CONCACAF Gold Cup
Encyclopedia : C : CO : CON : CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main national football (soccer) competition of the CONCACAF nations. The participating nations are from North and Central America and from the Caribbean islands. In addition, up to three entrants from the other world football confederations are invited to play in the final tournament. The Gold Cup has been hosted by the United States each time, twice co-hosted with Mexico.
The first CONCACAF Championship was held in 1963 and replaced the CCCF Championship (1941-61), which was for Central American and Caribbean nations only. It lasted until 1971, and from 1973 until 1989 no tournament was held; the top team in World Cup qualifying was considered the CONCACAF champion.
In 1991, the championship was reborn as the Gold Cup. Since then, it has been won four times by Mexico, three times by the United States, and once by Canada.
The UNCAF Nations Cup (Central America) and the Caribbean Cup serve as qualification tournaments for the Gold Cup.
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place
| ||||
| 1991 Details | USA |
USA | 0 - 0 4 - 3 ps |
Honduras |
Mexico | 2 - 0 |
Costa Rica
| ||
| 1993 Details | USA / Mexico |
Mexico | 4 - 0 |
USA |
Costa Rica and
Jamaica (1)
| ||||
| 1996 Details | USA |
Mexico | 2 - 0 |
Brazil |
USA | 3 - 0 |
Guatemala
| ||
| 1998 Details | USA |
Mexico | 1 - 0 |
USA |
Brazil | 1 - 0 |
Jamaica
| ||
| 2000 Details | USA |
Canada | 2 - 0 |
Colombia |
Peru and
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
| ||||
| 2002 Details | USA |
USA | 2 - 0 |
Costa Rica |
Canada | 2 - 0 |
South Korea
| ||
| 2003 Details | USA / Mexico |
Mexico | 1 - 0 asdet |
Brazil |
USA | 3 - 2 |
Costa Rica
| ||
| 2005 Details | USA |
USA | 0 - 0 3 - 1 ps |
Panama |
Honduras and
Colombia (2)
| ||||
| 2007 Details | USA | ||||||||
(invited teams in italics)
- Key:
- *aet - after extra time
- *asdet - after sudden death extra time
- *ps - after penalty shootout
Pre-Gold Cup Results
| Year | Champion | Host |
|---|---|---|
| CONCACAF Championship | ||
| 1963 | Costa Rica | El Salvador |
| 1965 | Mexico | Guatemala |
| 1967 | Guatemala | Honduras |
| 1969 | Costa Rica | Costa Rica
|
| 1971 | Mexico | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Qualifying Champions | ||
| 1973 | Haiti | Haiti |
| 1977 | Mexico | Mexico |
| 1981 | Honduras | Honduras |
| 1985 | Canada | |
| 1989 | Costa Rica | |
Most Gold Cup Wins
| Wins | Nation | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 4 times |
Mexico | 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003 |
| 3 times |
USA | 1991, 2002, 2005 |
| 1 time |
Canada | 2000 |
Most Gold Cup Hosts
| Hosts | Nation | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 times |
USA | 1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 |
| 2 times |
Mexico/ USA | 1993, 2003 |
Most overall CONCACAF wins
| 7 wins |
Mexico | 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003 |
| 3 wins |
Costa Rica | 1963, 1969, 1989 |
| 3 wins |
United States | 1991, 2002, 2005 |
| 2 wins |
Canada | 1985, 2000 |
| 1 win |
Guatemala | 1967 |
| 1 win |
Haiti | 1973 |
| 1 win |
Honduras | 1981 |
See also
External links
|- !style="background:#BFD7FF;"|
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" | FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" |
- Asia: AFC – Asian Cup
- Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations
- North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup
- South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América
- Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup
- Europe: UEFA – European Championship
|- !style="background:#BFD7FF;"|
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
USA 1991 |
USA/Mexico 1993 |
USA 1996 |
USA 1998 |
USA 2000 |
USA 2002 |
USA/Mexico 2003 |
USA 2005 |
USA 2007
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.