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2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa Oro de la CONCACAF 2025 (Spanish)
This Is Ours
Spanish: Esto Es Nuestro
Tournament details
Host countriesCanada
United States
DatesJune 14 – July 6
Teams16[1] (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)14 (in 13 host cities)
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The 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be the 18th 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 will begin on June 14, 2025. The final is scheduled to be played on July 6, 2025, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[2]

The venues in the United States are mainly in the western part of the country in order to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup which will be held around the same time as the Gold Cup on the East Coast.[3][4]

Mexico is the defending champion, having won its record-extending 9th title in 2023 after defeating Panama 1–0 in the final on July 16 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.[5]

Venues

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14
St. Louis
13
Santa Clara
12
San Jose
11
San Diego
10
Paradise
9
Minneapolis
8
Inglewood
7
Houston
6
Houston
5
Glendale
4
Carson
3
Austin
2
Arlington
1
Vancouver
Location of the host cities of the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

CONCACAF announced the 14 host venues for the 2025 Gold Cup on September 25, 2024. They included a mix of soccer-specific stadiums primarily occupied by Major League Soccer teams and larger American football stadiums. BC Place in Vancouver was the sole venue outside of the United States. The venues were mostly limited to the Western United States to avoid conflicts with the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup happening on the East Coast at the same time.[6] CONCACAF announced that it had awarded the tournament final to NRG Stadium in Houston on October 30, 2024.[2]

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup venues[6]
Arlington, Texas
(Dallas/Fort Worth area) 		Houston, Texas
AT&T Stadium‡ NRG Stadium‡ Shell Energy Stadium
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 72,220 Capacity: 22,039
Inglewood, California
(Los Angeles area) 		Santa Clara, California
(San Francisco Bay Area) 		Minneapolis, Minnesota
SoFi Stadium Levi's Stadium U.S. Bank Stadium‡
Capacity: 70,240 Capacity: 68,500 Capacity: 66,860
Glendale, Arizona
(Phoenix area) 		Paradise, Nevada
(Las Vegas area) 		Vancouver, British Columbia San Diego, California
State Farm Stadium‡ Allegiant Stadium‡ BC Place‡ Snapdragon Stadium
Capacity: 63,400 Capacity: 61,000 Capacity: 54,500 Capacity: 35,000
Carson, California
(Los Angeles area) 		St. Louis, Missouri Austin, Texas San Jose, California
Dignity Health Sports Park Energizer Park Q2 Stadium PayPal Park
Capacity: 30,510 Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 20,730 Capacity: 18,000
  • A double-dagger (‡) denotes an indoor stadium with a fixed or retractable roof with interior climate control.

Teams

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Qualification

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Further information: 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League

In February 2023, CONCACAF announced that the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League would serve as qualification for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7][8] All 41 member associations of CONCACAF will participate in the Nations League, which is divided into three tiers. The quarterfinal winners of 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A will automatically qualify for the Gold Cup; the third and fourth-placed teams in both Group A and Group B of League A will qualify for the Gold Cup preliminary round that will take place in June 2025, while the fifth and sixth-placed teams of each group will advance to the play-in round where they will face the top-four teams in League C for the last four spots in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.[7] The winners of each of the four groups in 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B will automatically qualify for the Gold Cup; the top-two second-place finishers will qualify for the Gold Cup preliminary round. Each group winner in 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C will advance to the play-in round along with the best-ranked runner-up from across all three groups.[9]

It is expected that one team from outside CONCACAF would be invited as the 16th team. It is speculated[who?] that either Qatar (which participated in the previous two tournaments) or Saudi Arabia, both members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) or Spain, members of the UEFA would be invited as the guest team.[citation needed] It was previously reported that the tournament would expand to 24 teams for this edition (16 CONCACAF teams and 8 invited guest teams) to provide increased competition for North American teams Mexico, Canada, and the United States; these three teams will not play in the World Cup qualifying cycle due to their automatic qualification as hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[10][11]

Team Qualification Date of
qualification 		Gold Cup appearances
(+ CONCACAF Championship) 		Last
appearance 		Previous best Gold Cup performance FIFA[12] CONCACAF
Rankings at start of event
 Haiti CNL League B
Group C winners 		November 15, 2024 10th (17th) 2023 Semi-finals (2019)
Champions (1973)
 El Salvador CNL League B
Group A winners 		November 17, 2024 14th (20th) 2023 Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2021)
Runners-up (1963, 1981)
 Curaçao CNL League B
Group B winners 		November 18, 2024 3rd (7th) 2019 Quarter-finals (2019)
Third place (1963, 1969)
 United States
(co-host) 		CNL League A
quarterfinal winner 		November 18, 2024 18th (20th) 2023 Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021)
Runners-up (1989)
 Panama CNL League A
quarterfinal winner 		November 18, 2024 12th (13th) 2023 Runners-up (2005, 2013, 2023)
 Dominican Republic CNL League B
Group D winners 		November 19, 2024 1st N/A Debut
 Canada
(co-host) 		CNL League A
quarterfinal winner 		November 19, 2024 17th (20th) 2023 Champions (2000)
Champions (1985)
 Mexico
(title holders) 		CNL League A
quarterfinal winner 		November 19, 2024 18th (26th) 2023 Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
Champions (1965, 1971, 1977)

Teams qualified for preliminary round

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The following 14 have qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Prelims:[1]


The two legs will be played on March 2025.[citation needed]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Costa Rica – Belize–-
Jamaica – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines––
Honduras – Bermuda–-
Guatemala – Guyana–-
Trinidad and Tobago – Cuba–-
Martinique – Suriname–-
Nicaragua – Guadeloupe–-

Schedule

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The competition schedule was released on September 25, 2024.[13]

Round Date(s)
Group stage June 14–24
Quarterfinals June 28–29
Semifinals July 2
Final July 6

Marketing

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Broadcasting rights

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Territory Broadcast Ref.
United States Fox Sports (English)
TUDN (Spanish) 		[14][15]
Mexico TUDN [15]
Canada OneSoccer [16][failed verification]
Caribbean ESPN [17]
Central America ESPN [17]
South America ESPN [17]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Concacaf confirms 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal and Play-In matchups". Concacaf. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Houston's NRG Stadium awarded 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Final" (Press release). CONCACAF. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Cardenas, Felipe; Sheldon, Dan. "Club World Cup set for U.S. east coast, Gold Cup on west". The Athletic. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "Mexico 1-0 Panama (Jul 16, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Concacaf announces host cities and stadiums for 2025 Gold Cup" (Press release). CONCACAF. September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  8. ^ "Concacaf confirms details for fourth edition of Concacaf Nations League". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Schedule & Results | CNL". CONCACAF. March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  10. ^ Wine II, Donald (February 2, 2023). "Report: 2025 Gold Cup to expand to 24 teams". Stars and Stripes FC. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  11. ^ Olé, Diario Deportivo (July 29, 2024). "Plan Copa Oro 2025: el torneo con selecciones invitadas, incluidas dos de Conmebol". Olé USA (in Spanish). Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. April 6, 2023. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  13. ^ Vertelney, Seth (September 25, 2024). "Concacaf announces dates, host cities for 2025 Gold Cup". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  14. ^ "Fox to televise 2021 and 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cups". USA TODAY. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Concacaf and TelevisaUnivision Agree to Multi-Year Media Rights Partnership". CONCACAF. May 23, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  16. ^ "Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) – A New Sports Enterprise Now Represents Premier Soccer Properties in Canada". Canada Soccer. August 6, 2020. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  17. ^ a b c Staff, S. V. G. (February 20, 2024). "ESPN Reaches Agreement with CONCACAF for W Gold Cup 2024". Sports Video Group. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
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