International football tournament in North America
International football competition
The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup , the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF . The tournament was primarily hosted in the United States, with Costa Rica and Jamaica hosting double-headers in the first round of matches in groups B and C, respectively.
The United States were the defending champions, having won the 2017 tournament . With the abolition of the FIFA Confederations Cup , the CONCACAF Cup was annulled and the Gold Cup did not qualify the winner to a major tournament for the first time since 2009.
In February 2018, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would expand to 16 teams from 12.[ 1] [ 2]
Mexico won their record-extending eighth Gold Cup title (their eleventh CONCACAF championship overall) with their 1–0 victory over the United States in the final , at Soldier Field in Chicago .[ 3]
Venues
In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches would be held in Central America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States.[ 1] [ 2] [ 4]
United States
In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the fifteen venues in the United States which would host matches.[ 5] Soldier Field in Chicago was announced on September 27, 2018, as the venue of the final.[ 6]
Pasadena (Los Angeles Area ) [ 4] Denver [ 7] [ 4] Houston [ 8] [ 4]
Rose Bowl
Broncos Stadium at Mile High
NRG Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Capacity: 90,888
Capacity: 76,125
Capacity: 71,795
Capacity: 22,039
Charlotte [ 4]
Location of the host cities of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Bank of America Stadium
Capacity: 75,525
Philadelphia [ 4]
Lincoln Financial Field
Capacity: 69,176
Nashville [ 4]
Nissan Stadium
Capacity: 69,143
Cleveland [ 9] [ 4] Glendale (Phoenix Area ) [ 4] Chicago [ 10] [ 4] Harrison (New York City Area ) [ 11] [ 4]
FirstEnergy Stadium
State Farm Stadium
Soldier Field
Red Bull Arena
Capacity: 67,895
Capacity: 63,400
Capacity: 61,500
Capacity: 25,000
Los Angeles [ 12] [ 4] Frisco (Dallas/Fort Worth Area ) [ 13] [ 4] Saint Paul (Minneapolis–Saint Paul Area ) [ 14] [ 4] Kansas City [ 15] [ 4]
Banc of California Stadium
Toyota Stadium
Allianz Field
Children's Mercy Park
Capacity: 22,000
Capacity: 20,500
Capacity: 19,400
Capacity: 18,467
Costa Rica
On November 26, 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on June 16, 2019, taking place at the Estadio Nacional in San José .[ 16]
Jamaica
On April 2, 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on June 17, 2019, taking place at the Independence Park in Kingston .[ 17]
Teams
Qualification
Team qualified as WCQ Hexagonal
Country qualified as CNLQ
Team failed to qualify
The qualification system was changed and no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualified directly after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal , while the other 10 teams qualified through the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying .[ 18]
Bermuda and Guyana made their Gold Cup debuts.
Team
Qualification[ A]
Date of
Gold Cup appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship )
Last appearance
Previous best Gold Cup performance[ B] (+ CONCACAF Championship )
FIFA Ranking [ 19] CONCACAF Ranking [ 20]
Mexico Hex 1st place7 March 2018 [ C] 15th (23rd)
2017
Champions (1993 1996 , 1998 , 2003 2009 , 2011 , 2015 ) Champions (1965 , 1971 , 1977
18
1
Costa Rica (co-hosts)
Hex 2nd place7 March 2018 [ D] 14th (20th)
2017
Runners-up (2002 ) Champions (1963 , 1969 1989 )
39
3
Panama Hex 3rd place7 March 2018 [ D] 9th (10th)
2017
Runners-up (2005 , 2013 )
75
5
Honduras Hex 4th place7 March 2018 [ E] 14th (20th)
2017
Runners-up (1991 ) Champions (1981
61
4
United States (title holders & co-hosts)
Hex 5th place7 March 2018 [ E] 15th (17th)
2017
Champions (1991 2002 2005 2007 2013 2017 )Runners-up (1989 )
30
2
Trinidad and Tobago Hex 6th place7 March 2018 [ D] 10th (16th)
2015
Semi-finals (2000 ) Runners-up (1973 )
92
11
Haiti CNLQ 1st place24 March 2019
7th (14th)
2015
Quarter-finals (2002 , 2009 ) Champions (1973 )
101
10
Canada CNLQ 2nd place24 March 2019
14th (17th)
2017
Champions (2000 ) Champions (1985 )
78
6
Martinique CNLQ 3rd place23 March 2019
6th (6th)
2017
Quarter-finals (2002 )
N/A[ F]
12
Curaçao CNLQ 4th place23 March 2019
2nd (6th)
2017
Group stage (2017 ) Third place (1963 , 1969 )
79
15
Bermuda CNLQ 5th place24 March 2019
1st (1st)
None
Debut
174
20
Cuba CNLQ 6th place24 March 2019
9th (11th)
2015
Quarter-finals (2003 , 2013 , 2015 ) Fourth place (1971 )
175
13
Guyana CNLQ 7th place23 March 2019
1st (1st)
None
Debut
177
22
Jamaica (co-hosts)
CNLQ 8th place23 March 2019
11th (13th)
2017
Runners-up (2015 , 2017 )
54
7
Nicaragua CNLQ 9th place24 March 2019
3rd (5th)
2017
Group stage (2009 , 2017 ) Sixth place (1967 )
129
14
El Salvador CNLQ 10th place24 March 2019
11th (17th)
2017
Quarter-finals (2002 , 2003 , 2011 , 2013 , 2017 ) Runners-up (1963 , 1981 )
69
9
^ Hex indicates 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal , CNLQ indicates 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying .^ Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.^ Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on March 29, 2016.
^ a b c Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on September 2, 2016.
^ a b Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on September 6, 2016.
^ Martinique are not a FIFA member, and so do not have a FIFA Ranking.
Squads
Each team had to submit a list of 23 players (three players had to be goalkeepers).[ 21]
Seeding
On August 31, 2018, CONCACAF announced that the top four teams of the September 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index were seeded for the group stage of the tournament:[ 22]
The groups and full match schedule were revealed on April 10, 2019, 18:00 EDT (15:00 local time, PDT ), in Los Angeles, California , United States.[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Match officials
Match officials were announced on May 15, 2019.[ 27]
Referees Assistant Referees
Targeted advanced referee program (TARP)
Group stage
The match dates and the assignments were announced by CONCACAF on October 9, 2018.[ 28] [ 29] [ 21]
All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4 ), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[ 21] Points obtained in all group matches;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Yellow card: −1 points; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time was played, where a fourth substitute was allowed for each team. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out .[ 21]
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
Note: Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not counted towards players' goal counts or to match goal counts.
There were 96 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Awards
The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).[ 61] [ 62] [ 63] [ 64] [ 65]
Best XI
The technical study group selected the tournament's best XI.[ 66]
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Attacker
Marketing
Broadcasting rights
CONCACAF International
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