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. It was held from 4 September to 15 October 2024.
Format League C maintained the same format introduced for the 2023–24 season, 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.
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 promoted to the 2026–27 CONCACAF Nations League B. They 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.
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. 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).
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:
+ Incoming Relegated fromNations League B + Outgoing Promoted toNations League B
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.
+ Pot 1 Team 25 779 29 737 33 558+ Pot 2 Team 36 479 37 393 38 324+ Pot 3 Team 39 207 40 155 41 150
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. 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:
+ Group ATeamA1A2A3+ Group BTeamB1B2B3+ Group CTeamC1C2C3
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.
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.
+ September FIFA WindowMon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7Sun 8Mon 9Tue 10colspan=2 3 v 2colspan=2 2 v 1colspan=2 1 v 3 + October FIFA WindowMon 7Tue 8Wed 9Thu 10Fri 11Sat 12Sun 13Mon 14Tue 15colspan=2 2 v 3colspan=2 3 v 1colspan=2 1 v 2
The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 23 May 2024. All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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.
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams
Goalscorers
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