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Concacaf confirms pots and draw for 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League

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League A

The Confederation’s four highest-ranked teams – Mexico (1), USA (2), Canada (3) and Panama (4) – automatically qualified for the quarterfinals.

The remaining 12 participating teams were divided into six pots and will be divided into two groups. The pots are as follows:

  • Pot 1: Costa Rica, Honduras
  • Pot 2: Jamaica, Haiti
  • Pot 3: Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Pot 4: Curacao, Suriname
  • Pot 5: Martinique, Nicaragua
  • Pot 6: Salvador, Dominican Republic

League B

League B will feature 16 teams divided into four groups of four. The teams were divided into four pots as follows:

  • Pot 1: Guadeloupe, Guyana, Cuba, French Guiana
  • Pot 2: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Grenada
  • Pot 3: Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Dominica
  • Pot 4: Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Barbados, Cayman Islands

League C

League C will feature nine teams divided into three groups of three. The teams were distributed into three pots as follows:

  • Pot 1: Montserrat, Saint Martin, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Pot 2: Aruba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Pot 3: British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, US Virgin Islands

Drawing Procedures

In each league, teams from Pot 1 to the final will be drawn and assigned to their respective group positions. The first team selected from each pot will be placed in Group A, with the remaining teams taking their respective positions in the remaining groups until all teams in that pot have been seeded.

League A will use six pots, each with two teams. One team from each pot will be selected to the corresponding position in Group A and the remaining team will be assigned to the same position in Group B.

League B will use four pots, each with four teams. Teams from each pot will be seeded into positions A1, B1, C1 and D1, followed by A2, B2, C2 and D2, then A3, B3, C3 and D3 and finally A4, B4, C4 and D4.

League C will use three pots, each with three teams. Teams from each pot will be placed in positions A1, B1 and C1, followed by A2, B2 and C2 and finally A3, B3 and C3.

Once all teams have been allocated to groups, the draw will be completed.

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