CONCACAF Women's Nations League

The CONCACAF Women's Nations League is an upcoming international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

For other uses, see Nations League (disambiguation).

CONCACAF Women's Nations League
Founded10 December 2020 (2020-12-10)
RegionNorth America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
2023–24 CONCACAF Women's Nations League

Adoption

On 10 December 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of the Women's Nations League. The competition is intended to provide more national team matches for all CONCACAF member associations.[1]

Format

The competition will begin with the group stage, featuring the women's national teams of CONCACAF which enter split into three leagues (A, B and C). The teams in each group will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top three teams in League A will qualify directly for the final tournament. The group runners-up of League A and the League B group winners will participate in a play-in to compete for the final three spots at the final tournament. Teams will also compete for promotion and relegation to a higher or lower league. The two CONCACAF women's national teams which qualify for the Summer Olympics will not participate in the group stage, and will receive a bye directly to the final tournament.

The final tournament will feature twelve teams, including the two teams which qualified for the Summer Olympics, the six teams which qualified from the group stage and play-in, and four guest national teams from other confederations. The twelve teams will be split into three groups of four, and will compete in a single round-robin. Eight teams, the top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams, will advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage will consist of quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to determine the champion.[1]

See also

References
  1. "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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