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{{Short description|International football tournament in North America}}
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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = CONCACAF Gold Cup
| image                = Concacaf Gold Cup 2021.svg
| imagesize            = 220px
| organiser            = [[CONCACAF]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|1991}}<ref name=GC>{{cite web|title=About Gold Cup|date=17 December 2020|url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/gold-cup/about/|publisher=CONCACAF|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802034255/https://www.concacaf.com/en/gold-cup/about/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup – Technical Report|url=http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/reports/CONCACAF%20Gold%20Cup%202007.pdf|publisher=CONCACAF|access-date=28 November 2016|page=4|date=12 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129144215/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/reports/CONCACAF%20Gold%20Cup%202007.pdf|archive-date=29 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| abolished            = 
| region               = [[North America]] ([[Northern America]], [[Central America]], and the [[Caribbean]])
| number of teams      = 16 (finals)<br />41 (eligible to enter qualification)
| qualifier for        = [[FIFA Confederations Cup]] (1992–2017) 
| current champions    = {{nowrap|{{fb|Mexico}} (9th title)}}
| most successful team = {{nowrap|{{fb|Mexico}} (9 titles)}}<!-- Include only Gold Cups (1991–present) -->
| related comps        = [[CONCACAF Championship]]
| website              = {{url|https://www.concacaf.com/gold-cup/|concacaf.com/gold-cup}}
| current              = [[2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
| American             = yes
}}

{{Season sidebar
| title = Tournaments
| list  = 
* [[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]]
* [[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]]
* [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]]
* [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]]
* [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]
* [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]]
* [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]]
* [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]]
* [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]
* [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009]]
* [[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2011]]
* [[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013]]
* [[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015]]
* [[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2017]]
* [[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2019]]
* [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2021]]
* [[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2023]]
* ''[[2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2025]]''
}}

The '''CONCACAF Gold Cup''' ({{langx|es|Copa Oro de la CONCACAF}}) 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 [[continental football championships|continental champions]] of [[North America]] ([[North American Football Union|Northern America]], [[Central American Football Union|Central America]], and the [[Caribbean Football Union|Caribbean]]). The Gold Cup is held every two years. The tournament succeeded the [[CONCACAF Championship]] (1963–1989), with its inaugural edition being held in 1991.<ref name=GC/>

So far, only three national teams have won the tournament: [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], and the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]. All of them are member associations of the [[North American Football Union]] (NAFU).

==History==
===Championships before CONCACAF===
Before the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) was 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 America]]n 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 to 1961 with Costa Rica winning seven times. The NAFC held four championships in 1947 and 1949, and after 41 years of absence, in 1990 and 1991 for the [[North American Football Union|North American zone]] as the North American Nations Cup with Mexico winning three times and Canada winning once.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldcup.org|title=CONCACAF: The Football Confederation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020523144954/http://www.goldcup.org/|archive-date=23 May 2002|url-status=live}}</ref>

===CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989)===
{{further|CONCACAF Championship}}
[[File:Winners of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.png|thumb|Winners of the CONCACAF Gold Cup up to 2019]]
CONCACAF was founded in 1961 through the merging of NAFC and CCCF which resulted in a single championship being held for the continent. The first CONCACAF tournament was held in 1963 in El Salvador with Costa Rica becoming the first champion. The CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones, as it was called, was held every two years from 1963 to 1973. The second tournament was held in Guatemala in 1965 when Mexico defeated the host country in the final of a six-team tournament. The 1967 competition was held in Honduras and saw a third 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 Trinidad and Tobago, the first time in the Caribbean. In 1973, the tournament kept the same format of six teams playing a single round-robin, but there were bigger stakes attached: CONCACAF's berth in the [[FIFA World Cup]] tournament in 1974. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the host country pulled off an upset by winning the tournament and claiming a spot in the World Cup in West Germany.

With the Campeonato de Naciones doubling as the final World Cup qualifying tournament, the next two editions were held in Mexico City and Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1977 and 1981, respectively. In each case the host country was crowned champion and earned a spot in the World Cup. 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 1985 and 1989, receiving a trophy.<ref>{{cite web|title=1985 Gabriel Kafaty Cup|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadasoccer/5263725803/in/photolist-928Yia-ac56Eo|website=Flickr|access-date=29 November 2016|date=3 April 2009|archive-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107095435/https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadasoccer/5263725803/in/photolist-928Yia-ac56Eo|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=Note: Doesn't mention Costa Rica; no verification that the trophy is official; contradicts CONCACAF source that states "without ever lifting (a) trophies"; source unorthodox|date=May 2017}}

===CONCACAF Gold Cup (since 1991)===

In 1990, CONCACAF renamed and restructured the CONCACAF Championship as the CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the [[United States]] hosting the first competition in [[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]], and hosting or co-hosting every subsequent iteration of the tournament (as of 2023). 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 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]], [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]] and [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]].

In 1996, the Gold Cup field included its first guest team, the defending FIFA World Cup Champions Brazil. Guests were invited to participate in the six Gold Cup tournaments from 1996 to 2005. Starting with the [[2000 Gold Cup]], the tournament field was increased to twelve teams and for the 2007 tournament, the Gold Cup again was contested exclusively by nations within CONCACAF.

The [[2007 Gold Cup]] [[United States men's national soccer team|hosts]] successfully defended their title beating Mexico in the final 2–1 in [[Chicago]]; Canada and [[Guadeloupe national football team|Guadeloupe]] shared third place. Mexico won the [[2009 Gold Cup]] by beating the United States 5–0. In the [[2011 Gold Cup]], Mexico defeated the USA 4–2 in the final while the USA won the [[2013 Gold Cup]] by beating Panama 1–0.

Since the formation of the Gold Cup in 1991, the CONCACAF Championship has been won nine times by Mexico, seven times by the United States, and once by Canada. Runners-up include Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and Jamaica.

Before 2015, when the Gold Cup did not fall in the same year as the [[FIFA Confederations Cup]], the winner, or highest-placed team that is a member of both CONCACAF and FIFA, qualified for the next staging of that tournament. In 2015, the winners of the previous two Gold Cups (the 2013 and 2015 editions) faced each other in [[CONCACAF Cup]] – a playoff to determine the CONCACAF entrant to the [[2017 Confederations Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|title=2013, 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners will play one-off match for 2017 Confederations Cup berth|date=April 5, 2013|work=MLS Soccer}}</ref>

In January 2017, [[Victor Montagliani]] announced the expansion of the Gold Cup from 12 to 16 teams, starting with the 2019 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Montagliani happy with 2016, sees big things for CONCACAF in new year|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Montagliani-happy-with-2016--sees-big-things-for-CONCACAF-in-new-year_85609|newspaper=[[Jamaica Observer]]|access-date=13 February 2017|date=5 January 2017|quote="Of course the Gold Cup is this year and it is the last edition of 12 teams as we will increase it to 16 for the 2019 version."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214101203/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Montagliani-happy-with-2016--sees-big-things-for-CONCACAF-in-new-year_85609|archive-date=2017-02-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2018, Costa Rica was announced as one of the hosts of the 2019 tournament, with a group B double-header set to be held at the [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (2011)|Estadio Nacional]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Costa Rica to host 2019 Gold Cup group matches|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/costa-rica-to-host-2019-gold-cup-group-matches/192eevs448o2i1xjs53h0od1wi|access-date=26 November 2018|date=26 November 2018|archive-date=27 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127024036/http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/costa-rica-to-host-2019-gold-cup-group-matches/192eevs448o2i1xjs53h0od1wi|url-status=live}}</ref>  In April 2019, it was announced that Jamaica would host a doubleheader in group C at [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Concacaf Announces Jamaica as a Host Venue for the 2019 Gold Cup|url=https://www.goldcup.org/en/article/concacaf-announces-jamaica-as-a-host-venue-for-the-2019-gold-cup|access-date=1 June 2019|date=2 April 2019|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511072758/https://www.goldcup.org/en/article/concacaf-announces-jamaica-as-a-host-venue-for-the-2019-gold-cup|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Evolution of the format==
{{see also|CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification}}
The number of teams in the final tournament has gradually increased over the years. Each tournament has consisted of a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] group stage followed by a [[single-elimination]] knockout stage.

There has been interest from numerous sources to have the tournament held every four years to potentially increase the prestige, decrease player fatigue and better align with the European and South American calendars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.https/|title=The Concacaf Gold Cup's Big-Picture Prestige Problem—and a Potential Solution|access-date=2024-01-14|archive-date=2013-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.https/|title=Memo To Concacaf: Stop Holding The Gold Cup Every Two Years|access-date=2024-01-14|archive-date=2013-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Teams
!Matches
!Group stage
!Final stages
|-
|1991–1993
|8
|16
|2 groups of 4 teams
|4-team knockout (group winners and runners-up)
|-
|1996
|9
|13
|3 groups of 3 teams
| rowspan="2" |4-team knockout (group winners plus best runner-up)
|-
|1998
|10
|16
|3 groups of 3 or 4 teams
|-
|2000
| rowspan="5" |12
|19
| rowspan="2" |4 groups of 3 teams
| rowspan="2" |8-team knockout (group winners and runners-up)
|-
|2002–2003
|20
|-
|2005–2013
|25
| rowspan="3" |3 groups of 4 teams
| rowspan="3" |8-team knockout<br>(group winners and runners-up, plus 2 best 3rd-placed teams)
|-
|2015
|26
|-
|2017
|25
|-
|2019–present
| rowspan="1" |16
|31
|4 groups of 4 teams
|8-team knockout (group winners and runners-up)
|}

== Results ==
{{See also|List of CONCACAF Gold Cup finals}}
{{small div|
;Keys
* ''a.e.t.'': after [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]]
* ''s.d.'': after [[Sudden death (sport)#Association football|"sudden death" extra time]] 
* ''p'': after [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:2%;|Ed.
! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;|Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:10%;|Hosts
|width="1%" rowspan=21 style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top-style:hidden; border-bottom-style:hidden;"|
! colspan=3|Final
|width="1%" rowspan=21 style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top-style:hidden; border-bottom-style:hidden;"|
! colspan=3|Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists
|width="1%" rowspan=21 style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top-style:hidden; border-bottom-style:hidden;"|
! rowspan=2|Number of teams
|-
! style="width:15%; |Champions
! style="width:10%; |Score
! style="width:15%; |Runners-up
! style="width:15%; |Third place
! style="width:10%; |Score
! style="width:15%; |Fourth place
|- 
| 1 || [[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]] || align=left| {{Flag|United States}} || '''{{fb-big|USA}}'''|| '''[[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|0–0]]''' {{aet}}<br>{{pso|4–3}} || {{fb-big|HON|1949}} || {{fb-big|Mexico}}|| {{center|2–0}}|| {{fb-big|CRC}} || {{center|8}}
|-
| 2 || [[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]] || align=left| {{Flag|Mexico}}<br>{{Flag|United States}} || '''{{fb-big|MEX}}''' || '''[[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|4–0]]'''|| {{fb-big|USA}} ||{{fb-big|CRC}}<br>{{fb-big|JAM}} || {{center|1–1 {{aet}}<br>{{refn|Both teams shared the third position after extra time as a penalty shoot-out was not held.|group=n|name=thirdshare}}}} || – {{refn|group=n|name=thirdshare}} || {{center|8}}
|-
| 3 || [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]] ||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|MEX}}'''|| '''[[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|2–0]]''' || {{fb-big|BRA}}|| {{fb-big|USA}}|| {{center|3–0}}|| {{fb-big|GUA}} || {{center|9}}
|-
| 4 || [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]] ||align=left| {{Flag|United States}} || '''{{fb-big|MEX}}'''|| '''[[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|1–0]]'''|| {{fb-big|USA}} || {{fb-big|BRA}}|| {{center|1–0}}|| {{fb-big|JAM}} || {{center|10}}
|- 
| 5 || [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|CAN}}'''|| '''[[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|2–0]]'''|| {{fb-big|COL}}|| colspan="3"|{{fb|PER|size=30px}} and {{fb|TRI|size=30px}} || {{center|12}}
|-
| 6 || [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]] ||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|USA}}'''||'''[[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|2–0]]'''|| {{fb-big|CRC}} || {{fb-big|CAN}}|| {{center|2–1}}|| {{fb-big|KOR|1997}}|| {{center|12}}
|- 
| 7 || [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]] ||align=left|{{Flag|Mexico}}<br>{{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|MEX}}'''||'''[[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|1–0]]''' ([[Sudden death (sport)#Association football|s.d.]]) || {{fb-big|BRA}}|| {{fb-big|USA}} || {{center|3–2}}|| {{fb-big|CRC}} || {{center|12}}
|-
| 8 ||[[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]]||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}||'''{{fb-big|USA}}'''||'''[[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|0–0]]''' {{aet}}<br>{{pso|3–1}}|| {{fb-big|Panama}} || colspan="3"|{{fb|COL|size=30px}} and {{fb|HON|1949|size=30px}}|| {{center|12}}
|-
| 9 || [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|USA}}'''||'''[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|2–1]]'''|| {{fb-big|MEX}}||colspan="3"|{{fb|CAN|size=30px}} and {{fb|GPE|size=30px|local1}} || {{center|12}}
|-
| 10|| [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009]] ||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|MEX}}'''|| '''[[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|5–0]]'''|| {{fb-big|USA}} ||colspan="3"|{{fb|CRC|size=30px}} and {{fb|HON|1949|size=30px}} || {{center|12}}
|-  
|11 ||[[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2011]] ||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|MEX}}'''||'''[[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|4–2]]'''|| {{fb-big|USA}} ||colspan="3"|{{fb|HON|1949|size=30px}} and {{fb|PAN|size=30px}} || {{center|12}}
|-
|12 || [[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013]] ||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|USA}}'''||'''[[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|1–0]]'''|| {{fb-big|PAN}} ||colspan="3"|{{fb|HON|1949|size=30px}} and {{fb|MEX|size=30px}} || {{center|12}}
|- 
| 13 || [[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015]] ||align=left| {{Flag|Canada}}<br />{{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|MEX}}'''||'''[[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|3–1]]'''|| {{fb-big|JAM}} || {{fb-big|PAN}}|| {{center|1–1 {{aet}}<br>{{pso|3–2}}}} || {{fb-big|USA}} || {{center|12}}
|-
| 14 ||[[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2017]]||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|USA}}''' ||'''[[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|2–1]]'''|| {{fb-big|JAM}} ||colspan="3"|{{fb|CRC|size=30px}} and {{fb|MEX|size=30px}} ||{{center|12}}
|-
|15||[[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2019]]||align=left| {{Flag|Costa Rica}}<br>{{Flag|Jamaica}}<br>{{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|MEX}}''' || '''[[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|1–0]]'''|| {{fb-big|USA}} ||colspan="3"|{{fb|HTI|size=30px}} and {{fb|JAM|size=30px}}||{{center|16}}
|-
|16|| [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2021]]||align=left| {{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|USA}}'''|| '''[[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|1–0]]''' {{aet}} || {{fb-big|MEX}} ||colspan="3"|{{fb|CAN|size=30px}} and {{fb|QAT|size=30px}} ||{{center|16}}
|-
|17|| [[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2023]]||align=left| {{Flag|Canada}}<br>{{Flag|United States}}|| '''{{fb-big|MEX}}''' || '''[[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|1–0]]'''|| {{fb-big|PAN}} ||colspan="3"|{{fb|JAM|size=30px}} and {{fb|USA|size=30px}} ||{{center|16}}
|- style=" height:5em;"
|18|| [[2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2025]]||align=left| {{Flag|Canada}}<br>{{Flag|United States}} ||colspan="3"|TBD||colspan="3"|TBD||{{center|16}}
|}
;Notes
{{reflist|group=n}}
===Summary===
'''Bold text''' denotes team was host country.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
|+
!Team
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Third place
!Fourth place
!Semi-finalist
!Top 4 total
|-
|{{fb|MEX}}
|style=background:#FFD700|9 ([[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''1993''']], [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]], [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]], [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2003''']], [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009]], [[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2011]], [[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015]], [[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2019]], [[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2023]])
|style=background:#C0C0C0|2 ([[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]], [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2021]])
|style=background:#CC9966|1 ([[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]])
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|2 ([[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013]], [[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2017]])
|align=center|14
|-
|{{fb|USA}}
|style=background:#FFD700|7 ([[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''1991''']], [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2002''']], [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2005''']], [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2007''']], [[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2013''']], [[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2017''']], [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2021''']])
|style=background:#C0C0C0|5 ([[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''1993''']], [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''1998''']], [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2009''']], [[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2011''']], [[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2019''']])
|style=background:#CC9966|2 ([[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''1996''']], [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2003''']])
|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 ([[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2015''']])
|style=background:#81c846|1 ([[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2023''']])
|align=center|16
|-
|{{fb|CAN}}
|style=background:#FFD700|1 ([[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]])
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#CC9966|1 ([[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]])
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|2 ([[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]], [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2021]])
|align=center|4
|-
|{{fb|PAN}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#C0C0C0|3 ([[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]], [[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013]], [[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2023]])
|style=background:#CC9966|1 ([[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015]])
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|1 ([[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2011]])
|align=center|5
|-
|{{fb|JAM}}
|{{N/A}}
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |2 ([[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015]], [[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2017]])
| style="background:#CC9966" |1 ([[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]])
| style="background:#9ACDFF" |1 ([[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]])
| style="background:#81c846" |2 ([[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|'''2019''']], [[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2023]])
| align="center" |6
|-
|{{fb|BRA}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#C0C0C0|2 ([[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]]{{refn|[[Brazil national under-23 football team|U-23]] Represented}}, [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]])
|style=background:#CC9966|1 ([[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]])
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|align=center|3
|-
|{{fb|CRC}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#C0C0C0|1 ([[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]])
|style=background:#CC9966|1 ([[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]])
|style=background:#9ACDFF|2 ([[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]], [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]])
|style=background:#81c846|2 ([[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009]], [[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2017]])
|align=center|6
|-
|{{fb|HON}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#C0C0C0|1 ([[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]])
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|4 ([[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]], [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009]], [[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2011]], [[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013]])
|align=center|5
|-
|{{fb|COL}}
|{{N/A}}
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |1 ([[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]])
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
| style="background:#81c846" |1 ([[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]])
| align="center" |2
|-
|{{fb|GUA}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 ([[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]])
|{{N/A}}
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fb|KOR}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 ([[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]])
|{{N/A}}
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fb|GLP}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|1 ([[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]])
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fb|HAI}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|1 ([[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2019]])
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fb|PER}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|1 ([[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]])
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fb|Qatar}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|1 ([[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2021]])
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fb|TRI}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|style=background:#81c846|1 ([[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]])
|align=center|1
|}

== Debut of teams ==
A total of 31 teams have participated in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="3" |'''Debuting teams'''
|-
!Teams
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!{{abbr|CT|Cumulative total}}
|-
|[[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]]
|{{fb|CAN}}, {{fb|CRC}}, {{fb|GUA}}, {{fb|HON|1949}}, {{fb|JAM}}, {{fb|MEX}}, {{fb|TRI}}, {{fb|USA}}
|8
|8
|-
|[[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]]
|{{fb|MTQ|snake}}, {{fb|PAN}}
|2
|10
|-
|[[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]]
|{{fb|BRA}}, {{fb|SLV}}, {{fb|SVG}}
|3
|13
|-
|[[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]]
|{{fb|CUB}}
|1
|14
|-
|[[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]
|{{fb|COL}}, {{fb|HAI}}, {{fb|PER}}, {{fb|KOR}}
|4
|18
|-
|[[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]]
|{{fb|ECU}}
|1
|19
|-
|[[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]]
|''None''
|0
|19
|-
|[[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]]
|{{fb|RSA}}
|1
|20
|-
|[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]
|{{fb|GLP}}
|1
|21
|-
|[[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009]]
|{{fb|GRN}}, {{fb|NCA}}
|2
|23
|-
|[[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2011]]
|''None''
|0
|23
|-
|[[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013]]
|{{fb|BLZ}}
|1
|24
|-
|[[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015]]
|''None''
|0
|24
|-
|[[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2017]]
|{{fb|CUW}}, {{fb|GUF}}
|2
|26
|-
|[[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2019]]
|{{fb|BER}}, {{fb|GUY}}
|2
|28
|-
|[[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2021]]
|{{fb|SUR}}, {{fb|QAT}}
|2
|30
|-
|[[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2023]]
|{{fb|SKN}}
|1
|31
|}

==Records and statistics==
{{main|CONCACAF Gold Cup records and statistics}}

===Champions' results in the Confederations Cup===
{{further information|FIFA Confederations Cup}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center" text-align:left"| 
|-
! Qualified via
! Year
! Team
! Result
|-
| [[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991 Gold Cup]]
| [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]]
| align=left| {{fb|USA}}
| style="background:#c96;" | {{sort|3|Third place}}
|-
| [[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993 Gold Cup]]
| [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]
| align=left| {{fb|MEX}}
| style="background:#c96;" | {{sort|3|Third place}}
|-
| [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996 Gold Cup]]
| [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|MEX}} Mexico
| {{sort|5|Group stage (3rd)}}
|-
| [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998 Gold Cup]] (1st)
| rowspan="2"| [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|MEX}} Mexico
| bgcolor=gold | {{sort|1| '''{{colored link|#000000|1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Champions}}''' }}
|-
| [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998 Gold Cup]] (2nd)
| align=left| {{fb|USA}}
| style="background:#c96;" | {{sort|3|Third place}}
|-
| [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000 Gold Cup]]
| [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]
| align=left| {{fb|CAN}}
| {{sort|6|Group stage (4th)}}
|-
| [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002 Gold Cup]]
| [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|USA}} United States
| {{sort|6|Group stage (4th)}}
|-
| [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003 Gold Cup]]
| [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|MEX}} Mexico
| style="background:#9acdff;" | {{sort|4|Fourth place}}
|-
| [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007 Gold Cup]]
| [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|USA}} United States
| bgcolor=silver | {{sort|2| {{colored link|#000000|2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Runners up}} }}
|-
| [[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2011 Gold Cup]]
| [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|MEX}} Mexico
| {{sort|5|Group stage (3rd)}}
|-
| [[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2013 Gold Cup]]
| rowspan="2"| [[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup|2017]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|USA}} United States
| {{sort|7|DNQ{{efn|Lost qualifying play-off ([[CONCACAF Cup]]) to Mexico.}}}}
|-
| [[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2015 Gold Cup]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|MEX}} Mexico
| style="background:#9acdff;" | {{sort|4|Fourth place}}
|}
{{notelist}}

==Awards==
{{Main article|CONCACAF Gold Cup awards}}
There are currently five post-tournament awards:<ref name="Regulations">{{cite web |title=CONCACAF Gold Cup Regulations 2023 |url=https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/0tipd2wz/2023-concacaf-gold-cup-regulations-eng.pdf |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>
* Best Player – for the best player throughout the tournament
* Top Scorer – for most prolific goal scorer
* Best Goalkeeper – for most outstanding goalkeeper
* Fair Play Award – for the team with the best record of fair play
* Young Player Award – for the best young player
<!--The following two paragraphs are adapted from an earlier version of this article prior to the citation to the 2023 tournament regulations. These awards may well exist, and the main awards article has information on them, but they are not contained in the 2023 tournament regulations.
In the [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup]], there was also an award for Goal of the Tournament.{{Citation needed}}

Prior editions of the Gold Cup also had awards for:
* Team of the Tournament – for best combined team of players at the tournament-->

==Invitees==
The [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] was the first iteration to have a guest from a different confederation, [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] from [[CONMEBOL]]. In spite of bringing their [[Brazil national under-23 football team|under-23]] team, Brazil finished as [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|runners-up]] to [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] and outplaced seven teams from CONCACAF.<ref>{{cite web |title=CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96gc.html |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003042619/https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96gc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> For the next decade, six countries from three confederations would make appearances in the Gold Cup, with seven of the eleven appearances finishing within the top four. Starting in [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]], CONCACAF would no longer invite guests from other confederations. This is primarily due to giving more opportunities from teams in the region to compete, as there was a rise in performances from the region hinted by the [[FIFA World Ranking]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup to be an All-CONCACAF Event |url=https://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=22222.0 |publisher=SoCa Warriors Forum |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801191835/https://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=22222.0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2007 Gold Cup Technical Report |date=18 December 2013 |url=https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf_gold_cup_2007_tsg |publisher=ISSUU |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801191834/https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf_gold_cup_2007_tsg |url-status=live }}</ref>

After a 16-year hiatus from guest nations, [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] were invited and participated in the [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup]], losing in the semi-finals to the United States. Qatar also participated in the [[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2023 Gold Cup]], where they lost 4–0 to [[Panama national football team|Panama]] in the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.concacaf.com/gold-cup/article/2021-concacaf-gold-cup-to-include-2019-afc-asian-cup-champions-qatar-as-guest-participant/ |title=2021 Concacaf Gold Cup to include 2019 AFC Asian Cup Champions Qatar as guest participant |publisher=CONCACAF |date=4 September 2020 |access-date=4 September 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711233343/https://www.concacaf.com/gold-cup/article/2021-concacaf-gold-cup-to-include-2019-afc-asian-cup-champions-qatar-as-guest-participant/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Invitees nations record===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Team
! Confederation
! [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]]
! [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]]
! [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]
! [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]]
! [[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]]
! [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]]
! [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2021]]
! [[2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2023]]
! Editions
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Brazil}}
|align=left|[[CONMEBOL]]
|bgcolor=Silver|'''2nd''' {{refn|[[Brazil national under-23 football team|U-23]] Represented}}
|bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|bgcolor=Silver|'''2nd'''
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|3
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Colombia}}
|align=left|[[CONMEBOL]]
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|bgcolor=Silver|'''2nd'''
|&nbsp;–
|bgcolor=ffebcd|'''QF'''
|bgcolor=cc9966|'''SF'''
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|3
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Peru}}
|align=left|[[CONMEBOL]]
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|bgcolor=cc9966|'''SF'''
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|1
|-
|align=left|{{fb|South Korea}}
|align=left|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|GS
|bgcolor=9acdff|'''4th'''
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|2
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Ecuador}}
|align=left|[[CONMEBOL]]
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|GS
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|1
|-
|align=left|{{fb|South Africa}}
|align=left|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|bgcolor=ffebcd|'''QF'''
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|1
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Qatar}}
|align=left|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|bgcolor=cc9966|'''SF'''
|bgcolor=ffebcd|'''QF'''
|2
|}

==Media coverage==
In Canada, after years on [[Sportsnet]] and [[The Sports Network|TSN]], it has been broadcast exclusively on [[OneSoccer]] since 2021.  In Mexico it airs on [[Televisa]] and [[TV Azteca]].  In the United States, the CONCACAF Gold Cup airs on [[Fox Sports]] and [[Univision Deportes|Univision]] (since 2000).  CONCACAF also streams Gold Cup matches on YouTube with some geo-restrictions.

==Trophy==
The Gold Cup trophy is awarded to the champions of the tournament. The design of the trophy has changed multiple times since its inaugural version. Changes include scaling down of the size as well as replacing the original flat rectangular base with an elevated round pedestal. The base includes engravings of the champion nation with the year in which they won the trophy.

==See also==
* [[Continental football championships]]
* [[CCCF Championship]] (1941–1961)
* [[North American Nations Cup|NAFC Championship]] (1947 and 1949)
* [[CONCACAF Nations League]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website}}
* [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=4&schid=7322 Copa Oro coverage on Univision.com]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/goldcupall.html Gold Cup at RSSSF]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf-concacaf.html Gold Cup & Championship on RSSSF Archive]

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