15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Copa de Oro de la Concacaf 2019 (in Spanish) Tournament details Host countries Costa Rica Jamaica United States Dates June 15 – July 7 Teams 16 Venue 17 (in 16 host cities) Final positions Champions Mexico (8th title) Runners-up United States Tournament statistics Matches played 31 Goals scored 96 (3.1 per match) Attendance 1,043,168 (33,651 per match) Top scorer Jonathan David (6 goals) Best player Raúl Jiménez Best young player Christian Pulisic Bestgoalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa Fair play award United States
International football competition
The2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of theCONCACAF Gold Cup , the biennial international men'ssoccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized byCONCACAF . The tournament was primarily hosted in the United States, with Costa Rica and Jamaica hosting double-headers in the first round of matches in groups B and C, respectively.
TheUnited States were the defending champions, having won the2017 tournament . With the abolition of theFIFA Confederations Cup , theCONCACAF Cup was annulled and the Gold Cup did not qualify the winner to a major tournament for the first time since 2009.
In February 2018, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would expand to 16 teams from 12.[ 1] [ 2]
Mexico won their record-extending eighth Gold Cup title (their eleventh CONCACAF championship overall) with their 1–0 victory over the United States in thefinal , atSoldier Field inChicago .[ 3]
In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches would be held inCentral America and theCaribbean in addition to the United States.[ 1] [ 2] [ 4] This was the first time that the Gold Cup was held in the Caribbean, with all previous matches having taken place in the United States, Mexico, or Canada.
In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the fifteen venues in the United States which would host matches.[ 5] Soldier Field inChicago was announced on September 27, 2018, as the venue of the final.[ 6]
Pasadena (Los Angeles Area ) [ 4] Denver [ 7] [ 4] Houston [ 8] [ 4] Rose Bowl Broncos Stadium at Mile High NRG Stadium BBVA Stadium Capacity:90,888 Capacity:76,125 Capacity:71,795 Capacity:22,039 Charlotte [ 4] Location of the host cities of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States.
Bank of America Stadium Capacity:75,525 Philadelphia [ 4] Lincoln Financial Field Capacity:69,176 Nashville [ 4] Nissan Stadium Capacity:69,143 Cleveland [ 9] [ 4] Glendale (Phoenix Area ) [ 4] Chicago [ 10] [ 4] Harrison (New York City Area ) [ 11] [ 4] FirstEnergy Stadium State Farm Stadium Soldier Field Red Bull Arena Capacity:67,895 Capacity:63,400 Capacity:61,500 Capacity:25,000 Los Angeles [ 12] [ 4] Frisco (Dallas/Fort Worth Area ) [ 13] [ 4] Saint Paul (Minneapolis–Saint Paul Area ) [ 14] [ 4] Kansas City [ 15] [ 4] Banc of California Stadium Toyota Stadium Allianz Field Children's Mercy Park Capacity:22,000 Capacity:20,500 Capacity:19,400 Capacity:18,467
On November 26, 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on June 16, 2019, taking place at theEstadio Nacional inSan José .[ 16]
On April 2, 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on June 17, 2019, taking place at theIndependence Park inKingston .[ 17]
Team qualified as WCQ Hexagonal
Country qualified as CNLQ
Team failed to qualify
The qualification system was changed and no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualified directly after participating in the2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal , while the other 10 teams qualified through the2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying .[ 18]
Bermuda and Guyana made their Gold Cup debuts.
Team Qualification[ A] Date of qualification Gold Cup appearances (+CONCACAF Championship ) Last appearance Previous best Gold Cup performance[ B] (+CONCACAF Championship ) FIFA Ranking at start of event[ 19] CONCACAF Ranking at start of event[ 20] Mexico Hex 1st place7 March 2018 [ C] 15th(23rd) 2017 Champions (1993 ,1996 ,1998 ,2003 ,2009 ,2011 ,2015 ) Champions(1965 ,1971 ,1977 ) 18 1 Costa Rica (co-hosts) Hex 2nd place7 March 2018 [ D] 14th(20th) 2017 Runners-up (2002 ) Champions(1963 ,1969 ,1989 ) 39 3 Panama Hex 3rd place7 March 2018 [ D] 9th(10th) 2017 Runners-up (2005 ,2013 ) 75 5 Honduras Hex 4th place7 March 2018 [ E] 14th(20th) 2017 Runners-up (1991 ) Champions(1981 ) 61 4 United States (title holders & co-hosts) Hex 5th place7 March 2018 [ E] 15th(17th) 2017 Champions (1991 ,2002 ,2005 ,2007 ,2013 ,2017 )Runners-up(1989 ) 30 2 Trinidad and Tobago Hex 6th place7 March 2018 [ D] 10th(16th) 2015 Semi-finals (2000 ) Runners-up(1973 ) 92 11 Haiti CNLQ 1st place24 March 2019 7th(14th) 2015 Quarter-finals (2002 ,2009 ) Champions(1973 ) 101 10 Canada CNLQ 2nd place24 March 2019 14th(17th) 2017 Champions (2000 ) Champions(1985 ) 78 6 Martinique CNLQ 3rd place23 March 2019 6th(6th) 2017 Quarter-finals (2002 ) N/A[ F] 12 Curaçao CNLQ 4th place23 March 2019 2nd(6th) 2017 Group stage (2017 ) Third place(1963 ,1969 ) 79 15 Bermuda CNLQ 5th place24 March 2019 1st(1st) None Debut 174 20 Cuba CNLQ 6th place24 March 2019 9th(11th) 2015 Quarter-finals (2003 ,2013 ,2015 ) Fourth place(1971 ) 175 13 Guyana CNLQ 7th place23 March 2019 1st(1st) None Debut 177 22 Jamaica (co-hosts) CNLQ 8th place23 March 2019 11th(13th) 2017 Runners-up (2015 ,2017 ) 54 7 Nicaragua CNLQ 9th place24 March 2019 3rd(5th) 2017 Group stage (2009 ,2017 ) Sixth place(1967 ) 129 14 El Salvador CNLQ 10th place24 March 2019 11th(17th) 2017 Quarter-finals (2002 ,2003 ,2011 ,2013 ,2017 ) Runners-up (1963 ,1981 ) 69 9
^ Hex indicates2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal ,CNLQ indicates2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying .^ Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.^ Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on March 29, 2016. ^a b c Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on September 2, 2016. ^a b Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on September 6, 2016. ^ Martinique are not a FIFA member, and so do not have a FIFA Ranking. Each team had to submit a list of 23 players (three players had to be goalkeepers).[ 21]
On August 31, 2018, CONCACAF announced that the top four teams of the September 2018CONCACAF Ranking Index were seeded for the group stage of the tournament:[ 22]
The groups and full match schedule were revealed on April 10, 2019, 18:00EDT (15:00 local time,PDT ), inLos Angeles, California , United States.[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Match officials were announced on May 15, 2019.[ 27]
Referees Assistant Referees Micheal Barwegen Kedlee Powell Juan Carlos Mora William Arrieta Helpys Feliz Gerson López Humberto Panjoj Christian Ramírez Walter López Nicholas Anderson Alberto Morín Miguel Hernández Henri Pupiro Taleb Al Marri Saoud Al Maqaleh Juan Francisco Zumba David Morán Zachari Zeegelaar Caleb Wales Frank Anderson Ian Anderson Corey Parker Kyle AtkinsTargeted advanced referee program (TARP) The match dates and the assignments were announced by CONCACAF on October 9, 2018.[ 28] The quarter-final pairings were later amended on October 12, 2018.[ 29] The top two teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.[ 21]
All match times listed areEDT (UTC−4 ), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.
Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[ 21] Points obtained in all group matches; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):Yellow card: −1 points; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; Drawing of lots.
15 June 2019 (2019-06-15 )
15 June 2019 (2019-06-15 )
19 June 2019 (2019-06-19 )
19 June 2019 (2019-06-19 )
23 June 2019 (2019-06-23 )
18:00
23 June 2019 (2019-06-23 )
20:30
16 June 2019 (2019-06-16 )
Referee: Daneon Parchment (
Jamaica )
16 June 2019 (2019-06-16 )
20 June 2019 (2019-06-20 )
20 June 2019 (2019-06-20 )
Referee: Yadel Martinez (
Cuba )
24 June 2019 (2019-06-24 )
18:30
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (
Mexico )
24 June 2019 (2019-06-24 )
21:00
17 June 2019 (2019-06-17 )
17 June 2019 (2019-06-17 )
21 June 2019 (2019-06-21 )
21 June 2019 (2019-06-21 )
25 June 2019 (2019-06-25 )
25 June 2019 (2019-06-25 )
18 June 2019 (2019-06-18 )
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (
Mexico )
18 June 2019 (2019-06-18 )
22 June 2019 (2019-06-22 )
17:30
Referee: Daneon Parchment (
Jamaica )
22 June 2019 (2019-06-22 )
20:00
26 June 2019 (2019-06-26 )
26 June 2019 (2019-06-26 )
In the knockout stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes,extra time was played, where a fourth substitute was allowed for each team. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by apenalty shoot-out .[ 21]
29 June 2019 (2019-06-29 )
29 June 2019 (2019-06-29 )
30 June 2019 (2019-06-30 )
17:30
30 June 2019 (2019-06-30 )
20:00
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (
Mexico )
July 7, 2019 (2019-07-07 )
Note: Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not counted towards players' goal counts or to match goal counts.
There were 96 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).[ 61] [ 62] [ 63] [ 64] [ 65]
The technical study group selected the tournament's best XI.[ 66]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Attacker
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