2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C
International football competition
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The 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C was the third and lowest division of the 2024–25 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the fourth season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF.[1] It was held from 4 September to 15 October 2024.[2][3]
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| Dates | 4 September – 15 October 2024 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Promoted |  Barbados Belize Cayman Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 60 (3.33 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Brandon Adderley Niall Reid-Stephen(6 goals each) |
← 2023–24 2026–27 → | |
Format
League C maintained the same format introduced for the 2023–24 season,[4] but this edition included a play-in round after the conclusion of the groups. In addition, the group matches were played at centralized venues instead of the previous home-and-away format.[1]
The nine participating teams were split into three groups of three teams and each group was played on a double round-robin basis, with matches being held in the official FIFA match windows in September and October 2024. The first-placed team of each group and the best second-placed team among all groups were not promoted to the 2026–27 CONCACAF Nations League B, but also advanced to the play-in round, in which they joined four teams from League A in order to compete to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.[1]
2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
As announced by CONCACAF in February 2023, the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League served as a qualifier for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[4] League C teams could not qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament, but could qualify via the Gold Cup qualification tournament (also called CONCACAF Gold Cup prelims).[5]
Teams
A total of nine national teams contested League C, including the five sides that failed to be promoted last season and four teams relegated from the 2023–24 League B.
Team changes
The following were the team changes in League C regarding the 2023–24 season:
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Seeding
The pots were confirmed on 19 April 2024, with the nine League C teams being split into three pots of three teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2024.[1][6]
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Draw
The draw for the groups composition was held on 6 May 2024, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami, Florida, United States, where the nine involved teams were drawn into three groups of three.[1] The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A and then selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and placing them into groups B and C in sequential order. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.
The draw resulted in the following groups:[7]
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Groups
In an effort to reduce the travel disruptions faced by teams in previous editions, CONCACAF decided that the League C matches scheduled in each FIFA match window would be held at a centralized venue.[1]
In this way, the national association of the second-highest ranked team in each group, once the draw was made, was responsible for hosting all matches in its group scheduled for the September FIFA match window. Likewise, the top-ranked team in each group, once the draw was made, was responsible for hosting all matches in its group scheduled in the October FIFA match window. If a national association was unable to host matches, CONCACAF reserved the right to select another venue. The match schedule (including days) was predetermined to provide proper rest time in between matches.[5]
| Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 |
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| N/a | 3 v 2 | Rest days | 2 v 1 | Rest days | 1 v 3 | |||
| Mon 7 | Tue 8 | Wed 9 | Thu 10 | Fri 11 | Sat 12 | Sun 13 | Mon 14 | Tue 15 |
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| N/a | 2 v 3 | Rest days | 3 v 1 | Rest days | 1 v 2 | |||
The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 23 May 2024.[2][3][9] All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[10][11]
Group A
By regulation, September's Group A matches had to be held in Bahamas as the second highest-ranked team in the group. However, the Bahamas was unable to host the matches, and thus CONCACAF designated the U.S. Virgin Islands as the venue.[12]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification | |
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| 1 | Barbados (H, P) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 12 | Promotion to League B and advance to play-in round | — | 6–2 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Bahamas |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | U.S. Virgin Islands (H) |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | 0–5 | 3–3 | — |
| Bahamas | 2–3 | Barbados |
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Adderley  42', 66' |
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| Barbados | 3–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–5 | Barbados |
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| Bahamas | 3–1 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| Report | Edgar 69' |
| Barbados | 6–2 | Bahamas |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification | |
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| 1 | Belize (H, P) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 12 | Promotion to League B and advance to play-in round | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Anguilla |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Turks and Caicos Islands (H) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | — |
| Anguilla | 2–0 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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| Turks and Caicos Islands | 0–4 | Belize |
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| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2–1 | Anguilla |
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Report | Carpenter 59' |
| Belize | 3–0 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification | |
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| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (H, P) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 | Promotion to League B and advance to play-in round | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Cayman Islands (H, P) |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | British Virgin Islands |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2–0 | British Virgin Islands |
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| Williams 11', 64' |
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| British Virgin Islands | 1–3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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| Javier 46' |
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| Cayman Islands | 1–0 | British Virgin Islands |
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| Douglas 69' |
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–1 | Cayman Islands |
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| Campbell 90+9' (o.g.) |
Report | Scott 61' |
Ranking of second-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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| 1 | C | Cayman Islands (P) |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | Promotion to League B and advance to play-in round |
| 2 | A | Bahamas |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | B | Anguilla |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Goalscorers
There were 60 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
Jordy Polanco
Tiquanny Williams
3 goals
2 goals
Lamar Carpenter
Sheran Hoyte- Omani Leacock
- Orlando Velasquez
1 goal
- Germain Hughes
Wood Julmis- Omari Bain
- Lesly St. Fleur
- Zachary Applewhite
- Carl Hinkson
- Hadan Holligan
- Ethan Taylor
- Moisés Hernández
- Krisean Lopez
- Michael Palacio
Kristian Javier
Dimetri Douglas- Mason Duval
- Zachary Scott
- Elijah Seymour
- G'Vaune Amory
- Malique Roberts
- Kimaree Rogers
- Dionis Stephen
Ledson Jerome- Emmanuel Martin
Hasani Edgar- Gabriel Catone-Highfield
- Naqwan Henry
- Rakeem Joseph
1 own goal
- Nicoli Brathwaite (against Bahamas)
- Ikyjah Williams (against Saint Kitts and Nevis)
- Joshwa Campbell (against Saint Kitts and Nevis)