2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United States |
| Dates | 20–23 March |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
The 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals will be the final tournament 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 will be held from March 20 to 23, 2025 at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States.[1]
The United States are the three-time defending champions.
Format
[edit]The Nations League Finals will be contested by the four quarter-finals winners of League A. The tournament will take place over four days and will be played in single-leg knockout matches, consisting of two semi-finals on March 20, and a third place play-off and final three days after on March 23, 2025.[citation needed]
In the CONCACAF Nations League Finals, if the scores were level at the end of normal time:[2]
- In the semi-finals and final, 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, the winner was determined by a penalty shoot-out.
- In the third place play-off, extra time would not be played, and the winner would be determined by a penalty shoot-out.
Venue
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SoFi Stadium, located in the Hollywood Park neighborhood in Inglewood, California and part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, was announced as the venue for the 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League Finals on October 9, 2024.[1][3]
| Los Angeles (Inglewood, California) |
|---|
| SoFi Stadium |
| Capacity: 70,240 |
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Qualified teams
[edit]The four quarter-finals winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.
| Match | Winners | Date of qualification |
CONCACAF Rankings February 2025 |
FIFA Rankings November 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QF1 | November 18, 2024 | |||
| QF2 | November 18, 2024 | |||
| QF3 | November 18, 2024 | |||
| QF4 | November 18, 2024 |
Seeding
[edit]The four teams were ranked based on their results in the two quarter-finals legs to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed played the fourth seed and the second seed played the third seed.
| Seed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QF1 | QF1 winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | QF2 | QF2 winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | QF3 | QF3 winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | QF4 | QF4 winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Squads
[edit]Each national team had to submit a final squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, no later than ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player presents medical reasons or became injured severely enough to prevent his participation from the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.[2]
Bracket
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 March – Inglewood, CA | ||||||
| Quarter-final winner ranked 2 | ||||||
| 23 March – Inglewood, CA | ||||||
| Quarter-final winner ranked 3 | ||||||
| Winner Match 1 | ||||||
| 20 March – Inglewood, CA | ||||||
| Winner Match 2 | ||||||
| Quarter-final winner ranked 1 | ||||||
| Quarter-final winner ranked 4 | ||||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 23 March – Inglewood, CA | ||||||
| Loser Match 1 | ||||||
| Loser Match 2 | ||||||
All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).
Semi-finals
[edit]| Quarter-final winner ranked 2 | Match 1 | Quarter-final winner ranked 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter-final winner ranked 1 | Match 2 | Quarter-final winner ranked 4 |
|---|---|---|
Third place play-off
[edit]| Loser Match 1 | Match 3 | Loser Match 2 |
|---|---|---|
Final
[edit]| Winner Match 1 | Match 4 | Winner Match 2 |
|---|---|---|
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hollywood Park and SoFi Stadium awarded 2025 and 2027 Concacaf Nations League Finals". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ a b "CONCACAF Nations League Regulations 2024" (PDF). CONCACAF. 17 April 2024 [Approved on March 2024]. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Calhoun, Damian (10 October 2024). "SoFi Stadium to host 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League Finals". www.dailynews.com. Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 11 October 2024.