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The '''CONCACAF Gold Cup''' (previously known as '''CONCACAF Championship''') is the main [[association football]] competition of the men's [[List of men's national association football teams|national football team]]s governed by [[CONCACAF]], determining the regional champion of [[North American Football Union|North America]], [[Central American Football Union|Central America]], and the [[Caribbean Football Union|Caribbean]].
The '''CONCACAF Gold Cup''' is the main [[association football]] competition of the men's [[List of men's national association football teams|national football team]]s governed by [[CONCACAF]], determining the regional champion of [[North American Football Union|North America]], [[Central American Football Union|Central America]], and the [[Caribbean Football Union|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 place team that is a member of both CONCACAF and FIFA, qualifies for the next staging of that tournament.
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 place team that is a member of both CONCACAF and FIFA, qualifies for the next staging of that tournament.

Revision as of 22:19, 24 June 2011

CONCACAF Gold Cup
Founded1991
RegionNorth America, Central America & the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Number of teams12
Current champions Mexico (5th title)
Most successful team(s) Mexico (5 titles)
Websitewww.goldcup.org
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 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 place team that is a member of both CONCACAF and FIFA, qualifies for the next staging of that tournament.

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 five times by Mexico, four times by the United States, and once by Canada.

Qualification

North American zone

  • Qualifies automatically, 3 teams.

Central American zone

Caribbean zone

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
Honduras
1965
Details 		 Guatemala
Mexico
Guatemala
Costa Rica
El Salvador
1967
Details 		 Honduras
Guatemala
Mexico
Honduras
Trinidad and Tobago
1969
Details 		 Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Netherlands Antilles
Mexico
1971
Details 		 Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico
Haiti
Costa Rica
Cuba
1973
Details (1) 		 Haiti
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico
Honduras
1977
Details (1) 		 Mexico
Mexico
Haiti
El Salvador
Canada
1981
Details (1) 		 Honduras
Honduras
El Salvador
Mexico
Canada
1985
Details (1) 		CONCACAF, No Fixed Venue
Canada
Honduras
Costa Rica
El Salvador
1989
Details (1) 		CONCACAF, No Fixed Venue
Costa Rica
United States
Trinidad and Tobago
Guatemala
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1991
Details 		 United States
United States 		0–0 a.e.t.
(4–3 pen)
Honduras
Mexico 		2–0
Costa Rica
1993
Details 		 United States
&  Mexico
Mexico 		4–0
United States 		 Costa Rica
 Jamaica 		1–1
a.e.t.(2)
1996
Details 		 United States
Mexico 		2–0
Brazil
United States 		3–0
Guatemala
1998
Details 		 United States
Mexico 		1–0
United States
Brazil 		1–0
Jamaica
2000
Details 		 United States
Canada 		2–0
Colombia 		 Peru
 Trinidad and Tobago(3)
2002
Details 		 United States
United States 		2–0
Costa Rica
Canada 		2–1
South Korea
2003
Details 		 United States
&  Mexico
Mexico 		1–0
a.s.d.e.t.
Brazil
United States 		3–2
Costa Rica
2005
Details 		 United States
United States 		0–0 a.e.t.
(3–1 pen)
Panama 		Not held(3)
 Colombia
 Honduras
2007
Details 		 United States
United States 		2–1
Mexico 		 Canada
 Guadeloupe
2009
Details 		 United States
Mexico 		5–0
United States 		 Costa Rica
 Honduras
2011
Details 		 United States  United States vs.  Mexico  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.

Cumulative results

The following is a compiled national level championship table for CONCACAF region. Years in Italics indicate years prior to the Gold Cup.

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Mexico 8 (1965, 1971, 1977[a], 1993[a], 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009) 2 (1967, 2007) 3 (1973, 1981, 1991) 1 (1969)
 United States 4 (1991[a], 2002[a], 2005[a], 2007[a]) 4 (1989, 1993[a], 1998[a], 2009[a]) 2 (1996[a], 2003[a]) –
 Costa Rica 3 (1963, 1969[a], 1989) 1 (2002) 5 (1965, 1971, 1985, 1993, 2009[c]) 2 (1991, 2003)
 Canada 2 (1985, 2000) – 2 (2002, 2007[c]) 2 (1977, 1981)
 Honduras 1 (1981[a]) 2 (1985, 1991) 4 (1967[a], 2005[c], 2009[c], 2011[c]) 2 (1963, 1973)
 Guatemala 1 (1967) 2 (1965[a], 1969) – 2 (1989, 1996)
 Haiti 1 (1973[a]) 2 (1971, 1977) – –
 El Salvador – 2 (1963[a], 1981) 1 (1977) 2 (1965, 1985)
 Brazil[b] – 2 (1996, 2003) 1 (1998) –
 Trinidad and Tobago – 1 (1973) 2 (1989, 2000) 1 (1967)
 Colombia[b] – 1 (2000) 1 (2005[c]) –
 Panama – 1 (2005) 1 (2011[c]) –
 Netherlands Antilles – – 2 (1963, 1969) –
 Jamaica – – 1 (1993) 1 (1998)
 Guadeloupe – – 1 (2007) –
 Peru[b] – – 1 (2000) –
 South Korea[b] – – – 1 (2002)
 Cuba – – – 1 (1971)

^ a: Hosts
^ b: Teams invited to the tournament
^ c: Third place match was not held
Italic = Tournaments held before present Gold Cup.

Top scorers

Records

Gold Cup all-time scorers

Rank Player Goals
1 Mexico Luis Roberto Alves 12
2 United States Landon Donovan 11
3 United States Eric Wynalda 9
Honduras Carlos Pavón 9
Costa Rica Walter Centeno 9
6 United States Brian McBride 8
Panama Luis Tejada 8
Honduras Carlo Costly 8

In Bold indicates that the player is still active.

Hat-tricks

Sequence
 Player No. of
goals 		Time of goals Representing Final
score 		Opponent Tournament Round
1. Eduardo Bennett 3 51', 69' (p), 83' (p)  Honduras 5–0  Panama 1993 Group stage
2. Luis Roberto Alves 7 11', 21', 29', 54', 76', 84', 90'  Mexico 9–0  Martinique 1993 Group stage
3. Luis Miguel Salvador 3 9', 18', 34'  Mexico 6–1  Jamaica 1993 Semifinals
4. Paulo Wanchope 4 21', 32', 64', 78'  Costa Rica 7–2  Cuba 1998 Group stage
5. Landon Donovan 4 22', 25', 55', 76'  United States 5–0  Cuba 2003 Group stage
6. Walter Centeno 3 45', 68', 90'  Costa Rica 5–2  El Salvador 2003 Quarterfinals
7. Carlos Ruiz 4 11', 45', 87  Guatemala 3–4  Jamaica 2005 Group stage
8. Carlos Pavón 4 3', 12', 42', 53'  Honduras 5–0  Cuba 2007 Group stage
9. Javier Hernández 3 60', 67', 90+3' (p)  Mexico 5–0  El Salvador 2011 Group stage
10. Carlo Costly 3 28', 67', 71'  Honduras 7–1  Grenada 2011 Group stage

Total hosts

Time(s) Nation Year(s) Gold Cup Championship
11  United States 1991, 1993^, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003^, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 11 0
3  Mexico 1977, 1993^, 2003^ 2 1
2  Honduras 1967, 1981 0 2
1  El Salvador 1963 0 1
1  Costa Rica 1969 0 1
1  Guatemala 1965 0 1
1  Trinidad and Tobago 1971 0 1
1  Haiti 1973 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  Mexico 11 8
17  Guatemala 9 8
16  Costa Rica
 Honduras		 10
10		 6
6
13  Trinidad and Tobago
 El Salvador
 Canada
 United States		 7
7
10
11		 6
6
3
2
11  Haiti 4 7
10  Jamaica 8 2
8  Cuba 6 2
6  Panama 5 1
4  Netherlands Antilles 0 4
3  Martinique
 Nicaragua
 Brazil^
 Colombia^		 3
1
3
3		 0
2
0
0
2  Guadeloupe
 Suriname
 South Korea^		 2
0
2		 0
2
0
1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Peru^
 Ecuador^
 South Africa^
 Grenada		 1
1
1
1
1		 0
0
0
0
0

^ Teams invited to the tournament.

Participating nations

Team United States
1991 		United States
Mexico
1993 		United States
1996 		United States
1998 		United States
2000 		United States
2002 		United States
Mexico
2003 		United States
2005 		United States
2007 		United States
2009 		United States
2011 		Years
North American Football Union Members
 Canada GS GS GS 1st 3rd GS GS SF QF GS 10
 Mexico 3rd 1st 1st 1st QF QF 1st QF 2nd 1st F 11
 United States 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd QF 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd F 11
Caribbean Football Union Members
 Cuba GS GS QF GS GS GS 6
 Grenada GS GS 2
 Guadeloupe SF QF GS 3
 Haiti GS QF GS QF 4
 Jamaica GS 3rd 4th GS QF QF GS QF 8
 Martinique GS QF GS 3
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines GS 1
 Trinidad and Tobago GS GS GS SF GS GS GS 7
Central American Football Union Members
 Costa Rica 4th 3rd QF 2nd SF QF QF SF QF 9
 El Salvador GS GS QF QF GS GS QF 7
 Guatemala GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS QF QF 9
 Honduras 2nd GS GS GS QF GS SF QF SF SF 10
 Nicaragua GS 1
 Panama GS 2nd QF QF SF 4
Guest Nations
 Brazil 2nd 3rd 2nd 3
 Colombia 2nd QF SF 3
 Ecuador GS 1
 Peru SF 1
 South Africa QF 1
 South Korea GS 4th 2
Total 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Gold Cup results, 1991–2009

Team P W D L F A +/-
 United States 49 38 6 5 93 34 +59
 Mexico 45 32 7 6 103 24 +79
 Brazil 14 8 2 4 22 9 +13
 Honduras 30 14 4 13 52 44 +8
 Guadeloupe 9 4 1 4 10 13 -3
 Canada 32 14 7 11 41 46 -5
 Colombia 13 5 2 6 14 17 -3
 Costa Rica 38 13 10 15 61 51 +10
 El Salvador 17 5 1 11 11 31 -20
 South Africa 4 1 3 0 7 6 +1
 Peru 4 1 1 2 7 7 0
 Jamaica 25 6 4 15 25 47 -22
 Panama 17 4 6 7 23 26 -3
 Trinidad and Tobago 19 4 4 11 24 35 -11
 Haiti 12 2 4 6 10 19 -9
 Guatemala 23 3 6 14 18 40 -22
 Martinique 8 1 2 5 5 20 -15
 Cuba 13 1 2 10 10 37 -27
 South Korea 7 0 4 3 5 9 -4
 Ecuador 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8
 Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 0 8 -8
 Grenada 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10

Gold Cup winning head coaches

Year Head coach Champions
1991 Serbia Bora Milutinović  United States
1993 Mexico Miguel Mejía Barón  Mexico
1996 Serbia Bora Milutinović  Mexico
1998 Mexico Manuel Lapuente  Mexico
2000 Germany Holger Osieck  Canada
2002 United States Bruce Arena  United States
2003 Argentina Ricardo La Volpe  Mexico
2005 United States Bruce Arena  United States
2007 United States Bob Bradley  United States
2009 Mexico Javier Aguirre  Mexico

See also

References

  1. ^ "International Match Calendar - Fixed dates for national team matches 2008-2014" (PDF). FIFA. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
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