2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be the 16th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's football championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organised by CONCACAF.

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBA
Dates10 July – 1 August
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)TBA (in TBA host cities)

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from 2 through 25 July 2021, but was later rescheduled for 10 July through 1 August.[1][2] Mexico are the defending champions.

Qualified teams
Further information: 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League and 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
  Team qualified for CONCACAF Gold Cup
  Country can qualify
  Team failed to qualify

In September 2019, it was announced that 12 teams would qualify via the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League and four via the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers.[3]

On 2 September 2020, CONCACAF announced that 2019 AFC Asian Cup champions and 2022 FIFA World Cup host Qatar would participate in the 2021 and 2023 tournaments.[4] Consequently, just three teams will qualify for the 2021 edition via the qualifiers.

Team Qualification[upper-alpha 1] Date of
qualification		 Gold Cup appearances
(+ CONCACAF Championship)		 Last appearance
(+ CONCACAF Championship)		 Previous best Gold Cup performance[upper-alpha 2]
(+ CONCACAF Championship)		 FIFA Ranking
at start of event[5]		 CONCACAF Ranking
at start of event[6]
 Canada CNL League A
Group A 2nd place		 11 October 2019 15th (18th) 2019 Champions (2000)
Champions (1985)		 TBD TBD
 Honduras CNL League A
Group C 1st place		 13 October 2019 15th (21st) 2019 Runners-up (1991)
Champions (1981)		 TBD TBD
 Grenada CNL League B
Group A 1st place		 14 November 2019 3rd (3rd) 2011 Group stage (2009, 2011) TBD TBD
 Jamaica CNL League B
Group C 1st place		 15 November 2019 12th (14th) 2019 Runners-up (2015, 2017) TBD TBD
 United States CNL League A
Group A 1st place		 15 November 2019 16th (18th) 2019 Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017) TBD TBD
 Mexico CNL League A
Group B 1st place		 15 November 2019 16th (24th) 2019 Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Champions (1965, 1971, 1977)		 TBD TBD
 El Salvador CNL League B
Group B 1st place		 16 November 2019 12th (18th) 2019 Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017)
Runners-up (1963, 1981)		 TBD TBD
 Costa Rica CNL League A
Group D 1st place		 17 November 2019 15th (21st) 2019 Runners-up (2002)
Champions (1963, 1969, 1989)		 TBD TBD
 Curaçao CNL League A
Group D 2nd place		 17 November 2019 3rd (3rd) 2019 Quarter-finals (2019) TBD TBD
 Martinique CNL League A
Group C 2nd place		 17 November 2019 7th (7th) 2019 Quarter-finals (2002) TBD TBD
 Suriname CNL League B
Group D 1st place		 18 November 2019 1st (3rd) N/A (1985) Debut
6th place (1977)		 TBD TBD
 Panama CNL League A
Group B 2nd place		 19 November 2019 10th (11th) 2019 Runners-up (2005, 2013) TBD TBD
 Qatar Invited guest 2 September 2020 1st N/A Debut TBD N/A
GCQ winners July 2021
GCQ winners July 2021
GCQ winners July 2021
  1. CNL indicates 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League, GCQ indicates 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers.
  2. Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting or co-hosting the event.

Venues

Venues have yet to be announced.

Draw

The group stage draw took place in Miami, Florida on 28 September 2020, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), along with the draw for the preliminary round. This was the first ever group stage draw for the Gold Cup.[4] The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of August 2020. The four teams of Pot 1 were automatically seeded, with Mexico in Group A, the United States in Group B, Costa Rica in Group C and Honduras in Group D. Guests Qatar were placed in Pot 4 and pre-drawn into Group D, which begins play on the latest date, as they are also participating in the 2021 Copa América prior to the Gold Cup.[7]

The following was the composition of the draw pots (August 2020 CONCACAF Rankings show in parentheses):[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Mexico (1) (position A1)
 United States (2) (position B1)
 Costa Rica (3) (position C1)
 Honduras (4) (position D1)

 Jamaica (5)
 Canada (6)
 Panama (8)
 El Salvador (10)

 Martinique (11)
 Curaçao (13)
 Suriname (15)
 Grenada (20)

Winner preliminary match 7
Winner preliminary match 8
Winner preliminary match 9
 Qatar (Group D)

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Winner preliminary match 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on July 2021. Source: CONCACAF
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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Martinique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Winner preliminary match 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on July 2021. Source: CONCACAF
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Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Winner preliminary match 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on July 2021. Source: CONCACAF
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Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on July 2021. Source: CONCACAF
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Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
July 2021 – TBD
 
 
Winner Group D
 
July 2021 – TBD
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 25
 
July 2021 – TBD
 
Winner Match 28
 
Winner Group B
 
1 August 2021 – TBD
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner Match 29
 
July 2021 – TBD
 
Winner Match 30
 
Winner Group A
 
July 2021 – TBD
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Match 26
 
July 2021 – TBD
 
Winner Match 27
 
Winner Group C
 
 
Runner-up Group B
 

Quarter-finals
Winner Group DMatch 25Runner-up Group A
Winner Group AMatch 26Runner-up Group D
Winner Group CMatch 27Runner-up Group B
Winner Group BMatch 28Runner-up Group C

Semi-finals
Winner Match 25Match 29Winner Match 28
Winner Match 26Match 30Winner Match 27

Final
Winner Match 29Match 31Winner Match 30

Broadcasting
Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup broadcasting rights

References
  1. "INTERNATIONAL MATCH CALENDAR 2018–2024" (PDF). FIFA.
  2. "New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". www.concacaf.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. "Concacaf Nations League to Serve as Pathway for 2021 Gold Cup". concacafnationsleague.com. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. "CONCACAF gives major boost to Gold Cup with new format and first ever draw". CONCACAF. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. "Concacaf Men's National Team Ranking". Concacaf. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  7. "CONCACAF announces details for first ever Gold Cup Draw". GoldCup.org. CONCACAF. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. "CONCACAF Men's National Team Ranking". CONCACAF. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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