User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2020–21 CONCACAF Confederations League group stage

The 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League group stage began on 14 December 2020 and ended on 22 December 2020. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2020–21 CONCACAF Confederations League.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Confederations League
The group stage of the 2020–21 CONCACAF Confederations League was heavily impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. To minimize travel and risk of exposure to SARS coronavirus-2, the group stage was reduced from six to three matches. All group stage matches were played behind closed doors (unless local regulations allowed restricted capacity). All three matches were played in the United States, at the IMG Academy near Bradenton, Florida (south of Tampa.

Teams were to report to the facility at least five days prior to the first match. If a player tested positive for SARS coronavirus-2, they were to be placed in quarantine until there were at least three negative consecutive tests. If a team could not field at least 18 players who had tested negative, they would have the option for one make up date, but would forfeit the match by a 3–0 scoreline, if they still could not test 18 negative players by the make up date.

Due to the neutral site venues, no restrictions on groupings and home/away team restrictions were imposed.

Draw
The draw was held at the CONCACAF Headquarters in New York City, United States on 30 November 2020 at 13:00 CEST.

The 48 teams will be drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams will be seeded into four pots based on the following principles:


 * Pot 1 will contain the SuperLiga play-off round losers.
 * Pot 2, 3 and 4 will contain the remaining teams, based on CONCACAF coefficient.

Teams

 * Notes