2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League Play-in

The 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League Play-in was the post group stage round of Leagues A and C 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. It was held from 14 to 19 November 2024.[1][2]

The play-in round served as a qualifier for the Gold Cup prelims, the pre-Gold Cup competition that determined the final teams to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[3]

Format

The play-in round was contested by the two bottom teams from each group of League A (teams ranked 5th and 6th) and the top four teams from League C (three group winners and the best team among the group runners-up). These eight teams were divided into four ties.

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the teams from League A hosting the second legs.[4] If the aggregate score was level at the end of the second leg, the away goals rule was applied. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time were played without taking into account the away goals rule during this time. If still tied after extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Winners qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.

Seeding

Teams were seeded based on their results during the group stage of their respective league, in order to determine the pairings.

League A 5th and 6th placed teams
Rank Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A  Guadeloupe 4 1 1 2 1 4 −3 4
2 B  Cuba 4 0 3 1 4 6 −2 3
3 B  French Guiana 4 0 1 3 4 7 −3 1
4 A  Guyana 4 0 1 3 5 13 −8 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
League C group winners and best runner-up
Rank Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A  Barbados 4 4 0 0 17 4 +13 12
2 B  Belize 4 4 0 0 9 0 +9 12
3 C  Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10
4 C  Cayman Islands 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

The match-ups were as follows:[3]

  • Play-in 1 (PI1): League A best 5th placed team vs League C best group runner-up
  • Play-in 2 (PI2): League A worst 5th placed team vs League C third-best group winner
  • Play-in 3 (PI3): League A best 6th placed team vs League C second-best group winner
  • Play-in 4 (PI4): League A worst 6th placed team vs League C best group winner

Summary

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 November, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 November 2024.[4]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cayman Islands 0–7 Guadeloupe0–60–1
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–5 Cuba2–10–4
Belize 4–3 French Guiana2–12–2
Barbados 4–9 Guyana1–43–5

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 23 May 2024,[1][2] with the matchups being confirmed on 16 October 2024.[4] All match times are in EST (UTC−5) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[5]

Cayman Islands 0–6 Guadeloupe
Report
  • Mirval 12'
  • Leborgne 37'
  • Plumain 41'
  • Tille 64'
  • Mixtur 71'
  • Owens 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 194[6]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
Guadeloupe 1–0 Cayman Islands
 Report
Stade Roger Zami, Le Gosier
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Guadeloupe won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–1 Cuba
 Report
Attendance: 459[7]
Cuba 4–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Attendance: 3,500[8]

Cuba won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

Belize 2–1 French Guiana
 Report
  • Torvic 90+3'
Attendance: 370[9]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
French Guiana 2–2 Belize
 Report
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Belize won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

Barbados 1–4 Guyana
 Report
Attendance: 928[10]
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Guyana 5–3 Barbados
 Report
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Guyana won 9–4 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ^ a b "Concacaf announces match schedule for 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League". Miami: CONCACAF. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League Match Schedule v2" (PDF). stthomassource.com. CONCACAF. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "CONCACAF Nations League Regulations 2024" (PDF). CONCACAF. 17 April 2024 [Approved on March 2024]. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Concacaf confirms 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal and Play-In matchups". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Concacaf confirms November schedule for 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League matches". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Cayman Islands 0-6 Guadeloupe (Nov 15, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Saint Kitts and Nevis 2-1 Cuba (Nov 14, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Cuba 4-0 St Kitts & Nevis (Nov 18, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Belize 2-1 Guyana (Nov 15, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Barbados 2-4 Guyana (Nov 15, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
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