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 SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | March 20–23 |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
← 2024 2027 → |
The United States are the three-time defending champions.
Format
editThe 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 are level at the end of normal time:[2]
- In the semi-finals and final, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If the score is still level after extra time, the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.
- In the third place play-off, extra time will not be played, and the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.
Venue
editSoFi 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) |
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SoFi Stadium |
Capacity: 70,240 |
Qualified teams
editThe four quarter-finals winners of League A will qualify for the Nations League Finals.
Match | Winners | Date of qualification |
CONCACAF Rankings February 2025 |
FIFA Rankings November 2024 |
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QF1 | Panama | November 18, 2024 | ||
QF2 | United States | November 18, 2024 | ||
QF3 | Suriname or Canada | November 19, 2024 | ||
QF4 | Honduras or Mexico | November 19, 2024 |
Seeding
editThe four teams will be ranked based on their results in the two quarter-finals legs to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed will play the fourth seed and the second seed will play the third seed.
Seed | QF | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | QF2 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
2 | QF1 | Panama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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
editEach national team has to submit a final squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, no later than ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player presents medical reasons or becomes injured severely enough to prevent his participation from the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.[2]
Bracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
March 20 – Inglewood, CA | ||||||
Quarter-final winner ranked 2 | ||||||
March 23 – Inglewood, CA | ||||||
Quarter-final winner ranked 3 | ||||||
Winner Match 1 | ||||||
March 20 – Inglewood, CA | ||||||
Winner Match 2 | ||||||
Quarter-final winner ranked 1 | ||||||
Quarter-final winner ranked 4 | ||||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
March 23 – 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
editQuarter-final winner ranked 2 | Match 1 | Quarter-final winner ranked 3 |
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Quarter-final winner ranked 1 | Match 2 | Quarter-final winner ranked 4 |
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Third place play-off
editLoser Match 1 | Match 3 | Loser Match 2 |
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Final
editWinner Match 1 | Match 4 | Winner Match 2 |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Hollywood Park and SoFi Stadium awarded 2025 and 2027 Concacaf Nations League Finals". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "CONCACAF Nations League Regulations 2024" (PDF). CONCACAF. April 17, 2024 [Approved on March 2024]. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ Calhoun, Damian (October 10, 2024). "SoFi Stadium to host 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League Finals". www.dailynews.com. Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved October 11, 2024.