Golden Jaguars to face foes Jamaica in group stage

The Golden Jaguars have been drawn in Group C of League B in the CONCACAF Nations League at the official draw on Wednesday at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Guyana, who are ranked 21st, and created history by qualifying for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, will feature alongside traditional foes Jamaica [6th] and Antigua & Barbuda [22nd], with Aruba [31st] completing the group.

The draw comes on the heels of the Golden Jaguars historic qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which will commence in June.

Meanwhile, Group A consists of French Guiana [16th], St Kitts & Nevis [18th], Belize [24th] and Grenada [28th], while Group C contains El Salvador [9th], Dominican Republic [20th], St Lucia [26th] and Montserrat [35th].

Group D features Nicaragua [14th], Suriname [20th], St Vincent and Grenadines [25th] and Dominica [32nd].

Meanwhile, Group A of League A, the premier section of the tournament, comprises the United States of America [2nd], Canada [7th] and Cuba [13th], with Group B featuring Mexico [1st], Panama [5th] and Bermuda [23rd].

Group C is made up of Honduras [4th], Trinidad and Tobago [11th] and Martinique [12th], with Costa Rica [3rd], Haiti [10th] and Curacao [15th] completing Group D.

In terms of League C, Barbados [29th], Cayman Islands [34th], the US Virgin Islands [37th] and Saint Martin [38th] will make up Group A, while Group B consists of Bonaire [27th], Bahamas [33rd] and the British Virgin Islands [40th].

Group C features Guatemala [8th], Puerto Rico [30th] and Anguilla [41st], with Guadeloupe [17th], Turks & Caicos [36th] and Sint Maarten [39th] placed in Group D.

The group phase of the tournament will be played during the official FIFA international match windows of September, October, and November 2019.

All the competing teams were assigned into Leagues A, B, and C following their performances in the recently concluded Nations League qualifiers.

Each league will feature promotion and relegation. The countries will compete in a home-and-away round-robin format during the duration of the group campaign.

The four group winners from League A will qualify to the Nations League final championship slated for March 2020, which will determine the champion of the competition.

The last-placed League A nations in each group will be relegated to League B for the next edition of the tournament.

Identically, the four group winners from League B will be promoted to League A, while the cellar occupants of each group will be relegated to League C for the next edition.

The same formalities will apply to League C. The four group winners will be promoted to League B, but the bottom four group finishers will remain in the same League.