 3–0 Awarded[note 5] | Montserrat |
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| Guyana | 0–0 | Montserrat |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |  |
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| 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 | — |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | Bahamas |
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| Hackshaw 4' |
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| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Nicaragua |
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| J. Jones 42' |
Report | Smith 27' |
Group D
French Guiana  | 2–0 | Guatemala |
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Belize  | 1–1 | French Guiana |
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| Avila 74' |
Report | Sarrucco 89' |
Dominican Republic  | 1–1 | Guatemala |
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| Lorenzo 12' |
Report | Santis 26' |
| Guatemala | 2–0 | Dominican Republic |
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| Méndez 32', 78' (pen.) |
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| French Guiana | 1–0 | Belize |
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| Sarrucco 80' |
Report |
| French Guiana | 1–1 | Dominican Republic |
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| Legrand 86' |
Report | Heredia 90+4' |
| Belize | 1–2 | Guatemala |
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| Polanco 45+1' |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 127 goals scored in 47 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
Arichel Hernández
Joel Sarrucco
Mondy Prunier
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
D'Andre Bishop- Ashley Nathaniel-George
- Shavorn Philip
Marcel Joseph- Lesly St. Fleur
Keon Atkins- Thierry Gale
- Tajio James
Horace Avila- Jordy Polanco
Jai Bean- Willie Clemons
- Dante Leverock
- Nahki Wells
- Onel Hernández
- Yasniel Matos
- Willian Pozo-Venta
Carlos Heredia- Edarlyn Reyes
- Arnold Abelinti
- Loïc Baal
- Jean-David Legrand
- Thomas Némouthé
Grégory Gendrey- Matthias Phaëton
Jorge Aparicio- Óscar Castellanos
- Carlos Mejía
- Nicolás Samayoa
- Marlon Sequén
Trayon Bobb- Jeremy Garrett
- Liam Gordon
- Nathan Moriah-Welsh
- Emery Welshman
- Alex Christian
- Fredler Christophe
- Dany Jean
- Duckens Nazon
- Jeppe Simonsen
Kaleem Simon
Francisco Flores- Josué Quijano
Oalex Anderson- Azinho Solomon
- Cornelius Stewart
Judah García- Levi García
- Kareem Moses
- John-Paul Rochford
- Ryan Telfer
1 own goal
- Deshawon Nembhard (against Guatemala)
- Christian Reyes (against Trinidad and Tobago)
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 |
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| Nick Townsend |
Nicolás Samayoa Edarlyn Reyes Alvin Jones |
Derrick Etienne Matías Moldskred Belli Shaquan Clarke Joevin Jones |
Yasniel Matos Frantzdy Pierrot Ariagner Smith |
Notes
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]