CONCACAF President, Victor Montagliani said the Nations League format will be similar to the UEFA Nations League in Europe and it will help to alleviate the challenge of regular competitive action, which many Caribbean nations face. Photo: Provided

According to CONCACAF President, Victor Montagliani, the format will be similar to the UEFA Nations League in Europe and it will help to alleviate the challenge of regular competitive action, which many Caribbean nations face.

“This new tournament is highly beneficial to all our member associations and fans everywhere since it provides significant opportunities to play important competitive matches with increased regularity throughout the year,” Montagliani said in a recent interview with Reuters.

“The biggest difference between our Nations League and the UEFA is that their nations were already playing a significant amount of games … But for us, it is to allow our countries to play a minimum amount of games over a four-year window.

“Our bigger countries have the capacity to do that, but our system was, in my opinion, archaic and you had countries who were playing four to six games in a four-year period. It is kind of hard then to develop football in any capacity.”

The competition will involve all 41 member nations that are to be split into three divisions, based on their “sporting level” with promotion and relegation. It will also serve as a qualifying route to the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Montagliani said the new tournament is being welcomed by presidents of national associations who all agree that there was a serious need for matches in order to help their national teams’ progress and CONCACAF will ensure that they all have the resources to feature in the competition.

Details of the tournament are to be rolled out in February.