International football tournament in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean
This article is about the men ‘s competition. For the women ‘s competition, see CONCACAF Women ‘s Championship Football tournament
The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( spanish : Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french : Coupe D’or CONCACAF ) is the main association football rival of the men ‘s national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North America, which includes Central America and the Caribbean. The Gold Cup is held every two years. The tournament succeeded the CONCACAF Championship ( 1963–1989 ), with its inaugural version being held in 1991. [ 1 ]

history [edit ]

Winners of the CONCACAF Gold Cup up to 2019

Championships before CONCACAF [edit ]

Before the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football ( CONCACAF ) was formed in 1961, association football in the region was divided into smaller, regional divisions. The two main bodies consisted of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol ( CCCF ) founded in 1938 ( consisting of Central America and most of the Caribbean ) and the north american Football Confederation ( NAFC ) founded in 1946 ( consisting of the north american nations of United States, Mexico, Canada, and Cuba ). Each confederation held its own rival, the CCCF Championship and the NAFC Championship. The CCCF held 10 championships from 1941–’61, Costa Rica winning seven ( ’41, ’ 46, ’ 48, ’ 53, ’ 55, ’ 60, ’ 61 ), and one each by El Salvador ( ’43 ), Panama ( ’51 ) and Haiti ( ’57 ). The NAFC held four championships in 1947 and ’49 and later, after 41 years of absence, in 1990 and ’91 for the north american english zone as the north american Nations Cup with Mexico winning three times ( ’47, ’ 49 & ’91 ) and Canada winning once ( ’90 ). [ 3 ]

CONCACAF Championship ( 1963–1989 ) [edit ]

CONCACAF was founded in 1961 through the confluent of NAFC and CCCF which resulted in a one backing being held for the celibate. The first CONCACAF tournament was held in 1963 in El Salvador with Costa Rica becoming the first champion. The CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones, as it was called, was held every two years from 1963 to 1973. The second tournament was held in Guatemala in 1965 when Mexico defeated the host area in the concluding of a six-team tournament. The 1967 rival was held in Honduras and saw a third champion crowned, Guatemala. Costa Rica won their second title as hosts in 1969, knocking off Guatemala, while two years late, Mexico won their second backing as the tournament moved to Trinidad & Tobago, the first fourth dimension in the Caribbean. In 1973, the tournament kept the lapp format of six teams playing a one round-robin, but there were bigger stakes attached : CONCACAF ‘s moor in the FIFA World Cup tournament in 1974. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the host state pulled off an disturb by winning the tournament and claiming a spot in the World Cup in West Germany. With the Campeonato de Naciones doubling as the final World Cup qualifying tournament, the adjacent two editions were held in Mexico City and Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1977 and 1981, respectively. In each case the master of ceremonies nation was crowned champion and earned a spot in the World Cup. In 1985 and 1989, the winner of the World Cup qualifying tournament was again crowned Confederation champion. Canada and Costa Rica were named champions in 1985 and 1989, receiving a trophy. [ 4 ] [ better source needed ]

CONCACAF Gold Cup ( since 1991 ) [edit ]

In 1990, CONCACAF renamed and restructured the CONCACAF Championship as the CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the United States hosting the foremost competition in 1991, and hosting or co-hosting every subsequent iteration of the tournament ( as of 2021 ). The host state was the inaugural address champion of the eight-team tournament. Mexico dominated the remainder of the ten, winning three consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup titles in 1993, 1996 and 1998. In 1996, the Gold Cup field included its beginning guest team, the defending FIFA World Cup Champions Brazil. Guests were invited to participate in the six Gold Cup tournaments from 1996 to 2005. Starting with the 2000 Gold Cup, the tournament airfield was increased to twelve teams and for the 2007 tournament, the Gold Cup again was contested entirely by nations within CONCACAF. The 2007 Gold Cup hosts successfully defended their championship beating Mexico in the final 2–1 in Chicago ; Canada and Guadeloupe shared third base position. Mexico won the 2009 Gold Cup by beating the United States 5–0. In the 2011 Gold Cup, Mexico defeated the USA 4–2 in the final examination while the USA won the 2013 Gold Cup by beating Panama 1–0. Since the constitution of the Gold Cup in 1991, the CONCACAF Championship has been won eight times by Mexico, seven times by the United States, and once by Canada. Runners-up include Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and Jamaica. Before 2015, when the Gold Cup did not fall in the same class as the FIFA Confederations Cup, the winner, or highest-placed team that is a member of both CONCACAF and FIFA, qualified for the adjacent spy of that tournament. In 2015, the winners of the previous two Gold Cups ( the 2013 and 2015 editions ) faced each other in CONCACAF Cup – a playoff to determine the CONCACAF entrant to the 2017 Confederations Cup. [ 5 ] In January 2017, Victor Montagliani announced the expansion of the Gold Cup from 12 to 16 teams, starting with the 2019 tournament. [ 6 ] In November 2018, Costa Rica was announced as one of the hosts of the 2019 tournament, with a group B double-header plant to be held at the Estadio Nacional. [ 7 ] In April 2019, it was announced that Jamaica would host a twin bill in group C at Independence Park. [ 8 ]

Invitees [edit ]

The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first iteration to have a node from a different confederation, Brazil from CONMEBOL. In cattiness of bringing their under-23 team, Brazil finished as runner-ups to Mexico and outplaced 7 teams from CONCACAF. [ 9 ] For the next ten, six countries from three confederations would make appearances in the Gold Cup, with seven of the eleven appearances finishing within the lead four ( Brazil in 1998 and 2003, Colombia in 2000 and 2005, Peru in 2000, and South Korea in 2002 ). During this time, the only teams from CONCACAF that placed 1st were Mexico in 1996, 1998, and 2003, the United States in 2002 and 2005, and Canada in 2000. [ 10 ] however, starting in 2007, CONCACAF would no longer invite guests from other confederations. This is primarily ascribable to giving more opportunities from teams in the region to compete, as there was a rise in performances from the region hinted by the FIFA World Ranking. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Initially for 2021, the course of no countries outside the region being invited would continue, until CONCACAF decided to invite Qatar, who would finish in the top four in 2021. This is by and large due to CONCACAF ‘s collaboration with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and as such Qatar would besides be invited for 2023. [ 13 ] As the United States defeated Mexico in 2021, all seven iterations with countries outside the region were won by CONCACAF members. [ 14 ]

Invitees nations record [edit ]

Results [edit ]

Notes
  1. ^ Round-robin format
  2. a b No fixed venue .
  3. ^ Both teams shared the third position after no extra time or penalty shoot-out were decided to define it .
  4. ^ The match should have been contested by Peru and Trinidad and Tobago
  5. ^ The match should have been contested by Colombia and Honduras .
  6. ^ The meet should have been contested by Canada and Guadeloupe .
  7. ^ The match should have been contested by Costa Rica and Honduras .
  8. ^ The match should have been contested by Honduras and Panama.
  9. ^ The peer should have been contested by Honduras and Mexico .
  10. ^ The match should have been contested by Costa Rica and Mexico .
  11. ^ The match should have been contested by Haiti and Jamaica .
  12. ^ The match should have been contested by Canada and Qatar .

Records and statistics [edit ]

Media coverage [edit ]

In the United States, the CONCACAF Gold Cup airs on Fox Sports and Univision ( since 2000 ). In Mexico it airs on Televisa and TV Azteca. In Canada, after years on Sportsnet and TSN, it will be broadcast entirely on OneSoccer starting in 2021 .

trophy [edit ]

The Gold Cup trophy is awarded to the champions of the tournament. The design of the trophy has changed multiple times since its inauguration version. Changes include scaling down of the size angstrom well as replacing the original flatcar rectangular floor with an elevated round base. The base includes engravings of the ace nation with the year in which they won the trophy. The current version of the trophy was designed by branding firm M Style Marketing. [ 15 ]

official songs [edit ]

Like most external football tournaments, the CONCACAF Gold Cup has featured official songs for each tournament since 2002. Unlike most larger tournaments, such as the FIFA World Cup, the songs were normally mainstream music released at around the same year of each tournament much by artists/groups based in the host country ( ies ) except in 2003, 2015, and 2021, [ citation needed ] in English and/or Spanish ( the tournament ‘s official languages ), angstrom well as several early languages .

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