2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup facts for kids

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2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa Oro de la CONCACAF 2023 (Spanish)
This Is Ours Spanish: Esto Es Nuestro
Tournament details
Host countries	Canada United States
Dates	June 24 – July 16
Teams	16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	15 (in 14 host cities)
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The 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be the 17th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's football championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. Canada and the United States will host the tournament, which is scheduled to take place from June 24 to July 16, 2023.

The United States are the defending champions, having won the 2021 edition.

Teams

     Team qualified for CONCACAF Gold Cup     Team can qualify     Team failed to qualify     Team disqualified

Qualification

On September 2, 2020, CONCACAF announced that 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar would participate in the 2021 and 2023 tournaments.The remaining teams will qualify through the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League and the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification:

• The top eight teams in the Nations League A qualified for the Gold Cup, and the remaining four teams entered the qualifying tournament.
• The top four teams in the Nations League B qualified for the Gold Cup, and the next best four teams entered the qualifying tournament.
• The top four teams in the Nations League C entered the qualifying tournament.
• The top three teams in the qualifying tournament will qualify for the Gold Cup.

Team	Qualification	Date of qualification	Gold Cup appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship)	Last appearance	Previous best Gold Cup performance	FIFA	CONCACAF
						Rankings at start of event
Qatar	Invited guest	September 2, 2020	2nd	2021	Semi-finals (2021)	61	N/A
Panama	CNL League A Group B winners	June 12, 2022	11th (12th)	2021	Runners-up (2005, 2013)	58	TBD
Jamaica	CNL League A Group A runners-up	June 14, 2022	13th (15th)	2021	Runners-up (2015, 2017)	63	TBD
El Salvador	CNL League A Group D runners-up	June 14, 2022	13th (19th)	2021	Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2021) Runners-up (1963, 1981)	75	TBD
Mexico	CNL League A Group A winners	March 23, 2023	17th (25th)	2021	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019) Champions (1965, 1971, 1977)	15	TBD
United States (title holders & co-host)	CNL League A Group D winners	March 24, 2023	17th (19th)	2021	Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021)	13	TBD
Haiti	CNL League B Group B winners	March 25, 2023	9th (16th)	2021	Semi-finals (2019) Champions (1973)	87	TBD
Costa Rica	CNL League A Group B runners-up	March 25, 2023	16th (22nd)	2021	Runners-up (2002) Champions (1963, 1969, 1989)	39	TBD
Canada (co-host)	CNL League A Group C winners	March 25, 2023	16th (19th)	2021	Champions (2000) Champions (1985)	47	TBD
Honduras	CNL League A Group C runners-up	March 25, 2023	16th (22nd)	2021	Runners-up (1991) Champions (1981)	80	TBD
Cuba	CNL League B Group A winners	March 26, 2023	10th (12th)	2019	Quarter-finals (2003, 2013, 2015) Fourth place (1971)	165	TBD
Guatemala	CNL League B Group D winners	March 27, 2023	12th (20th)	2021	Fourth place (1996) Champions (1967)	116	TBD
Trinidad and Tobago	CNL League B Group C runners-up	June 12, 2023	12th (18th)	2021	Semi-finals (2000) Runners-up (1973)	104	TBD

Draw

The final draw was held on April 14, 2023 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, completed alongside the draw for the preliminary round. The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023. The four teams of Pot 1 were automatically seeded, with the United States in Group A as the title holders, Mexico in Group B, Costa Rica in Group C and Canada in Group D. Guests Qatar were placed in Pot 4 alongside the three winners of the preliminary round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. In the draw, teams were first selected from their pots, in order from Pot 1 to 4. Then, a ball was drawn from a separate group of pots (Pot 5 to 8) to determine final groupings.

Pot 1 Team Pts Rank  Mexico (B1) 1,939 1  United States (A1) 1,919 2  Costa Rica (C1) 1,796 3  Canada (D1) 1,743 4

Pot 2 Team Pts Rank  Panama 1,695 5  Haiti 1,482 6  Jamaica 1,479 7  Guatemala 1,405 8

Pot 3 Team Pts Rank  Honduras 1,403 9  El Salvador 1,330 10  Cuba 1,176 13  Nicaragua 1,067 17

Pot 4 Team Prelim match 7 winner Prelim match 8 winner Prelim match 9 winner  Qatar

Venues

CONCACAF announced the 15 host venues for the 2023 Gold Cup on April 10, 2023. They include a mix of soccer-specific stadiums primarily occupied by Major League Soccer teams and larger American football stadiums. BMO Field in Toronto is the sole venue outside of the United States; it is the first Canadian stadium to host the Gold Cup since the 2015 edition.

2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup venues

Arlington, Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth area)	Charlotte
AT&T Stadium	Bank of America Stadium
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 74,867
Houston
NRG Stadium	Shell Energy Stadium
Capacity: 72,220	Capacity: 22,039

Inglewood, California (Los Angeles area)	Santa Clara, California (San Francisco Bay Area)	Glendale, Arizona (Phoenix area)	Chicago
SoFi Stadium	Levi's Stadium	State Farm Stadium	Soldier Field
Capacity: 70,240	Capacity: 68,500	Capacity: 63,400	Capacity: 61,500
Paradise, Nevada (Las Vegas area)	San Diego	Toronto	Cincinnati
Allegiant Stadium	Snapdragon Stadium	BMO Field	TQL Stadium
Capacity: 61,000	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 30,991	Capacity: 25,513
Harrison, New Jersey (New York City area)	St. Louis	Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Miami area)
Red Bull Arena	CityPark	DRV PNK Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 22,500	Capacity: 18,000

• A double-dagger () denotes an indoor stadium with a fixed or retractable roof with interior climate control.

Match officials

On June 7, 2023, CONCACAF announced the 54 match officials selected for the 2023 Gold Cup.

Referees Country Referee  Canada Drew Fischer  Costa Rica Juan Gabriel Calderón  El Salvador Iván Barton  Guatemala Mario Escobar  Guatemala Walter López Castellanos  Honduras Saíd Martínez  Jamaica Daneon Parchment  Jamaica Oshane Nation  Mexico Adonai Escobedo  Mexico César Arturo Ramos  Mexico Marco Ortiz  United States Armando Villarreal  United States Rubiel Vazquez Video assistant referees Country Referee  Costa Rica Benjamin Pineda  Costa Rica Ricardo Montero  El Salvador Ismael Cornejo  Honduras Melissa Borjas  Honduras Selvin Brown  Honduras Shirley Perello  Mexico Erick Miranda  Mexico Guillermo Pacheco  Mexico Jorge Pérez Durán  Mexico Luis Entrique Santander  Nicaragua Tatiana Guzmán  United States Allen Chapman  United States Chris Penso  United States Edvin Jurisevic  United States Tim Ford

Assistant referees Country Referee  Canada Micheal Barwegen  Costa Rica Juan Carlos Mora  Dominican Republic Raymundo Feliz  El Salvador David Moran  El Salvador Juan Francisco Zumba  Guatemala Hunberto Panjoj  Guatemala Luis Ventura  Honduras Christian Ramirez  Honduras Walter López  Jamaica Jassett Kerr-Wilson  Jamaica Olay Duhaney  Mexico Alberto Morin  Mexico Christian Kiabek Espinosa  Mexico Enrique Bustos  Mexico Jorge Sánchez  Mexico Karen Díaz  Mexico Marco Bisguerra  Nicaragua Henri Pupiro  Nicaragua Keytzel Corrales  Suriname Zachari Zeegelaar  Trinidad and Tobago Caleb Wales  United States Corey Parker  United States Cory Richardson  United States Kathryn Nesbitt  United States Kyle Atkins  United States Logan Brown

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

As with every tournament since 2005 (except 2015), there is no third place play-off.

Bracket

See also

In Spanish: Copa de Oro de la Concacaf 2023 para niños