The 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League Play-in was the post group stage round of Leagues A and C 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 14 to 19 November 2024.
The play-in round served as a qualifier for the Gold Cup prelims, the pre-Gold Cup competition that determined the final teams to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Format The play-in round was contested by the two bottom teams from each group of League A (teams ranked 5th and 6th) and the top four teams from League C (three group winners and the best team among the group runners-up). These eight teams were divided into four ties.
Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the teams from League A hosting the second legs. If the aggregate score was level at the end of the second leg, the away goals rule was applied. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time were played without taking into account the away goals rule during this time. If still tied after extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Winners qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.
Seeding Teams were seeded based on their results during the group stage of their respective league, in order to determine the pairings.
The match-ups were as follows:
Play-in 1 (PI1): League A best 5th placed team vs League C best group runner-up Play-in 2 (PI2): League A worst 5th placed team vs League C third-best group winner Play-in 3 (PI3): League A best 6th placed team vs League C second-best group winner Play-in 4 (PI4): League A worst 6th placed team vs League C best group winner
Summary The first legs were played on 14 and 15 November, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 November 2024.
Matches The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 23 May 2024, with the matchups being confirmed on 16 October 2024. All match times are in EST (UTC−5) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Guadeloupe won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
Cuba won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
Belize won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
Guyana won 9–4 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
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