2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

The 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament determined the final three teams to qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[2]

2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Prelims
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	June 16–20[1]
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	24 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Arnold Abelinti (3 goals)
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The matches took place from 16 to 20 June 2023 at DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.^[3]

DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale hosted the matches

Teams

Twelve teams participated in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers based on the results of the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League. These teams were the four group third-placed teams of 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A, the four second-place finishers from League B and the four group winners from League C.^[4]

Trinidad and Tobago were originally set to participate as Nations League B Group C runners-up, but were automatically qualified after Nicaragua were disqualified. Trinidad and Tobago were replaced in the preliminary round by Antigua and Barbuda, the team with the best performance in League B who had not qualified.^[5]

League A Group Third place A  Suriname B  Martinique C  Curaçao D  Grenada

League B Group Runners-up A  Guadeloupe B  Guyana A (3rd)  Antigua and Barbuda D  French Guiana

League C Group Winners A  Sint Maarten B  Saint Kitts and Nevis C  Saint Lucia D  Puerto Rico

Draw

The preliminary round draw was held on 14 April 2023, 12:00 PDT (UTC−7), at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States.^[6] For round one, the top six teams based on the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023 were pre-seeded into matches 1 to 6 (highest ranked in match 1, second-highest ranked in match 2, etc.), while the remaining six teams were drawn from a single pot and assigned to matches in sequential order.^[7] The fixtures for round two were predetermined (with pairings featuring the winners of round one matches 1 v 6, 2 v 5 and 3 v 4).^[8]

Pre-seeded Team Pts Rank  Trinidad and Tobago (M1)  Antigua and Barbuda[5] 1,254 11  Martinique (M2) 1,246 12  Curaçao (M3) 1,171 14  French Guiana (M4) 1,086 15  Suriname (M5) 1,079 16  Guyana (M6) 994 18

Pot 1 Team Pts Rank  Guadeloupe 966 19  Saint Kitts and Nevis 923 21  Saint Lucia 795 24  Grenada 791 25  Puerto Rico 790 26  Sint Maarten 413 37

Match officials

On 15 June 2023, CONCACAF announced the referees, assistant referees and video assistant referees (VAR) appointed for the tournament.^[9]

Referees

• Keylor Herrera
• Randy Encarnación
• Reon Radix
• Bryan López
• Oshane Nation
• Adonai Escobedo
• Fernando Guerrero
• Joseph Dickerson
• Rubiel Vazquez

Assistant referees

• Micheal Barwegen
• Raymundo Feliz
• Jassett Kerr-Wilson
• Enrique Bustos
• Jorge Sánchez
• Christian Espinoza
• Karen Díaz
• Keytzel Corrales
• Zachari Zeegelaar
• Kyle Atkins
• Kathryn Nesbitt
• Corey Parker

Video assistant referees

• Melissa Borjas Pastrana
• Erick Miranda
• Jorge Pérez
• Enrique Santander
• Edvin Jurisevic
• Chris Penso

Bracket

The first round matches took place from 16–17 June, while the second round matches took place on 20 June 2023.

First round

Second round

16 June – Fort Lauderdale

Antigua and Barbuda

0

20 June – Fort Lauderdale

Guadeloupe

5

Guadeloupe

2

17 June – Fort Lauderdale

Guyana

0

Guyana (p)

1 (5)

Grenada

1 (3)

16 June – Fort Lauderdale

Martinique

3

20 June – Fort Lauderdale

Saint Lucia

1

Martinique

2

17 June – Fort Lauderdale

Puerto Rico

0

Suriname

0 (3)

Puerto Rico (p)

0 (4)

16 June – Fort Lauderdale

Curaçao

1 (2)

20 June – Fort Lauderdale

Saint Kitts and Nevis (p)

1 (3)

Saint Kitts and Nevis (p)

1 (4)

17 June – Fort Lauderdale

French Guiana

1 (2)

French Guiana

4

Sint Maarten

1

All match times listed are local, EDT (UTC−4).

First round

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Antigua and Barbuda	0–5	Guadeloupe
Martinique	3–1	Saint Lucia
Curaçao	1–1 (2–3 p)	Saint Kitts and Nevis
French Guiana	4–1	Sint Maarten
Suriname	0–0 (3–4 p)	Puerto Rico
Guyana	1–1 (5–3 p)	Grenada

Matches

Antigua and Barbuda	0–5	Guadeloupe
	Report	Solvet 28' Tell 45+4' Davidas 66' Archimède 70' Phaëton 90+3'

16 June 2023 (2023-06-16)

16:30

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

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Martinique	3–1	Saint Lucia
Fabien 18' Labeau 74' Burner 86'	Report	Hackett-Fairchild 40'

16 June 2023 (2023-06-16)

19:00

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

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Curaçao	1–1	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Locadia 22'	Report	Terrell 83'
Penalties
Felida J. Bacuna Janga Anita L. Bacuna	2–3	Sawyers Lewis Bertie Terrell

16 June 2023 (2023-06-16)

21:00

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

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French Guiana	4–1	Sint Maarten
Abelinti 28' (pen.), 49' Lo. Baal 44' Némouthé 75'	Report	Amatkarijo 40'

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)

16:30^{[note 1]}

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Randy Eancarnación (Dominican Republic)

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Suriname	0–0	Puerto Rico
	Report
Penalties
Chery Jozefzoon Pinas Te Vrede Abena	3–4	R. Rivera Servania Antonetti Ydrach G. Díaz

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)

20:20^{[note 1]}

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

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Guyana	1–1	Grenada
Glasgow 22'	Report	Mitchell 60'
Penalties
Bonds Glasgow Duke-McKenna Benjamin Wilson	5–3	Reg. Charles-Cook Hippolyte Mitchell Berkeley-Agyepong

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)

22:30^{[note 1]}

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Second round

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Guadeloupe	2–0	Guyana
Martinique	2–0	Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–1 (4–2 p)	French Guiana

Matches

Guadeloupe	2–0	Guyana
Gordon 18' (o.g.) Gravillon 57'	Report

20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)

16:30

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Guadeloupe advanced to Group D.

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Martinique	2–0	Puerto Rico
Labeau 52' Fortuné 90+5'	Report

20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)

20:00

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Rubiel Vázquez (United States)

Martinique advanced to Group C.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–1	French Guiana
T. Williams 41'	Report	Abelinti 53' (pen.)
Penalties
Freeman Sawyers Bertie Lewis	4–2	Vancaeyezeele Baal Issorat Marmot

20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)

22:10

DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to Group A.

Qualified teams

  Team qualified for CONCACAF Gold Cup

  Team can qualify

  Team failed to qualify

  Team disqualified

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in CONCACAF Gold Cup1 only Gold Cup era (since 1991)
Qatar	Invitees	2 September 2020	1 (2021)
Panama	CNL League A Group B 1st place	12 June 2022	10 (1993, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Jamaica	CNL League A Group A 2nd place	14 June 2022	12 (1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
El Salvador	CNL League A Group D 2nd place	14 June 2022	12 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Mexico	CNL League A Group A 1st place	23 March 2023	16 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
United States	CNL League A Group D 1st place	24 March 2023	16 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Haiti	CNL League B Group B 1st place	25 March 2023	8 (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021)
Costa Rica	CNL League A Group B 2nd place	25 March 2023	15 (1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Canada	CNL League A Group C 1st place	25 March 2023	15 (1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Honduras	CNL League A Group C 2nd place	25 March 2023	15 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Cuba	CNL League B Group A 1st place	26 March 2023	9 (1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019)
Guatemala	CNL League B Group D 1st place	27 March 2023	11 (1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2021)
Trinidad and Tobago	CNL League B Group C 2nd place	12 June 2023[5]	11 (1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021)
Guadeloupe	Gold Cup Prelims Winner Match 7	20 June 2023	4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2021)
Martinique	Gold Cup Prelims Winner Match 8	20 June 2023	7 (1993, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Gold Cup Prelims Winner Match 9	20 June 2023	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 24 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

3 goals

• Arnold Abelinti

2 goals

• Brighton Labeau

1 goal

• Jürgen Locadia
• Loïc Baal
• Thomas Némouthé
• Kairo Mitchell
• Luther Archimède
• Steven Davidas
• Andreaw Gravillon
• Matthias Phaëton
• Steve Solvet
• Jordan Tell
• Omari Glasgow
• Patrick Burner
• Karl Fabien
• Kévin Fortuné
• Tyquan Terrell
• Tiquanny Williams
• Reeco Hackett-Fairchild
• Chovanie Amatkarijo

1 own goal

• Liam Gordon (against Guadeloupe)

Notes

1. The French Guiana vs Sint Maarten match was stopped during the half-time and resumed one hour and a half later due to adverse weather conditions. Consequently, the next two matches Suriname vs Puerto and Guyana vs Grenada, originally scheduled at 19:00 and 21:00 EDT (UTC−4), were delayed until 20:20 and 22:30 EDT, respectively.^[10][11]