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[A]	Date of qualification	Gold Cup appearances	Last appearance	Previous best Gold Cup performance[B]	FIFA Ranking at start of event[4]	CONCACAF Ranking at start of event[5]
Mexico	Hex 1st place	7 March 2018[C]	15th	2017	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015)	18	1
Costa Rica (co-hosts)	Hex 2nd place	7 March 2018[D]	14th	2017	Runners-up (2002)	39	3
Panama	Hex 3rd place	7 March 2018[D]	9th	2017	Runners-up (2005, 2013)	75	5
Honduras	Hex 4th place	7 March 2018[E]	14th	2017	Runners-up (1991)	61	4
United States (defending champions & co-hosts)	Hex 5th place	7 March 2018[E]	15th	2017	Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017)	30	2
Trinidad and Tobago	Hex 6th place	7 March 2018[D]	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[F]	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. Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on 7 March 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on 2 September 2016.
5. 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
3	Martinique	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Bermuda	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica (H)	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Curaçao	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4
4	Honduras	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Panama	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Guyana	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Knockout Stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	29 June – Houston (NRG)
	Haiti	3
					2 July – Glendale
	Canada	2
					Haiti	0
	29 June – Houston (NRG)
					Mexico (aet)	1
	Mexico (p)	1 (5)
									7 July – Chicago
	Costa Rica	1 (4)
									Mexico	1
	30 June – Philadelphia
									United States	0
	Jamaica	1
					3 July – Nashville
	Panama	0
					Jamaica	1
	30 June – Philadelphia
					United States	3
	United States	1
	Curaçao	0

Winners

2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners
Mexico Eighth title