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2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The tournament was mostly played in the United States, although some matches were played in Jamaica and Costa Rica.

CONCACAF announced that the tournament would expand to 16 teams from 12 in February 2018.[1][2]

Mexico won their 8th Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory over the U.S. in the final.

Qualified teams

For this edition, The qualification system was changed. Teams were no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualified directly after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, while the other 10 teams qualified through the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification.[3]

Bermuda and Guyana made their Gold Cup debuts.

Team Qualification[upper-alpha 1] Date of

qualification

Gold Cup appearances Last appearance Previous best Gold Cup performance[upper-alpha 2] FIFA Ranking at start of event[4] CONCACAF Ranking at start of event[5]
  Mexico Hex 1st place 7 March 2018[upper-alpha 3] 15th 2017 Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015) 18 1
  Costa Rica (co-hosts) Hex 2nd place 7 March 2018[upper-alpha 4] 14th 2017 Runners-up (2002) 39 3
  Panama Hex 3rd place 7 March 2018[upper-alpha 4] 9th 2017 Runners-up (2005, 2013) 75 5
[[File:{{{flag alias-1949}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Honduras Hex 4th place 7 March 2018[upper-alpha 5] 14th 2017 Runners-up (1991) 61 4
  United States (defending champions & co-hosts) Hex 5th place 7 March 2018[upper-alpha 5] 15th 2017 Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017) 30 2
  Trinidad and Tobago Hex 6th place 7 March 2018[upper-alpha 4] 10th 2015 Semi-finals (2000) 92 11
  Haiti CNLQ 1st place 24 March 2019 7th 2015 Quarter-finals (2002, 2009) 101 10
  Canada CNLQ 2nd place 24 March 2019 14th 2017 Champions (2000) 78 6
  Martinique CNLQ 3rd place 23 March 2019 6th 2017 Quarter-finals (2002) N/A[upper-alpha 6] 12
  Curaçao CNLQ 4th place 23 March 2019 2nd 2017 Group stage (2017) 79 15
  Bermuda CNLQ 5th place 24 March 2019 1st None Debut 174 20
  Cuba CNLQ 6th place 24 March 2019 9th 2015 Quarter-finals (2003, 2013, 2015) 175 13
  Guyana CNLQ 7th place 23 March 2019 1st None Debut 177 22
  Jamaica (co-hosts) CNLQ 8th place 23 March 2019 11th 2017 Runners-up (2015, 2017) 54 7
  Nicaragua CNLQ 9th place 24 March 2019 3rd 2017 Group stage (2009, 2017) 129 14
  El Salvador CNLQ 10th place 24 March 2019 11th 2017 Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017) 69 9
  1. ↑ Hex indicates 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, CNLQ indicates 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification.
  2. ↑ Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
  3. ↑ Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on 7 March 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on 29 March 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on 7 March 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on 2 September 2016.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on 7 March 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on 6 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Martinique are not a FIFA member, so they do not have a FIFA Ranking.

Stadiums

In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches would be held in Central America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States.[1][2][6] This was the first time that the Gold Cup was held in the Caribbean. All the previous editions took place in the United States, Mexico, or Canada.

United States

In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the fifteen venues in the United States that would host matches.[7] Soldier Field in Chicago was announced on 27 September 2018 as the venue of the final.[8]

Stadium Capacity Location
Rose Bowl 90,888 Pasadena, California
Broncos Stadium at Mile High 76,125 Denver, Colorado
NRG Stadium 71,795 Houston, Texas
BBVA Stadium 22,039 Houston, Texas
Bank of America Stadium 75,525 Charlotte, North Carolina
Lincoln Financial Field 69,176 Philadelphia
Nissan Stadium 69,143 Nashville, Tennessee
FirstEnergy Stadium 67,895 Cleveland, Ohio
State Farm Stadium 63,400 Phoenix, Arizona
Soldier Field 61,500 Chicago, Illinois
Red Bull Arena 25,000 New York City
Banc of California Stadium 22,000 Los Angeles
Toyota Stadium 20,500 Frisco, Texas
Allianz Field 19,400 Saint Paul, Minnesota
Children's Mercy Park 18,467 Kansas City, Missouri

Costa Rica

On 26 November 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on 16 June 2019, taking place at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San José.[9]

Stadium Capacity Location
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica 35,175 San José

Jamaica

On 2 April 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on 17 June 2019, taking place at the Independence Park in Kingston.[10]

Stadium Capacity Location
Independence Park 35,000 Kingston

Group Stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout Stage

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Winners

 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners 
 
Mexico
Eighth title

2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Media

  • 2018.06.17 Over the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA USA 0039 (42855669451) (cropped)

  • DSCN5753 invescofieldatmilehigh e

  • NRG stadium prepared for Super Bowl Li (32513086661)

  • BBVA Compass Stadium, Skyline View

  • The Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. as seen from the flight deck of a C-17 Globemaster III. Aircrew members from each flying squadron in the the 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., flew a fly-by in a for the Carolina Panthers’ season opener on Sept. 10, 2006. (Photo by Capt. Wayne Capps, USAFR)

  • Lincoln Financial Field (Aerial view)

  • LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee

  • FirstEnergy Stadium soccer

  • University of Phoenix Stadium aerial

  • Vista general del Estadio Soldier Field de Chicago Illinois durante la semifinal de la Copa Oro 2009. El marcador favorece a Estados Unidos 2 a 0.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gold Cup to be expanded from 2019". NBC Sports. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "CONCACAF Announces Gold Cup Expansion to 16 Teams, Opening Access for More Nations to Participate and Host". CONCACAF. 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Sixteen Participating Teams Confirmed for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup. CONCACAF. 25 March 2019. https://www.goldcup.org/en/article/sixteen-participating-teams-confirmed-for-the-2019-concacaf-gold-cup. Retrieved 27 March 2019. 
  4. ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Concacaf Men's National Team Ranking". Concacaf. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Concacaf Selects Record 15 Stadiums in 13 U.S. Metropolitan Areas as Host Venues and Markets for Expanded 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup". goldcup.org. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  7. ↑ "Concacaf Selects Record 15 Stadiums in 13 U.S. Metropolitan Areas as Host Venues and Markets for Expanded 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "2019 Gold Cup Final Awarded to the City of Chicago and Iconic Soldier Field". CONCACAF. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ↑ CONCACAF Announces Costa Rica as Host Country for the 2019 Gold Cup. CONCACAF. 26 November 2018. https://www.goldcup.org/en/article/concacaf-announces-costa-rica-as-host-country-for-the-2019-gold-cup. Retrieved 26 November 2018. 
  10. ↑ Concacaf Announces Jamaica as a Host Venue for the 2019 Gold Cup. CONCACAF. 2 April 2019. https://www.goldcup.org/en/article/concacaf-announces-jamaica-as-a-host-venue-for-the-2019-gold-cup. Retrieved 25 May 2021. 
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