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THE PROCESS
2
• Format and structure of this competition has evolved over the past 12 months, given
extensive consultation, and input received from all of you as well as other CONCACAF
stakeholders
• Key meetings held at multiple roundtables and workshops held at each of our past two
congresses
• Presented to CONCACAF Competitions Committee for review in Aruba
• Since meetings held in April and July during Gold Cup, administration has continued to refine
the competition’s format and economic feasibility
• Approved by CONCACAF Council and now being presented to CONCACAF Presidents
• Initial public announcement schedule for this week / full launch in February 2018
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KEY
PRINCIPLES
• Guided by our pillar of “Football
First”
• Allow for more meaningful games
increasing competition and value
proposition
• Keep the dream alive for all MAs
• Improve development (on and off
the field)
• Centralized sales process to prevent
value leakage, while preserving MAs
rights locally
• Keep revenue generating friendlies
and aligning them with other relevant
Confederations (the new Football
World)
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BENEFITS OF CETRALIZATION – THE EUROPEAN EXAMPLE
European Qualification
Matches
1’000 M €
European Qualifiers
2’000 M €
European Qualifiers
UEFA Nations League
Remaining friendlies
680 M €
350 M €
Friendly Matches+47%
+48%
PRE‐CENTRALIZATION CYCLE 2014 ‐ 2018 CYCLE 2018 ‐ 2022
European Qualifiers centralization
Introduction of the week of football
Full centralization
Creation of Nations League*Projection*
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THE CONCACAF
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
• The CONCACAF League of Nations (LEON)
is a new centralized CONCACAF
tournament for National Teams
• Utilizes existing dates in the FIFA
International Match calendar
• All 41 CONCACAF member associations
play in a home and away league format
• LEON will serve as the qualifier to the
CONCACAF Gold Cup and the
Continental Cup1
• The teams’ results in LEON will inform the
newly developed CONCACAF ranking to
determine the seeding for the 2022 FIFA
World Cup Qualifiers
1- Potential new centralized competition with another Confederation
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THE CONCACAF
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
• In LEON, the National Teams will play in three
(3) different leagues:
• League A | League B | League C
• Each League will have 4 groups of either 3 or
4 teams
• Each team will play home and away matches
against other teams in their same group
• At the end of the Group play, the four (4) group
winners in League A will advance to Final Four
competition, where a champion will be
crowned for the first time in March of 2020
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS - STRUCTURE
# OF TEAMS TOTAL MATCHES
MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR MAY/JUN SEPT NOV/DEC
FRIENDLIES
CRC - HON - MEX - PAN - TRI - USA
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
3x3 & 1x4
FF
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
24
4x4
48
3x3 & 1x4
30
16
13
6
4
4
4
4
CONCACAF
NATIONS SHIELD
68
4x4
24
30
48
6
FF
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS – LEAGUE A, B AND C
AND PROMOTION/ RELEGATION
# OF TEAMS TOTAL MATCHES
MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR MAY/JUN SEPT NOV/DEC
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
3x3 & 1x4
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
24
4x4
48
3x3 & 1x4
30
4
4
4
4
4x4
24
30
48
Top 4 teams in League B and C will be promoted, bottom 4 from League A and B relegated
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS – CONCACAF SHIELD
# OF TEAMS TOTAL MATCHES
MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR MAY/JUN SEPT NOV/DEC
FRIENDLIES
CRC - HON - MEX - PAN - TRI - USA
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
3x3 & 1x4
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
24
4x4
48
3x3 & 1x4
30
6
CONCACAF
NATIONS SHIELD
68
4x4
24
30
48
6
35 CCF teams to be
drawn based on CCF
ranking
16
13
The CONCACAF Shield will serve as a qualifier to place teams in each League
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS – CONCACAF SHIELD
CONCACAFRANKING
TEAMS7-41
CONCACAF LEON B
CONCACAF LEON A
CONCACAF LEON C
6
16
13
CONCACAF Shield teams play 4 or 3 games. At the end of the Shield, the top 6 teams go to League A, the next 16 teams go to League B and the last 13 teams go to League C
17 games
+ 1 BYE
17 games
+ 1 BYE
17 games
+ 1 BYE
17 games
+ 1 BYE
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MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR MAY/JUN SEPT
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
3x3 & 1x4
FF
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
4x4
3x3 & 1x4
4x4
FF
The 4 group winners of League A will play for the championship in the Final Four
LEAGUE OF NATIONS – FINAL FOUR
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS – ROAD TO GOLD CUP
FF
# OF TEAMS TOTAL MATCHES
MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR MAY/JUN SEPT NOV/DEC
FRIENDLIES
CRC - HON - MEX - PAN - TRI - USA
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
3x3 & 1x4
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
24
4x4
48
3x3 & 1x4
30
CONCACAF
NATIONS SHIELD
68
4x4
30
35 CCF teams to be
drawn based on CCF
ranking
10
6
FF
24
48
12
4
12
4
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CONCACAF RANKING AND FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
FORMAT
MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR SEP/OCT/NOV
CONCACAF Ranking as
of March 2020 will
determine top 6 MAs for
Hexagonal Phase and
the remaining 29 MAs for
Group Phase
NON FIFA MAs CUP
CONCACAF FIFA WC
QUALIFIERS
CCF WCQ - HEX
PAHSE
CONCACAF
WCQ
GROUP
PHASE
HEX HEX FRIENDLIES
WCQ(QF)
WCQ(SF)
WCQ(F)
PO
CCF
29
1
8 TEAMS
5x4
3x3
30
2
24878
3
0.5
1
2
3
4
5
6
-
7
8
9
10
.
.
.
35
# OF TEAMS TOTAL MATCHES WC SPOTS
6
JUN
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OFICIAL MATCH COMPARISON FOR 2014-18 / 2019-22
Total matches
played Nations League
Non FIFA MA
CupNations SHIELD
Total matches
played
8
SMA
JAM
MSR
BLZ
NCA
CAN
8 16
2 42
4 8-12 6-14 18-30
4 8-12 6-14 18-30
68 14
68 14
2
10 4 8-12 6-14
4 8-12 6-14
4 8-12 6-14
4 8-12 102
10
18-30
18-30
18-30
22-26
-
- -
-
-
-
-
-
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4 YEAR CYCLE - NEW CONCACAF NATIONAL TEAMS LANDSCAPE
FF
MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR MAY/JUN SEPT NOV/DEC
FRIENDLIES
CRC - HON - MEX - PAN - TRI - USA
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
3x3 & 1x4
FF
CONCACAF
LEON B
CONCACAF
LEON A
CONCACAF
LEON C
4x3
24
4x4
48
3x3 & 1x4
30
16
13
6
4x4
30
48
6
CONCACAF
NATIONS SHIELD
68
35 CCF teams to be
drawn based on CCF
ranking
24
CONCACAF FIFA WC QUALIFIERS
CCF WCQ - HEX
PAHSE
CONCACAF
WCQ
GROUP
PHASE
HEX HEX FRIENDLIES
WCQ(QF)
WCQ(SF)
WCQ(F)
PO
CCF
6
29
1
5x4
3x3
NON FIFA MAs CUP
78 8 4 2
2
30 3
0.5
PO
AFC
# OF TEAMS TOTAL MATCHES WC SPOTS
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LET’S PLAY FOOTBALL
MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV
FRIENDLIES
?
FF
16
13
6
6
CONCACAF
NATIONS SHIELD
CONCACAF FIFA WC QUALIFIERS
CONCACAF RANKING 1 - 41
SEP/OCT/NOV
HEXAGONAL
CCF WCQ – GROUP PHASE
WCQ
QF
WCQ
SF
WCQ
F
NON FIFA MAs CUP
WC SPOTS
4TH
WC 0.5 PO PO AFC
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LET’S PLAY FOOTBALL
MAR SEP/OCT/NOV MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV MAR MAR JUN SEP/OCT/NOV
FRIENDLIES
?
16
13
6
6
CONCACAF
NATIONS SHIELD
CONCACAF FIFA WC QUALIFIERS
CONCACAF RANKING 1 - 41
SEP/OCT/NOV
HEXAGONAL
CCF WCQ – GROUP PHASE
WCQ
QF
WCQ
SF
WCQ
F
NON FIFA MAs CUP
WC SPOTS
4TH
WC 0.5 PO PO AFC
#1
#7
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• Right to compete in League of Nations
• Official CONCACAF competition
• Required to sign MA Participation Agreement
• Tournament informs CONCACAF Ranking
• Official qualifier to Gold Cup
• MAs to receive from CONCACAF $50K of financial
support per away game
• OCP program increase by $50K starting in 2019
($25K in 2018 for Shield participants)
• MAs to retain:
• Local TV rights
• 80% of local sponsorship rights
• Local ticketing and hospitality rights
• Opportunity to compete for up to $4.0MM in prize
money in Final Four Tournaments
LEAGUE OF NATIONS -
COMMERCIAL BENEFITS TO
MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
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ON THE FIELD:
More competitive games
More games at home
Opportunity to play across the Confederation
Meaningful competition ahead of WCQ
Improve player development
Increase the level of our game to compete
against other Confederations
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
OFF THE FIELD:
Local talent development
Trainings & Workshops
Processes
Manuals and guidance
Administrative support
Closer collaboration between stakeholders
Infrastructure evaluation and advice
Consistent match organization
