- CONCACAF Gold Cup
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CONCACAF Gold Cup Founded 1963 (Championship)
1991 (Gold Cup)Region North America, Central America & the Caribbean (CONCACAF) Number of teams 12 Current champions 
Mexico (9th title overall)Most successful team Mexico (6 Gold Cups, 3 Championships)Website www.goldcup.org 
2011 CONCACAF Gold CupThe CONCACAF Gold Cup (previously known as CONCACAF Championship) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the regional champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
The Gold Cup is held every two years and when it does not fall the same year as an edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the winner, or highest placed team that is a member of both CONCACAF and FIFA, qualifies for the next staging of that tournament.
Contents
History
Map of winning countries. Combined statistics from both CONCACAF Championship and CONCACAF Gold Cup eras.
Prior to the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) being formed in 1961, association football in the region was divided into smaller, regional divisions. The two main bodies consisted of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) founded in 1938 (consisting of Central America and most of the Caribbean) and the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) founded in 1946 (consisting of the North American nations of United States, Mexico, Canada, and Cuba). Each confederation held its own competition, the CCCF Championship and the NAFC Championship. The CCCF held 10 championships from 1941–1961, Costa Rica winning seven (1941, ’46, ’48, ’53, ’55, ’60, ’61), and one each by El Salvador (1943), Panama (1951) and Haiti (1957). The NAFC held two championships, in 1947 and 1949, won each time by Mexico.
CONCACAF Championship
CONCACAF was founded in its current form in 1961 after the merging of NAFC and CCCF and thus resulted in a single competition being held for the continent. However, the first official national team competition was not held until more than two years had passed, with El Salvador being selected as the first hosting country (1963). The CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones, as it was called, was then held every two years from 1963-1971. The second edition (1965) held in Guatemala, saw Mexico defeat the host in the final of a six-team tournament. The 1967 competition was held in Honduras and saw a third different champion crowned, Guatemala. Costa Rica won their second title as hosts in 1969, knocking off Guatemala, while two years later, Mexico won their second championship as the tournament moved to the Caribbean for the first time, held in Trinidad & Tobago. In 1973, the tournament kept the same format of six teams in one site playing a single round-robin, but now there were bigger stakes attached: the Confederation’s berth in the FIFA World Cup finals. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the host country pulled off a shocking upset by winning the tournament and claiming a spot in West Germany 1974.
With the Campeonato de Naciones doubling as the final World Cup qualifying tournament, the next two editions were held in Ciudad de México and Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1977 and 1981, respectively, the host country came away as champion and grabbed the spots on offers each time. In 1985 and 1989, the winner of the World Cup qualifying tournament was again crowned Confederation champion. Canada and Costa Rica were named champions in ’85 and ’89, respectively, but without ever lifting a trophy.
CONCACAF Gold Cup
In 1990, CONCACAF again created a tournament as its showpiece event to crown the regional champion. The event was named the CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the USA hosting the first competition in 1991. The host country was the inaugural champion of the eight-team tournament. Mexico dominated the remainder of the decade, winning three consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup titles in 1993, 1996 and 1998. In the 1996 edition, the Gold Cup field included its first guest team, inviting the defending FIFA World Cup Champions Brazil.
Starting with the 2000 Gold Cup, the tournament field was increased to twelve teams. Canada made history winning their first major international honour in more than 100 years of football.
The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was contested in the United States from June 6 to June 24, 2007 where the hosts successfully defended their title beating Mexico in the final 2-1 in Chicago; Canada and Guadeloupe shared third-place. The 2009 Gold Cup took place July 3 to July 26, 2009.[1] with Mexico claiming the title after beating the United States by a 5-0 score.
Since the formation of the Gold Cup in 1991, the CONCACAF Championship has been won six times by Mexico, four times by the United States, and once by Canada.
Qualification
- Qualifies automatically, 3 teams.
- qualifies from Central American Cup, top 5 teams.
- qualifies from Caribbean Cup, top 4 teams.
Tournament results
CONCACAF Championship Year Host Final Group Rank Winner Runner-up 3rd Place 4th Place 1963
Details
El Salvador
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Netherlands Antilles
Honduras1965
Details
Guatemala
Mexico
Guatemala
Costa Rica
El Salvador1967
Details
Honduras
Guatemala
Mexico
Honduras
Trinidad and Tobago1969
Details
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Netherlands Antilles
Mexico1971
Details
Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico
Haiti
Costa Rica
Cuba1973
Details (1)
Haiti
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico
Honduras1977
Details (1) Mexico
Mexico
Haiti
El Salvador
Canada1981
Details (1) Honduras
Honduras
El Salvador
Mexico
Canada1985
Details (1)CONCACAF, No Fixed Venue
Canada
Honduras
Costa Rica
El Salvador1989
Details (1)CONCACAF, No Fixed Venue
Costa Rica
United States
Trinidad and Tobago
GuatemalaCONCACAF Gold Cup Year Host Final Third Place Match Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place 1991
Details
United States
United States0–0 a.e.t.
(4–3 pen)
Honduras
Mexico2–0
Costa Rica1993
Details United States
& Mexico
Mexico4–0
United States Costa Rica
Jamaica1–1
a.e.t.(2)1996
Details United States
Mexico2–0 
Brazil
United States3–0
Guatemala1998
Details United States
Mexico1–0
United States
Brazil1–0 
Jamaica2000
Details United States
Canada2–0 
Colombia
Peru
Trinidad and Tobago(3)2002
Details United States
United States2–0
Costa Rica
Canada2–1 
South Korea2003
Details United States
& Mexico
Mexico1–0
a.s.d.e.t.
Brazil
United States3–2
Costa Rica2005
Details United States
United States0–0 a.e.t.
(3–1 pen)
PanamaNot held(3) 
Colombia
Honduras2007
Details United States
United States2–1
Mexico
Canada
Guadeloupe2009
Details United States
Mexico5–0
United States Costa Rica
Honduras2011
Details United States
Mexico4–2
United States
Panama
Honduras(invited teams in italics)
1 No formal tournament was held. In qualification for the World Cup, the top team in qualifying was considered champion.
2 Costa Rica and Jamaica tied 1–1 after extra time and shared third place.
3 No third place match was played; third place was shared.
- Key:
- aet - after extra time
- asdet - after sudden death extra time
- pen - after penalty shootout
Cumulative results
The following is a compiled national level championship table for CONCACAF region. Years in Italics indicate years prior to the Gold Cup.
^ a: Hosts
^ b: Teams invited to the tournament
^ c: Third place match was not held
Italic = Tournaments held before present Gold Cup.Top scorers
CONCACAF Championship
Year Player Goals 1963 Irving Valenzuela6 1965 Unknown 1967 Unknown 1969 Cesar Amando Melgar
Marco Fión
Victor Manuel Ruiz3 1971 Unknown 1973 Steve David7 1977 Víctor Rangel6 1981 Hugo Sánchez3 1985 Roberto Figueroa5 1989 Raúl Chacón
Julio Rodas
Evaristo Coronado
Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
Leonidas Flores
Leonson Lewis
Kerry Jamerson
Philibert Jones2 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Player Goals 1991 Benjamin Galindo4 1993 Luis Roberto Alves11 1996 Eric Wynalda4 1998 Paulo Wanchope
Luis Hernández4 2000 Carlo Corazzin4 2002 Brian McBride4 2003 Walter Centeno
Landon Donovan4 2005 DaMarcus Beasley
Landon Donovan
Carlos Ruiz
Wilmer Velasquez
Luis Tejada3 2007 Carlos Pavón5 2009 Miguel Sabah4 2011 Javier Hernández7 Records
Gold Cup all-time scorers
Rank Player Goals 1 Landon Donovan13 2 Luis Roberto Alves12 3 Eric Wynalda9 Carlos Pavón9 Walter Centeno9 6 Brian McBride8 Luis Tejada8 Carlo Costly8 In Bold indicates that the player is still active.
Hat-tricks
Sequence Player No. of
goalsTime of goals Representing Final
scoreOpponent Tournament Round 1. Eduardo Bennett 3 51', 69' (p), 83' (p) Honduras5–0 Panama1993 Group stage 2. Luis Roberto Alves 7 11', 21', 29', 54', 76', 84', 90' Mexico9–0 
Martinique1993 Group stage 3. Luis Miguel Salvador 3 9', 18', 34' Mexico6–1 Jamaica1993 Semifinals 4. Paulo Wanchope 4 21', 32', 64', 78' Costa Rica7–2 
Cuba1998 Group stage 5. Landon Donovan 4 22', 25', 55', 76' United States5–0 Cuba2003 Group stage 6. Walter Centeno 3 45', 68', 90' Costa Rica5–2 El Salvador2003 Quarterfinals 7. Carlos Ruiz 3 11', 45', 87 Guatemala3–4 Jamaica2005 Group stage 8. Carlos Pavón 4 3', 12', 42', 53' Honduras5–0 Cuba2007 Group stage 9. Javier Hernández 3 60', 67', 90+3' (p) Mexico5–0 El Salvador2011 Group stage 10. Carlo Costly 3 28', 67', 71' Honduras7–1 
Grenada2011 Group stage Total hosts
Time(s) Nation Year(s) Gold Cup Championship 11 United States1991, 1993^, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003^, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 11 0 3 Mexico1977, 1993^, 2003^ 2 1 2 Honduras1967, 1981 0 2 1 El Salvador1963 0 1 1 Costa Rica1969 0 1 1 Guatemala1965 0 1 1 Trinidad and Tobago1971 0 1 1 Haiti1973 0 1 2 No Host 1985, 1989 0 2 In italics tournaments prior to Gold Cup.
^ Co-hosted by Mexico and USA.
Tournament appearances
Appearances Nation Gold Cup Championship 19 Mexico11 8 17 Guatemala9 8 16 Costa Rica
Honduras10
106
613 Trinidad and Tobago
El Salvador
Canada
United States7
7
10
116
6
3
211 
Haiti4 7 10 Jamaica8 2 8 Cuba6 2 6 Panama5 1 4 
Netherlands Antilles0 4 3 Martinique
Nicaragua
Brazil^
Colombia^3
1
3
30
2
0
02 Guadeloupe
Suriname
South Korea^2
0
20
2
01 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Peru^
Ecuador^
South Africa^
Grenada1
1
1
1
10
0
0
0
0^ Teams invited to the tournament.
Participating nations
Team
1991
1993
1996
1998
2000
2002
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011Years North American Football Union Members 
CanadaGS GS GS 1st 3rd GS GS SF QF GS 10 
Mexico3rd 1st 1st 1st QF QF 1st QF 2nd 1st 1st 11 
United States1st 2nd 3rd 2nd QF 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 11 Caribbean Football Union Members 
CubaGS GS QF GS GS GS 6 
GrenadaGS GS 2 
GuadeloupeSF QF GS 3 
HaitiGS QF GS QF 4 
JamaicaGS 3rd 4th GS QF QF GS QF 8 
MartiniqueGS QF GS 3 
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesGS 1 
Trinidad and TobagoGS GS GS SF GS GS GS 7 Central American Football Union Members 
Costa Rica4th 3rd GS QF 2nd SF QF QF SF QF 10 
El SalvadorGS GS QF QF GS GS QF 7 
GuatemalaGS 4th GS GS GS GS GS QF QF 9 
Honduras2nd GS GS GS QF GS SF QF SF SF 10 
NicaraguaGS 1 
PanamaGS 2nd QF QF SF 4 Guest Nations 
Brazil2nd 3rd 2nd 3 
Colombia2nd QF SF 3 
EcuadorGS 1 
PeruSF 1 
South AfricaQF 1 
South KoreaGS 4th 2 Total 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Gold Cup results, 1991–2011
Team P W D L F A +/- Mexico51 38 7 6 125 28 +97 United States55 42 6 7 102 40 +62 Canada35 15 8 12 43 49 -6 Brazil14 8 2 4 22 9 +13 Costa Rica42 14 12 16 69 57 +12 Honduras35 15 6 15 60 49 +11 Panama22 6 8 9 30 32 -2 Colombia13 5 2 6 14 17 -3 Guadeloupe12 4 1 7 12 18 -6 Haiti12 2 4 6 10 19 -9 Trinidad and Tobago19 4 4 11 24 35 -11 El Salvador21 6 3 12 19 39 -20 Guatemala27 4 7 16 23 44 -23 Jamaica29 9 4 16 32 49 -27 South Africa4 1 3 0 7 6 +1 Martinique8 1 2 5 5 20 -15 Peru4 1 1 2 7 7 0 South Korea7 0 4 3 5 9 -4 Ecuador2 1 0 1 2 2 0 Cuba16 1 2 13 11 53 -42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 Nicaragua3 0 0 3 0 8 -8 Grenada6 0 0 6 1 26 -25 Gold Cup winning head coaches
Year Head coach Champions 1991 
Bora Milutinović United States1993 Miguel Mejía Barón Mexico1996 Bora Milutinović Mexico1998 Manuel Lapuente Mexico2000 
Holger Osieck Canada2002 Bruce Arena United States2003 
Ricardo La Volpe Mexico2005 Bruce Arena United States2007 Bob Bradley United States2009 Javier Aguirre Mexico2011 José Manuel de la Torre MexicoSee also
- American Championships
References
External links
- Official Gold Cup Site
- CONCACAF Info about Championship
- Copa Oro coverage on Univision.com
- Gold Cup at RSSSF
- Gold Cup & Championship on RSSSF Archive
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