The cuban soccer team will play in group B of the highest level in the next League of Nations of the Concacaf together with the squads of Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Suriname and Grenada, announced the organizers of the tournament.
After ascending to that stage of the event, the players led by coach Pablo Elier Sánchez will seek to be included among the two best teams in the key, a performance that would guarantee them a place among the entertainers of the quarterfinal phase, according to a report from the sports portal Hit.
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Add the text that the fair will be held under the Swiss format, with a couple of matches for each team at home and the same number as visitors. This phase will be held between the months of September and October of the current year, and will determine the two classified according to the number of points obtained.
accurate Hit that in the quarterfinals the first four places of the ranking of Concacaf: Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica and Canada.
The best eight phase will be played in roundtrip matches, and the winners will qualify directly for the 2024 Copa América de Fútbol, to be held in the United States.
The losers will still have a chance to qualify, understanding that the new format of the competition distributes six places for the area of North, Central America and the Caribbean.
These two remaining places will be played in a single match between the teams that do not reach the semifinals.
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Key A for this match was made up of the teams from Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Martinique, Curaçao and Nicaragua.
According to Hit, Looking at the level of teams like Jamaica and Honduras, who played in the octagonal Concacaf final in the World Cup qualifiers, the purpose of being among the two best teams in the group cannot be easily assessed.
In addition to the level rise achieved a few months ago, the performance of the Cuban team earned it to qualify for the upcoming Gold Cup, which will soon be hosted by the United States.
In preparation for this strong tournament, the Cuban Football Association (AFC) has announced a couple of dates with friendly matches against strong rivals from the continent.
Shortly after confirming the duel against the strong Chilean team, scheduled for the coming June 11 in the city of Concepción, the AFC also made official the clash that will be played on the 20th of the same month. against the Uruguayan teamwith a stage in the Centenario stadium in the city of Montevideo.
In this way, the absolute selection of the island will have the privilege of proving its evolution facing two of the best teams in Latin America.
