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The 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from September 2014 to November 2015 to determine the 15 CONCACAF member men's national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Cuba in the 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament.

Qualified teams

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Format

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Schedule

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Stage Matchday Dates
Qualifying group stage Matchday 1 7–9 September 2014
Matchday 2 9–11 October 2014
Matchday 3 12–14 October 2014
Matchday 4 14–16 November 2014
Matchday 5 27–29 March 2015
Matchday 6 12–14 June 2015
Matchday 7 3–5 September 2015
Matchday 8 6–8 September 2015
Matchday 9 8–10 October 2015
Matchday 10 11–13 October 2015
Matchday 11 12–14 November 2015
Matchday 12 15–18 November 2015
Play-offs 1st leg 29–31 January 2016
2nd leg 5–7 February 2016

Qualifying group stage

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There were seven pots for the seven groups. The draw was held in July 2014 and teams were ranked based on their ELO World Rankings for that month. The ELO Rankings were installed, because the FIFA Rankings exclude CONCACAF members that are not full FIFA members.

Pot 1
Team FIFA Rank
 United States 15 1
 Costa Rica 16 2
 Mexico 18 3
 Panama 33 4
 Honduras 40 5
 Jamaica 83 6
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Trinidad and Tobago 84 7
 Martinique 85 8
 Haiti 113 9
 Canada 118 10
 El Salvador 121 11
 Aruba 123 12
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Dominican Republic 125 13
 French Guiana 130 14
 Suriname 131 15
 Guatemala 134 16
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 135 17
 Saint Lucia 138 18
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Grenada 142 19
 Guadeloupe 144 20
 Antigua and Barbuda 149 21
 Guyana 155 22
 Puerto Rico 156 23
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 158 24
Pot 5
Team Coeff Rank
 Belize 161 25
 Montserrat 166 26
 Dominica 167 27
 Barbados 169 28
 Bermuda 173 29
 Nicaragua 175 30
Pot 6
Team Coeff Rank
 Turks and Caicos Islands 181 31
 Curaçao 183 32
 Sint Maarten 187 33
 U.S. Virgin Islands 190 34
 Bahamas 192 35
 Bonaire 194 36
Pot 7
Team Coeff Rank
 Cayman Islands 196 37
 Saint Martin 199 38
 British Virgin Islands 200 39
 Anguilla 207 40

Groups

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Group A

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Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Aruba Bonaire Dominica
1  Guatemala 10 7 1 2 21 10 +11 22 Qualify for final tournament 1–0 2–1 2–1 8–2 2–0
2  Guyana 10 7 0 3 21 9 +12 21 3–0 3–2 3–1 5–0 1–0
3  Jamaica 10 6 2 2 23 9 +14 20 Advance to play-offs 2–0 1–0 2–2 6–0 4–0
4  Aruba 10 3 1 6 16 19 −3 10 1–2 1–2 1–3 5–2 2–1
5  Bonaire 10 2 2 6 11 31 −20 8 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–3
6  Dominica 10 1 2 7 5 19 −14 5 0–4 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0
Source: CONCACAF

Group B

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Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines El Salvador Nicaragua British Virgin Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
1  Mexico 12 8 2 2 51 5 +46 26 Qualify for final tournament 2–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 9–0 12–0
2  Puerto Rico 12 7 3 2 19 11 +8 24 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0
3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 6 4 2 23 18 +5 22 Advance to play-offs 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–3 3–2 4–1
4  El Salvador 12 6 3 3 21 13 +8 21 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–3 2–0 5–0
5  Nicaragua 12 3 4 5 16 18 −2 13 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0
6  British Virgin Islands 12 2 2 8 8 30 −22 8 0–6 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 2–0
7  Turks and Caicos Islands 12 0 2 10 5 50 −45 2 0–7 1–3 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–1
Source: CONCACAF

Group C

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Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Canada Honduras Guadeloupe Curaçao Saint Lucia Bermuda
1  Canada 10 7 2 1 17 5 +12 23 Qualify for final tournament 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
2  Honduras 10 7 1 2 24 8 +16 22 1–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 5–0
3  Guadeloupe 10 4 2 4 17 12 +5 14 Advance to play-offs 2–2 2–3 3–0 4–0 2–0
4  Curaçao 10 3 4 3 11 16 −5 13 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
5  Saint Lucia 10 1 3 6 9 23 −14 6 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–1
6  Bermuda 10 1 2 7 8 22 −14 5 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 3–2
Source: CONCACAF

Group D

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Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Saint Kitts and Nevis Belize The Bahamas
1  United States 12 10 1 1 52 6 +46 31 Qualify for final tournament 4–0 2–0 6–1 4–0 8–0 10–0
2  Suriname 12 8 2 2 32 19 +13 26 1–1 3–2 4–2 3–2 5–1 6–1
3  Trinidad and Tobago 12 7 3 2 40 15 +25 24 Advance to play-offs 2–1 2–2 3–1 4–2 7–0 7–0
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 5 2 5 20 23 −3 17 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0
5  Belize 12 4 2 6 22 23 −1 14 0–3 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–1
6  Bahamas 12 3 0 9 10 36 −26 9 1–3 0–1 1–4 0–2 2–1 3–1
7 Saint-Martin 12 0 0 12 5 59 −54 0 0–8 0–4 0–6 2–5 0–3 0–2
Source: CONCACAF

Group E

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Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica Martinique Barbados Grenada French Guiana Sint Maarten Anguilla
1  Costa Rica 12 11 1 0 44 6 +38 34 Qualify for final tournament 3–0 4–0 5–0 2–0 7–0 8–1
2  Martinique 12 7 2 3 26 13 +13 23 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 6–0
3  Barbados 12 3 8 1 13 9 +4 17 Advance to play-offs 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0
4  Grenada 12 4 4 4 14 14 0 16 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
5  French Guiana 12 3 4 5 17 15 +2 13 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–2
6  Sint Maarten 12 2 2 8 7 30 −23 8 0–5 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1
7  Anguilla 12 1 1 10 5 39 −34 4 0–2 1–5 0–2 0–4 1–6 1–0
Source: CONCACAF

Group F

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Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Haiti Panama Dominican Republic Antigua and Barbuda Cayman Islands United States Virgin Islands Montserrat
1  Haiti 12 9 2 1 40 10 +30 29 Qualify for final tournament 1–0 2–0 4–2 6–0 4–0 7–0
2  Panama 12 8 2 2 45 11 +34 26 2–1 3–1 3–0 6–1 8–0 11–2
3  Dominican Republic 12 7 3 2 24 15 +9 24 Advance to play-offs 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–2 3–0 5–0
4  Antigua and Barbuda 12 7 2 3 29 17 +12 23 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 7–1
5  Cayman Islands 12 2 1 9 13 32 −19 7 2–3 1–4 1–3 0–1 2–0 2–1
6  U.S. Virgin Islands 12 1 2 9 3 35 −32 5 0–4 0–5 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–0
7  Montserrat 12 1 2 9 10 44 −34 5 1–5 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0
Source: CONCACAF

Qualifying playoffs

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Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifying play-offs

The play-offs of the 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifying tournament decided the final three teams which qualified for the 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament. Six teams, each of which finished third in their qualifying group were paired and contested in three ties, with the winner of each pair qualifying for the final tournament. Each of the three ties were played over two home-and-away legs with the threed winners found according to the standard rules for the knockout phase in North American competitions.

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Teams were seeded based on their ELO rankings in December 2015.

Pot 1 (seeded)
Team Rank
 Jamaica 54
 Trinidad and Tobago 99
 Guadeloupe 132
Pot 2 (unseeded)
Team Rank
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 143
 Dominican Republic 170
 Barbados 172

Summary

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The schedule of the play-offs was published by CONCACAF within one hour of the draw. The eight matches were spread over the six days, with the first legs on 31 January 2016 and the second legs on 5 February 2016. The kickoff times were 18:00 or 20:00 EST (local times are in parentheses).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jamaica Jamaica 5–4 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 2–2 3–2
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 2–3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 1–3
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 6–1 Barbados Barbados 3–1 3–0